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Terratraderon The myth of Snow Leopard

I Think Apple's latest OS versions are completely beyond snow leopard. Apple has destroyed their product with extreme security and sandboxing. It has become completely pay to play. I simply stopped upgrading since thing only get worse. As for other companies' 'snow leopard', that is their business. What I remember about snow leopard is that I could do with my Mac what I wanted, now I have to circumvent one security after another and eventually use Google to get a format that I need. Use Google, can you imagine? It's a complete disappointment

Terratraderon Don't start a startup with the goal of getting acquired

In my experience, I would say don't register your startup until you have MVP. Before that getting acquired is a Fata Morgana. Nobody buys a company that is not proving successful or owning a valuable technology. And even if you set out wanting to be acquired you may end up not wanting to sell if you product is doing well. The better advice is to keep investors to a minimum as long as possible, because they will drain your share value and you may end up with far less money that you worked for.

Terratraderon What's the largest software project AI can complete on its own?

So I can not code. I just tell an AI the concept of what I want my software to do and execute in blocks. Most operations are well defined and depend on a central mechanism and that is where everything starts. The rest is like an octopus : the body defines the concept, the arms the consequences. This way there is no need for long code since every segment has a clear beginning and end. It is also quite efficient overall. My point is that long code can be circumvented by clever architecture.

Terratraderon Apple is getting this wrong

Apple is getting everything wrong these days. I am so disappointed after buying a Mac mini M4 last year how everything is sandboxed and behind insane numbers of security layers. I will be moving to Linux as soon as my wallet allows it.

Terratraderon There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf]

My all time favourite writer. No sci-fi writer could describe the launch of a rocket any more poetic than Ray Bradbury.

Terratraderon Devtools must be open source

I am working on a new AI architecture for small AI models. Without open source AI development is dead.