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Maybe won't be viewed favorably by the HN crowd, but I enjoyed the most recent Bret Weinstein interview on Joe Rogan [0] where Bret talks about his pet theory on natural selection / evolution (maybe 2/3 way through the interview).

Basically, the "junk" DNA we have may be "variables" that influence form and morphology, thus giving natural selection a vastly reduced design space to search for viable mutations. E.g. not much chemical difference between a bat wing and another mammals hands - mostly a difference of morphology. Allowing for more efficient search of evolutionary parameters instead of pure random walk.

[0] https://youtu.be/WX_te6X-0aQ

There is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control

> there needs to be some kind of secret storage that the agent can read/write

Why not the filesystem?

I would create a local file (e.g. .env) in each project using postgres, then in my postgres skill, tell the agent to check that file for credentials.

Same here as well, using arch as daily driver for 10+ years now. I think just twice I've had major headaches due to package/kernel upgrades which required a few hours troubleshooting. Otherwise, smooth sailing and a pleasure to work with. Love the AUR (w/ pikaur)!

It's not that they can't per se, they just don't care that much.

Nailed it. It's a pendulum and we're swinging back to baseline. We just finished our last big swing (zirp, post COVID dev glut) and are now in full free fall.

You should look into the origin of mitochondria.

Would love to see some sources for #1. #2 sounds plausible but speculative?

Just delightful!

Yeah, the reason I like Skills better than MCP is specifically because skills are just plain text.

Not really special, just officially supported and I'm guessing how best to use it baked in via RL. Claude already knows how skills work vs learning your own home-rolled solution.

Same boat and same thoughts here! Hope it holds its own against the competition, I've become a bit of a fan of Anthropic and their focus on devs.

Yeah pretty unnecessary, who/what are you trying to protect here?

This talking point may be a bit outdated now... I'm in a small suburban area in the southeast with 5Gb fiber available from AT&T. Around 500k in my municipal area (50k in the city proper).

Beware the spherical cow-shaped orb of regulations!

Was any privacy actually gained?

> A company left to their own devices will optimize for maximum profit at the cost of literally everything else.

You probably meant public companies because otherwise this sentence and rest of your comment do not reflect reality.

According to [0] (2019), 90% of (6.1m) businesses have < 10 employees. Lawsuits are a very big deal to these enterprises. They are not out to kill people for marginal profits.

[0] https://sbecouncil.org/about-us/facts-and-data/

SimAnt and SimEarth were my faves as a kid!

Meh, I immediately understood the magic 8ball reference and the point they were making.

Wow that's revealing. It's sure aligned with something!

It also ignores implications of Jevons Paradox [0], which could go in a couple of different directions.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

I've made six figure revenue over the course of the past 5 years from introductions to new clients through a "people collector". Definitely a great person to have in your network!

I think you've justified your positions more than enough and it's clear you've thought through these decisions and made them along with your kids. Good choices on the game selection!

You completely missed the point GP was making. Yes, sugar is an easy fuel source. The point is we have NOT evolved to consume massive amounts every day without breaks (i.e. daily) and without lots of fiber to buffer it.

Loved the economy in SWG! Best part for sure. Played a little SWG emu as well at some point

I can definitely recommend it!

I did the same a few weeks back, also difficulty estimates, "impact" analysis and expected performance results - all of which is just hallucinated garbage not worth wasting tokens on.

HA I think I still have dope wars on my old college TI-84. Thanks for the blast of nostalgia!

What detection tools are you using and why do you have such confidence in them? How reliable are they and how do you know? Why do you think these particular tools are better pattern matchers than actual humans (on HN no less)?

Food for thought, fwiw I think you have some valid points.

Yessss, I've been wondering how to script different FF profiles (just haven't had enough time/motivation). That was the only thing holding me back from making it my daily driver.