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dumbdumb125··on Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive
i think it's about drawing a line between your "personal computer" and a software development machine. any digital-native is going to accumulate programs, configurations, and other bits and pieces that aren't trivial to migrate to a new machine.
dumbdumb125··on Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive
the solution to both of these is the same thing. vps with accounts for all the services specific to the agent (github and whatever else)
dumbdumb125··on Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive
I've had one sever its own internet connection. Less destructive, also more humorous.
dumbdumb125··on Harness engineering: Leveraging Codex in an agent-first world
It's a huge flex if the alternative is no code at all. Reward hacking aside, LOC resonates with me in the sense that I've seen 10+ projects to fruition that wouldn't have even begun without an agentic harness and an LLM.

It's like the difference between doing stock price predictions with binary "up" or "down" histories and trying to figure out how to normalize actual price histories (basically impossible). The binary work gives a well-defined signal.

dumbdumb125··on Ableton Extensions SDK
i could see this being something that AI takes a bite out of in the coming years

i've been making my own vst instruments and effects with faust, and codex knocks it out of the park; it's basically a trivial task

the only problem is that i have to use software that's external to DAWs. it's only a matter of time before this is first class in DAWs

dumbdumb125··on Daily pill can double survival time for deadliest cancer, trial shows
Sasse is a bad example of the drug. Entire institutions, at least the two I'm working with as a caregiver, have gone through the trials of 6236 without a single case of the rash as bad as his.

Insensitive comment in general. "Throw in the towel" really pissed me off.

dumbdumb125··on 560-610 minutes of exercise a week needed for substantial heart benefits
MET is a measure of cardio exertion.

Walking briskly is 3. Moderate running is 6. These are just examples.

An hour spent at 3 MET is 3 MET hours.

dumbdumb125··on 560-610 minutes of exercise a week needed for substantial heart benefits
There are multiple comprehensive umbrella reviews on the subject. Synthesis of knowledge synthesis. Tens of thousands of study subjects over decades and decades.

15 MET hours above 3 METs gain 70% of the possible benefits from cardio.

Not exactly contradictory results, but it makes this sound like bullshit.