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jackstraw42

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jackstraw42··on US Army Appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs as Lt. Colonels
Who is Robert Lee? Doesn't look like that name is anywhere on https://www.army.mil/article/286317/army_launches_detachment...

Also, why are you pasting responses to your AI prompts? Use your words.

jackstraw42··on US Army Appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs as Lt. Colonels
> We need top talent from industry.

Fair, but is that what they're doing here? I don't know much about the individuals involved, but I sure know the companies they're associated with. The concerning part for me is that this new "Detachment 201" seems less about these individuals' expertise and more about the companies they represent and can provide access to.

jackstraw42··on Claude Code feels like magic because it is iterative
> Make the same as a startup or a company

Not looking to do that though! You can call it toying around if you want, but I think you're really limiting your perspective by dismissing smaller models.

jackstraw42··on Why Claude Code feels like magic?
A bit unfair to call local models Matchbox cars compared to F1. There are plenty of uses for LLMs locally that don't require the largest models, it's not like it has to be all-or-nothing. For example, as a general browser assistant to help summarize articles, explain context, etc. the gemma-3-4B model does very well and is lightning fast on my old 3060 Ti.
jackstraw42··on Zen browser had a backdoor enabled by default
I've probably had Zen Browser uninstalled from my system for about a year, and I just checked my AppData folder, found a 'zen' folder which eventually became 'zen-browser', and 2300+ files still sitting in my AppData/Roaming folder. maybe it's leftover stuff from extensions I installed but.... I probably just forgot to check the "delete all user profiles and settings" box, but who knows.

Going to do a pretty thorough tidying-up of my PC after this. thanks for posting, OP.

jackstraw42··on Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker
> Pi-Hole is essentially useless for real world scenarios.

This is a surprising statement because I've used mine at home with 6+ devices and zero issues for almost two years now. It seems fair to say it's not ideal for your needs, but why say something like this that will only deter people from seeing if it works for them?

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