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pampas··on Jev is an honest game changer
I used Jev to make my AI game 6x faster and 8.7x cheaper.
pampas··on Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md
Everyone does. But I think you're missing the point. It's effectively a billboard in the root of your repo.

Sent from my iPhone.

pampas··on Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md
When Jesus' mother notices that the CLAUDE.md (Ancient Greek: Κλαύδιος ) file is missing from her favourite open source project, Jesus delivers a sign of his divinity by turning Claude's CLAUDE.md search path into AGENTS.md at her request.
pampas··on Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md
I wonder if Anthropic's vending machine only serves customers wearing a Claude™ branded hat.
pampas··on Astra for Law
Judges don't care if people have to wait months. What does it cost them?
pampas··on Astra for Law
I wonder how many parties would prefer an AI judge over delayed justice.
pampas··on Astra for Law
You've never heard the phrase "justice delayed is justice denied"?
pampas··on Astra for Law
They seem unaccountable. Every other profession has increased their productivity.
pampas··on Every invoice in Brazil's economy runs on SOAP 1.2
.http files
pampas··on Show HN: Pelican-bicycle alternatives
In my experience LLMs have become generally a lot more useful if you need to create something like a company logo or even 3d scenes.
pampas··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
But is that before or after fees? Does each fund manager take more or less than the cow's dollar equivalent in pasture?
pampas··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
Yes, Confiant
pampas··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
Google as just as scammy as the scammers. For many years they manipulated auctions to capture more market share.
pampas··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
As a publisher it really sucks. The DSPs must know these ads are shit. It would be trivial to filter them with a bit of AI.

I've asked my Google partnered SSP to disallow ethically bankrupt ads like gambling, alcohol etc. They say "we've asked the partners to block those categories"... and then it just keeps happening. They're either unable or unwilling to help. I had to take ads down for several days at my own expense due to rogue ads. The ads are now in safe frames which doesn't pay quite as well but I'm okay with it.

pampas··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
This. When it's a person the original quote applies. But big companies have millions of data points on everything and are competent in areas they care about like their own profit. So you can assume it's not ignorance. They don't care if a publisher has to spend loads of time resolving issues rogue ads and malvertising because it doesn't affect them and the end user just blames the publisher.
pampas··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
All the friction goes down to the publishers fighting malvertising.
pampas··on From Git to Fossil (2025)
Suppose a secret like some personally identifying information was recently leaked into the main branch. You are legally required to scrub it. How do you fix it?

Ideally a repo needs to reflect the state of every event that happened. Practically there are edge cases when it's just best to rewrite history.

pampas··on I added a non-wi-fi Mitsubishi AC to Home Assistant
Research it with an LLM. I've ordered all the stuff for Panasonic and Daikin after a deep planning session. It told me what connectors I need that Panasonic needs a level shifter. Both brands have open source libraries for the internal protocols and wiring. I wanted Zigbee so the ESP32 C6 was the way to go. The Panasonic units I have already have Wifi but most companies suck at this kind of thing. I couldn't get the Panasonic Wifi to pair with my router. Daikin also sell Wifi modules and people don't to like them.
pampas··on LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'
Remember that time when NSA director James Clapper reassured us they're not the baddies.

"Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?"

"No, sir."

pampas··on Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
Easy. One end in each box.
pampas··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
Thanks for the help. I ran it on high and it did pretty well and got a lot of one-shots in. The reasoning makes a much bigger difference than some other models.
pampas··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
Yes. I've just run it on high and it did a lot better.
pampas··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
Great point. I've changed the naming.
pampas··on iPhone Duo
The mini had awful battery life and that's why it wasn't liked.
pampas··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
I've run some evals on my puzzle game https://redactle.net/llm-leaderboard

Deepseek v4.1 flash is able to solve it some of the time. I've found it burns through more reasoning tokens than any other model. Google models like Gemini 3.8 Flash are still dominating and is able to one-shot most evals while being the cheapest.

I'm curious what other unique evals people are running.

pampas··on What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks
It's not about US consumers but international trade. The US likes taxing the world's B2C activity.
pampas··on iPhone Duo
Modern phones are all phablets and it sucks but it's the only format they offer. Smaller phones are nicer to hold and nicer to use for everyday tasks. My thumb can actually reach things. At least AI will no doubt reduce the need for pressing buttons.

Manufacturers want phones to be thin so the only way to fit in the battery life is for the whole phone to be larger. In case you didn't notice it's really really difficult to find a side on photo of the iPhone Duo closed. They don't want to show the thickness.

pampas··on How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
The lack of support is why all the publishers I know give some third party SSP a hefty cut of their revenue just for support. Trying to get any non-wordy website like a tool or game approved is infuriating because they want blog spam.
pampas··on AirPods 5
I'd happily buy the older versions for less. Which is why they don't allow that.
pampas··on AirPods 5
They're so expensive you won't be buying many and that's great for the environment.
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