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samtp··on Kimi K3.1 scores 55 on Artificial Analysis, placed on the Pareto line
I can have 2-3 sessions running at the same time for pretty much the entire working day with DSF4.1 where the responses are fast, cost is pretty negligible, and the results are good enough 95% of the time.

On an overall speed/cost/quality comparison, it seems unmatched in my experience these days.

samtp··on Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you
There is not even an entry for a river, mountain, lake, etc? Do you live in the middle of the ocean or desert?
samtp··on Muse Spark Open
I've been using GLM 5.3 Flash as the planner and DS 4.1 as the task worker over the last month and the results have been very good, predictable, ridiculously cheap.
samtp··on A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad
By granting someone citizenship, the government makes a serious promise to that individual. To break that promise because you don't like where they came from prior to that promise being made is stunningly unethical and lawless behavior.

And trying to cover blatant racism with justifications like "tolerance of cultural and ethnic diversity" is cowardly. Just say you judge people who are different than you and are willing to break fundamental promises in order to make them go away.

samtp··on A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad
Thinking it's atrocious to take away someone's citizenship just because of where they previously came from is in no way a uniquely American thought. In fact it's shared by most people around the world who have a bit of empathy, compassion, and aren't racist.
samtp··on EmDash uses Clef to moderate the plugin registry
Ah that is my mistake because must have clicked a few that didn't have that button.

But still social signals from others and especially screenshots are 1000x more important to me than an AI summary of the code base.

samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
> People in the U.S. used to complain that we drain the rest of the world's brains.

Ok? Are we all supposed to maintain a consistent view with this group of people? I don't understand your point.

samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
There is a lot more to an economy than just housing prices. All the local business now have less customers to sell their good and services to.
samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
> It is risky to invest in offshoring when the outcome isn't guaranteed to save you money.

Now apply that same line of thought to AI.

samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
There is a lot more to an economy than just housing prices. All the local business now have less customers to sell their good and services to.
samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
Well it depends if you live in the US or you live in a country that is hemorrhaging your best workers to the US. No idea why you are trying to lump both groups together as if they should both have a single opinion.
samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
If managed correctly though it means you can have effectively a 24 hour work day. US workers/management goes to sleep as the Asian workers are starting up
samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
Of course it's not new. And of course it never really stopped. But there is a new incentive for execs to give it a much bigger push given all the recent remote work tooling and when they now think a programmer is just monitoring AI output. So why not pay the monitor SE Asian wages rather than US wages.
samtp··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
Yup, this is much more likely to lead to more offshoring than companies hiring more American workers. Which also means that communities in the US with a large amount of workers on visas will also suffer.
samtp··on EmDash uses Clef to moderate the plugin registry
Don't get me wrong, I would love for another CMS to overtake WordPress and the features EmDash has launched with around plugin security is great.

I've spent a lot of time browsing and using plugin/extension marketplaces. One of the main questions that you have when deciding on a plugin is your last one question - specifically the quality of the plugin and if does what it says it will do. But when I look at the EmDash marketplace, there is almost no way to judge the quality of the plugin (especially the UI/UX without screenshots) or if it actually does what it says it will do. And that is usually the first question you ask before going into the security and maintenance. Because if it looks terrible, slows down your site, and doesn't really work - who cares if it's maintained and secure?

samtp··on EmDash uses Clef to moderate the plugin registry
Thats not what I'm saying at all. I really like a lot about EmDash and would love for a different default CMS to overtake WordPress.

What I am saying is that there are different levels of types trust when it comes to incorporating outside code into your project (in the form of packages/plugins/extensions):

1. Being able to quickly understand what the code does and what effect it will have (screenshots are pretty big here for CMS plugins)

2. Being able to examine the code before installation

3. Seeing feedback from others on the quality of the code and how well it meets the objectives

4 Limiting what the code can do once you install it

Right now the EmDash plugin catalog really only does #4. I don't see any screenshots of the UI of these plugins, there is no link to the repo, there is no indication if a plugin is used by 100 people or no one, and there is no feedback from anyone who has used it.

The bottom line is that there are several layers of trust that outside code has to pass before you even install it and consider what permissions to grant it. Ignoring that makes it very difficult for someone to start trying out different plugins. And it also makes me hesitant to develop a plugin, because it seems like it has very little chance of standing out from all the rest, even if it becomes popular.

samtp··on EmDash uses Clef to moderate the plugin registry
Appreciate the context. But my larger point is that all of the sandboxing and plugin permission security features falls flat until you can easily evaluate the plugins themselves from social signals and even looking at the code on Github. It's one of the main aspects the people overlook when trying to replace WordPress is the developer network, reviews, ratings, etc.

Otherwise you just have to trust the random plugin publisher and the permissions/sandboxing doesn't really matter.

samtp··on EmDash uses Clef to moderate the plugin registry
Unless I'm missing something, the current plugin registry [0] is pretty useless compared to WordPress or even Envato without stats for number of installs, ratings, and reviews/comments.

[0] https://plugins.emdashcms.com/

samtp··on Cloudflare K2: serverless event streams
After reading the post, still don't fully understand when you would use CF Queues vs K2. Can you help to elaborate a bit more?
samtp··on Astra for Law
Like I said before, you're being willfully dense in the context of this conversation.
samtp··on Astra for Law
Yes hence why only 25% of the situations I presented were in court.
samtp··on Astra for Law
"Marriage has no friction" is only something that could be written by someone who was never married.
samtp··on Astra for Law
You should free your dog then because a creature that intelligent should not be anyone's pet.
samtp··on Astra for Law
Pig would much rather not eat slop. They are very intelligent animals.
samtp··on Astra for Law
I mean the literal definition for slop as a noun does have a very negative connotation.

> broadly : a product of little or no value

> food waste (such as garbage) fed to animals

> excreted body waste

samtp··on Astra for Law
I mean this is the first google result for AI law slop and it's not citing a hallucination:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/appeals-court-warns...

It's everywhere and not hard to find if you make even the most modest effort.

samtp··on Astra for Law
Apologies for the candor but you're being willfully obtuse.
samtp··on Astra for Law
You must have a greater critical thinking ability than what you are showing now.
samtp··on Astra for Law
Sure as long as they stop making things up.
samtp··on Astra for Law
Your comment is a great example of the phenomenon where people think AI is an expert in areas that are not because they have no way to determine if the seemingly good looking result is genius, gibberish, or somewhere in between.
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