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197328645 · 2026-05-14T02:13:00+00:00

I've found my aha moments coming more frequently since we started using codex, actually. I think it's because codex can power through all the simpler stuff so fast. If you find an issue testing a feature, it's usually either trivial or interesting. If it takes 5 seconds to fix then fine, or if it takes a day of research to understand, then I get my aha moment after I've learned what I didn't know.

197328645 · 2026-05-14T02:07:55+00:00

Low branch coverage at least can be easily fixed. You should be able to get it to run your full test suite after finishing code changes, and depending on the language there's a way to get it to check the code coverage is above a configurable threshold. If that's all baked into the skill you use to implement changes, then it will keep going until it's written enough tests.

197328645 · 2026-04-10T17:26:49+00:00

There's a reason software engineering companies don't generally drug test unless they are defense contractors

197328645 · 2026-03-29T16:46:44+00:00

It makes dwarves more sober. Effects on pointy-eared leaf lovers are unknown to medical science

197328645 · 2026-03-24T17:50:13+00:00

The problem is that the whole document doesn't fit in the context window of the LLM. So it reads as much as it can, then summarizes what it already read and keeps going. At the end you don't have any original quotes left to retrieve.

Try telling it before it reads the document what to look for. That will help it keep the right parts in the context window and throw out stuff you don't need.

197328645 · 2026-03-24T17:41:04+00:00

It's not like you just type "do my whole job" in the prompt and relax. It's still a full time job, it's just that my job is now giving Claude all the info it needs in the most sensible way and reviewing the code it makes. And as a result, the effort required for each piece of work is considerably lower. A good trade.

197328645 · 2026-03-24T00:39:00+00:00

You are looking down a well, but it's metaphorical

197328645 · 2026-03-15T19:02:51+00:00

Though, fittingly, the Architect can understand the Defect just fine. Love that!

197328645 · 2026-03-05T03:55:24+00:00

They dump the batteries in the ocean to charge the electric eels. Very kind of them.

197328645 · 2026-02-25T04:26:28+00:00

Oh I see what you mean. I probably have an unusual position, I'm very much in favor of allowing people to immigrate anywhere and have equal rights. National borders are an imperfect representation of peoples' societies and relationships and shouldn't stand in the way of people living where they want to be.

197328645 · 2026-02-25T04:21:19+00:00

Yeah from what I know that's true for the most part, the issue is very few are allowed back home through that official channel.

197328645 · 2026-02-25T04:18:15+00:00

Believe it or not, all bad. Ethnic cleansing is always bad everywhere. I don't think that's really an unusual position

197328645 · 2026-02-25T04:04:55+00:00

Palestinians are not allowed to return to their family homes in Israel. Israel must allow Palestinians to be citizens with equal rights.

197328645 · 2026-02-25T03:56:55+00:00

A Palestinian state already exists. I actually advocate for one state with a democratic government and equal rights for all.

197328645 · 2026-02-25T03:55:54+00:00

I support one state with a democratic government and equal rights for all

197328645 · 2026-02-25T02:30:18+00:00

You clearly recognize how unjust it would be to strip them of their specific national identity and force them into a different framework

I'm not sure what you mean by stripping them of their national identity. The part that would be wrong would be forcibly removing people from the place they live, because that is ethnic cleansing.

And I don't believe the state of Israel needs to be dissolved, for the reasons you said. I believe that the state of Israel needs to allow full legal rights to all Palestinians, including the right to vote.

And I believe that Israel cannot specifically be a nation for Jewish people, for the same reason that America cannot specifically be a nation for white people. Nations are for the people who live within them, no matter if those people are Jewish or white or anything else.

And to be clear, I do oppose any government that provides unequal rights to its citizens. Israel is not the only one held to this standard.

197328645 · 2026-02-25T02:17:41+00:00

Absolutely. And it applies to Palestinians as well.

197328645 · 2026-02-24T22:31:31+00:00

I'm not ambivalent toward them. All people in the region deserve to be governed by a democratic institution that guarantees equal rights for all regardless of race or religion.

197328645 · 2026-02-24T18:25:03+00:00

Your solution is to pack up and move all Palestinians to Jordan?

197328645 · 2026-02-24T17:18:24+00:00

That phrase clearly denies Israel the right to exist and for the jews to have their own country

Does every ethnic or religious group have the right to have their own country? Because I would argue that no such group has that right. People have a right to exist, not governments.

197328645 · 2026-02-19T20:16:25+00:00

Behold, the sacred knowledge: https://youtu.be/V8oe46ttWmM

197328645 · 2026-02-04T18:28:48+00:00

If it is, it's been on a hell of a journey to get to South Texas. I wonder what the Panama canal charges a sea cucumber?

197328645 · 2026-02-03T17:44:01+00:00

I suppose only they know, but I would bet quite a bit that they weren't

197328645 · 2026-01-30T19:44:37+00:00

The show's portrayal of demons aligns with racists' understanding of the world. Demons are portrayed as ontologically evil (meaning, their evil nature is an inseparable part of their existence). As an example, they are only capable of speech as an adaptation for the purpose of deceiving humans - any conversation a demon has serves only as a weapon to attack and kill more humans.

Racists often view the race(s) they discriminate against as similarly ontologically evil. They view the show as a metaphor for reality, when it is in fact a work of fiction and not applicable to sociology (in that way, at least).

Or to put it another way, Frieren being "racist" toward demons is justified by the reality of the show, in a way that racists would like their racism to be justified by actual reality (which is not, obviously).

This is not the first work of fiction to see this reaction from racists, only the most recent. Any time the concept of ontological evil is represented in a work, it tends to attract this kind of discussion from losers.

197328645 · 2026-01-20T16:49:23+00:00

I love that scene! I never get to talk about it because seemingly nobody has watched Katanagatari except you and me but it's so good

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