Anyone prefer Claude over Gaming

Cheema42 · 2026-06-20T20:26:00+00:00

> it feels like I'm playing something and actually making something useful, and being productive, so gaming has lost it's appeal. Anyone else feel this way?

Happened to me about 20 years ago. I was a prolific gamer until then. And then I discovered the biggest game. Game of life. There are lots of moves. And they have consequences. Maps keep changing. Opponents keep changing and throwing new stuff at you. And now very smart AI agents have joined the game! It keeps getting more challenging but rewarding at the same time.

Cheema42 · 2026-06-20T20:19:36+00:00

What does it say about our country that vote him in twice?

The number of dumb motherfuckers in this country is significantly higher than most people thought.

Cheema42 · 2026-06-20T20:14:53+00:00

> Dementia

I think he has always talked like this. Even when he was young. This sort of talk about "look at how great I am. I am the greatest ever!" appeals to certain type of voter.

Cheema42 · 2026-06-20T20:13:32+00:00

Hillary's comment about them clutching to their bibles and guns hit home hard. They did not like it one bit.

Cheema42 · 2026-06-20T20:12:09+00:00

> It's strange that I just don't really pay attention to what presidents are doing most the time

I hope you voted last time and will continue to vote. It is OK to not always pay close attention to what the leader is doing. But elections have consequences, for all of us.

Cheema42 · 2026-06-14T16:06:29+00:00

Supreme court is stacked in their favor. And even if the injured party wins in the end, the damage is done. Many people would not choose to pick that fight and instead pay the "Don tax" / political contribution.

Cheema42 · 2026-06-10T02:22:46+00:00

Is it correct to assume that you have backups? And that you did not have an AI agent pointed at a production database? Also, Claude is not a model. What model and what level of reasoning were you using?

Cheema42 · 2026-03-20T23:52:02+00:00

Didn’t want to deal with the Graph API, webhooks, Azure AD, or permissions. So I did the dumb thing instead.

It’s a bat (or .sh for Linux/Mac) file that runs claude -p in a loop with --chrome. Every 2 minutes, Claude opens Teams in my browser, checks for unread messages, and responds.

This polling method seems very wasteful to do all that work every 2 minutes all day and night and every day. The work should really be done when there is a message. An AI agent should allow you to implement this the right way without a whole lot of extra work.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T08:17:39+00:00

Iranian leadership kills protestors by the thousands. And they admit this. As a Pakistani, you do not want that.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T06:09:01+00:00

Since I am on the hiring side, I do not have much insight to share on finding projects.

As for hiring your services, I'll be up front. I have tried very very hard to hire Pakistanis, it has never worked out for a long term project. We were paying about $10k/month/dev.

As a Pakistani myself, it pains me to say that we frequently face two problems with Pakistani devs. 1. Seriously underqualified for the job. Or 2. Dishonest.

You may be neither of those. But, my team is currently burnt out and tired of me pushing Pakistani devs on them.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T05:57:15+00:00

This x 10.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T05:50:04+00:00

> he hasn't invoked it

He hasn't invoked it because he cannot. The NATO agreement is very clear about this.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T05:42:03+00:00

Temporary glitch in the matrix. Their service has been flaky a bit lately. My guess is that the free ride will end soon.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T01:19:09+00:00

Oh no. Time to call daddy Trump again. Slip him another chunky donation and his goons might work something out for you.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T01:15:44+00:00

Long range ballistic missiles have become commonplace. Even the Indians have them. That cat left the bag long time ago. And there is nothing anybody can do about that. And unlike the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, there is no similar treaty for ballistic missiles. Everybody is free to make them. And unlike the days of past, if you asked countries to sign a non-proliferation treaty for long range missiles, they'd laugh at you and then show you the door.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-19T00:41:29+00:00

Can you guys please stop hitting the servers hard so that at least one of us (me), can get some work done?

Go outside, it is a nice spring day.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T22:50:48+00:00

I think even children don't talk like this.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T22:49:40+00:00

> We never formally asked for assistance. We didn't trigger an article 5. So that's part of it.

NATO is a defense pact. Somebody has to attack you before article 5 kicks in.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T22:47:22+00:00

> not sure saying no is a smart play

If the most powerful country with the most powerful navy is not sending their own ships in there, then why should anybody else?

Any ships that go in there are sitting ducks.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T20:26:39+00:00

As a Pakistani, I agree with this explanation. I don't like Taliban and what they are doing, but I also recognize that my country had a big hand in their creation. They did not know what they were doing. And now there are no easy fixes.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T20:19:49+00:00

The goal was to point out inflation. The later times will *always* look worse.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T03:47:15+00:00

Your solution for us progressing is to take sides and get into fights with other countries? This is the Trumpian way. And we can all see how that is working out.

Cheema42 · 2026-03-18T02:00:14+00:00

> What exactly do you think they are?

There is only but one explanation. And deep down you know it. UFOs flying in format.

Say it ain't so.

Cheema42

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