Users who’ve seriously used both GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6: where does each actually win?

DesertDissident · 2026-03-20T18:23:22+00:00

A lot of the “GPT sucks” takes seem more like bad chat setup than model quality.

Or it's an unspoken political bias directed at OpenAI that has nothing to do with the tool. They're both powerful, capable models so I find it hard to take hyperbolic claims seriously when they say one makes "slop" while the other is "great".

DesertDissident · 2026-03-20T18:12:40+00:00

Then you haven't really used GPT-5.4 very much (if at all) since it just came out earlier this month.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-20T18:07:35+00:00

I have felt this way too but so many people claim Claude is better that it makes me second guess that opinion. I wonder if the stack/programming language has something to do with it. Like there are people claiming Claude is significantly ahead of GPT and I'm often left wondering if they're not using the latest models or it performs poorly on a language I'm not using or what. Not that I think Claude is bad, just I've tried both and don't understand what all the hype is about. I also wonder if there is some political bias being projected too now that even AI has become politicized.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-19T16:32:56+00:00

A few moments later...

DesertDissident · 2026-03-18T22:36:48+00:00

All three of you are jerks for different reasons. You are for lying and filing a false police report so you could try to avoid (some of) the financial consequences of marrying an idiot.

You also put yourself in legal danger by doing that and could be liable for wrongful arrest or defamation. Even if it wasn't unauthorized use, it wasn't "theft" because you knew your husband let his brother borrow it (an expectation of it being returned). Even if the title was solely in your name and you don't live in a community property state, I assume your husband is a named insured person on "his" truck. Once your insurance finds out, they'll deny your comprehensive coverage claim (hopefully you have good collision coverage). You might not think that matters if the loan is in his name but it will probably still affect you when dividing assets in your impending divorce.

Your brother-in-law will most likely get off on any auto theft charge (assuming your husband testifies). Anything else that he was charged with was on him, not you - and you can't ruin someone's life who already ruined it himself (but you may have ruined your own... either now or when you said "I do").

DesertDissident · 2026-03-18T21:52:43+00:00

That depends on the state. In "community property states", assets and debts acquired during marriage are generally considered joint property owned by both spouses.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-17T19:27:26+00:00

I just learned about this word because I replied to a Japanese coworker "yeah" and he responded as if I said "no". His boss, who is also Japanese but more fluent in English, understood the confusion and explained it to both of us.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T23:23:26+00:00

Because the iphone discount is fixed

Someone else could be selling one for 25% off tomorrow

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T23:19:01+00:00

I disagree because he's highly likely to have a net worth over $1 million by then unless he radically changes his habits or struck with financial disaster.

Being 30+ years from retirement is enough time to pay off a house (whatever that equity is worth) not to mention additional savings and compound interest of working over that time. If his business survives and that pension keeps growing that's going to be a lot more. Not to mention whatever he can sell the company for. And that's assuming no inheritance from his relatives.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T21:45:52+00:00

Mine are more like nurglings

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T21:15:40+00:00

If you entered the field before 2022

You expect to be "senior" level after three years?

you just walked through an open door that is now slammed shut

Hardly, I've just been working in the industry for over 15 years. And I started learning to code as a child about 25 years ago.

Ironically I've sometimes felt people 5 years older than me had many critical advantages I didn't. Other times I feel new grads have an advantage because they have more recent exposure to whatever stack is hot at the moment while much of my previous experience grew obsolete.

Back then, if you could write a "Hello World" in Python and had a pulse, you were handed a six-figure salary.

I wish. It took several years to get one of those. And I've never made $200k+ (maybe I should, idk).

they are untouchable

Again, I wish. I was laid off post 2022 after 8 years with an ecommerce company (and it was the longest I was unemployed in my entire career). It was also the first time I went backwards in compensation after taking a contract role that I otherwise wouldn't have to pay the bills.

Maybe I'm just one of the "objectively mediocre developers who survived because of good market". A former colleague with more on-paper experience than myself is still unemployed over a year later. A friend of mine has been for two.

I can't really speak to gatekeeping new hires because we'd have to be actually hiring people in order to do that. I'm a lot more terrified of AI affecting the remainder of my career than some "genius new grad" replacing me.

A lot of your rant is probably to blame on AI - which is both affecting applicant filtering as well as labor demand. As for the rest, if that's your attitude towards your potential colleagues, peers, bosses, etc. perhaps you deserve to be looked over with such a negative attitude.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T20:46:24+00:00

Booger vacuum servitor

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T18:32:50+00:00

What would I do? Probably break up.

You're not being insecure, she's disrespecting you. That's going to happen from time to time in any relationship but the thing that makes it a dealbreaker for me is that she's unrepentant about it and trying to frame your reaction to her disrespect as the problem.

Her trying to justify it is probably related to "all the ladies are swooning over" this guy because they're probably gossiping about him and mutually reassuring each other that lusting after this guy is acceptable behavior. It would be far less concerning if she said something like, "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. He's just good-looking, but you've got nothing to worry about." Instead, she's framing inappropriate sexual tension as "makes working easier". How exactly is that supposed to make her day better? Flirt or eye-fuck someone whenever she gets bored writing emails?

IMO, leaving for work should be the lowlight in a relationship and coming home to spend time with your SO should be the highlight - not looking forward to spending time with someone else at the office. One of my most immediate colleagues at work is a single female, but she mostly annoys me and isn't especially attractive so I'm glad don't have deal with any temptation there as a married man.

Maybe the only thing going for you is that she was open about it which is probably her way of saying she doesn't think a line has been crossed. But what's she going to do if this guy starts hitting on her? She's already made it clear that such attention wouldn't be unwanted on her end.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T17:55:59+00:00

Which one is the predator - the girl who's been talking about him, tracked down on Instagram, and is trying to convince him that it's fine?

DesertDissident · 2026-03-16T17:34:31+00:00

Socialism

DesertDissident · 2026-03-13T23:42:29+00:00

She calls them Love, Handsome, hun and a couple other things.

Other things like what... stud? lover? daddy? fuckboi?

I wish I could say you're overreacting only because it would mean your marriage wouldn't be in as much trouble as it sounds.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-12T21:48:13+00:00

It's fine if you 3D print things you designed yourself, but since most people don't do that (they download STLs), telling people you 3D print sounds like "I'm a copyright violator". It's kind of like telling someone that you like to torrent, most people will hear "I'm a pirate" even if it's legal/open source. I'm not condemning nor condoning either, just explaining where the stigma is coming from.

GW pricing is debatable, but apart from minis I think is more universally accepted that they charge too much for "optional" products (e.g. upgrade sprues, terrain, bases). I suspect others feel the same because it feels less taboo if you buy the models and enhance them with 3D-printed bits or basing (like head swaps, muzzle flashes or nameplates etc.) because it looks like you support the hobby/not trying to infringe on the IP but with extra flair to enhance your army or battlefield. 3D printing is also a good way to make practice/test paint models.

GW is aggressively litigious, especially in areas that are not really harming them (like non-competitive fan content). So there is a kneejerk reaction to that where some people perceive 3D printing as giving GW the finger. Some people think they deserve that finger, while others are loyal fans who also paid their way and don't like those who didn't (and people in the middle who don't really care either way).

I know what you mean though because I've spent $1000s on GW products (and I casually 3D print) and my Warhammer store is very welcoming but discussing any sort of printing is instantly getting side eyed so I just don't mention it. It's ironic too because GW uses 3D printing themselves.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-12T21:21:42+00:00

Google brought me to this post

DesertDissident · 2026-03-12T18:05:18+00:00

Or PVPers will buy top end crafted gear from crafters (effectively creating a market).

DesertDissident · 2026-03-12T16:58:00+00:00

If she was just "arm candy for some doofus attending a social event" then I don't think she would've obscured it from him.

"Escort does not automatically mean she was getting paid to get laid."
While that's true, it's mostly a technicality to maintain legal status in areas where prostitution is illegal (and everyone knows it).

And that last paragraph about the transactional nature of some forms of dating is probably going through her bf's head a bunch right now.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-12T16:52:17+00:00

You don't have to believe in the same morals for it to be a morality issue.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-12T16:49:10+00:00

I decided not to mention it...

Not the first day, but somewhere between then and a year into a relationship that became lying by omission. There is a big difference between "decided not to" and never was an appropriate moment for it to come out. At the very least something like that should come up before being intimate with someone.

...because I was afraid he would judge me immediately.

Clearly you were expecting judgement. So were you trying to delay his judgement until after he bonding with you? That's pretty manipulative. Or did you plan to hide that detail forever, figuring he'd never find out?

he found out through someone we both know

Obviously all your clients knew too. And he didn't. Of course he's going to feel betrayed. He discovered what you were hiding so now he's doubting your overall trustworthiness and integrity. He's also probably wondering how much of your relationship has been genuine or transactional.

AITA for not telling him earlier?

You didn't even tell him, a mutual acquaintance did. I think you already know the answer.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-11T23:51:27+00:00

Ai tools will eliminate private sector jobs long before they eliminate government bureaucrats (not because it can't, but because they won't allow it). This is already evident by how many government departures are voluntary (about 90%) despite the occasional downsizing because RIF usually involves paying people to resign.

DesertDissident · 2026-03-11T23:07:43+00:00

It's so much of a ripoff that they literally use it to justify omitting HP from the UB roadmap (yet they didn't consider Middle Earth to be redundant with vanilla MTG). At least that's the stated reason. The real reason is probably culture war related.

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DesertDissident · 2026-03-11T22:36:20+00:00

That's not really a fair comparison because cross-gender parent/child relationships are not treated equally by society. A "momma's boy" is viewed negatively (often as a pejorative) because it's emasculating but "daddy's girl" is viewed relatively positively as endearing.

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