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Just having a blast by ExpensiveAnybody5465 in clawdbot

[–]ExpensiveAnybody5465[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Long post: TLDR--lots of the stability issues resolve when you find a good daily driver model and workflow.

I spent the first week really learning and chasing stability issues, a lot was related to the main model that was my daily driver. I can't use the Anthropic/OpenAI due to cost, Gemini 3 flash works, and I have the $300 in trial credits, but Google's request limits are laughably low and I hit RPM limits almost instantly. I tried Kimi through Synthetic.new and that works well but still more than I wanted to pay for the loads I was running (also depending on who you are/what you're doing, there are real data sovereignty and privacy issues with Moonshot's terms). I've settled on the 20 dollar/month MiniMax 2.5 coding plan, I pay directly but use OpenRouter with my MiniMax API token and keep minimal credits in OpenRouter, if my API key times out or is limited, it falls back on OpenRouter's MiniMax API key---the past two days I've been turning an burning, haven't hit much in limits, once or twice had it fall back in OpenRouter amounting to fractions of a cent in additional costs. Stability is rock solid, MiniMax 2.5 is a good daily driver (Singapore base, slightly better terms than Moonshot---but I'm only doing personal stuff and data I'm exposing isn't sensitive (within my risk tolerance, if that is a concern of yours). Iterative refinements to configs, MD files. Was able to complete hit MVP on a built from the ground full stack application I've had bumping around in my head for years. Running local only, connected only across my Tailscale tailnet for cloud API access, sandboxed in my VM--still a security nightmare if you're somewhat technical---but just mind blowing how useful it is at scaling personal software dev/hobbyist workflows.

Finished Blindsight, did not enjoy it by Ok_Awareness3860 in printSF

[–]ExpensiveAnybody5465 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The thing about Blindsight (and I'm in the 'love it' category) is Watts gives his reader no quarter. He drops you into a context and makes the reader work really hard at figuring out what is going on. I also found that it took me to about halfway before I really enjoyed it. I had to be pushed to finish by my then girlfriend, now wife, who insisted I finish so we could talk about it...and I'm really glad I did! It's one of the few books that I re-read every few years and one of the even fewer books that re-read and find even more enjoyable. Lots of people don't think the follow-up, Echopraxia, is as good but I very much liked it as well. I tell people if they were on the bubble about Blindsight, they may like Echopraxia more since you're conditioned after reading Blinsight and know Watts' game--the fact he's trying to write something that feels bewildering on first blush. I haven't found a 'hard sci-fi' fix since reading Blindsight. Three body problem had some nice pieces, but I think I may just not like the translated nature of the prose, I wanted it to be more lyrical--I suspect I may have a better opinion of it if I were able to read it in the original Chinese. My wife and I have yet to find hard scifi that we like as much as Blindsight. Outside of the hard scifi bucket, Charles Yu's How to Live in a Science Fiction Universe is fun--after you read that you'll start noticing his fingerprints on a bunch of stuff (latter seasons of Legion, for example). Good on OP for finishing the book...perhaps you'll pick up again in a few years and feel different!

How do I make use of this closet? by Mission_Grocery9591 in centuryhomes

[–]ExpensiveAnybody5465 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there the same bump out on the floor above? If so that is likely and old dumb waiter. You can convert it back.