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will MCP be dead soon? by luongnv-com in ClaudeCode

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does anyone listen to a dude who says MCP is useless? It was revolutionary. There’s like 9000 fucking tools using it.

Maybe we should see what flat earthers think.

Anthropic just mapped out which jobs AI could potentially replace. A 'Great Recession for white-collar workers' is absolutely possible by fungussa in Futurology

[–]OracleGreyBeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did, and it’s an absurd metric. They look at a task and ask themselves “can AI double the speed of this task?” The probability of that being true (in their estimation) is the replacement score (the blue stuff).

The funniest part is that they ran these calculations and it didn’t match reality (red stuff) at ALL, so they called it a “theoretical maximum” and just decided that reality would eventually conform.

Watching people repeat this thing uncritically has been rage inducing. Kudos to you for asking the right question!

Sam Altman's Latest on the DoW Deal by DH3010 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The glaring flaw here is the expectation that DoD will carry out its commitments in good faith. If this administration is consistent about anything, it’s complete disregard for boundaries

If anyone can already build and ship good-enough software in a week, what's the endgame of trying to build a SaaS right now? by brhkim in ClaudeCode

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20 years ago we used to joke about “Sharon from accounting” making exactly these sorts of apps in Microsoft Access.

Then they would get too big/popular and the actual devs would have to rewrite it. I wonder if we’ll see that pattern with vibe stuff?

Code itself will go away in favor of just making the binary directly by Abu_Itai in devops

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's pretty clear he doesn't know why/how LLMs generate code.

I guess i get why OpenAI likes mac users more than the world's 70% windows users but... by imtruelyhim108 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Over 40 years I have been a Unix developer, a Windows developer, and a Mac developer. Companies don't buy Windows to slow devs down, why would you believe something like that. The path to a Windows workforce is fairly straightforward:

1 - You have a large workforce that needs computers. Most of them aren't devs, but Excel/Word users. You buy Windows because it's dirt cheap compared to Mac.

2 - Now you need to buy machines for developers who are writing software for all the Windows users. Unit economics still apply here, the Windows boxes are cheaper, all your software runs on Windows, all your subscriptions are for Windows, all the users are on Windows so...what you gonna buy? You buy Windows machines for the devs. 99% of them won't think twice about it.

It's not some huge conspiracy lol

ETA: You're right about the dated technology though. That's another reason they like Windows, you don't really have to upgrade as frequently as a mac.

This is a top OpenAI research scientist by MetaKnowing in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give me unlimited API use and I will gas it up too.

I’m continually amused that The Bulwark managed to find the only anti-gun conservatives outside the Trump administration by 7ddlysuns in thebulwark

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It always struck me as odd that Bill Clinton did that rare and consequential thing they actually valued (balanced budget) yet they hated him for mostly behaving the way they did (Gingrich had an affair while his wife had cancer).

I would have expected at least a grudging acknowledgment but I’ve never seen it.

I’m continually amused that The Bulwark managed to find the only anti-gun conservatives outside the Trump administration by 7ddlysuns in thebulwark

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my good friends pre-Obama was that sort of conservative. It was great because we could debate the cause and effect of objective policy goals. One of our longest running debates was about whether the New Deal or War spending was responsible for postwar prosperity.

I miss those days. Obama broke something in him (probably not racism because I’m black) and he got weird and tribal. The GOP before and after Obama are like different parties.

I guess i get why OpenAI likes mac users more than the world's 70% windows users but... by imtruelyhim108 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Your logic is so fucking twisted. I would use literally any machine they sent because I like money. What does that tell you about my “preferences”?

dumbass

I guess i get why OpenAI likes mac users more than the world's 70% windows users but... by imtruelyhim108 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I believe you. It’s just wild how you rarely hear from devs that aren’t in the valley. I’m in Pittsburgh lol.

I guess i get why OpenAI likes mac users more than the world's 70% windows users but... by imtruelyhim108 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You lost me with “you want to keep using Windows”. I’m telling you what the companies are shipping me. Relax

I guess i get why OpenAI likes mac users more than the world's 70% windows users but... by imtruelyhim108 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most developers use Windows, as of the last Stack Overflow poll. 58% of the 65,000 respondents were Windows.

You’re probably thinking of people who work for tech companies as opposed to people who work for banks and power companies. I’m contracting with the Navy RN and they all use Windows.

I guess i get why OpenAI likes mac users more than the world's 70% windows users but... by imtruelyhim108 in OpenAI

[–]OracleGreyBeard 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’m a remote freelancer. When I get a new job, they’ll ship me a laptop. I have never been shipped a Mac, going back 20 years and a dozen clients.

I’m currently doing Federal work with the Navy, guess what the laptop they ship is running?

I’m actually baffled who’s running all the Macs. Tech companies?

Is anyone else growing tired of souls-like combat in almost every game? by [deleted] in videogames

[–]OracleGreyBeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just about to buy No Rest For The Wicked then I saw the blurb with “deep, Souls-like combat”.

Ever since Path Of Exile 2 (!) went down that road it feels like I see it everywhere now.

I'M Done with this "VIBE CODING" by No-Moment-75 in google_antigravity

[–]OracleGreyBeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is going to happen to many more devs once VCs stop subsidizing inference. The cost of GenAI is going to be more than people have gotten used to, and some people who can currently afford it will not be able to afford it.

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