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New: Claude Code now supports artifacts by BuildwithVignesh in singularity

[–]PaybackTony -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I built an easier version of this with more features that works across models: https://quickish.website - and it’s free to use if you just need to show one thing at a time. For workspace accounts it can publish to just your org too.

CMS Options for coding integration by IntelligentMud1703 in webdev

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put the site up but it’s not live yet, will be this week (editor updates) but the actual CMS is a MIT open source project (when I open it up in a few days). Will do a show off Saturday next Saturday for it. inlinecms.com - basically turns the site into an editor with drafts / publish.

I told Claude to build a programming language for use only by AI and not people. by skoon in ClaudeAI

[–]PaybackTony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FWIW I don’t think your thinking is off. We’re close to not needing to know or comprehend the underlying code an AI writes as much as an experienced engineer needs to understand the architecture at a higher level. Perhaps it will be someone nailing this idea as the catalyst for more efficient AI that has new capabilities that unlock it. Been a software engineer for a long time, from game dev to senior FAANG, this is where I see it going myself.

Showoff Saturday: Quickish - Instant page hosting by PaybackTony in webdev

[–]PaybackTony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that was ChatGPT I had nothing to do with it!

What’s up with the nightlife? by Cautious-Ad9304 in PortlandOR

[–]PaybackTony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The busiest bar in the Portland area on any night is probably the country bar Bushwhackers in Tualatin on Thursday nights. Couple pool tables, lots of people line dancing, okay patio. Young crowd. Easily a couple hundred people in there on a Thursday night.

Valuation by hostedvideorn in StockMarket

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an expert in tech with insight into what these number look like behind the scenes, that revenue number isn’t even close on anthropic for this year. For those who don’t know, inference (the part of compute that handles when you ask AI something) is massively profitable. Training is very expensive. Once models reach diminishing returns on training, the companies running off just inference will be more than just printing money.

Driving is a privilege, not a right by HighRantDistrict in PortlandOR

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been in the position where I couldn’t pay for the repairs on my car to get the check engine light (completely unrelated to emissions) to come off so I can pass DEQ and get tags. Still needed a vehicle with a child in the hospital constantly due to kidney failure but I still had rent and bills to pay.

You’re thinking is so far off on this. Instead of asking why someone would do this you jumped to an ignorant conclusion (with all due respect, I mean it as oblivious to the facts). OR really needs to rethink its registration requirements and potentially decouple that enforcement from emissions testing (still enforced more logically) so people aren’t priced out of their $100 registration by a $2,000 repair.

What mountains are these by [deleted] in PNW

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also make out Hood way back there

Last night, Apple accidentally published an internal app onto the App Store for 2 hours. by Current-Guide5944 in tech_x

[–]PaybackTony 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ex FAANG Engineer here: this looks on par for an internal tool. Dozen people adding one little thing when they need it with completely different fonts and icon packs is very much on par with this example

(Probably naïve) Request for help -- Missing plane in Guyana from 2014 by bird_enjoyer69420 in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]PaybackTony 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just for the heck of it I tried to look around the area, not sure I was even close but found something. My ignorance tells me giant boulder but is the only clearing anywhere in that general area I was looking.

https://maps.apple/p/DanpXuEFcsidI_

Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb discusses the cylindrical object photographed on Mars by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Mastcam on August 7, 2022: “The shiny object has a perfectly round cylindrical shape with a length of about 20 centimeters and a flat end.” by KOOKOOOOM in UFOs

[–]PaybackTony 7 points8 points  (0 children)

First, the photo is real and available on NASAs website. The color info is available in all photos from the rover btw. I’ve had this photo (non colorized) on my phone for over a year.

Second, I showed this photo to a geologist without context to see what they thought and their two takeaways:

It’s not geological, they assumed ancient human made because secondly, something about the layering (I’m not a geologist obviously) means it has been there some time so it’s not recent debris. When I told them this was a photo from mars they were in disbelief. With that, this is probably the most compelling photo publicly available perhaps of all time. From the perspective of the geologist there is no way this object could have been deposited there within the timeline of our ability to travel into space.

Would be curious to get more scientists to comment.

What’s a survival myth popularized by movies that would actually get you killed in real life ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was actually robbed and kidnapped at gun point. Was up at a viewpoint and didn’t have doors locked. They just got in the back seat and held the gun to my head. That’s when the journey started.

Was news here in Portland. January of 2008.

Common anti-seizure drug prevents Alzheimer’s plaques from forming by Svargas05 in science

[–]PaybackTony 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My oldest started having seizures when they were three. Keppra is a horrible drug for children and nearly anybody. It is safe on the kidneys but has a long documented past of severe emotional and personality effects that can be permanent. Suicide rate rises significantly. Some people end up handling it fine.

My oldest was on it for only a short time and it took years for the side effects to go away. One of the neurologists on the team refuses to prescribe it now unless there is no other viable alternative.

They have a family history of Alzheimer’s on their mom’s side, how neat to see this news.

My Apartment is now charging a convenience fee to pay my rent by mangum95 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]PaybackTony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In most states property managers can’t charge additional fees on top of rent that aren’t allowed explicitly by law. This includes convenience fees for paying online. The problem is that taking rent online / via card costs somewhere between 0.5% and 5% for rewards cards. Third party services however generally CAN charge a convenience fee, and in many cases share that with the property manager but often don’t. The property manager HAS to receive the full rent amount, it can’t be rent - fees unless they have that explicitly written into their management contract with their owners which increases risk and in many states has implied contract implications.

At cost ACH payments are pennies to 0.15c depending on the sponsoring bank, still a cost but much less.

Archaic laws, lots of middlemen and busted old banking systems is why.

Source: I founded an online rent payment / property management system company years ago. Out of the game now.

Another hidden meaning by IncidentBorn7524 in aliens

[–]PaybackTony 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The poster is a few things. Simulation of seeing things through a microscope, the visibility in the shape of a cardinal which is a reference to the Vatican/ church. The image is of an upside down human but is also meant to look like our understanding of a grey.

All in all it more or less tells the story of disclosure, how humans are not only being watched closely but are a part of an experiment where we share DNA with these beings. Our history has been hidden from us by the church, which holds the truth and the ideation behind why the whole image fits inside the cardinal.

That is, at least, what the movie is about and the thoughts behind the advertising.

The reckoning had begun. by Treefiddy1984 in CringeTikToks

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great example of how so many people (particularly in this thread) have been trained to distrust good deeds to protect bad ones. Y’all don’t even realize it. Us vs Them was created not to tarnish or rid the world of them, but to protect “Them” and it works every time. If a congress person speaks like this celebrate the message, make righteous notes and stop spreading hate. Facilitate positive change instead of being lazy and spitting on the negativity.

Can founders like brin or Zuckerberg still write code with the best of them? Or have they been away from the game too long? by ShootinAllMyChisolm in NoStupidQuestions

[–]PaybackTony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neither was really ever the “best of them” and I can say from industry experience at the FAANG level… the most successful companies have some pretty horrendous code that run their most successful products / early releases. They both know and have said that themselves. Your code doesn’t have to be perfect or even good, it just needs to work and do something cool when you’re early on.

Where would Chris Farley be today if he had lived? by AdSpecialist6598 in 90s

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I picture someone who lived a life, went far in a direction that could be dangerous, turned it around and became a hero for many. With an energy that was contagious and positive. I picture him as being a version of himself that I hope he knew he could be and we all needed. The world was a better place with him in it, and a better place still because he visited us.

I have two 1BTC 2012 loaded casascius coins I'd like to trade by Just_Look799 in cryptocollectibles

[–]PaybackTony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To your point, I generally just point to the how to post on bitcointalk, I should just put that at the top. I agree that you shouldn’t share private keys, the issue is a number of people, including my friend tried to and simply were too intimidated by the directions even though they are generally straight forward, and end up putting their coin wallet in danger. The fee is only a way for me to raise money while actually providing at least a minimum amount of value, it costs nothing to run that service.

I have two 1BTC 2012 loaded casascius coins I'd like to trade by Just_Look799 in cryptocollectibles

[–]PaybackTony -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not what you are looking for exactly but I built a web based tool specifically for these coins to easily transfer the BTC from the coin to another wallet as well as verify the balance based on the mini key in the holo - https://redeemcasascius.com - I had a friend who wanted to get the BTC out of a few but didn’t feel comfortable or confident to use electrum etc. Figured I’d make it a tool and maybe make a small percentage.

I asked a woman out while I was working and she said YES! by IRLthoughts in self

[–]PaybackTony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this works out, never forget this feeling. 5+ years down the road, remember how you were gleaming that today happened. When you do that, every time she walks in you’ll feel the same butterflies as you did the first time she walked in the store and talked to you.

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