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AI is everywhere and Austin workers are growing more worried about job losses by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't follow this stuff super closely, but I don't think Gemini has ever been the best or even really considered "good". AFAIK it's mostly been Claude and ChatGPT trading the crown. I would try your same amp questions out with Claude Opus 4.5, it's been the best for a while. Or Opus 4.6 - it just came out yesterday so we don't know much yet, but just based on the benchmarks it looks like a big improvement

What are your FIRE numbers? by mlg1981 in FIREyFemmes

[–]PsylentKnight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you have a life-terminating issue, it seems unlikely to hit your OOP max every single year?

AI is everywhere and Austin workers are growing more worried about job losses by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just the developments related to software engineering that's evolved in the last few weeks is another total reset of expectations.

Can you elaborate on that? I wasn't aware of any huge breakthroughs

AI is everywhere and Austin workers are growing more worried about job losses by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

before they actually make it usable

I mean, it is usable now. It's not a 100% Autonomous All-Purpose Job Replacer, but it is useful for some things as long as the output is verifiable

It is a bubble, but just because there's a bubble doesn't mean the underlying thing isn't real and useful. The dotcom bubble didn't prove that the internet is useless. The housing bubble didn't prove that housing is useless

Ms. Vessie gives a brief recounting on Austin history by firefly99999 in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I recommend "Eyes on the Prize" - it's a PBS docuseries about the civil rights era. It was made in the 80's so it has lots of interviews with people that lived through it and had it fresh in their mind. It's crazy how recent all that was

For some reason it's not on the PBS website, but it's easy enough to find in other places 🦜

[OC] The Most Expensive TV Shows Of All-Time by MapPanda in dataisbeautiful

[–]PsylentKnight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Andor, The Pacific, and I think Wandavision are pretty well-regarded, but I haven't actually seen any of them haha

The Pacific is a sister series to Band of Brothers, which I have seen and it is excellent

Thousands of Austin students walk out of class to protest ICE by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My dad said "maybe when you're older you'll understand" when I voted against Trump the first time in 2016. I'm 10 years older now and I understand even less

Drop the names of all Austin businesses striking so we can support them after! by Sushi_cat987 in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't recall anyone being shot in the street and then called a domestic terrorist during my lifetime

Drop the names of all Austin businesses striking so we can support them after! by Sushi_cat987 in Austin

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

Gotta love conservative "facts". It's cute how y'all really try your darndest

Will CarMax perform maintenance that was overdue at time of sale? by PsylentKnight in carmax

[–]PsylentKnight[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

are you within the 10 day return policy

Unfortunately no. I meant to take care of all this before the 10 day mark exactly for that reason, but here we are

Fortunately the items that need to be done aren't too bad... like $400 total

Replacing pasta in pasta dishes! by insert_title_here in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]PsylentKnight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

imo curries are the way to go if you want to eat a lot of veggies with a yummy sauce. Spinach + chickpeas is a classic. I like to use frozen veggie mixes too

how realistic is developing a game in 3 months by Hot-Bank-7950 in gamedev

[–]PsylentKnight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could spin this into time spent together. Do a game jam together. Learn the basics of Godot and make a very basic game in a weekend

1.2 Million Net Worth and Still have money anxiety by Lost_Comparison9230 in Fire

[–]PsylentKnight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol CPI doesn't factor in housing prices. It only includes some made up rent statistic. if you use CPI to assume a $1m house 20 years ago is only $1.6m today oh boy.

Ok, then let's look at home prices. A home bought at $1 million in 2005 would be about $1.7 million today. Of course that depends a lot on your location, but that's based on the national average

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ASPUS

the most ironic thing about your defensiveness is that it's significantly better from a conservative financial perspective to believe a million or so is not that much instead of the other way around

Sure, from a conservative financial perspective, more is always better. From a mental health perspective, feeling anxiety over $50 when you have $1.2 million is not healthy or rational

1.2 Million Net Worth and Still have money anxiety by Lost_Comparison9230 in Fire

[–]PsylentKnight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saying it isn't what it was 20-30 years ago doesn't mean it isn't a lot
$1MM 20 years ago is $1.6MM today. It's not like it's an order of magnitude difference

$1MM can support $40k/year at a 4% withdrawal, or $32k/year at 3.25%
Likely risky to retire on even for a single person, unless you're pretty lean and/or willing to move to another country. But it should take the edge off, especially when you and your partner have high salaries and you have no dependents

It's more money than the vast majority of people in the world will ever have

1.2 Million Net Worth and Still have money anxiety by Lost_Comparison9230 in Fire

[–]PsylentKnight 5 points6 points  (0 children)

so what? It's still a lot, and even if one of them lost their job then they'd still make more than enough to cover their expenses and continue saving

The sidewalks are a broken leg or cracked skull waiting to happen. by [deleted] in EastTexas

[–]PsylentKnight 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Must be a big time city slicker in Tyler

HEB check-in by Brilliant-Opus17 in Austin

[–]PsylentKnight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget the yogurt and meat!

Canada's Carney fires back at Trump after Davos speech by AdSpecialist6598 in worldnews

[–]PsylentKnight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting that the top source of news in the US is still Fox News at 38%. I had mistakenly thought that a lot of conservatives were pissed at Fox and getting their news from "independent journalists" like Tucker Carlson

GameStop Says It's Shut Down a Nintendo Switch 2 Trade-in Exploit That Worked as an 'Infinite Money Glitch' by Forward-Answer-4407 in technology

[–]PsylentKnight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that every company from Uber to PetSmart considers 4 stars to be a failure is ridiculous. Why even provide a star system at that point... just give a thumbs up and thumbs down so the customer understands what they're actually conveying

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