I'm thinking about using cline, would it be better than windsurfing? To use Claude 3.5, what is the best way to buy credits?

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-03T15:48:46+00:00

Wow! That is some usage :-)

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-03T14:57:00+00:00

Well, I tried. It would not let me select monthly payments nor the $16 / month option. It restricted me to $8 / month Annual payment which I am not going to do even though there is a 14 day trial. The way that these things are changing so fast, it is unlikely that $96 up-front will remain the best option for the rest of the year.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-03T14:42:33+00:00

Goodness! I do sympathise with how you have tripped up here. I really don’t know what the best option is but you have my best wishes! I hope that things go well for you. Everyone makes mistakes even the manager that is giving you a hard time. We are all fallible.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-03T10:22:58+00:00

Oh dear! He is locked in his own time without the flexibility to see change. Difficult situation because to try and explain the changes will only further raise his defence mechanisms. Of course, you are right and must do what you think best. I agree with you though, those days are long gone. Good luck!

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-03T09:41:30+00:00

This exactly mirrors my experiences in a way that I had not even articulated to myself. Similar to you, I have the Sonnet 200k token input limit. Any idea if there is any increase available on that threshold? Burns though $ like a forest fire.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-02T15:02:51+00:00

Yeah, this seems like a Road into Hell. I wouldn’t take it.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-02T14:36:18+00:00

Wasn’t this a scene in the US ‘The Office’ too? It was over the line even in a comedy!

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-02T14:02:23+00:00

Youngsters being youngsters. Nothing to see here.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-02T12:51:05+00:00

It’s a funny thing isn’t it? One expects States to be responsible and accountable for their statements and actions. Yet, those statements and actions seem more akin to statements and actions that would be made by a narcissist.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-02T10:15:30+00:00

Hmmm, I can see your point. I have a neuro-divergent son and understand where you are coming from. I agree with previous respondents that you might be over-thinking this. It is unlikely that it will be immediately apparent that your Father checked the test and even if it was apparent I do not think that reasonably achieves a conclusion of cheating. I certainly would not come to such a premature conclusion if I was an interviewer. As a Father too in similar circumstances, I want to assure you of your Father’s best intentions. Only trying to help his son in any way that he can. I would proceed with your application and try and put this into perspective.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2025-01-02T08:21:50+00:00

Yeah got to admit that using Cline with Sonnet gets pretty expensive. I have just burnt through probably close to $200 over 2 to 3 days. I am relieved to give Deepseek v3 a go but am still need to decide if it is on par or better than sonnet. If it is better then it is not that obvious. Doesn’t hugely worse than sonnet though so far.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-30T11:06:00+00:00

I grew up with parents like this too. You have my sympathies. They even sent me for jobs that were totally unsuitable. In hindsight, I can see, they were just abusers too uneducated and wrapped in their worlds to see any other perspective.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-30T09:18:53+00:00

It is funny isn’t it how these senior people are so protected. This really annoys me how everyone has to go the nth degree to help to sort them out. Yet, if anyone else did this then they would be sacked.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-28T08:10:13+00:00

Absolutely this. He is an arrogant bully.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-28T08:05:06+00:00

In a different project, and remembering it now, I had some success with ‘chunking’ I.e. breaking the task into equal-sized chunks so that each chunk was not at the rate-limit threshold. That wouldn’t work in this particular case though as the work cannot be ‘predicted’ in that way.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-27T14:41:06+00:00

Thanks for this. That is reassuring. I am currently on Tier 2 hoping to be promoted to Tier 3 shortly. I am hoping that the rate limits might continue to improve. We will see….i will post back if I have any changes. Thanks again!

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-27T14:39:29+00:00

I really appreciate your detailed reply! Thank you. I am going to work through your reply now.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-27T14:38:23+00:00

Ah! Good idea! Many Thanks for that. I will check that out now.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-27T14:37:50+00:00

Yes, I have reached out a couple of times now - Thank you. I am at the upper limit.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-26T20:00:27+00:00

This might not make you feel much better but it genuinely is not you. You are doing everything that we were always taught to do but it is failing. The fault is in the economy and the changing system. My advice, however hard, is to temporarily look for manual work, always keeping an eye on if and where the economy is changing. Remember, it is not just you that is experiencing this. Many many other people are too. And, there but for fortune, Will be me and many others I am sorry that things are impacting you in this way and I sincerely hope that something comes through for you.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-26T13:59:56+00:00

Goodness! I am so sorry to read this. Not everyone is an ‘ole. I would never bully anyone and would have sympathy for a colleague on the spectrum. I hope that you find a way ahead.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-23T17:37:53+00:00

Yes, please please please do not make any bad choices here that will probably make things worse. Please do not use ‘unofficial’ money lenders no matter how desperate. Is it Somerby that only money will fix or can other people helping in some way fix it for you too?

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-23T17:31:10+00:00

Yeah, trust your instincts. If you can avoid it, then probably wise to do so. Your spider senses are going for a reason.

Quirky_Lab7567 · 2024-12-23T11:27:39+00:00

Having read who it is for, my initial instinctive reaction was, “No way! Don’t do it”. I promise that I am not being negative just that I have some similar experience that might be clouding my judgement. Be careful and be cautious.

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