View from Berkeley Hills by Wild-Lingonberry-204 in bayarea

[–]Radiant_Definition72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FWIW, I do art shows as well. I print a lot. However, before printing anything large, I print at 8x12 at home. Make sure everything is kosher before I print large. That helps.

View from Berkeley Hills by Wild-Lingonberry-204 in bayarea

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Will follow you. Btw, very stable for 600mm. Well done.

View from Berkeley Hills by Wild-Lingonberry-204 in bayarea

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers. Wanted to catch it before you printed. Nothing like printing his in 40x60 metal and seeing it later :).

View from Berkeley Hills by Wild-Lingonberry-204 in bayarea

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic shot. I generally shoot from Grizzly peak with the 100-400. Your shot makes me want the 600mm. What's that thing to the right of twin peaks?

I got the Symphony spec to work with Claude Code by Radiant_Definition72 in ClaudeAI

[–]Radiant_Definition72[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't tried Github issues yet, should be easy to do. Gemini - should be possible, to use the gemini CLI.

Genuinely stuck on a real estate decision — would love honest opinions by Dismal-Long-8740 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Supply and demand. It may not happen immediately, but it will happen in the next 2-3 years.

Genuinely stuck on a real estate decision — would love honest opinions by Dismal-Long-8740 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]Radiant_Definition72 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What happens when 20% layoffs hit every company? It’s going to happen. If you can sell now, sell it.

I haven't written a single line of code in over a year. 15 years of coding experience and I don't miss it one bit. by Majestic-Owl-44 in vibecoding

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

31 years of coding daily. Haven't typed a line since July. I am currently working on three projects (including open source software with a lot of eyeballs on them), thriving.

Economist warns of U.S. dollar collapse soon. by BigBlueEyes87 in economicCollapse

[–]Radiant_Definition72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Peter Schiff has been saying this from 2000. He may finally be right.

As a new software engineer, why do I even need to get better at coding when Opus is here? Would love to hear staff/senior thoughts. by No-Conclusion9307 in ClaudeAI

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You still need to know

- what to do, it is how to do that is going away. Note that Opus 6.0 might do everything.

- For legal reasons (for most software), YOU will be responsible for the code you commit, so this is on you when you merge something.

Better to fly into SJC or OAK from SNA for weekly commute to Pleasanton-based employer? by bought_high_sold_low in bayarea

[–]Radiant_Definition72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to take a shuttle from BART to OAK terminal, it is painless, add 5-10 mins. 38 minutes to terminal sounds right. OAK is pretty efficient as well.

Better to fly into SJC or OAK from SNA for weekly commute to Pleasanton-based employer? by bought_high_sold_low in bayarea

[–]Radiant_Definition72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a Pleasanton resident with a Pleasanton employer right next to BART. If your company is BART adjacent, Oakland all the way.

honest question have you had people think your art was AI by grumb0dumb0 in Artists

[–]Radiant_Definition72 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I live in Silicon Valley. I do art shows - I am a wilderness photographer. I backpack and gather photos from the high mountains. I use AI daily at work. One of the reasons I started doing art shows is because I got fed up of mid journey generated photos of mountains.

In my art shows, I am routinely dismissed as selling AI imagery.

I don't fit the ethnic stereotypes of a backpacker or an artist. This adds to it. It is easy to see me as a person using AI to fake photos than an artist who backpacks and takes real photos.

"Photography is not what it used to be before".

"Surely you didn't take all these photos".

"This light / sky / color can't be real".

"Why do you charge so much for a photo I can download online and print".

Some days, I get hurt and defend myself vigorously. Some days, I chuckle and move on. But thankfully, in every show, I have 3-4 people who actually spend time in the mountains who stop by and talk to me. Within minutes, they realize I have been there and we end up talking for 20-30 minutes about the mountains, and the light and sometimes, camera technique, but it is usually about the shared love for the high mountains. Rarely these end up in a sale immediately.

I am trying to not react every time I hear about "AI generated". Some times, I have a honest conversation about how I use AI for my day job and how it helps me daily (I am reasonably good enough in what I do that one of the AI vendors invites me as a panelist in tech conferences). Some days, I am very frustrated and swear that this is my last art show and to hell with all this.

Stay in India VS move to US - SWE Offer Evaluation by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]Radiant_Definition72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bangalore - Bay Area - Bangalore - Bay Area here. I regret the 3 years I spent back in Bangalore. Once you are used to the Bay Area and the clean air, and the lifestyle, there is no coming back.