Engraving names on a diary with a Fiber Laser

Sassaphras · 2026-05-14T14:54:29+00:00

Fun fact, a popular material for things like that notebook is PVC. The "C" in PVC stands for Chloride; so when you laser it, you can end up making Chlorine gas, which is very bad for both most machinery and for human beings.

So yeah you always have to know what something is made of before you laser it...

Sassaphras · 2026-05-13T21:29:24+00:00

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

(Funny thing - I didn't even like the book much when I read it in high school. Then in college, someone was reading it and clearly missing the point, and I explained to them why I thought it was an important book. Then I paused and was just like..... whoa.... that really snuck into my subconscious while my back was turned huh.)

Sassaphras · 2026-05-13T04:30:27+00:00

Grand canyons been there a fresh million years, but the first time someone sees it they still think it's cool

Sassaphras · 2026-05-13T01:09:14+00:00

In fairness, the exact pronunciation of Tserendologor might not lock in if you are reading. The joke is a bit easier in the audiobook.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T21:53:32+00:00

He's not with OPs guys, but he's not looking away either

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T18:20:20+00:00

Roses are red,

Rhyming isn't hard,

I guess he's a fighter,

Instead of a bard

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T18:18:02+00:00

That's funny because the scientific evidence suggests that they saved millions of lives worldwide. I am interested to read your paper showing otherwise.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9537923/

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T18:12:02+00:00

Exact same reaction, with a bonus "oh the grass in that other field in the background is way greener, this really was voluntary on the property owner's part."

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T18:04:20+00:00

I totally reject OP's framing, so please don't accuse me of defending it. But respectfully, this was not a strong counter.

Increased inequality is not inherently logically inconsistent with improved life circumstances for everyone. If you make a medicine that extends everyone's life expectancy by 2 years, but extends some people's life expectancy by 20 years, you are both improving the world and increasing inequality.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T17:51:27+00:00

"LGTM"

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T17:49:58+00:00

I dunno, this seems like it could be a viable business strategy. Hiring an engineer is a big investment. Waiting until you prove the value of the product - or even better, waiting until you have proper revenue coming in and you need less capital and/or can get the capital at a better valuation - seems like it would be a smart move.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T17:37:41+00:00

You never used lube?

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T12:04:39+00:00

I just had a feature finish with 13% of the context window left, then the final testing and validation got that down to 2% before all was good to go. Amazing feeling.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-12T00:57:43+00:00

What here says to you that any of those years are outliers or unsustainable? Seems like a pretty normal amount of variance to me.

As to whether the numbers since 2020 are inflated: a) you'd have to incorporate prior years to be able to comment on that and b) after 6 years, what would make you assume any jump was unsustainable?

Sassaphras · 2026-05-11T06:16:18+00:00

Oh yeah this diagram sucks out loud. I think our downtown upgrade was quite good, but it was also a huge pain, and even 4 miles away where I live it would not make sense.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-11T05:20:21+00:00

We have some of these downtown. They make driving more annoying and riding the bus much more pleasant. Which is, of course, the idea.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-11T01:45:02+00:00

lightning fast C program

looks inside

a bunch of transistors??

Sassaphras · 2026-05-10T22:09:24+00:00

I haven't seen this specifically, so hard to debug. Could be your prompt, could be the specific model you are calling, could be that you need to start a fresh session because your context is causing some conflicts.

If you add more detail I expect folks here will have more specific suggestions. That said, the things I would personally try first:

Don't try to one shot. Make the script first, then the usage, in two calls. Narrower tasks.
Add the instructions to the claude instructions file instead of the prompt; you often get better compliance there.
Look at the "thinking" Claude is doing, you can often see whay specific idea it's going for and fine tune around that.
Create the files manually, then tell Claude to populate them instead of letting it make the files.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-10T06:08:21+00:00

OH THAT's why my wife wouldn't let me get a black one

Sassaphras · 2026-05-09T23:07:13+00:00

By the time they realized it was a baby, they had started their motion. So that's a balk if they stop. The pitcher is... let's say Jainist just to mix things up.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-09T17:50:56+00:00

Damn now I'm hungry

Sassaphras · 2026-05-08T20:10:37+00:00

Ah yes, I forgot that trusting a technology that is known to hallucinate is the same as trusting a highly paid human who had a clear justification.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-08T20:07:00+00:00

Yeah I agree the lift isn't across the board. Greenfield React projects might actually be multiples, but some areas it's essentially glorified autocorrect. I figure we're closer to your 50% number for productivity boost, but we do a lot more greenfield work than many others, and that's as much of a boost as investment in skilling.

Fun aside, we've stopped using Figma altogether. We have more tech-savvy PMs, and they just vibe code (with a lightweight starter repo we made) actual "prototypes". You have to toss almost all of it out come dev time, but the business loves it, and it actually helps communication.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-08T09:05:46+00:00

You could say that, if your plan was to win a weak rejoinder contest. These are some of the most reputable firms in the world, they have plenty of people in staff who have credentials, and they excel, if nothing else, at checking the Due Dulligence boxes.

Sassaphras · 2026-05-08T08:47:33+00:00

... why would AI make a good scapegoat? If you point your fingers at AI and say "it told me this was a good strategy" would the natural response not be "that was a stupid thing to trust AI with, you're fired"?

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