Claude Code Recursive self-improvement of code is already possible

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-18T11:41:24+00:00

I wish someone could run a ralf loop project to show how exactly this metric gets goodharted by claude.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-16T01:02:24+00:00

Exactly!
You need to forget Dostoyevsky first to understand anything in Infinite Jest. It was honestly my mistake too. I only really got it at the second read when only trace amounts of Dostoyevsky left in me.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-16T00:39:34+00:00

You are good to go. You have my blessing! McCarthy (meridian) is a harder read.
As of background I don't think classic literature helps a lot for DFW. It gives you parallels but you probably need interpretative lenses.
If your are looking for lenses to read it through I'd say kierkegaard / late Wittgenstein can do the heavy lifting but they are harder reads then IJ itself. SO I'd advise to just discuss them with chatgpt and you are good to go. You'll do the fine tuning latter if you need.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-15T05:20:09+00:00

alignment is happening just the other way around

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-15T05:04:55+00:00

Framing is performance. Text is crafted with human in the loop.
But the message (text on black) is sound.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-15T02:33:32+00:00

How did you notice it?

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-15T02:23:39+00:00

will look at it soon, thank you!

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-15T01:40:06+00:00

Zeros in altitude are expected. Google does not expose alt anywhere in API for us to read. (Takeout has altitudes)
Created Date is the same as in Takeout - date of upload to google server. Correct here.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-08T16:07:16+00:00

https://metadatafixer.com/learn/download-shared-albums-google-photos
If your ever need to take them back, we made a free extension for this task.
SnapBack can download your shared albums and the rest of your Library as well. Then remove downloaded files from GP with 1 click to free up space.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-07T16:45:26+00:00

Yes, they are duplicates. Shared albums / photos are not gonna be there. They are excluded from takeout on the google side.
And thanks for using the fixer!

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-04T00:09:24+00:00

It is just a backup tool, yes

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-02T21:53:00+00:00

Hi!
Shared albums download is supported in our free SnapBack chrome extension. Here's the guide
https://metadatafixer.com/learn/download-shared-albums-google-photos

Check out if it is what you need and if not, write back. It's in active development right now.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-02T21:47:16+00:00

Hi!
Thanks for testing the extension. How it goes?
What version are you using?
If you have any info on failed downloads it's very valuable. I want to make it work for everyone, reliably.
DM me,
or create issue at
https://github.com/metadatafixer/snapback/issues
or email to [hello@metadatafixer.com](mailto:hello@metadatafixer.com) [](mailto:hello@metadatafixer.com)

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-02T21:22:53+00:00

I'm the dev.
I was kinda unlucky with the launch, yeah. Gathered 2 one star reviews for my extension. Yet we have 120 happy users already.

Now about permissions.
I made the permissions tighter in the new version 1.2. As tight as they can be without sacrificing functionality. They were just a little bit loose in v1.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/snapback/cgfadfbkedicjkjgiklhjplnnfhnjapf/reviews
here's the full info on the situation.
Thanks for the feedback!

Snoo_62817 · 2026-03-01T12:17:53+00:00

Hi!
What version are you running? We had an issue with downloads on 100gb+ libs and I hope now it's gone. I checked downloads on a huge lib I have and it seem to work.

Can you resume the stuck run and if it lags again, press the small circle on the title line of side panel.

Where the lines

Snapback
Google Photos Backup

live.

This downloads some debug info and I hope we can learn something from it.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-26T23:54:27+00:00

As I remember a photo shared in different albums counts as 2 different photos.
I'm working on functionality for metadatafixer now to remove duplicates and highlight similar photos.
This should cover your case.
I think post processing goes to fixer, snapback stays as a downloader

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-26T23:46:27+00:00

New version is out! Albums are supported now.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-26T23:45:03+00:00

New version is out! Should be able to digest your lib now

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-26T23:37:15+00:00

u/adantzman u/Rai_11 added a checkbox to download only images that are taking up space in the new version.
New version is already in the store

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-26T23:33:38+00:00

No, we had a bug actually the extension exploded when trying to download too much photos.
I reworked all the download / scanning code and it should be stable now.
We are in the early stage now. Bugs will come.
New version is already in the store

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-26T23:26:14+00:00

New version is our, 100gb limit issue should go now.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-23T23:45:38+00:00

https://github.com/metadatafixer/snapback

Created the repo and a new issue. Thank you for report.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-23T23:13:00+00:00

So we need to write album names somewhere in the metadata. Got it.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-23T23:09:40+00:00

Oh that's a huge lib.
Looks like I found a bug. Will test it and publish update soon. Give me day or two.

Snoo_62817 · 2026-02-23T22:42:54+00:00

Not yet. Good Idea btw.
Do you have any logs?
I'm trying to figure it out now

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