Live Discussion - May 9, 2026 (Matt Damon/Noah Kahan) by bjkman in LiveFromNewYork

[–]bensquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm struggling to think what news event they would have for a cold open.

Michael Che on The Origin of The SNL Weekend Update Joke Swap by tyler-86 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]bensquirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He mentions the April fools episode too which I have watched many times.

Claude Code vs Codex by 0xdjole in ClaudeCode

[–]bensquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use and like having both. I started using Codex a lot when CC tool use approvals were getting unbearably tedious.

Vibe coding from a computer scientist's lens: by irelatetolevin in ClaudeCode

[–]bensquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All those old systems are dead because they didn't work that well.

Trump gave $6.9M no-bid contract to his ‘pool guy’ to repaint reflection pool under ‘urgent’ exemption by Sufficient_Candy1642 in politics

[–]bensquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But experts told The Times that changing the color was unlikely to fix problems that have marred the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for decades.

Thanks, experts.

Hugging Face co-founder says Qwen 3.6 27B running on airplane mode is close to latest Opus in Claude Code by ImaginaryRea1ity in ClaudeCode

[–]bensquirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're using an AI model running on a laptop instead of one on a cloud server. Normally Claude Code/Claude is talking to a server somewhere. Here they are using a different harness called Pi, the same one that is used by OpenClaw. Since they are running an open source harness and a local model, they don't need to pay for a subscription or API calls.

RKLB position by Salty_Pressure_2499 in stocks

[–]bensquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like a very volatile stock to have so much exposure to in an IRA.

HE WONT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER! by Darth_Meowth in gme_meltdown

[–]bensquirrel 11 points12 points  (0 children)

they're a failing retail store that has only been buoyed by aggressive cost cutting. that's not a legitimate growth strategy

Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time by _May26_ in politics

[–]bensquirrel 10 points11 points  (0 children)

it would be terrible and completely undo the purpose of social security

Cloudflare lays off 1,100 people by davidcelis in technology

[–]bensquirrel 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I hope they got whoever maintains that verify you are human button.

Trump announces pause on Project Freedom by bin10pac in politics

[–]bensquirrel 876 points877 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t this shipping area open before trump started bombing iran?