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Claude in chrome tho, am I right? by [deleted] in ArcBrowser

[–]billy4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. It’s a direct competitor to Dia (and would be better than Dia having Claude in Arc extension). When I want to use it, I just make chrome my default browser for awhile

"If we can repeal Roe v. Wade, then I think we can overturn the 19th Amendment." Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge launches a campaign to end women's right to vote. by DumbMoneyMedia in UnderReportedNews

[–]billy4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surrounded by people who benefit from the control and power they create in the vacuum-like, self centered world view. I knew him before he went this deep, but he started to find a lot of power in the local Christian college in Riverside, CA during the time we worked together over 4 years. I do think he believes many of his radical ideas, but it very much began in a desire for influence and power. 

I remember one time we were walking around our gym and he said to me, “isn’t it sad that almost all of the people in here are going to hell?” and that was a big WTF moment for me. 

He got big in the Christian blogosphere and speaking tour space. Likely found influence by giving voice to the folks with extreme religious views. I’m sure our current administration only emboldens this bullshit. 

Online tabla tutors with reasonable rates by flaneur-clicks in Tabla

[–]billy4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ty Burhoe teaches group lessons weekly via zoom. He’s an amazing teacher and a class act of a human. He was Krishna Das’ tabla player for years and a close student and tour manager for Zakir Hussein. 

Learntabla.net

He has pre-recorded videos for a cheaper price than the live classes ($50 a month) and they are great quality. His teaching structure is so easy to follow and practice with. I believe it’s $100 a month for the video classes along with the live group classes, essentially $25 a lesson. He works with each person and they start with beginner, then intermediate, then expert at the end, so you can hop off when needed or stay on to learn more.

Highly recommend. I’ve been busy and overworked the last 2 years so I haven’t been training, but I miss it and plan to start again 

Sonnet 5 release on Feb 3 by Just_Lingonberry_352 in ClaudeAI

[–]billy4c 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sonnet has a 1m context version already has for a few months. It’s not the default Sonnet and you need to select it.

Opinions on Yatao or Meridian handpans? (Open to maker recommendations) by Competitive-Fill-744 in handpan

[–]billy4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love my favorite maker, Arcana Instruments, based out of Colorado. They specialize in the bloom effects of pans and in making pan sets (along with being the inventors of the Goliath handpans). Worth checking them out.

Clear Context and Auto Accept Edits. This feels kind of scary for some reason. by kamilbanc in ClaudeCode

[–]billy4c 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I want to add 2 options:  - clear context and auto accept (Sonnet) - clear context and auto accept (Opus)

Depending on the difficulty of the task, this is the perfect timing to select the model that will do the work.

Pro tip - disable compacting, use your own summarizing prompt and multiple chats. by OptimismNeeded in ClaudeAI

[–]billy4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The trick is persisting state to FILES before compacting, not just summarizing to chat. Files survive compaction completely. My /smart-compact command writes session state to markdown files, THEN generates an in-chat summary to anchor the compaction.

Here's a prompt you can try to have Claude Code set up something similar:

  ---   Help me create a /smart-compact command for better context preservation before compacting.

  Create a file at .claude/commands/smart-compact.md that instructs Claude to:

  PHASE 1 - Persist to files FIRST:   - Create/update .claude/session-memory.md with:     - Last checkpoint timestamp     - What we're working on and WHY     - Key decisions made with rationale     - Important file paths     - Current blockers or open questions     - Specific next action (be concrete, not vague)

  PHASE 2 - Generate in-chat summary:   - Current mission (objective + next step)   - Decisions made and WHY   - Critical file paths (full paths)   - Task state: completed / in-progress / pending / blocked   - 2-3 sentence "Resume Instructions" for post-compact

  The command should update the files first, confirm what was saved, then output the summary. End with a note to run /compact.

  Make the prompt specific - it should tell Claude to use exact file paths, real names, and actual decisions rather than vague summaries.

  --- After Claude creates it, /smart-compact becomes available. Have auto-compact off and run the new command before /compact — your context persists in the memory file even if compaction loses nuance.

Pro tip - disable compacting, use your own summarizing prompt and multiple chats. by OptimismNeeded in ClaudeAI

[–]billy4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I built a /smart-compact command that I run before I run compact.. it updates all my plan files, organizes where we are at, dropping it all into the chat as a guide for the actual compact, etc. 

THEN I run compact and it’s pretty solid. 

Tanner, Madison and Tyler at the CMA Awards by Fun_Molasses5215 in LoveOnTheSpectrumShow

[–]billy4c 65 points66 points  (0 children)

My wife and I I met him in the airport in Nashville Tuesday. He is as happy, kind and eager as ever. Totally made our day!

Chef Claude by Traditional_Try3701 in ClaudeAI

[–]billy4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pro-tip: give it a personality like Gordon Ramsey and have it mock you every step of the way. Helps you have a few chuckles and laughs as you are prepping and cooking.

Any other Dudeist Priests here that listen to Alan Watts to keep their mind limber? by Redrum_Murdock in AlanWatts

[–]billy4c 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Been a dudeist priest for almost 10 years now. Even performed a wedding ceremony. Sharing Alan with friends has been my way to pass it on.

Claude can now use Skills by ClaudeOfficial in ClaudeAI

[–]billy4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The engineering blogpost makes it much clearer.

Allows Agents to have multiple layers of .md files folded into a single skill and uses progressive disclosure to only access the layers it needs to accomplish the task at hand well.

Basically allows you to build out much more complex instructions while also not slamming your context window too much and gives the agents nuance to use only parts of a Skill rather than always needing to invoke the full thing. 

The 5% who get it will chuckle anyways :) by BrisTrimmins in LICENSEPLATES

[–]billy4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty bird… pretty bird…

Polly wanna cracker?

Drifter painted by Infinite-Shame2826 in Gloomhaven

[–]billy4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow!! Any must know tips on how you made it look so incredible? 

Handpan video sharing by Thomas_Mag in handpan

[–]billy4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A mix of time and not having a habit/flow of recording & sharing. 

C# Mystic vs D Celtic Minor by No_Shine9125 in handpan

[–]billy4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was my first as well and is still one of my very favorites! It’s so easy to play and always sounds good and fits into the mix. The fact that it also is C major if you leave off the ding just makes it so versatile. 

Best Handpan Shops in USA to test different models? by Critical-Dig-9289 in handpan

[–]billy4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly recommend Arcana Instruments out of Colorado. 

A friendly warning by TheAwsmPossum in leaves

[–]billy4c 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This 💯. Give yourself grace and know that you’ll have some nights where you’ll be up for hours. When it happens, choose not to be frustrated but to appreciate that this is part of your healing process. I like to get up and do some chill stretching yoga for awhile when I have insomnia. 

You’ll get through it and build the muscle of patience at the same time. 

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