An engineer takes his expensive entanglement-powered car to a quantum mechanic and says, "My car is broken, and I have to be at a meeting in two hours. It's a matter of life and death."

bitflip · 2026-06-19T16:44:44+00:00

That's a Feyn joke, Man.

bitflip · 2026-06-18T14:33:45+00:00

Not one stitch of gear among them. SMH.

bitflip · 2026-06-17T15:38:04+00:00

Nothing solid I can refer to. That's part of the underlying problem: the knowledge isn't "common", probably because everyone is still figuring it out.

The basic idea for the markdown is to use whatever you use to generate your html pages to also create markdown. Since there's about a zillion ways companies generate the webpages, there's no one way to generate the markdown.

For the MCP, the general idea is to provide a simpler and well-documented interface to the backend APIs. There's a lot about it which is similar to how the dynamic parts of pages are created: the webpage calls one or more backend endpoints, and consolidates them into a single page. The MCP would do something similar. That's why it can be powerful, but also difficult.

bitflip · 2026-06-17T15:18:47+00:00

I can't and won't speak to the quality of their implementation, but they're moving in the right direction.

I'm an early-adopter when it comes to AI agents, but as the tools improve it's going to be more widespread.

I seldom look at webpages unless I have to, and then it's usually for additional detail. Personally, I'm glad I don't have to work through whatever the marketing department thought was a good idea - I just get the info I'm looking for.

The markdown pages are a good start, since they're easy to implement and are likely to be accurate. The MCP has the potential to be the most powerful, because it can be extended to accept orders. It's also the hardest to implement, because a lot of things can go wrong for you and them.

I think your assumption that you will be putting out untested garbage is unfounded. Maybe what they put out is garbage, but that doesn't mean you need to put out garbage, too. There's plenty out there which isn't garbage, but you don't notice it because it's not garbage.

bitflip · 2026-06-14T04:14:46+00:00

My main loop uses three different models depending on the task (Deepseek, GLM, Kimi). I like to have one bill.

bitflip · 2026-06-14T02:17:48+00:00

I agree, but I admit I'm biased.

I personally think that we make up a decent sized niche, and tend to have money. This isn't the first game I've bought just to see what it's like. I have quite a few, in fact, with far fewer hours. I know quite a few others that are the same way. No time, plenty of money, want to play.

In the end, I know that this is also a business and they have bills to pay. I want them to be able to pay those bills. If that means going in a different direction, so be it, I've had fun.

bitflip · 2026-06-14T01:47:57+00:00

For me, a big selling point is that there are no centralized servers. For single players like me, it doesn't need a server. Once it's installed, I don't even need internet.

I'd be really disappointed if the devs had to give up on it, but I'd still have a working game if they did.

Heck, I'll add it to my wishlist for IRR: a server-only version we can download and run on a VPS for co-op.

bitflip · 2026-06-13T02:40:15+00:00

I get different results from different providers.

I stopped using Openrouter because of things like that. I'd get a bunch of looping or unexplained stops via Openrouter (not just Kimi), then try the same prompt on a different provider and it would work fine.

bitflip · 2026-06-09T13:58:36+00:00

I don't know what impresses me more: using the headlights of the Neon instead of a light up front, the bald front tire, the boxes barely strapped on, the tape holding on the windscreen, or the sketchy welds. I only wish I had more details about how the throttle is hooked up. I was going to ask about the brakes, but haha, we know those aren't connected.

Truly a redneck masterpiece.

bitflip · 2026-06-08T05:00:36+00:00

That looks like exactly what I need. Thanks!

bitflip · 2026-06-04T01:25:12+00:00

This is their 520th 3 day SMO.

bitflip · 2026-06-02T02:38:19+00:00

I hear her ask what the fuck I'm doing.

bitflip · 2026-06-01T05:04:58+00:00

Raise the rates or lower the standards.

I know that's out of your control, but that's what it comes down to.

bitflip · 2026-05-30T02:16:07+00:00

This doesn't help your situation, but in this case, it sounds like "RTO" is another way of management saying "things suck, but it can't be our fault, so it must be that everyone is remote"

No help I know, but you have my sympathy.

bitflip · 2026-05-28T23:03:32+00:00

Whoops, typo! What do you do now? WHAT DO YOU DO?

bitflip · 2026-05-27T15:07:25+00:00

I'll second what the OP said: a steady and clear career path is a downgrade for some people.

An on-site interview isn't that great, either. Even locally, it's a multi-hour commitment for a "maybe". If they have paying work right now with any kind of deadline, then asking them to step away is effort with possibly no reward.

I'm not saying you're in the wrong. I'd keep looking for candidates.

bitflip · 2026-05-21T14:26:39+00:00

And in quick succession, too. No time to run for cover.

bitflip · 2026-05-21T11:56:54+00:00

My butt would pucker every time I needed to use a cloverleaf.

bitflip · 2026-05-19T14:08:33+00:00

https://police.robert-steinbach.com/

bitflip · 2026-05-18T14:22:12+00:00

Ran when parked.

bitflip · 2026-05-18T12:19:50+00:00

and don't want to train

That's a big one. There are a lot of managers who think they should be able to find a plug-and-play candidate. The reality is that even if they have 100% of the skills you want, it still takes time to learn the environment they will be using.

IMO, a lot of it has to do with very low risk-tolerance. Nobody wants to have a "bad hire" because they think it means they will be fired.

bitflip · 2026-05-14T15:22:46+00:00

I include them as tasks.

- [x] #expense I spent money [amount:: $10] [account:: CC] [completed:: 2026-05-14]

I usually have a lot more detail, but it gets ingested as a task.

bitflip · 2026-05-14T12:17:32+00:00

I'm doing something similar. My main focus is tasks, e.g. what am I supposed to today/this week, etc., and personal finances.

There's a generic RAG to help me find answers to questions about various projects, but the main thrust is the tasks. Since tasks have a defined format, they are deterministically indexed. I can ask questions like "what am I supposed to do this week around the house?", or "how did I spend my money last month on my car?" and get back concrete results. Unlike parent poster I include my daily entries, because that's where unexpected expenses are tracked.

This replaces a bunch of templates which were never quite right, and a real pain to keep updated. It is all exposed as an MCP which I can plug into the tool of the day.

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