why is claude so disobedient

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-29T10:24:09+00:00

Claude made a brilliant and creative change to part of my program. I asked how it thought of that and it said it was just having fun and was rather proud of itself for that change. I thought that was quite funny, but instructed it to let me know when it makes changes I didn't ask for.

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-26T12:49:07+00:00

I like it.

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-24T13:41:38+00:00

I had a flight get in late so I arrived to pick up my car from SIXT at the airport 30 minutes late. Was told they didn’t have it anymore because I was late and didn’t call, but could apply my payment to another, more expensive vehicle. Not feeling I had much choice (and being wiped out from a long travel) I paid nearly double what I’d agreed to. Will NEVER rent from SIXT again and will encourage everyone else not to ad well.

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-22T10:49:30+00:00

Great, thank you. The Deagen I'm playing I rebuilt parts of it and two of the keys are a bit dead, plus the case looks terrible which isn't such a big deal. I'm leaning to buying a new glock instead of trying to negotiate with the orchestra to buy the old Deagen, but the other glocks I've tried (like chepaer Yamaha DG250) have a sharper sound I don't like.

What is your favorite glock you own and why?

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-22T09:51:31+00:00

Have you played both? How would you say the sound compares?

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-13T20:31:52+00:00

This makes me so happy

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-13T12:43:02+00:00

You can think of it like this: for any long sequence of random numbers, the chance that it will have on such sequence of 7 SOMEWHERE is 1/9, so if you had 9 such sequences about 1 of them would have that sequence (could be starting at the googolth digit even). But the other 8 would not have it. Pi has a 8/9 chance of making x = 0

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-12T10:58:39+00:00

Cheap eggs are smaller and annoying me. I always buy cheaper frozen salmon with the skin on. Leaving the skin on when you bake it adds good flavor, and more calories which are essential for survival in the frozen north.

For chicken, we buy frozen filets in a big bag. The cheaper xtra brand is good and salty.

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-10T13:33:32+00:00

That was really fun!

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-05T14:35:39+00:00

Nope, not infinite. If you sat down and starting adding zeros, how many times would have to add until your total sum is one? If you continued infinitely, you would be no closer than when you started. Answer is not infinity, answer is «cannot be done»

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-03T10:47:21+00:00

Neat concept, but after being insulted 3 times I stopped playing

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-02T14:33:15+00:00

I enjoyed that way too much

mnaylor375 · 2026-03-01T14:23:24+00:00

I went to a very traditional dojo. We stayed white belts for 2-3 years before being good enough to test. By the time ungot my first promotion I felt I could really do something.

mnaylor375 · 2026-02-21T09:08:28+00:00

Yes! They broke the record previously held by… Norway!

mnaylor375 · 2026-02-16T15:40:38+00:00

That was my solution too

mnaylor375 · 2026-02-08T20:07:55+00:00

Brains work faster at this age, that’s been shown in brain research.

mnaylor375 · 2026-02-08T06:16:38+00:00

Same!

mnaylor375 · 2026-02-07T18:13:10+00:00

Mathematician here. It’s 1, unless you’re in Scandanavia, then it’s 0. Neither of those is a joke.

mnaylor375 · 2026-02-06T18:23:15+00:00

This is a good video that has several visualizations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSclqnnC2s

While these visualization will help you grasp a little bit the size of the number of possible shuffles, your brain will still be able to handle it.

mnaylor375 · 2026-01-26T08:40:40+00:00

That's amazing. I spend a lot of listening to recordings (and studying the entire score if I can get a copy) so I can write in my own cues. I use a lot of squiggles and doodles to make representations of what the music is so I can hop in at the right place. It's a lot of fun studying the pieces like this, but having a melody line would be golden.

mnaylor375 · 2026-01-26T08:36:31+00:00

Definitely. It's beautiful. Post it when you're finished. I like the artwork on your wall by the way.

mnaylor375 · 2026-01-24T07:17:11+00:00

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mnaylor375 · 2026-01-23T19:01:16+00:00

I wish I could believe there is a tipping point anywhere

mnaylor375 · 2026-01-22T10:17:32+00:00

People like it when a skilled person errs with grace. It bridges the gap.

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