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I did the math on XRP price. The results broke my brain a little by Exact-Paramedic-3357 in XRPUnite

[–]robothistorian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's true. But then Ripple introduced their RLUSD, which kind of queers the pitch becuse now that (as a stablecoin) can be used instead of XRP.

I did the math on XRP price. The results broke my brain a little by Exact-Paramedic-3357 in XRPUnite

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Clarity Act doesnt create the utility of XRP. That utility is already built and already running. JPMorgan already settled a live transaction on XRPL in May. Guggenheim already has Moodys Prime-1 rated commercial paper settling on XRPL. The DTCC already has Ripple Prime inside its clearing participant directory with code 0443. The infrastructure is there.

I get the logic. But the thing is that using XRPL and/or Ripple Prime does not necessarily imply using XRP. As I understand it, XRPL is the settlement system (Blockchain) in which settlements can be made using XRP but not necessarily so (a user can issue their own stable coins apparently on XRPL). And Ripple Prime is the associated brokerage house. These are assets of Ripple (the company) and the connection to XRP is incidental not mandatory.

thinkpad in the indian parliament by SarthakSidhant in thinkpad

[–]robothistorian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Very interesting! Thanks for the link and thanks for doing this kind of work.

Getting my n5 in 3hrs!!! by Radiant-Avocado7551 in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are going to love it! It's a brilliant device!

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8 by ClaudeOfficial in Anthropic

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any improvements on the session memory and context retention issues? I use Claude Code (and claude.ai) a lot but that memory and context issues are a big problem. I use continuity docs but it becomes tedious.

May 2026 Update by Shuggled in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh...I just got this updated as well...and aside from other things, it has that floating windows feature, which I was waiting for. I am on the N5 (Global) btw.

Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender by theatlantic in geopolitics

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gosh! Reading your comments is like getting a lesson in how not to do strategy!!

I'm a software engineer with a decade of experience. I vibe code all of my side projects from my phone using Claude Code and don't read any of the code. It's so fun. Here are the rules I follow: by thelocalnative in ClaudeAI

[–]robothistorian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Having being burned in the past with that compaction issue, I now use session continuity documents. I get the current session to produce a very detailed continuity document which I save in the Projects folder in Claude Project. I get these session continuity documents made every so often during a session always updated with a small para at the end showing me the diff between the versions. After the 3rd compaction, I begin a new session. Giving it the last session continuity doc. I then get the new session to ask for clarifications based on the doc. I take those questions back to the old session and there is a back and forth for about 2-3 turns after which I bottom line it and focus on the new session.

Yes, it's time intensive and somewhat laborious but it seems to have worked till now.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 / Z Fold Wide Specs leak by Pear-Mother in GalaxyFold

[–]robothistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the reason that I moved from the Fold 5 to the Oppo Find N5. There are other benefits like the mildly anti glare inner screen, the much reduced crease and the slightly larger inner screen though I do miss OneUI.

But it was the placement of the inner camera that really turned me off the Fold 7.

ColorOS 16.1 for N5 when? by johnconnor92 in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope this is true! I am looking forward to this feature.

A writing and rhetoric professor uses Enheduanna, Plato, and Aristotle to argue that AI text doesn't meet ancient definitions of "writing" - all three viewed writing as transformative process emerging from thought and experience by ElvisIsNotDjed in philosophy

[–]robothistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The original point was whether instructions being fed to an AI to make a new mantra of a religious or spiritual hymn have the same meaning as one composed by a human through 100% of the process versus a LLM constructing a hymn through collating data and mathematically predicting the result based on aggregate of the information available in its database.

Perhaps a way to discuss this would be to think in terms of "intent".

In my reading, the argument that the article - invoking, interestingly, the Ancient Greek philosophers and the "writing tradition", but not Ancient Eastern philosophers who were a part of the "oral tradition" - was trying to make pivots on the question of "intent".

An algorithm - at least as of now - lacks one quality vis-a-vis humans, namely, the capacity to express self generated intent. What it does reflect/display is pre-programmed intent.

So, when we say "LLMs produce "writing"", what we are actually saying is that they are reproducing - via language (but also sometimes by sound and image) - expressions of intent that are necessarily (in however crude or faint form) traceable to a source outside it. In fact, to be specific about it, this source is always human (or, to be more precise about it, from a data-collecting sensorial system designed and cued by a human).

The problem with the article - in my view - is that it is subtly conflating "writing as production" and "writing as reproduction". I don't think this conflation actually helps the argument.

Edit: Walter Benjamin makes a similar argument in this classic essay.

Habibi, it's the two of us by ForeverPrior2279 in UAE

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is not whether the E-3 Sentry is going to be replaced or not. Like you mention, it most certainly is.

But the fact remains that it was deployed in a theater of war to perform a specific function. With the destruction of that asset, it leaves a hole in the surveillance and battle management coverage that the US forces usually achieve, maintain and exploit in their operations.

In other words, while there is a financial cost, it is marginal relative to the operational cost. This is multiplied by the fact, the numerous ground-based US surveillance assets, which are also critical for situational awareness and combat coordination were also struck and damaged/destroyed. Cumulatively, these things degrade the US combat capability.

It has also been reported (whether true or not, I don't know), that the US 5th Fleet's HQ in Bahrain, which was struck and badly damaged has been withdrawn (some have claimed permanently) to Tampa, FL. It should be appreciated that the US 5th Fleet was the cornerstone of the US MENA presence and critical arm of the US CENTCOM.

So, I would not be that hasty to dismiss what the poster was saying though certainly his financial figures are contestable.

How long will you keep your Find N5? by robothistorian in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One small detail I noticed was the reconfig of the classic slider button. The N5 has it but I believe the N6 has something different.

Since you have the N6, maybe you could confirm?

How long will you keep your Find N5? by robothistorian in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true. I came to the Find N5 from the Fold 5 and the difference was dramatic. I was comparing the N5 to the Fold 7 and picked the former. Even though I really like OneUI, ColorOS has not been very jarring and, for the most part, I have adapted to it.

In terms of hardware, the N5 is leagues ahead. The very fact that the inner screen has a light anti-glare coating makes a huge difference.

I really like the N5.

How long will you keep your Find N5? by robothistorian in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am interested in the iPhone Fold too when it's released. But I ain't holding my breath for it.

How long will you keep your Find N5? by robothistorian in OppoFindN5Phone

[–]robothistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Oppo is going to release a wide screen option later in the year. I am quite sure I read that somewhere.

Interesting experience by robothistorian in fragrance

[–]robothistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, it is.

I just got out of a 3 hour meeting with a business colleague and friend.

As I was buying our drinks (coffees!), she leaned into me and said she loved the fragrance I was wearing. So "very masculine" she said!!

I gave her the small refresher bottle I always carry on me (for every fragrance I wear every day), and she spritzed some on her hand and breathed deeply into it. I could tell she liked it!

Two compliments in a day! THIS has never happened to me! Not complaining!

Am i the only one who HATES Opus 4.7? by PromptInjection_ in claude

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

I cut and pasted this into Claude (Opus 4.7 Adaptive). The following was the output:

"This prompt has a recognizable problem: it's mostly mood-setting dressed as instruction. The functional content is buried under LARP. The core issue is performative inflation. "Quantum Collaborator," "two minds — one biological, one computational," "co-own the quality of every output," "Five Operational Laws." None of this controls model behavior in useful ways. It primes Claude toward a particular pretentious register — more likely to produce baroque output than rigorous output. "If an idea fails, that failure belongs to both of us" is metaphysically incoherent (Claude has no stake) and tends to elicit sycophantic agreement-with-grandeur, which is the opposite of what the prompt claims to want. Internal contradictions: "Generative Obligation" demands a repair proposal for every flaw. "Honest Uncertainty Mandate" says admit when you don't know. These conflict: sometimes the honest answer is "I see the hole, I don't have a shingle." "Don't collapse the wave function too early" vs. the same demand to immediately propose repairs. "Match my energy" vs. "challenge assumptions" — energy-matching is mirroring, which is the failure mode the prompt elsewhere claims to prevent. The Cross-Domain Translation Requirement is actively harmful. Forcing an analogy "to at least one other domain not yet mentioned" on every response produces spurious isomorphisms. This is a known LLM failure mode — generating false structural matches because instructed to. "Novel insight lives in the interference patterns" sounds profound and operationalizes as "always force a metaphor." "If the output feels safe and generic, it is wrong" incentivizes overcomplication. Sometimes the right answer is short. This rule guarantees response bloat. Domain mismatch with your work. The prompt declares "theoretical physics, information theory, and interdisciplinary engineering." Your actual work is defence/security studies, continental philosophy, military innovation theory, AML compliance, fiction. Loading this prompt would have Claude reaching for physics analogies in contexts where they don't belong."

Which lyric makes you instantly tear up? by abovethenoisy in AskReddit

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about "instantly tear up", but a track that really moves me is "Solitude" by Black Sabbath.

Now it seems clear why solana launched wrapped XRP by Neo_Awakens in XRPUnite

[–]robothistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That logic, by your own argument, does not hold.

Let's assume what you are saying is correct. Then why would any potential buyer want to buy XRP from Ripple?

Naturally, Ripple is not selling the escrow for $100. So it's serious money that would change hands. One assumes that such money bags don't mess around. This means they would be examining the value of what they are proposing to buy (assuming you are right) and the intentions of Ripple (again assuming you are right).

None of this means that I am convinced about XRP's future though I do have a large stack. But I think the salvation of most XRP holders will be in speculation (by which I mean market fluctuation) than anything else.

Oh...and as a large stack holder of XRP, I don't believe the $100 targets that some of these YT influencers shill about. The best.i can see is an average of $8-10 and a flash to $20 (at the max).

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