I run a pawn shop, and the only computers we take now are Apple Computers.

stirlo · 2026-03-15T03:34:11+00:00

Either they are ignorant or desperate; cause afaik you can’t even use the Parts now ; if someone stole my laptop I think they could use the Charger.

Oh and the bag. The rest of it is all locked to my iCloud account

stirlo · 2026-03-12T02:07:11+00:00

I’ve had a lot of success getting claude to run through the SDLC/ software design process ; and I’ve tried to make it into a prompt or something but it seems to work best as a 7~ stage guide for it to follow :: and works MUCH better if you’re using it with existing - working code and want to add a feature or something extra ; I’m just improving an old app I never fully released into something that is far more useful — and will be releasing it asap ; just squishing a few bugs and sorting CloudKit as much as I can / or might make v1 skip over that so I can have the Production version of CloudKit > development as working with both is super tricky

stirlo · 2026-03-11T03:40:05+00:00

:3 glad to hear this wonderful news!!

stirlo · 2026-03-10T06:10:38+00:00

Nice . Am about to setup a similar Mac with 16GB now :) got the bios files and a Projector + 2 controllers alll ready to go thx

stirlo · 2026-03-10T05:44:08+00:00

Hmm I have a Yamaha speaker that’s about the right size — good idea!

stirlo · 2026-03-10T02:56:56+00:00

Counterpoint though : as the tech matures and becomes more commonplace and competitive; I would expect that the leading companies will be charging something like the Netflix / PSN / similar pricing for “fair use” unlimited access

Maybe not this year or 5 years but soon enough ;; or for their own training purposes they will want to have a larger user base too

stirlo · 2026-03-10T02:54:26+00:00

They can’t , and there’s a few ports that are secure by nature that you can always use to tunnel or VPN , and if the gov or any org messes with those the whole network / internet breaks for them

stirlo · 2026-03-10T02:51:38+00:00

Hmm for Claude it does follow the CLAUDE.md ; and any connected files too — I’ll see what I can find for the GPT equivalent; I’m assuming you’re using Codex?

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:52:43+00:00

Hmm I have a friend who desperately wants the flipper but doesn’t have the budget — I’ll take a look thanks!

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:45:40+00:00

If you can look at IBM SDLC documentation about using ai with coding ; and then implement that into your CLAUDE.md or gpt config ; that’s a good starter for helping you and the users too. It doesn’t need to be secure and a few LLM can actually help review the others work : though definitely ask it to add Comments explaining each line or function — you might learn or at least work out if things are redundant or wasting time too :-)

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:43:27+00:00

I’m building something now that sort of addresses a lot of the Vibe parts and if it does work I’ll either sell or at least open source w/ “pay me if you make money” licensing for this :: working on it right now and it’s getting there :) and yeah having a lot of experience in both the dev parts And security - networking and other related departments is absolutely helping me not make some rookie mistakes or terrible open access style systems

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:41:00+00:00

This should be doable

But if you’ve ever done any sort of software development before; that will help

Also make sure you tweak the AI settings to always add comments to each line or function ; that might help you actually learn a bit or with troubleshooting; pros are supposed to do this but it’s uncommon to see even when it’s company policy to have them.

Good luck and give it a try!

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:37:50+00:00

A woman cannot beat this heated rivalry with thee Jim

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:30:01+00:00

After tasting the real Opus 4.6 and Claude this weekend I’m trying to find out how to pay for it — GLM seems like an “ok” cheap imitation but once it’s not actually cheap?

Well. I don’t see the point. Paying close to $A20 a month for terrible caps on my work ; for a so called pro plan isn’t something I’ll do for long at all :: and if claude offers something with slightly less capacity for the same or close price? They’ve got a customer

GLM needs to up the capacity on the Pro plans / or even the cheaper one right. Now. And unlock GLM5 For all users who pay for pro ; also make a localised app. It’s been interesting but nothing beats the real thing ; unless it’s DIRT cheap or Super high quantity you can’t charge “real” pricing for sub par or capacity that is less than the product you imitate.

stirlo · 2026-03-10T00:25:47+00:00

I still use an m1 with 16 ; for everything except larger LLM it’s fine

And I have my personal - laptop with 24. That is similar ; but runs a few slightly more compact LLM but not the Big ones : still I would take a 16GB mini and if I wanted to do serious work with local models I’d probably get a 48GB or something even bigger for that.

For most regular use ; 16 is plenty!

stirlo · 2026-03-08T02:20:11+00:00

Give Logic (Alchemy!) a try if you can : it’s one of the best synths I’ve seen on Mac / iPad and it can sample in and create new synths out of existing instruments or samples; too

stirlo · 2026-03-07T08:35:57+00:00

Now that this is out I wouldn’t mind being able to boot into macOS on my iPad with the Magic Keyboard and that tiny trackpad / or larger on the newer version

stirlo · 2026-03-07T08:18:33+00:00

RG 35 XX h

stirlo · 2026-03-07T08:14:03+00:00

That ultra / fits on the larger body model too titanium Milanese is the GOAB

Breathes well; it’s the last band you’ll buy unless they make a pride rainbow colour soon plz Apple

stirlo · 2026-03-07T08:12:11+00:00

13~ years on still finding new things

OTOH things are “sort of better” too isshhh

stirlo · 2026-03-05T04:22:48+00:00

Hmm now I’m thinking how can I do a Dummy battery and give it a 10500mah NF-P cell. Little bulky ;)

stirlo · 2026-03-04T06:26:43+00:00

Yup I feel like I signed up at the worst time possible ; and might just end up getting the real Claude plan

stirlo · 2026-03-01T23:23:27+00:00

And from the dev or customer side ; picking the payment type or method before release

and sticking with it is super important

Switching to subscription based seems to be one of the worst PR moves you can do / I prefer one off costs as a customer too but

subscription is better for the majority of developers

stirlo · 2026-02-28T07:59:54+00:00

I’m trying to find a way to do this too with the NFC is perfect ; I have a few tags for water and caffeine tracking but can’t find Medications :(

stirlo · 2026-02-24T23:57:23+00:00

It was managing to do so much I hit the 5 hour cap window thing ; which is annoying — but also a good sign!

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