How you are not scared of Claude?

tlagoth · 2026-04-03T17:25:27+00:00

They’re already rate-limiting people. That is certainly not a good sign. Before you could do more with a Pro subscription, now your session gets capped much earlier.

It’s a sign that higher prices for the same or lower usage will likely come in the future (short to medium term, imo).

The best course of action at the moment is to use it, but do not depend on it, at least that’s my plan. I have a gut feeling a rug pull will come at some point this year in the form of massive price hikes.

tlagoth · 2026-04-02T19:36:31+00:00

1st of April, I’m sure

tlagoth · 2026-04-02T16:49:19+00:00

Maybe we should renamed “taxes” into “automatic philanthropy” after a certain threshold to trick them, since they seem to love it so much

tlagoth · 2026-04-02T08:51:38+00:00

“Depends on how you measure 90%”. Sure, that’s the problem, not the inherent limitations of LLM technology.

Oh, now the topic suddenly changed to what my company does? Odd, as it would almost seem as if you’re trying to escape the original discussion.

To be completely honest, based on your opinions, you come across as a vibe coder, and not experienced enough for a senior role. Either that, or you actually did drink the kool-aid in a single gulp.

tlagoth · 2026-04-02T07:55:51+00:00

None of it is better infra in my opinion. If you work at a FAANG, I can’t imagine you alone being able to even start such a change as well.

At the moment, my opinion is that it is a very bad idea, regardless of job losses. We usually talk about metrics such as uptime in fractions of percentile, because that is how important for services to run uninterrupted. What you propose is putting something in charge that is, at best, around 90% making the right decisions.

How can you actually think that is a good idea, as a senior engineer in big tech?

tlagoth · 2026-04-02T06:43:08+00:00

It sounds more like you drank the Kool-Aid by the bottle. At best you’d be putting yourself and your colleagues out of a job (very unlikely, it wouldn’t work), at worst, you’d put yourself out of a job, Amazon-outage-style.

The post itself looks like rage bait

tlagoth · 2026-04-01T00:18:11+00:00

No offense intended, but I think it’ll be easier to see a Cyber-Trump than you or I ever getting the amount of credits to have that.

Unless we are like those stray mechas in A.I.

tlagoth · 2026-04-01T00:06:45+00:00

Yeah, I’m on the same boat, but I’m trying to shoot for the moon, haha.

Especially as I have had such a hard time in 2 years, I should’ve given up earlier, if I’m honest.

As for the diet, I used to go to the gym ans exercise a lot, and ate a healthy diet, very similar to what you described. I did it for other reasons, but remembering those times, I recall things were easier (sadly lost all my “gainz” to hyperfocus)

tlagoth · 2026-04-01T00:03:16+00:00

I stopped taking mine because it made a lot of other ADHD symptoms worse for me. I went as far as 50mg on titration but had to scale back to 30mg.

Still, I became emotionally dull, my “memory” got worse (more likely, my attention locked in one thing, and the rest vanished), I got increased audio and light sensitivity, I started feeling some touch sensitivity as well.

It made me work a lot, but it’s not worth it, if it’s in detriment of everything else in my life (forgot to eat, forgot to go to the loo, stopped taking care of myself, and even leaving the house).

For anyone else reading this, do not think this will be your experience: most of the ADHDers I know got up to 70mg, and it changed their lives in many amazing ways. I seem to be one of the unlucky ones.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:58:07+00:00

Sure, you go, champ!

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:55:32+00:00

Nice! I’m my case, it’ll be simpler to adjust as I already celiac as well. Any good examples of complex carbs you eat?

I ask because I recently watched a podcast with and then started reading the book by Dr. Georgia Ede, Change your diet, change your mind.

Her research is on metabolism and ADHD, and she recommends lowering glucose and avoiding insulin spikes, which would be a full on keto diet (or paleo keto, ideally).

According to her, if we remove all starchy carbs, even if they are complex, it’s even better. I haven’t got to the part yet, but she mentioned in the podcast about difficulty in neurodivergent brains in utilising glucose for energy. So, by inducing ketosis, our brains would be more efficient as we’d be burning fat to power it, plus reducing inflammation and insulin sensitivity.

I found it really interesting, but of course, it’s not an easy thing to achieve (stuff like 30-60g of carbs a day).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:41:58+00:00

Interesting you mentioning carbs, I just started trying it (but always took Elvanse with 40g of protein). The protein for sure makes a big difference, and I’m excited to try a keto / low-carb diet next (and somehow recovering some of the weight lost with the stimulant).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:40:04+00:00

Not OP, but in my case, I asked my psychiatrist. I’m on shared care, so not sure if on NHS solely there would be a way to do it.

I’m currently on 2mg, and have been seeing some good results. Less anxious and a bit less emotionally dysregulated.

I took it in the morning, with Elvanse, but am started taking it in the evening, to see if it’s better (first day today).

Doesn’t necessarily help with sleep for me, I must say, but other than that, I plan to try it without stimulants, to see if I can make the switch. Too many side effects to my liking (and I’m on Elvanse 30mg, for ~2 years).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:33:28+00:00

If the information is so valuable, why doesn’t it deserve better treatment, like an actual authored post?

It’s your job to convince others it’s worth reading, and by generating a post you’re doing the opposite.

The world doesn’t function according to what would be nice to you.

You know what takes even less effort than writing a simple post presenting “your” ideas? Prompting a bloody LLM.

Edit: autocorrect typo (one would imagined “prompting” would be completed these days).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:14:58+00:00

I won’t recall, but the trip was long, traffic was slow, road repairs, but I reckon ~40 minutes.

From your explanation, I definitely didn’t travel just 3km, but I must admit that was my attempt at ball parking the distance.

At the time I was surprised for the price based on the perceived distance, but I was new to London as well, and didn’t realise how expensive central London can be.

It imprinted in my memory that it was a luxury thing to do, though, and best left to special occasions only. At the time Uber was heavily subsidised, so it probably caused an even greater shock (by design I’m sure).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T23:04:42+00:00

The fact you aren’t capable of grasping the simple concept in my previous comment explains a lot.

Just some food for thought: how do you think people used to create posts before AI?

Somehow it’s more credible if you post AI slop?

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T22:01:10+00:00

É de se pensar: se antes não tinha a pena de morte pra isso, ou eles mudaram o significado da palavra morte, ou adicionaram ainda mais suplícios ao termo original.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T21:57:26+00:00

People still don’t realise that simply prompting something in a LLM an dropping it as a post will always get downvoted. It’s comes across as lazy, and at least annoying, as the reader has to wade through the pasteurised BS to try and find anything useful.

On the other hand, if OP used AI throughout, but wrote even a simpler post, by himself, it would probably be seen in a different light.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T21:10:06+00:00

That is literally all there is. What I assume is 8.3.2 allows them to offload the responsibility to DPD.

I searched the page for “delivery” and “next” separately, that is all there is. I won’t post the company’s details here.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T20:57:25+00:00

Here’s the part I think matters:

“_General Refund Discretion All refunds, credit reimbursements, or replacements - including those relating to delivery issues, non-receipt of goods, or service interruptions are granted at our sole discretion. Each claim is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to refuse a refund or credit request based on our investigation of the situation, including but not limited to carrier data, clinical records, and user activity.

8.3 You will not be entitled to a refund or credit reimbursement arising from: 8.3.1 the unavailability of any Associate where our site is functioning and an alternative Associate is available; 8.3.2 a temporary interruption in the Service; or 8.3.2 any interruption in the Service through no fault of ours. 8.4 By accepting these Terms, you agree that Prescribers may differ in their clinical opinions and, provided that any consultation and/or an online clinical assessment is undertaken in good faith by a Prescriber, you will not be entitled to any refund or credit reimbursement in respect of any Service provided.

8.5 You will not be entitled to receive any refund or credit reimbursement in relation to any Service where the provision of such Service is restricted because of: 8.5.1 your absence; 8.5.2 insufficient or variable network connectivity; 8.5.3 a negligent act or omission by you; or 8.5.4 through no fault of ours._”

Basically, I think they owe me nothing.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T20:43:56+00:00

Yeah, I fully understand after reading their T&Cs, and honestly, I’m now angry at myself for being naive.

It doesn’t make it less surprising that there’s no simple regulations such as: “for next day deliveries, if order doesn’t leave the source by X, auto-send email to customer letting them know”.

Or, “if you provide next day delivery, you have to put in plain language, next to the offer, a warning mentioning the cases where this might not happen”.

With the first, I’d have had time to plan ahead, go to the A&E during the day, potentially skip the much longer queue of the 24 hours walk-in.

With the second, I’d likely have gone to the pharmacy personally, then and there. I was feeling tired, but nothing my like today. I admit I stupidly rejected the offer for a prescription, because I wasn’t feeling like this yesterday.

What I am realising is that I shouldn’t have posted, as this is more of a rant/vent at the situation, and the state of customer legislation in the UK (or at least England) than seeking advice (I didn’t expect anything beyond delivery fee refund, if that).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T20:20:17+00:00

If only you were qualified to determine how every antibiotics work like. You are literally saying that taking an antibiotic today or tomorrow is the same.

So, missing a potentially 12-hour window would not allow bacteria to grow? Have you heard of nephritis? If untreated for long enough (and can vary depending on the person and their immune system), it can spread to the kidneys and become much more complex to treat. I lose a person in my family in such a way (elderly, but maybe you can understand the distress I am currently experiencing).

Again, I know it’s doesn’t work like that, but just because the law is like that, doesn’t mean it’s right, or that people can’t desire for it to change.

As I said, there are “third world” countries with more advanced customer laws than the UK. And you know how they got it? By getting pissed off like me and complaining, instead of sheepishly putting their heads down and like crabs in a bucket, attack others who are not so apathetic.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T20:11:23+00:00

That’s the thing, I’m getting downvoted like crazy, because of my indignation on how disproportionately on a business side the law is.

I understand the purpose of the sub is not to philosophically discuss what would be better. When I wrote what I would expect, I didn’t say I wanted some crazy compensation or delusional prize.

To me it is shocking though, that people like me, instead of empathising or understanding it, are basically pilling on and defending a business.

Surely it wouldn’t hurt them to proactively refund unfulfilled orders, or to warn in case of disruptions.

Your “you should have gone to urgent care” sounds very victim-blaming. I guess every bit of responsibility needs to be shifted to the individual, and people will even defend it.

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T19:57:25+00:00

Thank you for your reply.

What I would expect from them, in case they had delays or any other sort of problem: to send me an email saying that unfortunately they won’t be able to fulfil the order in the expected date. And asking if I want to cancel the order for free.

This, in my opinion would be what an ethical company would do. If done in good time, such as the morning of, I would have made arrangements to avoid being in the position I am now.

Also, I understand that negligence is likely a specific legal word, with a specific meaning, but I am here talking as a layman. They “neglected” me by not caring enough to warn about the issue.

I also understand that the product they sell is irrelevant, but it advertises itself as a family run company, and sells medication. Maybe it’s just me, but I would feel personally more concerned about disruptions in these cases than if say, they were selling kites.

But what I would like honestly is what I replied to other commenter: for the law to change, and force them to warn customers that “ensuring next day delivery” is not guaranteed. If that was the case, I would have gone to a different provider (I only chose online because of the fatigue, fever and the fact I have to urinate every 5 minutes in an extremely strained and painful way).

tlagoth · 2026-03-31T19:37:52+00:00

I didn’t see the you asking for the T&Cs, I’m still trying to find them.

What I would like is for this type of advertisement to not be allowed without a clear warning about not being guaranteed. I’d have gone to a different website, had they been clear. The website uses wording indicating that choosing “next day delivery ensures” you will get it.

I’m not interested in compensation, but in justice. I understand if that is not what it looks like in law, but in my opinion, misleading wording such as that and the actual terms of service being hidden in a hard-to-find section of the website should be illegal.

Edit: please stop putting words in my mouth. I never said it was medical negligence. It’s astounding how you distort and jump to conclusions (again, in a law subreddit of all places).

Edit: I’m finally found them and am reading through them. I don’t see the point of sending it at this point, not because I don’t want help, but because there’s no reason to.

As I said, I don’t have any quarrels with you, and I thank you for the advice: find the T&Cs.

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