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New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Coding agents could make free software matter again"

Mengkudulangsat — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:35:53 +0000

This has been my experience as a newbie.

My prompts to Claude has evolved from "what program / data source do I need to do this" to "what program / data source do I need, to make you do this for me".

After a few iterations, any data source without a free API feed, or any program without a free CLI interface are edited out of the gene pool, so to speak.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence"

Mengkudulangsat — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:37:20 +0000

> However, I can't imagine vibe-coders actually shipping anything.

I'm a vibe-coder, and I've shipped lots! The key is to vibe-code apps that has a single user (me). Haven't coded anything for 15 years prior to January too.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "How Warhammer became one of Britain’s biggest companies"

Mengkudulangsat — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:40:05 +0000

Space Marine 2 & Rouge Trader

Which was what got me stuck in this expensive hobby

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Acrobat is intrusive, slow and non-customizable"

Mengkudulangsat — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 01:17:29 +0000

I love sumatra but I can't figure out how to sign with it.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Some graphene firms have reaped its potential but others are struggling"

Mengkudulangsat — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:10:59 +0000

If you are doing a lot of miniature photographies, black paints / fabrics made with graphene are great for lighboxes.

Musou black is what I tried.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "The murky economics of the data-centre investment boom"

Mengkudulangsat — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 05:19:15 +0000

"The later versions of M365 copilot (or whatever it is called today) are wildly better than the original ones."

I find AI agents work very poorly within the Microsoft ecosystem. They can generate great HTML documents (because it's an open source format maybe?) but for word documents, the formatting is so poor I'd had to turn it off and just do things manually.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "What'll happen if we spend nearly $3T on data centres no one needs?"

Mengkudulangsat — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:15:01 +0000

What can you do with lots and lots redundant climate-controled buildings?

Indoor strawberry farms.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Do not download the app, use the website"

Mengkudulangsat — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:16:22 +0000

These are so infuriating they should be illegal.

Especially when they come from apps you can't delete like your bannking app.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Solar power has begun to transform the world’s energy system"

Mengkudulangsat — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:19:27 +0000

I do not feel as optimistic about any uptick in cables as I do about solar and wind. Solar and wind can grow through a multitude of small, plug-and-play projects. Cable projects like HDVC are still giant, long-term punts.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "What to build instead of AI agents"

Mengkudulangsat — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:23:17 +0000

Jiro's son is only allowed to make sushi after 30 years.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Reinventing circuit breakers with supercritical CO2"

Mengkudulangsat — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 01:45:49 +0000

Isn't SF6 very dense?

Why would its greenhouse warming potential matter if it's never going high up into the atmosphere in the first place?

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Big banks explore venturing into crypto world together with joint stablecoin"

Mengkudulangsat — Mon, 26 May 2025 12:26:17 +0000

Sounds like a race to the bottom.

First, there's Tether > We're the only option in town. Then, there's Circle > We're more legit than Tether, we're based in the US. Now, there's the banks > We're more legit than Circle, we're banks!

Eventually, the Fed itself will start issuing stablecoins and out-legitimize everyone else.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "I'd rather read the prompt"

Mengkudulangsat — Mon, 05 May 2025 03:24:35 +0000

> If students find a way to get a diploma without doing the work, it will soon be worth less than the paper on which it is printed.

Amen.

I look forward to the era where we train professionals the old fashion way: apprenticeships. It sure worked for blacksmiths and artisans for hundreds of years.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU"

Mengkudulangsat — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:37:41 +0000

Well, when you put it that way... it doesn't seem that bad at all.

Maybe the real innovation here is the political manouvering of coming up with a new, desperately-needed government revenue stream.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself"

Mengkudulangsat — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:06:31 +0000

So how does this work in the US?

I thought companies in bankruptcy will be broken apart and its assets sold piecemeal. Can anyone who buy this out of auction get in one piece and debt-free?

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "The curious surge of productivity in U.S. restaurants"

Mengkudulangsat — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:22:27 +0000

I hate those with a passion!

Especially ones where you have to create an account.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Volkswagen seeks to counter rivals with budget EV model"

Mengkudulangsat — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:44:58 +0000

Every single expense in your P&L is ultimately salaries.

If it's not salaries in your P&L, then it's salaries in your supplier's P&L, or salaries your supplier's supplier's P&L.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Bybit loses $1.5B in hack"

Mengkudulangsat — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:29 +0000

This would also protect againts dusting attacks.

Illicit addresses sending to thousands of random recipients and making them all marked by automated KYC systems.

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Malaysia is betting on data centers to boost its economy"

Mengkudulangsat — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:28:24 +0000

Why bother going all the way to Singapore when their neighbor (Java) has 100 million people?

New comment by Mengkudulangsat in "Huawei launches $3,660 trifold phone"

Mengkudulangsat — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:18:27 +0000

What's the Huawei OS policy towards... uhm rampant piracy?

I guess that's one way to carve a niche from Android in international markets.