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New comment by we_have_options in "I'm OK being left behind, thanks"

we_have_options — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:45:16 +0000

I've been playing with it on weekends for the last few months. 9 out of 10 projects, it's failed.

Projects as simple as "set up a tmux/vim binding so I can write prompts in one pane and run claude in the other". Fails.

I've been coding for over 20 years.

If there is no learning curve, why doesn't it work for me? You can't say I'm not using it right, because if that was true, then all I need to do is climb the learning curve to fix that, the curve that you say doesn't exist.

New comment by we_have_options in "US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says"

we_have_options — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:18:53 +0000

Well, yes, as the article mentions. If this increases a bank's losses, then the bank could become insolovent.

New comment by we_have_options in "Iran-backed hackers claim wiper attack on medtech firm Stryker"

we_have_options — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:16:33 +0000

Or we could see this as a ramification for US bombing their country and DIRECTLY killing people, including many non-combatants.

Like children, at school

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/11/nx-s1-5744981/pentagon-iran-m...

New comment by we_have_options in "Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds"

we_have_options — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:47:58 +0000

Hey, not a problem. We pay in a fiat currency we control.

New comment by we_have_options in "Iran War Cost Tracker"

we_have_options — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:44:11 +0000

wonder what your view is of ICE actions against peaceful protesters in MN?

New comment by we_have_options in "Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer"

we_have_options — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:28:57 +0000

> In our modern digital age it's difficult to imagine anything going live to the nation, and then disappearing.

The Epstein files would like a chat with you.

As would "flood the zone".

New comment by we_have_options in "Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance"

we_have_options — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:21:37 +0000

yeah, but the question I'd be asking myself is,

Hey, so what you are saying is that unless we use the AI that we control, to take control of the mass surveillance and autonomous drone strike systems, you will force us to take control of these systems?

I mean, did H just Open Clawed the entire US military?

New comment by we_have_options in "Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance"

we_have_options — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:19:04 +0000

And what I'm wondering is why SecDev H thinks that forcing Anthropic to integrate their AI with the country's mass surveillance and autonomous drone strike technology is a winning move for him.

"Ok, if you don't do what I tell you then you HAVE to connect the autonomous AI engine that only you understand and control, I repeat you HAVE to connect your golem to my control systems."

Like a bank robber threatening to hand the gun to the teller if they don't put the money in the bag.

Like SecDev H "open claw"-ing the entire US military.

New comment by we_have_options in "Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:47:00 +0000

well, how about "abortion legal" to "abortion murder"... possible to see this coming, but I know doctors in NY who are now afraid to travel to Texas.

How about DEI initiatives as good things in 2024 and a mark of evil in 2025? Lots of people were fired because in 2024 their boss told them to work on DEI and they did what their boss told them to do. Turns out this was a capital offense.

New comment by we_have_options in "US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:26:13 +0000

IGV down 18%. Tech stocks are falling

New comment by we_have_options in "US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:22:44 +0000

evidence of pattern, maybe:

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/g-s1-111302/france-spat-with-...

New comment by we_have_options in "LLM=True"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:07:11 +0000

yes, if only we had a more fine-grained log level hierarchy that we could get every piece of software to agree to...

New comment by we_have_options in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:30:33 +0000

or was it because they were threatened to being taken over by the US government?

New comment by we_have_options in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:26:49 +0000

Agree with you on facts. Yes, the US government publicly threatened to nationalize their business.

However, Anthropic's business consists mostly of intellectual property-- which is highly mobile. What if Anthropic were to go to Marcron (France) for example or Carney (Canada) or Xi Jinping even and say "You give us work visas and support, we move to your land"?

Hell, isn't Canada (specifically Toronto) the birthplace of deep learning? Why stay in a hostile environment when the land of your birth is welcoming?

New comment by we_have_options in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

we_have_options — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:20:00 +0000

Damn. Wonder what would have happened, if instead of caving in to the Pentagon's pressure (threat of invoking Defense Production Act to force them to supply), Anthropic had followed the lead of all the nurses who moved to Canada.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5725354/nurses-emigrate...

Anthropic's market cap is going to be huge when they go public. Why do it on Nasdaq when there are so many other exchanges in the world?