Anthony
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No one talks about how staying consistent at the gym means living with sore muscles 24/7.



i think a lot of people are going to be busier (and hopefully more fulfilled) than ever, and jobs doomerism is likely long-term wrong. though of course there will be disruption/significant transition as we switch to new jobs, the jobs of the future may look v different, etc.









@planefag This just kinda reads like an entitled rant. The world does not revolve around you, and if you want to get into FOSS, then you are going to need to learn how things are done in that world. I did it when I was 7. Also, lmao cygwin. Stop using windows for unix-made stuff dingus.

















All folklore about LLM best practices is wrong. I have found that: - the longer the task, the better it performs. Up to a point, sure, but that point is ~12-24h of work). - longer threads (with multiple compactions, etc) improve performance. Models don't even get good until they explore millions of tokens worth of misunderstanding. I avoid starting a new thread as much as possible. - precise instructions kill competence. models need space to think. - plan mode is absolutely terrible. - optimal request size is 600-1000 words. - MCP tools degrade performance a lot. Some things are only accessible through MCP, tough luck then, but for things that accesssible through other low tech means, prefer that to MCP. YMMV, but for research type of work that is at the edge of feasibility and understanding for both people and machines, I stand by what I said.



"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va." nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/…







