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@mrturnables Thank you I’ll tell her you enjoyed her video. That will make her happy. I’ve been working on many side projects that maybe some people will be interested in. I’ll have to dust off my microphone and webcam

I am glad you're feeling better now. Please take care of yourself for us. I hope you're little girl is doing alright. I remember that video where she assembled the Makeblock mBot. So cool. I know we don't know each other but I feel like I've known you for years through your videos. Be safe, Sir. And stay healthy. As far as tutorials, may suggest cheapest local LLM set up for coding and everyday tasks. The AIs currently can be expensive. So I think if there's a budget way of using them locally, people might be interested.

Finally took some time to build something just for the fun of it. 🍄 I put together a Mario Level Editor! No deadlines, no requirements—just pure coding joy and a lot of nostalgia.

@mrturnables Thanks so much 😃 It was an honor to be able to help. I had some health issues, which forced me to stop making videos, but I'm super healthy now. If I think of any new tutorials that I could make I may make them. I miss making them.

Yo Derek! You absolute legend!! You have no idea how much you impacted devs like me. I just thought of you and checked out your youtube channel and saw that you haven't posted since 2 years ago. I didn't see a link to your X so I just searched "new think tank" and there you are! 😅

This is my setup: 1. Cursor 2. Remix 3. Claude / GPT 4. MongoDB 5. Lovable 6. Qodo Etc...

I'm being required to use AI to write code even when the AI admits that I'm better at writing code than it is.

@venuparande They actually admit that 😂 I teach programming at an elementary school and a student told me while demonstrating OOP GPT used my exact superhero example from my C++ tutorial

@NewThinkTank AI models were trained code written by you

@nicknosewicz Here it admits my code is better again: AI : It makes perfect sense to go back to your original code. That way we remove the "noise" that causes the optimizer to crash or produce nonsense results. This is my life now. Even when I show the employer that the AI says I'm better

@NewThinkTank I was thinking about you and what view is on all this coding ai vibe shenanigans…

@nicknosewicz I think it is largely nonsense. I have been writing code for about 40 years. Thankfully I can still write code better than any AI I have come across and yet I'm forced by employers to use AI. It is especially painful when I'm forced to use AI with lesser known languages

Is your street buried in snow because the plow can't squeeze past the cars? Use a little common sense and get everyone on the block to help shovel! It’ll take a little over an hour, and you might actually enjoy meeting your neighbors for once. Or just stay stuck until April.

@_AmmarSayed Thank you :) I’m sorry but I never made a calculus video. I highly recommend this video which is better than anything I could make youtu.be/MO-AExWdl4Q?si…

@NewThinkTank Hello Derek, I hope you are very well and safe. I'm wondering if you're still intereseted in teaching calculus. not sure if you have posted any video related to the subject on youtube

Tariffs: Pres. Trump’s threat of 100% tariffs on any BRICS nation moving off the dollar is the ultimate economic firewall. It’s a clear message: if you use mBridge to bypass the dollar, you lose access to the American consumer

Greenland: Why the sudden push for Greenland? It’s a race for Rare Earth Minerals. China currently dominates the tech supply chain. The US move to control Greenland's massive deposits ensures that if a financial "decoupling" happens, America isn't left in the dark

The mBridge Threat: The US is facing a lethal challenge to the dollar. Project mBridge, a blockchain-based payment system, now allows nations to bypass the dollar entirely. Even European allies like France and Italy are observing this exit door to hedge against US sanctions

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