I'm on Claude's $200 plan, and for some reason it's getting dumber. I'm talking simple contract review stuff where it COMPLETELY misses important details. Did it get nerfed? What's happening?
So I’m slowly losing control over my Mac computer. @apple has apparently removed my ability to run unsigned apps. I’ve had to run a command to kill a “gatekeeper” service, then changed system settings, and it still simply refuses to open the app.
It used to be a simple right click.
I’m going to have to figure out how to downgrade my OS, because this is nonsense. How TF am I supposed to do anything if I can’t run applications that aren’t from the App Store? We live in the age of vibe coding you fools. You have become the very big brother that Apple began as a response to. You are trying to control what I can do on my own hardware in my own home.
@rushicrypto Don’t worry, all those “good guys with a gun” will mobilise any day now.
They’ve spent their whole life training to overcome a tyrannical leader.
Any day now….
Serious question…
Do Americans have a plan to stop Trump, or are they just going to let him end the world?
Because from the outside, it feels like people see the fire… and just watch it spread.
what is the point of Linux support groups?
Every desperate call for help is responded to with a version of "search for the answer yourself".
Do these folks not want their preferred OS to gain popular support?
Procurement entered at the the 5 yard line of my largest Enterprise deal ever last year.
We ran discovery on their procurement process.
Learned what mattered most:
-Short-term contract vs. longer-term agreement?
-Total price vs. price per seat?
-Cash flow for billing?
We were transparent about our levers:
→ Number of users
→ Number of products
→ Term length
→ Billing terms
→ Future growth
Put together something compelling.
They had additional, tough to meet asks. We went to (deal desk) and then back to meet them.
Clear agreement: If we meet these, you move forward this month.
They agreed.
Then, a week later...
A different exec said they wouldn't sign unless they got another 10% off.
Almost $250K in total.
My largest deal ever. On the line.
We went back to our champion:
"We negotiated in good faith. We've gone as far as we possibly can. There's nothing further we're able to do. How can we partner together to get this done?”
They tested us.
They didn't sign by end of month.
We didn't come back desperately with more concessions.
We stood on value and that it was already the best we could do.
The wait was brutal.
12 days later...
They came back with intent to move forward. Signed.
Sometimes holding the line IS the close.
@WalshFreedom We’ve hated, mocked and been disgusted by you a lot longer than trump 2.0.
Though I accept he’s expanded the membership rather impressively.
In 14 months, Trump has turned America into a country that people around the world hate, fear, feel sorry for, laugh at, are sickened by, no longer believe in, and want absolutely nothing to do with.
I suppose when you put an utterly stupid, cruel, corrupt, lawless, dishonest madman in the White House, that’ll happen.
Fuck it, we just made Fizzy completely free.
The open source installable version was always free, but the SaaS version was pay. No more. Basecamp and HEY's largess will subsidize Fizzy for all.
So go grab your account at Fizzy.do. It's Kanban the way it should be, not the way it has been. Fresh, fun, light, fast, and perfect for working with agents, too.
An official CLI is coming soon as well. Stay tuned for that.
The native iOS app should be out once Apple approves it (it's in approval right now...). Android is already out, you can get it on the Play store.
(and BTW if you were a paying customer, you will no longer be charged moving forward)
Manager: We need to terminate Simon immediately.
HR Manager: Wow, that’s serious. What happened?
Manager: I discovered he is using a mouse mover.
HR Manager: A mouse mover?
Manager: Yes, it keeps his status “available” when he’s not at his computer working.
HR Manager: Okay. Is his work getting done?
Manager: Oh yeah, but that’s not the point.
HR Manager: Is he meeting deadlines?
Manager: Yes.
HR Manager: Any performance concerns?
Manager: No.
HR Manager: So what exactly is the issue?
Manager: His status is available when he’s not actively at his desk working.
HR Manager: How do you know he’s not working when his status is available?
Manager: I messaged him one day last week when he was active, and it took him 35 minutes to reply.
HR Manager: Okay, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s using a mouse mover. He could have been working on something else and not seen the message.
Manager: Well, after that incident, I asked IT to look into it, and they confirmed he’s using one. Now I track his status throughout the day, and he’s always available.
HR Manager: You track his status all day?
Manager: Yes, I check it every 10 to 15 minutes.
HR Manager: But his work is getting done?
Manager: Yes, but the mouse mover is dishonest.
HR Manager: And monitoring an employee’s status all day is what exactly?
Manager: Good management.
HR Manager: Let me get this straight. He completes his work, he meets deadlines, and your problem is that he’s using a mouse mover?
Manager: Yes.
HR Manager: I don’t think the issue here is the mouse mover. I think the issue here is the mouse watcher.
(The manager walks out of the HR office disappointed.)
I spotted a lawyer recently at a big law firm doing something on his laptop between depositions.
Took me a second to realize what I was looking at.
He had NotebookLM open with 6 years of case files uploaded.
Here's what he was actually doing.
I watched him paste in a fresh deposition transcript and run one prompt: "Cross-reference this testimony against all prior statements in this case and flag every contradiction with exact page citations."
What used to take a paralegal team 2 days came back in 90 seconds.
But that wasn't the part that broke my brain.
He uploads every opposing counsel's past filings into a separate notebook.
Then asks: "What argumentation patterns does this attorney rely on and where have those arguments failed in court before?"
He walks into every hearing already knowing how the other side thinks.
I asked him how long he'd been doing this.
"Since I realized billing hours for document review was making me dumber."
His win rate in summary judgment motions is up. His prep time is down 60%.
His partners think he just got sharper with experience.
He told me the experience part is true.
He just has a 6-year memory that never forgets a page number.