Matt Timmons-Brown (Raspberry Pi Guy)

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cursor after I send “still broken” for the 15th time:

just an average Stack Exchange question

ugh claude just like me fr

I'm sick tired of people pushing their "memory-safe language" agenda when a viable solution is within reach.

using more degrees of freedom to accomplish tasks slower is bad engineering

it’s so over

Why pay for Claude, when I can get my code written by amazon.

@i_sudeepa ++ You have to typically have your passport to get into a bar! Foreign driver’s licenses not accepted (at least in Pennsylvania!). You can also get a state ID instead of a driver’s license to solve this

8. Driving License: If you have an international permit, great! If not, your Indian license is valid for 1 year each time you enter the US. Get your state’s license as soon as you can—renting a car for a day to run errands is much cheaper than frequent Uber rides.

Fall 2024 Students, Welcome to the U.S.! Here is a checklist for your first week in the U.S.:

@ProfHomestead @east_lot @civic_grit I rode SEPTA every single day whilst at Penn. There's a lot of work that needs to be done (by gov, Penn, others) to improve everything from safety to cleanliness before most students (and a lot of other folks!) are confident enough to engage with SEPTA regularly

@east_lot @RaspberryPiGuy1 @civic_grit I was going to say the same.

Interesting. Back in 2006 UPenn hired a design firm to plan the future of their campus. One of their proposals? A pedestrian and bike bridge across the Schuylkill connecting to Center City on the other side. Source: facilities.upenn.edu/sites/default/…

@civic_grit Paint and some flimsy plastic poles != protection Car-first attitudes to urban spaces has resulted in 10s of cyclist deaths in Philly (and who knows how many more injuries) (yet alone 100s of pedestrian deaths) in last 5 yrs I only ever cycled on the SRT for this very reason :(

I walked Spruce today and I didn't catch it on video, but on the block Dr. Barbara Friedes was killed I saw this car use the bike lane to accelerate around a slower car. It shouldn't be possible to use the bike lane as a passing lane.

@biglesp On a similar topic, I am currently reading "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space": amazon.com/Challenger-Sto… Fascinating read so far - more like a thriller than a historical account of (very interesting) space history

@civic_grit Also reading the exec summary of that report, the Schuylkill-front presence of Penn doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon :) Though a few new buildings (Engineering) are starting to inch further East

@civic_grit Would've been pretty dang cool. For some reason though, Penn in general focuses away from the (many) students living in Center City. The shuttles for students for example barely go deep into the city: #RoutesPlace:%7B%22regionId%22:%22CA558DDC-D7F2-4B48-9CAC-DEEA1134F820%22,%20%22date%22:%7B%22year%22:2024,%20%22month%22:5,%20%22day%22:23%7D,%20%22noNav%22:false%7D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">penntransit.tripshot.com/g/tms/Public.h…

@civic_grit Philly has the potential to be a true walker and cyclist paradise. We need bold action like pedestrianising streets, protected bike lanes, jeez - widen the SRT even! Sky is the limit :)

Yes! And Philly has tremendous potential to do more to grow its reputation as a walkable city.

@easyJet have a shocking practice of using "donotreply" emails for flight compensation claims. Context: have a clear cut case of easyJet cancelling flight, had to book different airline, so am due EU compensation. easyJet make up illegal excuse, then no way of contacting them

“If an AI agent carries out a workflow consisting of 10 tasks autonomously but has a 10% error rate per task, the compounded error rate over the whole workflow is 65%.” There is a lot of nuance building production LLM systems