jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I asked my Claude code harness to check its watch before citing a time, because it was guessing poorly. It then spent significant effort tattling on subagents when they didn’t check their watch. 110
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m so glad I learned R and Python instead of going deep in stata. We had to do most of our problem sets in both stata and R if I recall? 010
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Isn’t this the concept behind Claude’s auto mode? It’s not just following a rulebook; the monitor agent interprets your intent and applies it to the specific situation. I think of it acting as a conscience almost. 011
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I have never thought of Vader as racialized; why did he use to read that way? 100
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Correction: it is the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Art of Living center, my apologies to guru Sri Sri. 031
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Scientologist compound near me in DC shops at the same Hologram Store, which is confusing. 151
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Idk I have a number of friends with childhood diagnoses who don’t like to take stimulants on weekends. My understanding when I was diagnosed was that skipping days if you didn’t need it was fine. It’s mostly out of your system overnight anyways. 230
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was very well done but understandably not everyone’s thing!! But gave her a lot of room for the sexy/flirty/funny dynamic you’re describing. I think “funny” might also be offputting to the right at this point?? 030
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What if the people I see outside on the street are just robots in trenchcoats!! 140
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’ll tell you about the Catholic version after I wake up from my nap. 000
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026(This is why they are no longer selling the subscription to enterprises lol, 40x is bananas) 020
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The frontier labs give you roughly 40x the sticker price, but you have to really be pushing them to get that full value. 120
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Thank you! At first glance that seems like something I *might* get our CTO to sign off on. 030
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You’d have to self-host, right? Which for 5.3 is a $500k annual expense. 110
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I did the math after being asked about “how much I was spending” 061
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Last time I checked was a few weeks ago, and based on my usage the open models w/o would have been more expensive than the frontier ones. 150
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026How are you accessing 5.3? I’m excited to try it, but for work I need to go through AWS and they’re been kinda slow with the open weight models. And don’t offer caching at all for them! 250
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is not a rational reaction, but I’d object less if it were carbonated 010
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I still look at loose toothbrush bristles with suspicion 120
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A lot of similarities to being a good manager who sweats the details imo. 0100
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Dang. I checked and this is a nearly-perfect anagram for “Twin Peaks.” 010
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Strong recommend for childproofing the stove if you have cats. I’ve seen I think four? fires in DC this summer started by cats. 130
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Well I assume you’d want pictures and maybe some VERY simple dioramas? 140
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It is *not* always great at knowing whether the reason it finds is good or dumb, however. 130
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 27/08/2026DAD I saw an agent just CHUGGING through the list of AWS profiles instead of using the one you told it to. 060
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Reminds me of the far-right imprint that publishes Hardy Boys books “with the slurs put back in” 1330
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Yes I was unsure if there was a sequel to the Butter Battle Book about Woke that I’d just missed. 020
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 20/08/2026And consultants getting away SCOTT free, as is right and just. 010
jackal @jackal25.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is an incredibly influential person and the scrutiny is deserved. We get to want to know about shady viziers! 010
