Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 2hI loved Digger (movie of the year, etc) and feel comfortable saying Megalopolis was a piece of crap. I saw it opening weekend and the whole audience was laughing at how bad and stupid it was 120
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 09/10/2026this isn't even close to what Anthropic said, but it's fun to lie on the internet!! 020
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 09/10/2026I mean, sure, but lots of people put up with that cause they want to play the games... 110
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 09/10/2026the real argument is that some games still don't work on linux 5100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 08/10/2026how does this effect my investment portfolio (PS3 with PT still installed sitting in my closet) long term? 000
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 08/10/2026new GI Bill means anyone who spends at least 4 years in the armed forces gets $20/mo in Claude-bucks for free 020
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 08/10/2026I mean I *also* work on complex ai processing pipeline stuff, and it's definitely different than reviewing normal CRUD work, but same basic pattern. Look at the PR and have claude focus on certain areas, make some artifacts to visualize changes, etc. But I'm basically never reading code anymore. 120
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 08/10/2026if it's just frontend code you can pretty much approve after asking claude "this look ok?". Otherwise you can spend 5 minutes asking for a more detailed review on certain pieces. gotta go fast tho 120
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 07/10/20261) that is not really a relevant response to what I said 2) I think a lot of people would say it would be nice if open source devs can pay their bills by working on open source stuff 000
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 07/10/2026Mozilla makes most of its money from Google paying to be the default search engine in firefox, right? either way, it's *possible* for *some* open source projects to survive based on donations, but it certainly doesn't always work that way 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 07/10/2026and you don't think this is an attempt at creating a more sustainable revenue model? 120
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 07/10/2026donations and patreon are the same thing. and charging for direct support doesn't really make sense with this type of end-user software. So it's basically hope that people donate? That's the only way? 120
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 07/10/2026what's an acceptable way for open source developers to try to fund their work? 240
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 07/10/2026it's pretty common for open source projects to offer some subscription options, it's called "open core". if you don't want their garbage AI subscriptions included, it seems to be completely free. haven't really looked at this software tho, maybe it's crap, but not because they have a 'pricing' page 170
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 06/10/2026ai can still check things "deterministically". an agent non-deterministically decides which deterministic checks to run. 050
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 06/10/2026I always call my AI "buddy" or "big dog" or just "dawg". What do you call yours? 020
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 06/10/2026the only way to develop a sense of direction these days is to play videogames with the map disabled (or at least ones that don't give live position on map) 020
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026if the clouds were getting demonstrably smarter every couple of weeks I would think it's time to start wondering if they could one day be conscious, yeah 000
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026you are moving the goalposts so hard. I don't think you can read tbh and you're arguing against things I never said. Have fun out there! 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026my claim was that it's stupid to be absolutist about what can or cannot possess consciousness. tbh I think it's a pretty solid claim. your claim is that cells and only cells produce consciousness, and I think you are delusional if you think you can prove that. 110
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026lmao dude you are the one trying to prove you know how consciousness works, not me 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026you've proven that consciousness comes from and can only come from cells? that's amazing!!! surely you will win a Nobel prize for this! 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026you should run to the nearest university and let them know you've figured out consciousness! they'll be very impressed 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026I didn't say the computer does this. I said it's stupid to say it absolutely never could. You're the one trying to prove something here, and there's no way you could do it. Nobody knows where consciousness comes from! 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026I doubt you can prove that some specific inner working of a single cell is the differentiator that allows for consciousness. I don't think you can be sure that consciousness could never arise from non-biological entities. 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026no. the point is that you have no idea what gives us consciousness! no one does! 000
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026yes I agree that there might come a time when machines could be considered conscious. glad we agree. 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026ok well "never" was the whole thing I was talking about. I have no idea how far away it is. Wouldn't be completely surprised if it's within my lifetime but def wouldn't count on it either. 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026what do cells posses but computers never could that enables consciousness? 200
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 03/10/2026I do believe that consciousness is a whole-body emergent phenomenon. Why do you think machines will never be able to have that? What is the actual *thing* that living tissue has but inorganic material doesn't that enables this? 100
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 02/10/2026used to subscribe to 404 but honestly they are too stupid and audience-captured. this is bozo stuff. 010
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 02/10/2026Penn State, not UPenn. UPenn is evil for different reasons (I went there) 000
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 02/10/2026oh wait I kinda forgot the pope's whole deal. I guess he basically has to think that 010
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 02/10/2026believing that it's 100% impossible for a machine to ever be conscious is kinda stupid tho 310
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 01/10/2026ok well my AI *will* be able to take HGH... we're not so different after all... 000
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 01/10/2026at dinner with a hot babe and my Toilet Card "accidentally" falls out of my wallet when the check comes. who needs amex black? 010
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 01/10/2026nice job JF! glad they got a comment from someone who has to work at the NYT! 1580
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 30/09/2026my software engineering job has gotten so much more interesting since claude came around. I get to spend pretty much all my time on the interesting hard problems and none on the boilerplate shit. loved you on Chamber of Reason btw 010
Nick Reynolds @nickreynolds.online · 30/09/2026I mean it's not like I'm using my personal information anymore at that point 010
