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bensonperry

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bensonperry··on Understanding ChatGPT Work
Is "R. Axiom" inspired by "A. Bettik" from Hyperion? I love the name :)
bensonperry··on The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generation models
i mean this is the same thing as self-driving cars and all sorts of technology - humans are our benchmark, being better than a human and cheaper immediately unlocks massive value everywhere. if i can hire a human-level programmer for ~$100 USD per month, that is an incredible upgrade from that costing me ~$10k per month!
bensonperry··on Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets
_built on_? not built on the games they developed or the platform they built?
bensonperry··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
i mean, other smart people have famously delayed cancer treatment without needing poor guidance from LLMs! that's not at all new or unique to LLM chatbots
bensonperry··on Stuff I Learned at Carta
Completely agree. And I think a lot of roles frame this as "part of the job", something always unavoidable. But if I was an exec and my team was spending half their time trying to read between the lines of my poor communication, fixing that would be priority #1; what an enormous waste of time for people who I (ostensibly) hired for their other skills!
bensonperry··on NYC Congestion Pricing Tracker
License plate concealers are illegal in NYS. Being able to read license plates is critical for identifying vehicles involved in crimes. I hope you are eventually caught and punished!
bensonperry··on Be My Eyes’ AI assistant starts rolling out
you've seen numerous self driving cars plow into people? i'd love to learn more, could you provide some links?
bensonperry··on NYC Subway Will Disable ‘Feature’ That Leaked Trip History
this feels like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. is this a common attack vector? frustrating that we sacrifice so much usability to prevent niche problems like this.
bensonperry··on Debate over 'fake work' and 'lazy management' in tech industry
agree, but agree with another reply that it doesn't even seem like technical competency is the skill used outside of potentially engineering. feels like optimizing for "managing up" (which is code for "making people above you happy" and doesn't necessarily correlate with delivering any type of value) is what these managers do. in other R&D roles (design, product) most managers i've met aren't actually gifted at executing in an IC context
bensonperry··on CircleCI raises $6m Series A
We've been using CircleCI for a few weeks and it's been a great experience. The product is great and their customer service was awesome - they got back to me almost immediately to help me fix a bug on my end. Great stuff!
bensonperry··on Show HN: usefulscience.org – one sentence summaries of journal articles
great design! how are the headlines/summaries written?
bensonperry··on Why I'm Returning Google Glass
This was my experience when I tried Glass - despite knowing it wasn't AR, I still expected it to somehow enhance my experience. This isn't the case - it's merely replacing the screen in your pocket with a screen above-and-to-the-left-of-vision. I'm hoping the Glass team (or someone else) will take notice and create an AR device that can grant this experience that seems to be widely desired.