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snkline··on Claude, change the “Add to Cart” button to blue
Seems to be getting a polarized response. I quite enjoyed the it, but I do think the creator should have made it clearer that a) it is in fact a joke site and b) it does not consist of actual Claude responses.

It is easy to misinterpret this site, and therefore not "get" the joke.

snkline··on 32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building
The memory in the PC I put together early last year is now worth about three times the total cost of all the parts I used to build the thing. It is absolutely crazy.
snkline··on Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom
I really like the reMarkable tablets, but they are still not quite the replacement for a paper notebook that I would like. I think the main problem is that the refresh-rate/software is slow enough that trying to "page through your notebook" to find specific notes is a grueling experience. The alternative is to just make lots of one page notes, but things still become difficult to find (not to mention you add a lot of stress coming up with good names for stuff...)
snkline··on The Therac-25 Incident (2021)
I was kinda shocked by the results of his informal survey, because this was a big focus of my ethics course in college. I guess a lot of developers either didn't get a CS degree, or their degree program didn't involve an ethics course.
snkline··on Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware
The Skype for Business "installer" is too good at removing stuff.

Skype for Business stop working, I run "Repair" on the installation, progress bar zips to completion. Skype for Business is now gone. Oh, and so is the rest of Microsoft Office.

snkline··on When tech says ‘no’
Indeed. I supported the absentee voting push during the pandemic, but one thing a lot of my friends don't understand is my opposition to absentee voting being normalized going forward.
snkline··on Layoffs are down, but employers are still finding ways to cut jobs
In the US, implied employment contracts are "at-will". This means the employer may fire an employee for any reason (except reasons that explicitly break a law, like firing a black employee for being black). Likewise, an employee can quit at any time, with no recourse for the employer (2-weeks notice is a custom, not a contractual obligation under at-will employment).
snkline··on Russian firms rush to open Chinese bank accounts
Ah yes Tesla, the largest car manufacturer in the world...
snkline··on Life at 800 MHz
There are other usages of we for an individual. I think the writer is trying to use what is called the editorial we, not the royal we.

I will say it's use in that article is rather jarring however.

edit: Looking it up, it appear this has a fancy name, encompassing the royal we, the editorial we, and more: Nosism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosism