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takethebus

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takethebus··on Ox Alpha
Knowledge cutoff seems to be around mid 2025, in my testing
takethebus··on Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP
my account is too new I can't flag them :/
takethebus··on Kickbacks.ai – Get Paid for Waiting
you can put custom endpoints in claude settings.json
takethebus··on How to setup a local coding agent on macOS
this is the way, given anyone could swap for oh my pi / pi / etc
takethebus··on I was wrong about Electron
big fan of paseo, btw. really easy to setup and get going
takethebus··on Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian
I'm absolutely stealing this
takethebus··on Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian
nice, going to point my hermes agent to this instead of obsidian
takethebus··on I’ve banned query strings
I was just thinking about something like this. Instagram and TikTok are major offenders, not everyone wants their personal info blasted everywhere because they copied a link. It would be great to have an iOS shortcut that automatically removes them, it's something I'm going to look into.
takethebus··on GPT-5.5
I believe the technical term is "acquihire"
takethebus··on The Waymo World Model
Taxes? The same place tons of other stuff we buy as a society comes from. I expect the ballot measure this fall will pass, worst case they file bankruptcy and will probably need to reduce service
takethebus··on The Waymo World Model
>cleanly >without subsidies

Source? The biggest source of environmental issues from EVs, tire wear from a heavier vehicle, absolutely applies to AVs. VC subsidizing low prices only to hike them later isn't exactly "without subsidy" - we pay for it either way

takethebus··on The Waymo World Model
The government facing a budget deficit doesn't mean BART would be worse off with more subsidies.
takethebus··on The Waymo World Model
Very few transit agencies have fares that cover services. I know others said this, but I wanted to add my take as well