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I like reduce, and I’ve never gotten pushback for using it. I’d be willing to use other functional method chains. But I would never listen to anyone who suggested using a procedural loop instead.
As mentioned, there’s also mounting dissatisfaction and distrust in the petrodollar, but the devil you know…
It can do great things but needs close supervision. Claude doesn’t write code, Claude recommends code.
In my (so far limited) experience, the best thing you can do is establish and consistently follow patterns in you handwritten code.
I find Claude does really well with “follow existing conventions and patterns” or pointing to some specific part of the app and saying “do it that way.”
I prompt Claude the same way I would a junior dev, and that seems to work really well so far.
We’re pushing kids who are not suited to higher education into it because of credential inflation. As more kids get a certain level of credential, others are forced to seek those credentials to keep up. It’s a tragically wasteful way to signal fitness to employers.
This has been spurred on by government loan guarantees and other means of assistance, which create demand, which drives prices up. The universities don’t escape blame here. The author is getting these ludicrous pep talks from administration because they must play the charade to keep business booming. Nothing more. They’re selling a crap product to people who don’t benefit from it.
No band, just the two of them. Plus the metronome, and some prerecorded backup here and there.
Witness how “this type of work” is actually done. You’ve been claiming to “do this type of work,” yet even in this most earnest appeal “to the American people” you don’t bother to cite one single accomplishment that might make we the people sympathetic.
Thumb twiddling whiners. Good riddance.
Government TV goes MAHA!
- Cut out carbs. Start with a month of full keto, then dial it in. The goal is a constant energy level, no feeling sleepy or hungry, no brain fog. Intermittent fasting can help, even just skipping breakfast a couple days a week. This is all achievable, and it’s easier than you think. The goal isn’t weight loss, but if you’re overweight, you will slim down.
- Cut out seed oils. The oils themselves are bad, but also they tend to be plentiful in the absolute worst trash foods.
- Get some kind of exercise every day, and not just aerobic. You need some type of upper body strength development.
- Attend to your posture. Get a stand up desk, and stand more than you sit. I’m a fan of Alexander Technique, which teaches good posture and how to avoid poor use of your body. You can find a coach in your area.
- Attend to your breathing. If you’re mouth breathing, train yourself to nose breath. There’s a good book out now called “Breath” by James Nestor.
If this is reactionary, bring it on.
I’m starting to see a lot more free ranging kids in my neighborhood. White pill.
Consider this classic essay entitled The Myth of the Rule of Law by Georgetown law professor John Hasnas.
https://www.copblock.org/40719/myth-rule-law-john-hasnas/
It begins with a series of questions about what’s protected under the First Amendment. None seem particularly tricky. The answers all seem fairly clear cut.
Except, you guessed it, they are all controversial. In fact, none of them stand on firm ground at all. The essay brilliantly shows that government is always “rule of men,” and “rule of law” is a mere diversion. This essay will blow your mind.