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"I should say, going to Perplexity here, Sebastian Raschka is a machine learning researcher and author known for several influential books."
"my search bar was literally just hooking up WhatsApp to cloud code"
"And switch to Spotify. Switch to streaming, and basically, rebuild the stash of playlists and all this kind of stuff."
"Why do I need my Eight Sleep app to control my bed when I can tell the agent to... The agent already knows where I am, so he can turn off what I don't use."
"I use basically half-and-half Cursor and Claude Code, because they're fundamentally different experiences and both are useful."
"And somebody sent a pull request for Discord support"
"As a general purpose model, Opus is the best. For OpenClaw, Opus is extremely good in terms of role play."
"And I just typed, 'Convert this and this part to Zig,' and then let Codex run off"
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"On Mastodon and Bluesky, I don't... I also use it less because oftentimes I got attacked for my blog posts."
"On Mastodon and Bluesky, I don't... I also use it less because oftentimes I got attacked for my blog posts."
"If you use SwiftUI, like the latest and greatest at Apple, and took them forever to build something to show an image from the web. Now we have async image, but some images would just not show up or be very slow."
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Clear filters"LMNT is my go to zero sugar electrolyte drink and has been for many years. I bring these LMNT packets everywhere I go. It helps me replenish electrolytes I lose in training and fasting."
"LMNT, for electrolytes"
"So here, going to Perplexity, Django Reinhardt was, of course, a jazz guitarist and composer, active mainly in France."
"Shopify, for selling stuff online"
"BetterHelp, for mental health"
"We've got Uplift Desk, for my favorite office desks"
"Fin, for customer service AI agents"