oldest_sql_user
@exodyne.bsky.social
Larry Murray
Longtime Dev, Hubby, Dad, Gamer. Nerd. I do things in Excel for fun. My grooves:
💻 Software development
🎮 Video games
🤖 Artificial intelligence
👨💻 Programming languages
🐕 Dogs
🏛 Politics
Longtime Dev, Hubby, Dad, Gamer. Nerd. I do things in Excel for fun. My grooves:
💻 Software development
🎮 Video games
🤖 Artificial intelligence
👨💻 Programming languages
🐕 Dogs
🏛 Politics
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The market for apps that are basically "This existing software, but how it was 5-8 years ago" is functionally infinite at this point. Every Office app. The entire Adobe suite. It's open season.
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
If there's a moral to this thread it's this:
With software you can only offer a shit service for so long before someone realizes it's very easy to provide an alternative and steal your lunch.
Considering office products haven't changed much in decades, in this case it would be relative cake.
With software you can only offer a shit service for so long before someone realizes it's very easy to provide an alternative and steal your lunch.
Considering office products haven't changed much in decades, in this case it would be relative cake.
January 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The market for apps that are basically "This existing software, but how it was 5-8 years ago" is functionally infinite at this point. Every Office app. The entire Adobe suite. It's open season.
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
I have no water in the kitchen (plumbing repairs) and I'm about eat ribs. Pray for me.
January 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I have no water in the kitchen (plumbing repairs) and I'm about eat ribs. Pray for me.
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He wanted to have a squint off
January 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
He wanted to have a squint off
Interesting to see actual apps people built with Cursor.
www.reddit.com/r/cursor/s/L...
#Cursor
#AICoding
www.reddit.com/r/cursor/s/L...
#Cursor
#AICoding
From the cursor community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the cursor community
www.reddit.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Interesting to see actual apps people built with Cursor.
www.reddit.com/r/cursor/s/L...
#Cursor
#AICoding
www.reddit.com/r/cursor/s/L...
#Cursor
#AICoding
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Hi, Bluesky. Our friends from @cpsc.gov said we should join. Our memes are less unhinged but we try to be funny sometimes.
What we really want to do is make sure workers know their rights and employers understand their responsibilities — and where they can go for help with a workplace issue.
What we really want to do is make sure workers know their rights and employers understand their responsibilities — and where they can go for help with a workplace issue.
January 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hi, Bluesky. Our friends from @cpsc.gov said we should join. Our memes are less unhinged but we try to be funny sometimes.
What we really want to do is make sure workers know their rights and employers understand their responsibilities — and where they can go for help with a workplace issue.
What we really want to do is make sure workers know their rights and employers understand their responsibilities — and where they can go for help with a workplace issue.
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New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
January 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
Looks like Reddit is rolling out its own GenAI. In retrospect this is entirely unsurprising
January 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Looks like Reddit is rolling out its own GenAI. In retrospect this is entirely unsurprising
I suspect the subtext to nonsense fire accusations is that they want to start softening Newsom up now, in advance of 2028.
The Benghazi hearings started in 2014
The Benghazi hearings started in 2014
January 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I suspect the subtext to nonsense fire accusations is that they want to start softening Newsom up now, in advance of 2028.
The Benghazi hearings started in 2014
The Benghazi hearings started in 2014
For every mindblowing #AI video there is...a counterpoint. This is VEO 2 (SOTA by any measure), with the prompt
"A handsome mage casting powerful fireballs at a target"
enjoy
"A handsome mage casting powerful fireballs at a target"
enjoy
January 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For every mindblowing #AI video there is...a counterpoint. This is VEO 2 (SOTA by any measure), with the prompt
"A handsome mage casting powerful fireballs at a target"
enjoy
"A handsome mage casting powerful fireballs at a target"
enjoy
You know, I've seen developers make credible claims of 100X improvement using tools like Cline, Aider, Cursor, etc. What I have NOT seen, is the flood of AA/AAA games that should surely follow. It's a weird disconnect.
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January 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You know, I've seen developers make credible claims of 100X improvement using tools like Cline, Aider, Cursor, etc. What I have NOT seen, is the flood of AA/AAA games that should surely follow. It's a weird disconnect.
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#Meta and #TrumpcuckZuck screwing the pooch big-time. Bluesky’s gain!
January 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#Meta and #TrumpcuckZuck screwing the pooch big-time. Bluesky’s gain!
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If you think only billionaires can control social media, You are absolutely wrong. Social media is completely dependent on its users. Think about why you do or did use FB, ThreadsTik tok or Twitter. It's because they have enough users. Take away all the "normies" and they all are worthless
January 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you think only billionaires can control social media, You are absolutely wrong. Social media is completely dependent on its users. Think about why you do or did use FB, ThreadsTik tok or Twitter. It's because they have enough users. Take away all the "normies" and they all are worthless
Welp, Threads is going down the Twitter path. I did enjoy it while it lasted.
www.threads.net/@zuck/post/D...
www.threads.net/@zuck/post/D...
Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads
5/ Move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and our US content review to Texas. This will help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content.
www.threads.net
January 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Welp, Threads is going down the Twitter path. I did enjoy it while it lasted.
www.threads.net/@zuck/post/D...
www.threads.net/@zuck/post/D...
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Evidently the GOP really doesn’t have a problem with foreigners taking over the country.
December 20, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Evidently the GOP really doesn’t have a problem with foreigners taking over the country.
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Polls not only preempt public discourse (James Carey) but are bullshit, reflecting the predictions or prejudices of the pollsters, not the public. Damnit.
A lot of state polls show ties. Is that because of voters — or pollsters? www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
A lot of state polls show ties. Is that because of voters — or pollsters? www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
A lot of state poll results show ties. So are they tied because of voters — or pollsters?
Analysis: Even in a close election, random chance means polls should be showing a broader range of results. That raises the question of whether we’re in for another polling surprise.
www.nbcnews.com
November 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Polls not only preempt public discourse (James Carey) but are bullshit, reflecting the predictions or prejudices of the pollsters, not the public. Damnit.
A lot of state polls show ties. Is that because of voters — or pollsters? www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
A lot of state polls show ties. Is that because of voters — or pollsters? www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Please take a minute to read this:
Texas is set to execute Ivan Cantu tonight at 6 pm. For 20+ years, he's maintained his innocence.
His lawyers never called witnesses.
A key prosecution witness admitted in 2021 that he lied.
The jury foreman now wants it stopped.
Take action at: IvanCantu.org
Texas is set to execute Ivan Cantu tonight at 6 pm. For 20+ years, he's maintained his innocence.
His lawyers never called witnesses.
A key prosecution witness admitted in 2021 that he lied.
The jury foreman now wants it stopped.
Take action at: IvanCantu.org
Save Ivan Cantu
Texas plans to execute Ivan Cantu on February 28, 2024, but there is so much wrong with the case against him. Learn more and act now!
IvanCantu.org
February 28, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Please take a minute to read this:
Texas is set to execute Ivan Cantu tonight at 6 pm. For 20+ years, he's maintained his innocence.
His lawyers never called witnesses.
A key prosecution witness admitted in 2021 that he lied.
The jury foreman now wants it stopped.
Take action at: IvanCantu.org
Texas is set to execute Ivan Cantu tonight at 6 pm. For 20+ years, he's maintained his innocence.
His lawyers never called witnesses.
A key prosecution witness admitted in 2021 that he lied.
The jury foreman now wants it stopped.
Take action at: IvanCantu.org