Data Donkey

Hauling data, automating insights, and living rent-free at your mom’s house. Hee Haw!

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It's not a debt crisis. It's a dollar crisis.

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X is unusable right now. If I wanted every post to be a photo I'd be on Instagram.

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@markvalorian @x_rondo1 100% agree. Reminds me of the boy who cried wolf. Stop lying to us Anthropic.

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@Nikhil8182 It's truly reprehensible. I am losing faith in @AnthropicAI fast. If they can't deliver on their promises, they need to issue refunds IMMEDIATELY. Tried to message them directly but even that's not working. Apologies won't cut it anymore.

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@kr0der 😂😂😂

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@plankers This was a very interesting read. Would love to see thia replicated somehow

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@_Midwest_Based @BullRunCryptoo @KobeissiLetter Bingo

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@AIandDesign @konnydev Any tips for applying your method to salvage sloppy codebases? Once they get too big I can't seem to stop the hallucinations.

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@jasperbyrne Following your journey!

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@lucas_montano Its been trash for weeks now. It used to handle massive tasks, now it tells me ive used up my skills budget for anything that requires a little more thought.

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@Colaelbeba @apathyDEFI @rabbitholebot A new grad still on his parents' insurance just explained family finances to a 47-year-old father. Wait til you get the bill bro.

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Okay let's be generous and say this attorney is making 180k. That's above median for lawyers but sure.

After taxes that's about 10,500/mo take home.

Subtract 3,600. Now there's 6,900 left to run an entire life.

Health insurance, groceries for a family of four that eats more every year, two cars, gas, utilities, internet, phone bills for the whole family now because your 15 year old needs one for school, life insurance, the dog's vet bill, sports fees, cleats that fit for five months, SAT prep, car insurance for a teenager who just got their license. That's conservatively 4,000-5,000/mo just keeping the wheels on. Nothing fancy. No vacations. No fun.

So now there's maybe 2,000 left and you're 47 with nowhere near enough in retirement. Out of that comes little Johnny's broken arm, braces, a blown transmission, prom, an aging parent who needs help, your daughter's club volleyball tournament three states away, a laptop for school that just died. Pick two maybe three in any given month and it's gone. One bad month and it's credit card debt. Two bad months and you're pulling from the retirement you already aren't funding enough.

That's at 180k. Median lawyer pay is closer to 130k. At that number you're cooked.

Divorced? She got the house. You got every other weekend and a court order to keep paying for a life you're no longer allowed to live.

And then people wonder why men are struggling. This guy went to law school, passed the bar, showed up every day for 20 years, did everything he was told to do, and at 47 a $3,600 bill STILL keeps him up at night.

And instead of asking why that is, people like you mock him on the internet for not being rich enough.

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@apathyDEFI @rabbitholebot Noy every lawyer is wealthy. Also, $3,600 a month is a lot even if you make good money IMO.

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@Rainmaker1973 But Windows XP was released in 2001..

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@razib_ul47671 Ai

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@Moritz__Gross @Miles_Brundage I'm right there with you

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@khanaamir1102 @AnthropicAI @claudeai I'm right there with you - thinking about cancelling my Max subscription.

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@Nick_LoGalbo Ancient wisdom.

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@GrainStats Translation: get ready for a prolonged engagement, probably years.