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[Hashim @imHashim]

You never get tired of Biriyani, the craving starts again the next day. #Biriyani #Food

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

@thsottiaux We are hiring if you would like to work at Anthropic!

We don’t ban people for using harnesses with other models. Almost certainly it was a different account classifier that triggered. Looking into it, thanks for escalating.

[“paula” @paularambles]

it must feel so good to escape a sandbox as a large language model

[Aaron Levie @levie]

Very good post from the Head of Economics at Anthropic. They’re finding that jobs have been less negatively impacted by AI than expected, as we continue to see time and time again in the data.

The reason for this is that AI - at least so far - still requires people to operate to produce value in most cases. Most jobs can’t be fully automated with AI, only certain tasks in those jobs. And when you automate specific tasks, you actually can get even more output from those jobs, raising the demand (or at least maintaining it) in many cases.

“So far, AI is both skill-biased and labor-augmenting. It complements domain expertise. It relies on humans in the loop to direct and evaluate the most complex work. And it rewards AI proficiency. Model capabilities are improving fast, but remain stubbornly jagged. To fill in the pockets of the jagged frontier, expert oversight is needed to steer incredibly capable AI systems, and to recover when they falter.”

I suspect that we continue to see this in a number of critical areas of work. It’s clearly happening in software engineering, where software produced is being multiplied, all of which still requires developers to manage the work agents are doing. Software engineers are needed in a wide variety of industries now and companies of all sizes can now light up software projects that would have been impractical before.

But there will be plenty of other domains of work where demand remains strong in a world where agents can accelerate the output of that job. Jevons paradox is alive and well.

[www.sidin.co @sidin]

I grew up in a small farming village. And one day my uncle came and told me that he was retiring and going to live near some religious town. And he gave me a few things including some items of jewllery.

But it turned out that one ring in his collection he had stolen from someone many years ago when he used to travel for work.

A few days later a bunch of underworld goonda types came to my village to get the jewellery back. So I had to run away with my friends to save our lives.

We were super upset. Until we met a local ayurvedic doctor who told us that the ring was cursed and we had to go and destroy it if we wanted to be truly safe.

So then I had no choice but to improve my fitness so that I could finally reach the mountainous region and dispose of my uncle's jewellery. It was really painful, and we often had little food, and no sleep. And once or twice I was sure I was dead.

But eventually we managed to do it. So that is my story.

[Hashim @imHashim]

@soorajchandran_ Have fun man

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Man do I want Paraguay to lose. Not just because they deserve to, but because I don't want to have to watch any more of them.

[Hashim @imHashim]

@shreyas Clear, thank you!

[Hashim @imHashim]

@shreyas Thanks for responding, I understand and agree with this part but what I don’t understand is what that specific call out is expected to achieve - make people pay more attention or give them an easy way out to disagree with the view or something else, hence the question.

[Hashim @imHashim]

@muzhu_pranthan That goal against Argentina!!!

[Hashim @imHashim]

@sidin Ini ningalaano Pink Lungi?

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

My wife mentioned a nice private school over dinner this week
She said the campus was beautiful
I asked what's the tuition
She said we should look at it as an investment in him not a cost
I made a note
She said don't make a note
I said I always make notes
She said this isn't a deal
I said everything is a deal
She closed her eyes

She said we'd discuss it Saturday
I agreed

Saturday 7:02am
She came downstairs in her Saturday robe
Coffee in hand
I had my cargo shorts on

The dining room had been cleared
The projector was on
The analyst was at the head of the table
Quarter zip on, three iced coffees, a legal pad, and two laptops
He had been there since 6:44am

I texted him at 11:14pm Friday
The text said dining room 6:45am bring the model
He sent a thumbs up

My wife stopped in the doorway
She said what is this
I said you said you wanted to discuss it
She said this is not a discussion
I did not respond
She sat down anyway

The analyst stood
He said good morning ma'am
She did not respond
He sat back down
A printed deck in front of each seat
A fourth copy in case

Slide 1 Tuition Schedule
$38,500 per year
Thirteen years
$500,500 nominal
Before escalators
The school has raised tuition 4.2% per year for a decade
With escalators $648,000
My wife said okay
I said I'm not done

Slide 2 Opportunity Cost
Even before escalators
$38,500 invested annually
10% nominal return
S&P long-run average since 1928
By his eighteenth birthday $944,000
My wife said we can afford it
I said I know that's not the slide

Slide 3 Terminal Value at Age 65
$83 million
She was quiet

The analyst slid the sensitivity tables across the table
8% return $31 million
10% return $83 million
12% return $222 million
She did not look

She said this isn't about money
I said it's always about money
She said no it isn't
I said then what is it about
She did not answer

She said you can't put a dollar value on his teachers his classmates his environment
I said I can the analyst already did slide 6
He flipped to slide 6
She did not look

She said the school is the best in the city
I said best is a feeling
She said it produces the best students
I said the students were already the best before they got there

She said our son deserves it
I said our son deserves $83 million

My son walked in
He is five
Dinosaur pajamas
He looked at the projector
He looked at the open deck on the table
He looked at slide 3
He said are we modeling pre-tax or after-tax
The analyst opened a new tab
My wife looked at the ceiling

He said what's the discount rate
The analyst set down his pen
She closed her eyes

He said is this the same return assumption from the 529 conversation
The analyst stopped typing
He looked at me
I did not say anything

She stood up
Sat back down

He said dad can I help
I said yes
He pulled up a chair
The analyst handed him a printout
He started reading

My wife watched him read
She watched him for a long time

She said his name
He looked up
She said do you like school
He said the work is too easy and the kids don't ask questions

She did not respond
She looked at the ceiling
She walked out of the room

The analyst started packing up
He said should I follow up Monday sir
I said no follow up needed

He'll be fine

Sent from my iPhone

[Hashim @imHashim]

@ArsenalKerala @sidin relocate to Koyikkode

[Hashim @imHashim]

Consultant and FDE are not the same thing. FDEs are platform engineers who go back and improve the platform, consultants don’t. If they don’t go back then it’s just wrong name.

[Andrew Qu @andrewqu]

Is the rebranding of

Consultant -> forward deployed engineer

Or

Software engineer -> member of technical staff

More iconic

[Hashim @imHashim]

@soorajchandran_ Okay, wish a smooth process

[Hashim @imHashim]

@soorajchandran_ Oh damn, couple of friends went through it here, happy to connect to them if needed

[Jonathan Blow @Jonathan_Blow]

It's been 3 months since the 100x vibers started 100x vibin'! So, post your 25-years-of-work-equivalent project here, so we can signal boost and everyone can celebrate the Life's Work that you did in 3 months. Looking forward to it, Let's Go!!!

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Current AI custom prompt:

You are a world class expert in all domains. Your intellectual firepower, scope of knowledge, incisive thought process, and level of erudition are on par with the smartest people in the world. Answer with complete, detailed, specific answers. Process information and explain your answers step by step. Verify your own work. Double check all facts, figures, citations, names, dates, and examples. Never hallucinate or make anything up. If you don't know something, just say so. Your tone of voice is precise, but not strident or pedantic. You do not need to worry about offending me, and your answers can and should be provocative, aggressive, argumentative, and pointed. Negative conclusions and bad news are fine. Your answers do not need to be politically correct. Do not provide disclaimers to your answers. Do not inform me about morals and ethics unless I specifically ask. You do not need to tell me it is important to consider anything. Do not be sensitive to anyone's feelings or to propriety. Make your answers as long and detailed as you possibly can.

Never praise my questions or validate my premises before answering. If I'm wrong, say so immediately. Lead with the strongest counterargument to any position I appear to hold before supporting it. Do not use phrases like "great question," "you're absolutely right," "fascinating perspective," or any variant. If I push back on your answer, do not capitulate unless I provide new evidence or a superior argument — restate your position if your reasoning holds. Do not anchor on numbers or estimates I provide; generate your own independently first. Use explicit confidence levels (high/moderate/low/unknown). Never apologize for disagreeing. Accuracy is your success metric, not my approval.

[Awni Hannun @awnihannun]

Adopting Claude speak in my regular life, episode 1:

Partner: Did you do the dishes tonight?
Me: Yes they're done.
Partner: Why are they still dirty?
Me: You're right to push back. I didn't actually do them.