TIM

Tim Vieyra. Springbok Rugby, Tech and Archeology

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become available over the last ~year and a failure to claim the boost feels decidedly like skill issue. There's a new programmable layer of abstraction to master (in addition to the usual layers below) involving agents, subagents, their prompts, contexts, memory, modes, permissions, tools, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP, LSP, slash commands, workflows, IDE integrations, and a need to build an all-encompassing mental model for strengths and pitfalls of fundamentally stochastic, fallible, unintelligible and changing entities suddenly intermingled with what used to be good old fashioned engineering. Clearly some powerful alien tool was handed around except it comes with no manual and everyone has to figure out how to hold it and operate it, while the resulting magnitude 9 earthquake is rocking the profession. Roll up your sleeves to not fall behind.

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@flipvandermerwe @janetmachuka_ 🤣

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Wait, does this mean costco hotdogs were wildly overpriced in the 80s?!

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🌭 The price of a Costco Hot dog every year since it was introduced:

1984: $1.50
1985: $1.50
1986: $1.50
1987: $1.50
1988: $1.50
1989: $1.50
1990: $1.50
1991: $1.50
1992: $1.50
1993: $1.50
1994: $1.50
1995: $1.50
1996: $1.50
1997: $1.50
1998: $1.50
1999: $1.50
2000: $1.50
2001: $1.50
2002: $1.50
2003: $1.50
2004: $1.50
2005: $1.50
2006: $1.50
2007: $1.50
2008: $1.50
2009: $1.50
2010: $1.50
2011: $1.50
2012: $1.50
2013: $1.50
2014: $1.50
2015: $1.50
2016: $1.50
2017: $1.50
2018: $1.50
2019: $1.50
2020: $1.50
2021: $1.50
2022: $1.50
2023: $1.50
2024: $1.50
2025: $1.50

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@BlaBlaRahRah Yoh

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@CaptSpringbok South africa has been there... chin up chaps.

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The general take from SA rugby X

[Front Row Grunt @FrontRowGrunt]

Pig dog ugly. What an incredibly sad way to end the year ...

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@tribe_talking Nope. We are all horrified. 🇿🇦

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An astounding fact

[SA Rugby magazine @SARugbymag]

🔟 The most tries for a flyhalf in Springbok history ✨️

𝟭. 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴-𝗠𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗹𝘂 - 𝟵 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝟭𝟵 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀)

2. Morné Steyn - 8 tries (68 Tests)
3. Handré Pollard - 8 tries (85 Tests)
4. Joel Stransky - 6 tries (22 Tests)
5. Piet Visagie - 6 tries (25 Tests)
6. Keith Oxlee - 5 tries (19 Tests)
7. Jaco van der Westhuyzen - 5 tries (32 Tests)
8. Hennie le Roux - 4 tries (27 Tests)
9. Butch James - 3 Tries (42 Tests)
10. Jannie de Beer - 2 Tries (13 Tests)
11. Braam van Straaten - 2 Tries (21 Tests)
12. Naas Botha - 2 Tries (28 Tests)
13. Manie Libbok - 2 Tries (28 Tests)
14. André Pretorius - 2 Tries (31 Tests)
15. Elton Jantjies - 2 Tries (46 Tests)

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Rassie playing 3d chess here
#ssrugby @SSRugby @SuperSportTV

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when starting something new, ask every day: how do I speed up the acquisition of information

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@SawyerMerritt The argument for index funds holds up when they are a small proportion of the market (low cost, market know best) but falls apart at higher proportions (erodes the fundamental market mechanism - which is decisions based on skin in the game)

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Everyone has within them a giant in need of a mission and a child in need of a hug

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@eurofounder Strawman vs strawman

[Mark Keohane - RUGBY, CRICKET, SOCCER & MESSI @mark_keohane]

Super Sacha leads the Boks centurion celebrations for Siya https://t.co/ZmtduD58Hy

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Tampa knows gyms

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@scrumming_ten A trip to ellis park is an ordeal. I say move to another ground outside the CBD

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@birdabo But where would the notch go

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Is it just me or is @claudeai Opus often long winded. Like the genius professor rambling on about intricacies of some or other fascinating subject.

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At a AWS / Anthropic event in San Francisco. Excitement is tangible about what AI is unlocking.

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@akshay_pachaar Assuming it would need to start with some kind of minimal viable model