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The UK is losing the industry that makes everything [video]

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Tell HN: Use the collective noun "a bungle of agents"

2 points·by skeltoac·há 6 meses·1 comments

Planning on Claude: Tips

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1 points·by skeltoac·há 6 meses·0 comments

Meta tolerates ad fraud from China

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skeltoac
·há 3 meses·discuss
TLDR but guessing from the length of your comment, it really is about respecting other people‘s time
skeltoac
·há 5 meses·discuss
Enthusiastic amateur here. I have no film school or real writing experience.

I’d use it to explore branching first. My system has a rich knowledge tree and could write some very detailed prompts. We would discuss the results and integrate them into our tree.

I want to have that visual graph representation for myself as well, but it seems like my text repo really needs some structural formality.

I also think your system would be a good consultant for mine. We have questions about story writing, you have an endpoint for that.

My current story is being written for the page, no film contemplated yet, so I haven’t thought about access your screenplay tools yet.
skeltoac
·há 5 meses·discuss
I have a writing assistant working on a script and I’d like to give it access to your tool. Is this a mode of operation you want to support?
skeltoac
·há 5 meses·discuss
You won’t get me this time.
skeltoac
·há 5 meses·discuss
We are all creeping toward old age. Let’s be kind to our future selves.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Thank you. You listed concrete examples of things you would ban and you stated a general definition. It sounds like a terrible kind of regime, stripped of the freedom of speech and loaded with arbitrary decisions about what the audience probably wanted to see, resulting in an even more opaque and corrupt flow of information. Nope, no thanks.

I think the problem you have with ads is a you problem.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
What do you propose to ban? How do you define it? You want a policy, so write the policy and let me read it.

I have a very broad idea of what ads are. Maybe you don’t. Say what you mean by paid ads.

Am I allowed to offer and accept compensation for boosting one message above others, or not? Would I be allowed to place a hyperlink on my site in exchange for a reciprocal hyperlink? That’s a clear example of compensated communication. That’s what I think ads are.

Imagine the ad police. “You blogged about a product. Someone said you sounded insincere. Let’s see the receipt for purchase. Can’t prove you bought it? Prove you weren’t compensated for your blog post or pay a fine.” Kafka land.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Depends on what exactly gets banned. What is an ad? What isn’t? Must all information be paid for by the audience? I wish someone would tell me what this ban is supposed to cover.

I worry that innovators and small businesses won’t be able to get their message out efficiently. You won’t be able to display your message on anyone else’s property. You won’t be able to take any compensation for promoting anything.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
I agree!
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
What is and what is not an ad? What exactly do you want to ban?
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Others like myself do consider the ads when we read the newspaper. I find out about events and local companies that way. I don’t see many print ads that confuse me as to whether they are paid advertisements at a glance.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Advertising is how I learned about lots of things I am glad I learned about.

I am furious about lots of the ads that I see. I want to stop certain kinds of advertising. I live where there are no billboards allowed and I love that.

But I want to live in a world where people can pay to have their messages displayed where they will be seen. Simply because banning that activity would cripple the flow of information. That’s what advertising is.

If you want to ban a particular form of advertising then say what and why. The “ban all ads” thing just doesn’t make sense.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
To those who believe ads are evil and must be stopped, I ask how the world will work if we kill the freedom to sell space for commercial messages where people can see them.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
I tried reading but it felt bad because of the animated particles.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
The first thing your agent needs to know every time it wakes up is where it is.

“This codebase is health care SaaS. Compliance is mandatory at all times.”

Easy. Makes a huge difference.

Also, the collective noun for a group of agents is a bungle of agents.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Nicely written headline here. I clicked. I got a white screen and an error in the console. Chrome on macOS. Good luck going forward!
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Cool! I hate struggling with my insurance company and all of the files. It doesn't happen that often, though. I can't see paying $20/mo all year. I'd rather only pay for the service when I'm actively using it, maybe for the three months around a claim. I want a service like this to tout "only pay until your claim is settled" and cheerfully offer to stop the subscription after all active claims are settled.

> Best for homeowners, renters, and small contractors filing 1–5 claims per year.

Really? 1-5 claims per decade is my experience.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
I read every word of the complaint before commenting. Nothing has been proved but the causes of action appeared valid to me. I believe in innovation balanced by care and consequences delivered through liability.

You wrote assumptions about me personally which I won't address. I don't see where you've responded to anything that I said, nor to anything in the complaint, so I have nothing to respond to.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
It’s not a strategy for improving the outside world. It’s an automatic emotional pressure relief valve for reducing internal discomfort.
skeltoac
·há 6 meses·discuss
Writer assumes reader is as cranky as writer. Reader loses interest.