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The same company intentionally driving minors towards this content (despite claiming to care about them) is also lobbying in secrecy for requiring all of us to scan our ID and face in order to use our phones and computers.

Their stated reason? Child safety.

Their actual reason? You can figure that out.

> But skills are not fundamentally different from *.instruction.md prompt in Copilot or AGENT.md and its variations.

One of the best patterns I’ve see is having an /ai-notes folder with files like ‘adding-integration-tests.md’ that contain specialized knowledge suitable for specific tasks. These “skills” can then be inserted/linked into prompts where I think they are relevant.

But these skills can’t be static. For best results, I observe what knowledge would make the AI better at the skill the next time. Sometimes I ask the AI to propose new learnings to add to the relevant skill files, and I adopt the sensical ones while managing length carefully.

Skills are a great concept for specialized knowledge, but they really aren’t a groundbreaking idea. It’s just context engineering.

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For those looking to quickly understand scope of impact:

> According to Bloomberg and CNN, citing sources, SitusAMC sent data breach notifications to several financial giants, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley. SitusAMC also counts pension funds and state governments as customers, according to its website.

There are important contexts outside of machines you control where installing or running cli commands isn’t possible. In those cases, skills won’t help, but MCP will.

Agreed. Only provide the servers and tools needed for that job.

It would be silly to provide every employee access to GitHub, regardless of whether they need it. It’s just distracting and unnecessary risk. Yet people are over-provisioning MCPs like you would install apps on a phone.

Principle of least access applies here just as it does anywhere else.

This sounds like what graphite.dev had been doing. Is it?

That was fast! I guess that wasn’t the most profitable position to hold. Fail fast!

You’re probably underestimating how much credit is available to people. Having money issues? Keep paying your car while you borrow money from Klarna for your DoorDash chipotle.

I think the most accurate part of your analogy is how fast the technology changes and renders yesterday’s product obsolete.

Just saw the Audi etron gt has amazing deals on used cars. Then I saw a new model coming out with better battery, more power, better range, and more features. Suddenly last year’s model is way less compelling.

Hey, did you read the article? The newsworthy point is that the EVs depreciate faster than gas counterparts.

But hey, that just means better used EV prices for the rest of us. You can get some high end gently used ones for a great price.

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“ For Tesla owners in the U.S., their 2023 Model Ys are worth 42% less than what they paid two years ago, while a Ford F-150 truck bought the same year depreciated just 20%. Older EV models depreciate even faster than newer ones. ”

My use is more episodic than daily. But I love mine for many of the same reasons others have cited.

On a plane this is so useful. Flights go by much faster.

When traveling it’s so much less of a productivity drag to be able to pop this on and work with more real estate and focus.

The spatial videos and photos, whether taken with a real spatial device or upgraded later, are… so immersive. Seeing very old memories in 3d is emotional.

But I would pay so much to have a great gaming experience. Like a racing sim or something else realistic. The hardware is so impressive.

Frankly, I think this shines most as a consumption device for 3d content. There’s just not nearly enough yet.

Anyone ever experience Zoom meeting lag that reproducibly connects with receiving a Mac notification?

I've had this issue on my M1 and now my M4 mac for about a year now, and I can't figure it out. Uninstalling and reinstalling hasn't helped.

Literally, someone can reliably send me a slack notification in a meeting (even when DND is on) and cause my Zoom outbound video to get gummed up.

Edit: I ask because I wonder if it has to do with this.