frankish
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Comment · 4 months ago
This is why I love plan mode and switch to it as soon as I see the agent starting to deviate from the plan because it hit a wall. Gotta get back to aligning on design decisions, approach, reverting any debug code, etc. before progressing. (Damn, I have more instructions to add to AGENTS.md lol)
Although this was more of an issue when using opusplan as Sonnet loves to do this. I only use Opus now if using Claude.
Comment · 7 months ago
I find this to be quite an interesting perspective change!
If I may try for a metaphor, then it's like our default perspective from the Earth is that we are the center of the universe, the other planets, Sun, and stars move around us, and we are stationary.
But, to zoom out, you can take a more objective view that everything is moving independently (ie, volatile). The baseline stability is a subjective perspective.
Comment · 1 year ago
Can you explain your jump from gut microbiota to sugar? Aside from sugar being one food that passes through our digestion, I'm not certain why you have singled it out.
Comment · 1 year ago
My preferred workflow as well, but now many websites are starting to do this thing where you have to enter only your username, hit next, and then the password input shows up; however, the username only input breaks my password manager from trying to autofill! Argh
Comment · 1 year ago
Hmm, but doesn't the brain run on electricity? And why couldn't it possibly have something like an OS? I don't think we know exactly how the brain works
Comment · 1 year ago
Personally, I'd prefer to find out the truth in these cases.
Comment · 1 year ago
Very thought-provoking for me.
One thing that I think might be missing is the scale/population of a government's jurisdiction and perhaps the considerations of moving to more local government when it comes to the context of voting.
I'm thinking in terms of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Skin in the Game[0] where broader forms of government (eg, US Federal Govt) are smaller (ie, more "Libertarian") by only focusing on protecting our constitutional rights while more local forms of government can become increasingly more socially democratic, but impact fewer people overall. This allows for controversial ideas to be experimented in smaller scales while allowing for competition and escape from undesired policies. A policy that proves itself useful can spread due to the actual proof of it working. Voting at the highest form of government should be a rare occasion where we can maximize the incentive to vote.
Perhaps proportional voting enhances citizens’ autonomy, by giving them greater control over those issues in which they have greater stakes
Comment · 1 year ago
Exactly this IMO. Federal government is way too big. I would be more sympathetic if we moved most of these concerns to a more local level of government. Trying to have a one-size-fits-all approach for the whole country is what causes so much polarization. Let the ideas be run as experiments more locally, so that people can more easily vote with their feet and wallets. I have never actually gotten a chance to vote how my tax dollars are used.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't think your point that root cause is lack of initial resources contradicts the article's view on the benefits of pursuing excellence in education over uniformity. It is plausible that more uniform starting conditions and pursuit of excellence can coexist.
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