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Now we know why AA updated their benchmarking. Bet they weren’t #1 before the change…

This might be the first time I’ve favourited a post without upvoting it.

This is really sus. I’d love a more detailed explanation and “take” from AA on what problem they felt needed correcting and why things have shuffled the way they have. And how they can claim their index has relevance if positions can be switched around so easily.

So… not out of charity then?

It’s definitely not a good thing :D

The credits cost a fortune

It’s funny, I’ve never enforced a dress code at a company I’ve operated and yet nobody turned up to work naked. Weird.

We did this at a local makerspace on an old medical laser for tattoo removal (we wanted to use it for non medical purposes). It was pretty trivial, the credits mechanism was as low tech as you might expect :) it used a mifare classic card in a slot and simply deducted credits from a counter until 0.

A lot of hospital and lab equipment has worked like this for a long time. Often done with “credits” on a mag card, smart card, usb, or something downloaded. I definitely recall seeing floppy disks in use for it way back…

This is because, in some cases, the machine is actually rented or leased and the maintenance and supply costs are charged based on usage rather than as capex. Maintaining these machines is not cheap, especially calibration and testing.

Delightful way to write off an enormous cohort of people and huge variety of work.

I suggest that while many people might express that they have no interest at all in art, that doesn't mean that they don't passively recognise it and reap the benefits of high-quality design.

That’s beautiful. As is the mentioned Bindicator!

s/claude/codex

That’s nuts. Where is ‘here’?

Just stumbled on this on YouTube and was compelled to share. This is the best (relatively) short form piece I’ve seen on avoiding AI slop while simultaneously embracing the gifts of AI