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dayjaby commented on Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work   simonwillison.net/2025/De... · Posted by u/simonw
theshrike79 · 7 days ago
I've completed actual features by saying "look up issue ABBA-1234 and create a plan to implement it" to Claude.

Then I wait, look through the plan and tell it to implement and go do something else.

After a while I check the diffs and go "huh, yea, that's how I would've done it too", commit and push.

dayjaby · 7 days ago
In 10 years this will be a "that's how I would've done it 10 years ago too...or?? I don't remember"
dayjaby commented on Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright   bbc.com/news/articles/c1j... · Posted by u/YeGoblynQueenne
boogieknite · a month ago
if you ever visit Portland make one up reading YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. drivers keep it weird here by ignoring the rules of the road for some kind of "no no i insist, after you" as if theyre giving some gift, but instead just confuse everyone

if im biking and waiting at a stop sign: without fail, the last car in a long line of cars will slam on the breaks and insist i go when they have no stop sign. it would have been faster for everyone if they just kept driving and i cross after they pass, like the rules of the road prescribe

dayjaby · a month ago
Defending that particular kind of driver: He might not have known to be the last car. But one thing he knows for sure: a long line of cars in front of him. Speeding up or keeping distance is pointless, so he uses that moment to be friendly instead.
dayjaby commented on Taiwan to distribute security handbook to all households as China threat rises   reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/ryan_j_naughton
derelicta · a month ago
> democratically governed island

That's where their assumption is wrong. Taiwan is not democratic at all. It's a client State of America. It will recover its full sovereignty and democracy after reuniting with the mainland, not before.

But I understand why it is written this way. Taiwan is a renegade island, again under western occupation, so ofc the Imperial press would write this sort of nonsense.

dayjaby · a month ago
How do you recover democracy when you reunite with a non-democracy?
dayjaby commented on Japan's Anime Industry Grows 15% to a Record 25B Driven by Overseas Sales   deadline.com/2025/10/japa... · Posted by u/Marshferm
embedding-shape · 2 months ago
What are some good animes for a first time viewer? I've grown bored of the typical story lines of traditional TV shows, and my friends keep telling me to try anime because they explore more novel themes and more out-of-the-ordinary scenarios. So any recommendations for something that is really different, in any sort of way?

Edit: lots of recommendations, thank you all a lot for providing some starting points for a beginner!

dayjaby · 2 months ago
Spy X Family. Super fun characters
dayjaby commented on My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before   shepherd.com/best-books/c... · Posted by u/bwb
Raphell · 2 months ago
I really enjoy lists like this. These days, recommendation systems tend to push the most popular and addictive content, which makes it harder to stumble upon hidden gems. But I’ve found that older or more obscure novels often carry a different kind of imagination. They’re not following formulas and they’re not tied to movies or franchises. It feels like reading someone’s raw creative mind before it got polished or filtered. I’m also curious if anyone has a book that barely anyone talks about, but left a lasting impact on you. I’d love to add it to my list.
dayjaby · 2 months ago
I just read "THE MEMOIRS OF THE CONQUISTADOR BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO WRITTEN BY HIMSELF"

It's not fiction but it feels like a time warp into a world unimaginable.

dayjaby commented on Build your own database   nan.fyi/database... · Posted by u/nansdotio
4ndrewl · 2 months ago
> Databases were made to solve one problem:

>

> "How do we store data persistently and then efficiently look it up later?"

Isn't that two problems?

dayjaby · 2 months ago
Store data persistently so it can be looked up efficiently* sounds like a single problem.
dayjaby commented on For centuries massive meals amazed visitors to Korea (2019)   atlasobscura.com/articles... · Posted by u/carabiner
nirava · 2 months ago
The Japanese mostly eat sticky rice, which is very easy to eat and "clean up" even with a chopstick.

The Indian subcontinent eat long-grain Basmati or similar rice which fluff up into individual grains on the plate. It doesn't make sense to individually pick out single leftover grains.

In nearly every culture is the idea of "Annapurna" or the god of food, and wasting food is generally frowned upon and considered bad table manners. I've been scolded plenty of times as a child for not cleaning up my plate in Nepal.

I wouldn't attribute it to small bowls at least. The Japanese instilling good virtues into their children almost institutionally perhaps plays some part in it, but also some of it is just physics.

dayjaby · 2 months ago
Having had grandparents live through WWII (or any other war to be fair) also helps instill this attitude. I can barely imagine what kind of famines they had to endure.
dayjaby commented on Estimating AI energy use   spectrum.ieee.org/ai-ener... · Posted by u/pseudolus
qnleigh · 3 months ago
For reference, global energy consumption is about 180,000 TWh[1]. So while the numbers in this article are large, they're not a significant fraction of the total. Traveling and buying things are probably a much bigger part of your carbon footprint. For example:

- 25 LLM queries: ~8.5 Wh

- driving one mile: ~250-1000 Wh

- one glass bottle: ~1000 Wh [2]

- a new laptop: ~600,000 Wh [3]

- round-trip flight from LA to Tokyo: ~1,000,000 Wh

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption

[2] https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2008/03/17/study-finds...

[3] https://www.foxway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/handprint-...

dayjaby · 3 months ago
What about LLM training? What about training all the discarded or unused LLMs?
dayjaby commented on How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized   cnn.com/2025/10/02/middle... · Posted by u/nashashmi
bamboozled · 3 months ago
I feel like you could say Ukraine were backed into a corner, multiple times, they didn't resort to October 7 levels of horror either. In fact, there is not a single documented case where they have attacked civilians or civilian infrastructure.

So while I'm not closed to the idea that Netanyahu is a bad man. I find it hard to rationalize the actions of the people who were "backed into a corner"?

dayjaby · 3 months ago
In 2014 they burned a building with civilians inside: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Odesa_clashes
dayjaby commented on Why warm countries are poorer   unchartedterritories.toma... · Posted by u/baristaGeek
cies · 3 months ago
I have a theory not listed here: harsh winters make a people calculative (and calculative people make more money).

If you can survive all year sleeping under a tree, you eventually end up with a different gene pool than in a place where you need to calculate how much grain you need to store for winter in order to feed you family.

Harsh winters kill people that cannot plan ahead. This, over time, changes the gene pool and the attitude toward planning.

dayjaby · 3 months ago
Not sure why this is being downvoted. Alexander von Humboldt did a similar statement in his "Buch der Begegnungen" where he compares and finds cultures from tropical areas to be more "lazy" as all the fruits just grow on their own without any human involved.

u/dayjaby

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