Readit NewsI still think that fountain pens are the pinnacle of writing stationery. One lasts generations and there's no consumables that need recycling or disposing of, if you use a rechargeable cartridge and buy ink bottles.
I agree :)
My daily driver is a Pilot Vanishing Point. It's a fountain pen with a form factor of a clickable ball point pen.
neilfrndes commented on Insights on Teufel’s first open-source speaker blog.teufelaudio.com/visi... · Posted by u/lis
Tangential question: are there any good quality Bluetooth speakers that feature some speech recognition and an interface with YouTube Music/Amazon Music so I can just say: "hey speaker, play Coldplay".
My Google Home speaker (early version) is getting long in the tooth and has become flaky.
Home Assistant has an open source smart speaker: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/
It's still in preview.
> Why can't I log in, see what information employers and banks and whatnot have submitted about my income, add any pertinent information about deductions or additional income, appeal any inaccurate information, then click 'request refund' or 'pay dues', select which bank account to use from the information they already have, and be done?
This is exactly how it works here in The Netherlands.
California almost had such a system. NPR's Planet money did a great episode on this called Tax Hero: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/03/709656642/epis...
Description below is from the podcast episode page:
> Back in 2005, a group in California decided we could make filing taxes dramatically simpler in the US as well. Lots of Americans could receive tax forms in the mail that were pre-filled out by the government. All they'd need to do is check for errors and send the forms back in.
> Joseph Bankman, a law professor at Stanford, thought this was such a no-brainer, that he offered to test out the idea with some California taxpayers. It turned out to be a huge success. Other states thought about using the plan. Even California's governor at the time, Arnold Schwarzenegger, supported it.
> Bankman thought getting ReadyReturn through the California legislature would be smooth sailing. He was wrong.
neilfrndes commented on Nvidia CEO criticizes Anthropic boss over his statements on AI tomshardware.com/tech-ind... · Posted by u/01-_-
how are you using claude code for emails? with a MCP connection or just taking the output from the terminal
I just copy the terminal output, no MCP. The context relevant to most emails is in a CLAUDE.md file.
neilfrndes commented on Nvidia CEO criticizes Anthropic boss over his statements on AI tomshardware.com/tech-ind... · Posted by u/01-_-
Finally gave Claude a go after trying OpenAI a while and feeling pretty _meh_ about the coding ability... Wow, it's a whole other level or two ahead, at least for my daily flavor which is PowerShell. No way a double-digit amount of jobs aren't at stake. This stuff feels like it is really starting to take off. Incredible time to be in tech, but you gotta be clever and work hard every day to stay on the ride. Many folks got comfortable and/or lazy. AI may be a kick in the pants. It is for me anyway.
Yup, Claude Code is the real deal. It's a massive force multiplier for me. I run a small SaaS startup. I've gotten more done in the last month than the previous 3 months or more combined. Not just code, but also emails, proposals, planning, legal etc. I feel like working in slo-mo when Claude is down (which unfortunately happens every couple of days). I believe that tools like Claude code will help smaller companies disproportionately.
As a left-handed that refuses to twist their hand to avoid smudging everything: what refills brands offer the best dry time to avoid black or blue smudges?