Okay, I'll ring back tomorrow and we'll continue

Yes?

I mean it's very provable that they sell access to your data and your eyeballs other companies.

Sounds like he's on the verge of developing a valuable product then.

Going on a little PR adventure today are we?

This site is run by venture capitalists, I think it's part of the package as long as they don't pretend otherwise.

Yeah, I know it's just funny to see the coordinated effort across multiple sites.

Or, someone saw it on reddit, thought it was cool, and posted here? Aka classic going viral event, without anything nefarious.

Indeed, I stumbled upon it this weekend while searching for something completely unrelated. Thought this was neat stuff to share on HN.

The emphasis is on the wrong word

> Let’s start with the root cause, which is that AI does actually make you more 10x productive, once you learn how.

> But hey, don’t take it from me. Take it from… the Copilot people. According to The Verge and a bunch of other reputable news sources, Microsoft is openly encouraging their employees to use multiple tools, and as a result, Claude Code has rapidly become dominant across engineering at Microsoft.

And what wonders they've achieved with it! Truly innovative enhancements to notepad being witnessed right now! The inability to shut down your computer! I can finally glimpse the 10x productivity I've been missing out on!

Since we're in an Anthropic topic

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-ai-90-percent-...

We're talking about this C compiler here.

> I don't like tooling that increases my exposure to bad state actors

> Can anyone suggest a solid alternative on Windows

What a weird reason to switch. I don't know why you'd believe any other piece of software is somehow more secure against state actors.

Are we supposed to ignore announcements of documented compromises then? Or are you saying compromised software is the safest of all?

UO? I don't remember any complex NPC systems there. Ultima 7 had daily schedules and the veneer of a functioning economy though

Well, I said aspired to. They had ambitions that eventually got walked back to more basic behaviors. Here's an article from Raph Koster on it:

https://www.raphkoster.com/2006/06/09/why-dont-our-npcs/