“The context window is a public good.” Skill authoring best practices,Claude Docs
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An enchanting annoyance
‘When we say, “I love my job,” we really mean, “My job pisses me off, but in an enchanting way."’ Thank you for being annoying
                        
                    
                
            Wastebook round-up
“As a writer I value the concept of boredom because it’s very useful in having ideas and letting your brain explore. Now I have to actively choose when to be bored.” Chose boredom. “‘Well,’ Birkin says, in heavily accented French, ‘did you learn anything about me from seeing ing bag?’ Then a grin: ‘Even if we Birkin reveal everything, we don’t show much.'” Found by Russell. “I realized that I really didn’t want to read another experimental European novel with a tormented narrator reflecting on language, daddy issues, the trauma of WWII, ‘the real,’ presence and absence in the archives, and lists of the dead.
                        
                            
                        
                    
                
            "perhaps I am expecting too much when there is a poop emoji on the cover."
“perhaps I am expecting too much when there is a poop emoji on the cover.” Cory Doctorow Turned His Word of the Year Into a Whole Book
                        
                    
                
            "I assume they kept the socks as evidence too."
“I assume they kept the socks as evidence too.” Theft of Services via Sock
                        
                    
                
            More slop words
“Slopjects.” pointed out by bruces
                        
                    
                
            "Solo Toxic Neon Lord."
“Solo Toxic Neon Lord.” DriveThruRPG.com
                        
                    
                
            'the code's use of a "taste-driven development (TDD) paradigm."'
‘the code’s use of a “taste-driven development (TDD) paradigm."’ Microsoft touts ‘Vibe Working’ in Office apps
                        
                    
                
            Audience participation, "don't sweat the small stuff."
 “Very often, you need great audiences to have great art.” Tyler And at: “people judge things at the margin, right? In a friendship, or marriage, or if you have co-founders. At the margin, am I getting what I want? And, getting out of that mindset is very difficult. "  
                        
                    
                
            we gave up on that dream
The Concorde was fast, but not that fast. It could go from New York to Paris in just over 3 hours. The starry-eyed futurists of the song could be forgiven for expecting things to get even better. But even when oil prices were cheap, it was just too expensive to run, so we gave up on that dream, and now are lucky to travel that distance in 7 hours.
                        
                            
                        
                    
                
            