stinerman

I dislike having to use any AI tool. Solving the problem is the fun part. Not telling the machine to solve it.

I say this as someone who is required to use Claude Code at work and is generally not happy about that.

The functionality is useful enough that it will never go away. I think after the bubble pops and these companies have to actually make a profit, it will be too expensive for your average person. Businesses will want to still use it and will be able to pay what it actually costs to provide the service.

The idea that everyone is going to write emails and manage appointments and stuff like that is nuts. The value proposition isn’t there. No “home user” is going to pay $50/mo for things like that. It just won’t happen.

I was in Montreal last summer. I felt like things were a little cheaper, but not enough that I could point to it. I mean gas is absolutely more expensive. Were other things less expensive? IDK.

As far as culture, no not the same…but I was in Quebec so it’s going to be different.

I have my phone set to show me the temperature in Celsius. I’ve tried really hard to internalize how far a kilometer is, and have failed so I still have my distance units set to miles.

Nickname from my freshman football coach. If the name is taken, I’ll add my number.

I graduated from high school in a small town and in order to go to college of my choice, I had to move. I could have hung out and commuted to a community college, but I wanted the college experience.

If I had to do it all over again, I’d have stayed at home.

I learned to touch type on QWERTY in middle school. I do it mostly conventionally except for some reason I never really used the right shift key.

Same! Not sure how that came to be? Perhaps because right shift is too far away compared to left?

I never use the right shift key for anything. Any time I need a capital letter, it’s always the left shift even though that’s not 100% correct.

I was in the last class in my high school that was taught to type on an actual typewriter. So yes, I can touch type on QWERTY.

My wife (then girlfriend) took a typing class in college at my insistence that it would help her immensely. She agrees to this day that it was the best decision she ever made with regards to electives. I strongly suggest that everyone should take a typing class, be it free or paid.

I’m from a small town that has 3 factories in it. They employ a good portion of the area.

A friend of mine who was pretty socially awkward but really smart worked in one of the factories in the summers while he was going to college for accounting. He got his degree and…moved back home. He still works at the factory full time on the floor. We graduated high school in 2002.

Buy a professional sports team in the USA.