morgansmolder

In my post I specifically said "unsolicited". There is of course ethical ways to message people through Instagram, but even in that case it is going to be less efficient then just using the dating app as intended.

He hacked the YouTube algorithm and went from 0 to a super millionaire. You might not like the guy, but there are plenty of hacker centric lenses through which to view his story

How is it a scam? They are running a service to connect you to other people looking for a relationship. The service works - I found my last 3 girlfriends through dating apps.

I'm not going to message random people's Instagram unsolicited, I would find it annoying to on the receiving end of that. My mother and girlfriend have both complained about receiving unwanted attention from unknown men through social media.

Honestly trying to understand your point of view, do you think dating apps should be free? They definitely aren't free to run.

A dating app subscription is super cheap, like 40 bucks a month. I think it makes more sense to pay that then try and circumvent the system by messaging people through Instagram

I do relatively niche stuff (mostly game development with unity) and I've found it very capable, even for relatively complex tasks that I under-explain with short prompts.

I'm using Claude sonnet 3.5 with cursor. This week I got it to:

- Modify a messy and very big file which managed a tree structure of in-game platforms. I got it to convert the tree to a linked list. In one attempt it found all the places in the code that needed editing and made the necessary changes.

- I had a player character which used a thruster based movement system (hold a key down to go up continuously). I asked the ai to convert it to a jump based system (press the key for a much shorter amount of time to quickly integrate a powerful upward physics force). The existing code was total spaghetti, but it was able to interpret the nuances of my prompt and implement it correctly in one attempt

- Generate multiple semi-complex shader lab shaders. It was able to correctly interpret and implement instructions like "tile this sprite in a cascading grid pattern across the screen and apply a rainbow color to it based on the screen x position and time".

- generating debug menus and systems from scratch. I can say things like "add a button to this menu which gives the player all perks and makes them invincible". More often then not it immediately knows which global systems it has to call and how to set things up to make it work first go. If it doesn't work first attempt, the generated code is generally not far off

- generating perks themselves - I can say things like "give me a list of possible abilities for this game and attempt implementing them". 80% of its perk ideas were stupid, but some were plausible and fit within the existing game design. It was able to do about 50%-70% of the work required to implement the perk on its own.

- in general, the auto complete functionality when writing code is very good. 90% of the time I just have to press tab and cursor will vomit up the exact chunk of code I was about to type.

Bullshit rules are bullshit rules, the fact that something is technically legal doesn't make it morally justifiable. The default assumption of any consumer in a high trust society is that they are going to receive a fair service for the price they pay.

"You kids think you're being exploited? Haha that's nothing, I've been exploited 10x harder!"