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Re:Claude Duet on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @07:20PM (#50189010)
Tailscale on a phone, on a server, and then whatever you and your agent come up with. I had a web app I built to talk to it. One day I wanted to share files and I just told it to implement that feature.

I don't use much off the shelf anymore. It's too easy to make my own hyper customized versions.

Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file on Monday August 11, 2025 @10:24AM (#44864454)
I use Todoist in a very light weight fashion. I add tasks and they sit on my screen until they're done, basically identical to a text file. I've never used the points, projects, labels, etc.

It does one thing a text file struggles at: scheduling recurring tasks and adding notes to a recurring task. I have annual reminders for infrequent, but important stuff. For example, I have a recurring annual task to review my insurance. Each year, I add context and details that are easily forgotten. Then, when the reminder comes up next year, I can refresh my memory and complete the task quickly.

Re:The Bluesky Dictionary on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @07:34PM (#44819080)
I've wondered how blueksy affords the bandwidth to let anyone stream the full firehose.
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:41AM (#42963404)
Fair point that it wasn't quoted. Here's a summary: https://www.twitterlayofflawsuit.com/case-summaries
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:38PM (#42956958)
This is not true. There are thousands of cases at various stages still in progress. This ruling was specific to one specific avenue being pursued. Source: the body of the article you posted.
Re:Did you lose your AirPods? on Saturday August 24, 2024 @08:36AM (#41337778)
You're not misunderstanding anything, it was just a bit lucky that the person had their phone number issued in that city. If they moved, they'd take the number with them and this story wouldn't have worked out.
Re:Don't Spy on Your Kids' Phones on Thursday September 21, 2023 @09:55PM (#37606969)
This is kind of meta, but you're taking issue with the descriptive term I've used and implicitly dismissing the possibility that we simply disagree on the severity of the transgression.

If I said a 63 degree room was freezing. That would be an exaggeration and misuse of the term and you'd be objectively correct in pointing that out. But in the case of how severe the transgression is - we can only use descriptive terms as it's not quantifiable.

I think it's far worse than rude and is controlling in an abusive manner. Reasonable people can disagree on that and we likely do. But, declaring that on I must be misusing the word seems like a distraction from that.

Re:Don't Spy on Your Kids' Phones on Monday September 18, 2023 @12:13AM (#37552158)
Sharing location seems very different from the other things discussed in this article. Day-to-day it's convenient to have bi-directional location sharing amongst close family. It's also fairly simple to circumvent in the name of privacy (e.g. 'accidentally' leaving a phone somewhere or having two phones)

Reading texts? That's borderline abusive.