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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22h

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, I hate it

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 1d

What's more surprising: that this took so long, or that payment processors will turn a blind eye to ChatGPT peddling planet-killing AI smut while continuing to tighten the screws on everyone else daring to express theirselves?
www.theverge.com/news/799312/...

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

www.theverge.com

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endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp · 2d

Hello, it is me, Technology Broseph. I will now dictate what the future of humanity looks like. My qualifications are that I once tripped balls with a billionaire who then funded my abstract eternal life research venture

Anyway, first thing we gotta do is install cameras in everyone's assholes

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 2d

Accidentally deployed to prod

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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💜 Izzi8bit 💜 @izzi8bit.bsky.social · 5d

Portland Frog but its their in Final Fantasy 1: Dawn of Souls (GBA) style

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thefbm @fanboymaster.bsky.social · 5d

"We go on forever" say three characters whose only shot at being known by a child after the 90s is showing up in fortnite after a paperwork mixup

Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 5d

Don't worry, American culture was also threatened by the ninja turtles based on nothing but "New is bad, old is good"

An ad with classic cartoon characters Fred Flintstone, Dennis the Menace, and Woody Woodpecker with the caption "Turtles Come And Turtles Go, But We Go On Forever"

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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 5d

Chuds: "A video game female must adhere to this very specific set of feminine characteristics. Any deviance means the developer is slipping trans characters into their games as part of the woke agenda. We must be vigilant, brothers!"

Nintendo artist: "refrigerator"

Screenshot of the new maid in Zelda: Age of Imprisonment. She is a very big, very square lady.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 5d

Buddy they have trouble making two characters move at 30 fps. A Musou is definitely off the table.

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Polite Yet Ultimately Malevolent Mailman @usps.bsky.social · 5d

Good evening, my name is Bari Weiss. Tonight, a lively roundtable discussion on a topic near to me: 'Human Babies: Do Their Lives Matter?' joining me on the distinguished panel are two dingos and the New York Times bestselling author of "The Joy Of Cooking Babies."

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 6d

Actual DOJ incompetence or someone on the inside intentionally wrecking the case?

a cartoon cat with glasses and a lollipop says the world may never know .

ALT: a cartoon cat with glasses and a lollipop says the world may never know .

media.tenor.com

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Saint Riot @saintriot.bsky.social · 7d

In Final Fantasy Tactics if a unit gains too much faith they leave your party to go find God. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had Beast Tongue and got a monster unit to maximum faith? Of course you haven't. No one has.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 6d

Mac Minis are regularly on sale for $500 and other than making 4/5 of your Steam library unplayable, can do everything you need.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 6d

Mom's computer has a TPM and it's enabled, but unsupported CPU (older core i3), so no dice.

She's a lifelong PC user and is /this/ close to getting a Mac.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 7d

Guys, Wiegraf is a solved problem.

* Tailwind
* run like a little bitch
* Focus

rinse and repeat until you have a stack of ten turns

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 7d

Douglas Adams year? That was almost a decade ago.

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Joe Driller Killer @shakewell.cryptoanarchy.network · 7d

There's a whole-ass list of reasons to do this, they're a genuinely awful company on so many levels.

As someone who just did this to move my banking to a local credit union, it's intimidating, banking inertia is real, but when you do it, it's really not that big of a pain.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 7d

Expedition 33 1/3

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 7d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 7d

Cool, now there will be two reasons to skip it.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 7d

The Ioniq5 just got a huge price cut, almost $10k for some trims. Also, Chaebols aren't great but Hyundai isn't run by, you know, that guy.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 8d

This picture is older than half of the people reading this post.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 8d

Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets. JP disc is region-free.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 8d

The MSM in the West is fumbling this moment, but then again there's a lot of that going around lately.

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djSyndrome @djsyndrome.bsky.social · 8d

Admittedly I did not have "new, even shittier Japanese PM being fetishized by Car and Driver" on my bingo card. www.caranddriver.com/news/a688574...

www.caranddriver.com

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