Okcupid used to be good, before they sold out. Its where I met my partner. I was sad to hear it had enshittified.

Smart, I’ll definitely try that out.

I’m trying out using Claude on a problem at work that has been frustrating; lots of unexpected edge cases that require big changes.

I definitely know less about my “solution” (it’s not done yet, but it’s getting close) than if I actually sat down and did it all myself. And it’s taken a lot lot of back and forth to get to where I am.

It’d probably have gone better if, once Claude provided me a result, I went through it completely and made sure I understood every aspect of it, but man when it just spits out a full script, the urge to just run it and see if it works is strong. And if it’s close but not quite right, then the feeling is “well, let me just ask about this one part while I’m already here” and then you get a new complete script to try. And that loop continues, and I never get around to really going through and fully understanding the code.

Jesus, that’s a lot of negatives, give me a second.

So, the ED dept wanted to force colleges to get rid of race-based curriculum, financial aid and student services. But then a federal court blocked them from doing that. So they appealed the block. But now they’re giving up on their appeal.

Okay, whew, sorry just had to work through that.