Claude Code

I'd been considering getting back into coding for a while. Reading Reddit threads and doing a little investigating about Claude Code, ChatGPT & other local LLM, I thought it would be possible to have an AI teach me/help me to code.

If I'm understanding this correctly, I would need a separate, powerful GPU in order to get actual benefit from using an agent. This PC doesn't have one of those, just an Intel IC. 

Oh, well. Guess I'll do it the old fashioned way. 📚

Cemetary

This is going to be a rough week. Wednesday is the anniversary of my Mother's death 3 years ago. I still start leaking every time I think of my Dad, too.

I should probably head out to the cemetery again.

Spice

For the last time, pumpkin isn't a spice.

Tolerant

"Yes, Canada is a generous, open country. And Canadians are tolerant, and kind. But never mistake our generosity for weakness."

-Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister. 

Freeze

Over breakfast, my partner & I were discussing subconscious masking, AKA autistic defence mechanisms. Identifying triggers and then taking steps to deal with stimuli, etc.

A couple of times my partner has witnessed my "freezing" due to inaction, it's like my brain just checks out: "Nope, not doing this"; it was a subconscious reaction to a situation I felt was beyond my control.

I've gotten BETTER at mindfulness, it's something that is definitely learned. I know better now how to quiet my mind when it's agitated. It's like I needed to learn how I was doing something I wasn't aware I was doing? Odd.

Sweat

Here's the thing, I sweat a lot. I run HOT. My partner always said my body feels like standing next to a furnace. Having said that, I've never owned a pair of 2 functioning hearing aids before, much less IP rated. Both are Bluetooth enabled, which means I get to switch them out for listening to media. As it stands, I keep the older pair next to my PC and use those while working out in my gym. The newer pair's home is on my dresser next to my wallet & watch.

My Xbox wireless headset recently stopped working. They've had a good run. I stupidly used them for sweaty outdoor cardio when I first got them; the foam pads have been replaced twice already, tape is holding the microphone together since the plastic shell cracked. I attempted the 2 button reset but to no avail, I think this time they're really cooked, as the kids say. Ah well. I don't think I'll replace them straight away. I may try alternating between hearing aids.

However, I have been wanting to try those Pixel Bud "A" series. If they can put up with excessive sweating, they'll join me on my walkabouts instead.