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Claude AI built me a React app to compare maps side by side

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jckahn ◴[17 Nov 24 14:56 UTC] No.42164495[source]▶
This sort of thing will be interesting to me once it can be done with fully local and open source tech on attainable hardware (and no, a $5,000 MacBook Pro is not attainable). Building a dependence on yet another untrustworthy AI startup that will inevitably enshittify isn’t compelling despite what the tech can do.

We’re getting there with some of the smaller open source models, but we’re not quite there yet. I’m looking forward to where we’ll be in a year!

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Veuxdo ◴[17 Nov 24 15:05 UTC] No.42164531[source]▶
> and no, a $5,000 MacBook Pro is not attainable

In many professions, $5000 for tools is almost nothing.

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1. torginus ◴[17 Nov 24 15:21 UTC] No.42164618[source]▶
Yeah, but those tools don't get obsoleted in 3 years.
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2. zamadatix ◴[17 Nov 24 15:47 UTC] No.42164769[source]▶
You're pretty lucky if the specialised tools for your profession cost <$2,000/y to replace and maintain. Sometimes tools last many years but cost an order of magnitude more anyways. Sometimes tools require expensive maintenance after purchase. Sometimes they are obsolete in a short number of years. Sometimes they were out quickly with use. Sometimes (often) a mix of the above.

Regardless the reasons, any tooling in the ~$5,000/~3 year ballpark is not at all a high or unique number for a profession.

3. fragmede ◴[17 Nov 24 16:44 UTC] No.42165115[source]▶
high end CAD design software, the kind used to design SpaceX rocket engines, costs tens of thousands of dollars per seat per year.