Will there be any consequences for Marshall ever?

Abuses his wife for years, all other cops cover for him and punish her, she's forced to leave.
Gets caught, saved again by corrupt dept.
Now he assaults an FBI agent and ex wife in broad daylight and threatened to kill her.

I mean obviously he's a total POS and the show is about how men like him are protected, but really.... is Alice going to lie once again? Will they try to pin the shooting on her?

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u/ECrispy — 1 day ago

Shakira Khan on Masterchef Celebs

I had no idea who she was. Obviously she's rather easy on the eyes, so wasn't surprised she's a contestant on a reality dating show and she's just 23.

But she's nothing like that would suggest. Much more mature than her age, well spoken and not loud, works well with others, and she looks like a proper cook, both savory and desserts. She was easily the strongest in week 1 by a mile and should be a strong pick.

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u/ECrispy — 1 day ago

My God, did they actually improve the celeb version ??!!

Georgio Locatelli as new judge is fantastic! proper cook, funny and a big name.

and it may be just luck of week 1, its still early days. but they seem to have toned down on the wacky celebs and picked a set of sane, reasonably good cooks.

Locatelli actually cooks, there seems to be more focus on the food than the celebs, its all good so far.

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u/ECrispy — 2 days ago

Advice on improving my setup

I'm using the following agents.md, which is cobbled together from various sources, gut feelings and (in)experience as a developer

agents.md

## Tooling
- use uv for python, do not use pip etc, install uv if missing
- convert all old dependency files to modern uv equivalents
- create a python venv if needed
- Workspace: `uv sync --all-packages` at repo root; run everything with `uv run <cmd>`.

## Code practices
- Keep responses concise and actionable, prefer brevity
- Solve the actual problem, not the symptom; keep changes focused; avoid speculative refactors; do not over-engineer
- Self-documenting, concise code; no redundant abstractions.
- Use meaningful variable and function names.
- Keep your code modular and reusable. Avoid tight coupling and excessive dependencies.
- prefer durable structure over minimal diffs when the gain is clear

## docs (keep under /docs)
- maintain a PLAN.md file detailed design and current implementation status
- maintain a CHANGES.md file with timestamped entries for non trivial changes
- maintain and update PROGRESS.md with detailed session history to track progress, blockers
- keep all docs current

## implementation
- build a detailed design doc and plan first. iterate asking user questions for any clarificaction or suggestions and finalize the plan
- break it down into stages and task lists
- Implement each task with a subagent where a slice is independently verifiable; dont use shared global context
- Commit changes at each stage and push to github

I'm using chinese free/low cost models mostly. eg DS4 Flash or Kimi K3 (when it was free for a while).

  • Contrary to what I've read here, I didnt really notice a huge difference between OpenCode, basic Pi setup and OMP (oh-my-pi).
  • Things got bogged down after a few big turns, so I'd start fresh sessions depending on the markdown files as persistent memory (in OMP I used its /handoff feature)
  • subagents didnt work too reliably, sometimes they would fail. DS4 at one point decided to skip them altogether
  • I saw hallucinations from both models. DS4 went completely off the rails mad

These issues may be due to free/cheap providers. I'm sure the frontier models would do far better but I haven't tested them.

I tried to add extensions like codegraph and LSP, I could see the agents use Python LSP but not JS/TS, again I dont know if they made a huge impact. Haven't tried tools like rkt, caveman or the million memory solutions becaus I keep reading differing opinions.

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u/ECrispy — 2 days ago

Indo chinese food

Its one of the most delicious and popular subgenres of Indian food. Pretty much every big restaurant in cities has a 'chinese' section.

And its completely unknown outside India.

Whats fascinating is that Indian food has infinite variation in every dish, even before you consider regional cuisines. There are hundreds of variations of basic dishes like a dal, sambhar, basic sabzi, roti, puri, spice mixes.

Not for indo-chinese. Its the exact same set of dishes and they are all made using the same few ingredients.

  • red and green chilli sauce, soy sauce, vinegar
  • schezwan and manchurian sauce
  • chopped ginger, garlic, green chillies
  • chopped cabbage, carrot, green pepper
  • cornflour slurry
  • boiled rice, noodles
  • whatever protein (only some dishes, completely optional)
  • green onions to finish

thats it. whether its a street cart or restaurant, no matter where, its the same recipe and they all use the same ready made sauces. 90% of the effort is in the mis en place, actual cooking is in a kadai/wok and takes 5min.

of course there are other dishes like chili potato, gobhi manchurian etc that use other ingredients but you can make 99% of the menu with above.

there are no whole+powdered spices added in stages (maybe pepper), no complicated steps like dry roasting/bhuna/grinding, no spice mixes/pastes.

Its very easy to learn, very forgiving, quick, and delicious !!

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u/ECrispy — 3 days ago

The Agency S2 might offer some clues about Joe's fate

Anyone seen The Agency? Its a fantastic show. Yes its not entirely original (remake of an even better French show), but its really well done, and far closer to reality of clandestine and covert ops.

of course Lioness, a TS show, is a platform for personal views/right wing propaganda, so its not exactly a fair comparison. But the central theme of both in latest seasons is surprisingly similar - a cia asset is taken by the Russians - and the Agency has a very good take on what would happen.

in The Agency the asset, Coyote, is stationed in Belarus, who it turns out are not as inept :)

They clearly say that there's no trade for someone that imp, and Coyote is headed for Moscow where they'll extract all info and make him a public failure.

Coyote's kidnapping threatens to destabilize the agency's ops in the entire region. Now imagine the impact of someone like Joe.

Coyote's just a handler, while Joe is far more senior and involved in policy. She's a proper prize and would 1000% be headed straight to FSB.

The only way to rescue her would be while she's awaiting transpo, or en route. And I'm pretty sure thats where TS, sorry Cody, will come in as a hero and save the day yet again. S2 probably ends on that cliffhanger. But I think it'd be nice to see Joe not get saved because thats far more interesting and realistic.

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u/ECrispy — 3 days ago

Actor playing Kyle is doing a great job

He perfectly portrays a cocky, arrogant pos who doesnt give a damn about innocence/guilt, the law etc and can do what he wants with no consequences. all with a smug smile

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u/ECrispy — 4 days ago

where do you think Joe is being held?

if it is the Russians who took her, which seems like a safe bet at this point since there's only 5 ep left.

its highly unlikely they would keep her in country. but I think due to the increased drama it'll turn out to be some safe house in the suburb or something which we will see them storm. or joe escape.

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u/ECrispy — 4 days ago

Errol (Kaitlyn's husband) is the real power player

He's most likely a billionaire or close. He's the kind of person who actually runs the country, he doesn't need to be in govt.

In s1/s2 he basically spelt it out that there are no good or bad sides, its all about money and power. He told Kaitlyn what to do about the mission in Mexico and what its real implications were.

He uses his wife to influence actual policy and what they do.

People like him operate at a much higher level, manipulating the markets - the kind of power that actually changes regimes.

govts and presidents come and go, not the real power.

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u/ECrispy — 4 days ago

Joe's 'protecting this way of life' speech

She and the rest of them actually believe that, when the truth is its complete bs. They work to protect the rich and powerful, they obey no laws, each of them has committed war crimes that'd fill a library, have unlimited power which they abuse all the time. what exactly makes them the good guys? nothing. and why is the other side evil?

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u/ECrispy — 4 days ago

are there other extensions which implement ideas from oh-my-pi

I'm new to Pi and coding agents in general. The existing discussions on oh-my-pi, like everything else, range from 'its great' to 'its bloat' so its very hard to actually decide.

It seems to have useful features like built in tools (avoid process calls), lsp, hashline, memory, subagents and an integrated setup/docs. It does seem to be better than the other oh-my-* set of products.

Are the ideas in OMP useful in practice and if so are they used in other harnesses?

I see a lot of 'just ask Pi to build it' here, but that depends on using frontier models, and when people post their setups they're using a million packages.

Obviously Pi is much more extensible/flexible, but there is value in an all-in-one setup. OMP has a ton of stuff and I'm sure a big system prompt. Is there anything like a slimmed down version or being able to use some of its ideas only?

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u/ECrispy — 10 days ago

How rich are people like Neal and Joe?

I'm guessing Neal makes a lot of money since he's a doctor. They live in a huge house in a fancy neighborhood, everything in their house is expensive, high end cars etc.

Just curious - how rich are people like that. net worth and yearly income?

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u/ECrispy — 11 days ago

plot holes in ep2

  1. Joe said they knew her routine, 'no one was supposed to answer the door, they came to kill my family'.
    then why the hell would they bother to ring the doorbell. or go in via the front doot?? or come in at that time?
    just wait till 4am, break in, kill them while they're sleeping, easy.
    I know Kidman gave some explanation about how they didnt know for sure, but they certainly know Joe is a senior officer (since thats public info) so that doesn't explain it

  2. the Russian guy on overwatch certainly saw Joe's team member who climbs up, he was watching everyone. why the hell would they stay put, they'd abort right then since they were blown.

this show makes everyone else act like amateurs when they're all equally elite units

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u/ECrispy — 11 days ago

How do I get this setup?

I'm working on some personal projects that have multiple components (full stack apps with server, client, cli etc). what I'd like to do is -

  • generate prd/spec after iterating on architecture (do you use some kind of skill for this like grill-me or is that not needed)
  • generate a detailed plan, tasks, and verification tests
  • each task is implemented using a fresh context by a subagent
  • run tests and verify
  • store all progress/learnings/context in a shared memory (db or file)
  • mark task as done and move to next one
  • review, tests and fixes, possibly by another model, at task and system unit test level

With frontier models they can remember everything due to huge context and are much better. I will be using the free models in Zen or via other providers mostly.

from what I've read this is a pretty common workflow these days and agents should know it well. I've also read that the big frameworks like openspec etc are too cumbersome and were designed for older models.

can someone recommend what I should use.

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u/ECrispy — 11 days ago

Pi vs OpenCode for free models?

I want to use free models from openrouter, nvidia etc as well as free promos from time to time.

would you still recommend Pi in this case because of its efficiency? or is opencode with everything included a better choice?

do you use a harness built on top of these?

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u/ECrispy — 13 days ago

What makes a namkeen North vs South Indian?

I know the differences between North and South Indian food, and cook both. I'm also drink both chai and coffee, and namkeen with it is a must.

Mathri, bhujia, chana jor, punjabi mix etc - go great with chai, but dont work at all with coffee

Murukku, banana chips, andhra mix etc - taste great with coffee, but not with chai

and some from central India like chivda - work with both !! I find this very interesting, because when you look at how they are made, they are all basically the same - deep fried flour/besan. with the same basic spices - chili, turmeric, hing, jeera etc, and nuts.

maybe its just conditioning. eg I can't imagine eating an aloo paratha with filter coffee or dosa with chai but I'm sure some people do.

But I think its more than that, there must be certain flavors that match. eg I'm pretty sure I could try a new snack I've never had, and know which drink it will match with.

thoughts?

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u/ECrispy — 14 days ago

What makes a namkeen North vs South Indian?

I know the differences between North and South Indian food, and cook both. I also drink both chai and coffee, and namkeen with it is a must.

Mathri, bhujia, chana jor, punjabi mix etc - go great with chai, but dont work at all with coffee

Murukku, banana chips, andhra mix etc - taste great with coffee, but not with chai

and some from central India like chivda - work with both !! I find this very interesting, because when you look at how they are made, they are all basically the same - deep fried flour/besan. with the same basic spices - chili, turmeric, hing, jeera etc, and nuts.

maybe its just conditioning. eg I can't imagine eating an aloo paratha with filter coffee or dosa with chai but I'm sure some people do.

But I think its more than that, there must be certain flavors that match. eg I'm pretty sure I could try a new snack I've never had, and know which drink it will match with.

thoughts?

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u/ECrispy — 14 days ago

Spinoff show about Delta?

It would be nice to have a show about Cody's Delta team, their origins, training, missions etc.

But I don't think even TS is vain enough to do that :)

in S2 they could have a crossover episode with David Boreanz's ST6 on a tactical inter agency training camp.

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u/ECrispy — 16 days ago

Joe's unit IS a bunch of arrogant amateurs

In 2 seasons there isn't a single mission they've planned or executed thats not ended in complete failure. They have to be rescued by actual professionals (Delta etc) without whcih they'd all be dead multiple times.

These clowns were given an Apache gunship and still failed spectacularly in the mission at the end of S2.

Their planning is utter shit because they are so arrogant, oh look we have a pilot and thats all we need. The only reason they aren't all dead is just bad writing. If they were allowed 1% control in the mission in S3 everyone would be dead.

They are all so unprofessional, arrogant and full of themselves. Every other unit they meet has zero respect for them. Its well known in SF community that the SAD act like cowboys due to their 'authority', they don't answer to anyone and do illegal shit all the time.

Morons like Cruz yeehawing in the middle of a gunfight. When she couldn't even handle firing a gun. Carillo had one fucking job, and she failed at that. Bobby mouthing off to Delta operators with 100x more skills. The rest of the gang ignoring any protocol and acting like they are kings because of their unlimited resources and protection.

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u/ECrispy — 16 days ago