It's a bit like going from assembly to C++, except we don't have good rigid rules for high-level program specification. If we had a rigid "high-level language" to express programs, orders or magnitude more high-level than C++ and other, than we could maybe evaluate it for correctness and get 100% output reliability, perhaps. All the languages I picked up, I picked them up when they were at least 10 years old. I'm trying to use AI a bit these days for programming, but it feels like what it must have felt like using C++ when it just came available; promising but not usable (yet?) for most programming situations.

A huge bottleneck seems the lack of memory between sessions, at least with Claude Code. Sure, I can write things into a text file, but it's not the same as having an AI actually remember the work done earlier.

Is this possible in any way today? Does one need to use Llama or DeepSeek, and do we have to run it on our own hardware to get persistence?

"Samsung DeX has helped maximize productivity on phones, foldables and tablets for years. In Android 16, we worked closely with Samsung to develop desktop windowing, a new way to interact with your apps and content on large-screen devices." <- What does "working closely" mean for a company with infinite SW dev resources? What do they need from Samsung as far as software goes?

PS Let me make a guess for the future. Android Desktop mode will improve and people will ditch Windows and instead plug their phone into a USB-C dock that connects it to keyboard, mouse and display. (I'm on Linux myself, but I see people moving to Android from Windows)

Probably I'm being naive, but what do you mean? I'm saying one way or another, apartments need to get built, either by government or private. As long as at the end of the day, as many small studios as needed to house absolutely everybody become available for, say, 500 USD/month (or less?). It then becomes a matter of what to do with those who do not manage to get a job. Anybody with drug issues needs to go into state rehab until they are willing and able to function and get a job.

I think the challenge is these sub 500 studios. It requires a functioning economy and state. E.g. land, utilities, zoning, infra, public services, law enforcement, medical, schools; all these things are needed to support housing. So maybe what is missing is a society, with housing just being the symptom, the manifestation, the telltale sign that there is not enough civilisation to support the people currently residing in some of these problematic states.

In 2023, CA population reduced by 268052 people, that is only 0.6% the the 40 mil population though. If 1% leaves every year, I believe that will compound into an 8% drop in a 10 year period. In 20 years, that will be 17%. Maybe that will help aleviate the burden a bit.