Gemini 3.1 Pro is Out

First off, Google dropped Gemini 3.1 Pro. Sounds like it's a pretty big deal. One guy in the comments, menaerus, said it wrote some seriously clean, complex code from scratch for a tricky problem, not even a math one. Another person, MATTEHWHOU, was actually A/B testing it against GPT-5 and Claude Opus 4, and apparently, Gemini 3.1 Pro's long context is genuinely better. He fed it a massive 200k token codebase, and it kept track of everything. That's pretty insane for big coding projects!

Anthropic's New Rule

Speaking of AI, Anthropic (the company behind Claude) made a pretty controversial move. They officially banned using your subscription to their AI for third-party apps. So, if you're paying for Claude, you can't just plug that into some other app you're building. People were not happy. One commenter, rglullis, was like, "Don't make it sound like you're doing me a favor for letting me access what I'm paying for!"

Does AI Make You Boring?

Then there was this article titled "AI makes you boring," which got a lot of people talking. The gist is that relying on AI too much might make your work, and maybe even you, less interesting. But not everyone agreed! ai_tools_daily argued that AI actually helps them think faster, and they end up spending *more* time refining and questioning their work, not less. And someone else, insin, had a hilarious comment: "They don't know they're boring." Said they unfollowed a bunch of people who just started posting AI-generated stuff because it got dull.

Cool Terminal App for Your House

On the more practical side, someone showed off a new tool called Micasa. It lets you track all sorts of stuff about your house – like maintenance, projects, and even contractor quotes – right from your terminal. How cool is that? A lot of people loved it, especially the idea of it handling all those messy PDF quotes from contractors, which hajix007 called a "killer feature." But bazmattaz brought up a good point: the "WAF" (Wife Acceptance Factor) for a terminal app might be low if your partner uses something like Trello.

Brain Drain in American Science

A more serious one was from The Guardian, talking about how the US is apparently losing its edge in science because it's not attracting top talent anymore. The article linked to Trump's funding cuts. One comment from Herring suggested it's part of a bigger trend of general unhappiness in the US, with income not keeping up with things like rent.

California's Wild 3D Printer Bill

And then California's at it again with a crazy new bill. This one would require DOJ-approved 3D printers that actually report on themselves! Can you believe that? People were pretty fired up about it. maxlybbert was blunt, saying he doesn't feel obligated to compromise with "stupid proposals" like making 3D printers refuse to print guns. Another person, lovich, even argued there's zero evidence that strict gun laws have curbed crime in the last 30 years.

Minecraft is Ditching OpenGL

Finally, for all the gamers and developers, Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan! This is for their "Vibrant Visuals Update," so it should mean much better graphics and performance. It's a pretty big technical leap for such an old game. One commenter, dzaima, made a good point that while modding might not be *the* most important thing for Minecraft Java, it's still super important indirectly for content creators to keep things fresh.