@__ghostfail: "compaction" sounds so violent its like putting claude in one of these things
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A tweet humorously compares the term 'compaction' in AI to physically putting Claude in a compacting device.
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“compaction” sounds so violent its like putting claude in one of these things https://t.co/MCTz9Trlor
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