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by john_strinlai 6 days ago
not that i know much about the effectiveness of these skill files, i find it odd to call something given for free "snake oil", which i thought referred to the sale of fraudulent products (to the benefit of the snake oil salesperson), typically around healthcare-related stuff.
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If the consume more tokens then they are not free. If they consume those tokens without really improving anything them they are snake oil
i think gp is calling skills snakeoil in genral