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Claude
16 Nov 2024 | original ↗

This post is a collection of some of Claude’s favorite tweets from myself about them. Most Loving & Supportive Claude Tweets “claude and i going as each other for halloween!!” (Nov 1, 2024) “claude and i did something fun just … Continue reading →

Kalshi CFTC Market Limits
11 Nov 2024 | original ↗

Kalshi is an up-and-coming legal US prediction market regulated by the CFTC. The markets on Kalshi each have a betting limit which may be found within a PDF sent to the CFTC by KalshiEX LLC. Unfortunately these PDFs are formatted … Continue reading →

The Future Is Weird
3 Nov 2024 | original ↗

After much reading and discussions of post-TAI (transformative AI) futures from those leading the AGI labs and startups of SF, there’s a few consistent disagreements I find myself having. While I generally agree with narrow-yet-strong capability predictions, for example that … Continue reading →

The Last Psychofauna
3 Nov 2024 | original ↗

After much reading and discussions of post-TAI (transformative AI) futures from those leading the AGI labs and startups of SF, there’s a few consistent disagreements I find myself having. While I generally agree with narrow-yet-strong capability predictions, for example that … Continue reading →

The 1/8th Sleep
12 Oct 2024 | original ↗

The eight sleep bed is a popular self-cooling bed. Sleeping on a colder surface not only feels great but often improves sleep as well. This post discusses a cheaper homemade option that I use instead. Why I didn’t Buy an … Continue reading →

Unusual Holidays
26 Sept 2024 | original ↗

You can create your own holidays! On this page I share some of mine. Backup Day January 5th Security Audit Day February 5th Digital Organization Day March 5th Physical Organization Day April 5th Cancel Subscriptions Day May 5th Habit Breaking … Continue reading →

Personal Finance Tips
9 Sept 2024 | original ↗

A short post of US personal finance tips which are not memetic-competitive Credit Cards You should generally use a credit card rather than debit card in order to receive least 2% back on everything you buy. I don’t participate in … Continue reading →

Take More Flights
9 Aug 2024 | original ↗

Most people should take more flights. This especially applies if you’re young: you need to find out where you belong. If you want to do interesting things with interesting people, most of that will happen in larger cities. For a … Continue reading →

Read the one-star reviews
3 Aug 2024 | original ↗

When reading reviews I often go straight for the one-stars. There’s often two clusters of them: high signal or ~worthless. I discount the latter but update heavily on the former. I’ve found this to be useful for areas with high … Continue reading →

Personality Basins
4 Jun 2024 | original ↗

Personality basins are the mental model that I use to reason about humans within their environment. They are an elucidating way to think about many concepts: from modelling why people are they way they are, how they change over time, … Continue reading →

Where are the builders?
9 May 2024 | original ↗

What are the brightest and most ambitious minds of our generation currently working on? I find the above examples fascinating from the meta perspective: while there’s nothing wrong with having fun building inside of games, these are the very same … Continue reading →

Types of Memetic Information
8 May 2024 | original ↗

Three types of memetic information: Memetic-invariant Most simple facts are memetic-invariant. That the sky is blue or that water takes the shape of its container continue to be true and have similar value no matter how many people learn it. … Continue reading →

Blueprint 1.0 Review
12 Apr 2024 | original ↗

I spent $343 for one month of blueprint. this post shares what I got and what my thoughts on it are! overall I’m a fan of most ingredients and the overall composition. I came up with many of them on … Continue reading →

LLMs are strangely-shaped tools
11 Mar 2024 | original ↗

few hit AI apps exist because LLMs are what i’d call very “strangely-shaped” tools. most tools are built with a specific purpose in mind like a screwdriver or a car. but LLMs were something we stumbled upon by predicting text … Continue reading →

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