approximately°hard word all of the tasks in 3/12 are done°hard word. at the end, I hit Claude's°hard word "please come back in a few hours" threshold, with a paid°hard word account.
🔥 after seeing "rotated°hard word sigils°hard word" implemented°hard word, i turned it back off.
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for the afternoon, some Atacama°hard word tasks of a different complexity-class°hard word.
💡 presumably°hard word at least one of these will turn out to be a bad idea and/or take more time than it is worth°hard word
- stop calling them "Emails" in the DB°hard word schema°hard word. possibly migrate°hard word to a Dispatch°hard word / Frame structure (so sections°hard word of emails can be filtered°hard word separately)
- print-mode°hard word tuning°hard word. better placement°hard word for two-column°hard word mode°hard word, smaller text°hard word, less padding°hard word / line space, color check. 💡 generating°hard word a PDF°hard word would be nice, but is dependent on other things that aren't°hard word done°hard word
- add an option°hard word for "login-required°hard word" when writing posts; these shouldn't°hard word show up in the stream
- add plumbing°hard word for LLM°hard word calls. calls to GPT°hard word-4o-mini°hard word are cheap enough (and competent°hard word enough) to be sufficient°hard word.
- update°hard word the landing page to be less passive-aggressively°hard word useless°hard word
- the new lexer°hard word, again
the details for these will probably be more interesting than "I asked Claude°hard word to do it, it kinda-mostly°hard word did it, I cleaned it up". and in a separate reply.
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also, non-Atacama°hard word tasks.
- as°hard word mentioned earlier, "clean AWS°hard word"
- get a new personal°hard word website landing page
- 20 minute Peloton°hard word bike°hard word ride 🌎 the wobble factor°hard word was fixed by tightening°hard word all the screws
- probably two chess matches, 10+10, against humans online
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https://www.sourcenotes.blog/p/5-ideas-to-carry-into-2025
💡 this whole°hard word "you can't°hard word punch°hard word down" meme°hard word has reached the end of its useful°hard word life. there is too much perverse°hard word anti-status°hard word signaling°hard word going on.
The targets°hard word in this conflict°hard word are the elites°hard word—those perceived°hard word as°hard word sitting°hard word at the top of the social°hard word hierarchy°hard word. Gioia°hard word lists wealthy°hard word CEOs°hard word, DC°hard word politicians°hard word, celebrity°hard word TV°hard word newscasters°hard word, law enforcement°hard word authorities, experts of all stripes°hard word, Ivy°hard word League°hard word academics°hard word, movie stars, and other figures of authority or expertise°hard word. “All of the cultural°hard word energy right now is on the bottom. And that energy has been intensifying°hard word,” he observed°hard word.
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https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/weekly-scroll-meta-swallows-the-slop
🔥 the LLM°hard word takes aren't°hard word terribly°hard word edifying°hard word, but the soup content°hard word is good.
I wish there was a name for the common failure°hard word mode°hard word I see in modern°hard word culture°hard word - it goes something like this: 1. There are some highly autistic°hard word people that have real issues°hard word with certain foods or certain behaviors can’t just adapt°hard word or move on. 2. There are some people who self-diagnose°hard word or claim°hard word to be ‘autistic°hard word’ when really they’re°hard word just entitled°hard word and selfish and they enjoy being weird°hard word jerks°hard word. 3. Society has become more aware of the first group and more accepting of the first group over time, but this has also led°hard word to explosive°hard word growth in the second group, who are now empowered°hard word to be pricks°hard word about anything°hard word they want and claim°hard word ‘autism°hard word’.
💡 it is literally°hard word the same problem as°hard word the previous frame. weaponization°hard word of "I'm°hard word low-status°hard word so you can't°hard word criticize°hard word me" by people who are objectively°hard word high-status°hard word.
🔥 poor people don't°hard word whine°hard word if they can't°hard word have a $47 bowl of soup