My theory for why Codex post-reset usage was going down so fast was they intended to give another reset very soon after, so they were hedging against the "use everything immediately" crowd. Though the negative press might not be worth that compute savings, if true! But maybe there is something actually wrong... Transparency always wins...

My wife told me we'd be billionaires if I can get past my self-limiting beliefs and actually execute my ideas. Brothers, marry a woman you respect that thinks this of you.

Vague modesty is the avoidant and fearful's version of humility. There is nothing virtuous or truth-oriented at all about being vague.

Wife just gave me the most LinkedIn compliment ever: "I appreciate your impact."

GPT-5.6 better be marketed as an incremental improvement

In learning, people often mistake fluency for mastery. The ease of processing information in the moment is confused with the ability to later use that information in relevant tasks. I think AI in engineering creates a similar risk, where we are mistaking fluency for productivity. The work feels smoother and looks good at a glance, which anchors our minds into assuming it is better than it is. Corollary - it is far easier for AI companies to get data on processing fluency than "productivity". So, a lot of model optimization may be rewarding this illusion.

I don't want a "second brain" I want a better one A "second brain" is a tool for cognitive offloading We need better tools for cognitive onloading

Too many people cortisolmaxxing. You can be casually ambitious, too.

If you're shopping on Christmas Eve, you're on the Naughty List.

I can't believe it's 3 weeks until Christmas time

"Not all thoughts are 'outside thoughts'" - quoth my wife You all have no idea the madness this woman has saved you from.

If you misrepresent someone’s views or beliefs — whether by omission, willful ignorance, or with deliberate malice — to portray them as a threat, you are contributing to the environment that breeds political violence.

I am prayerfully expecting church attendance to be up 20% this Sunday.

If you believe similarly to Charlie Kirk, the only relevant difference between you in the minds of those who would perpetrate or celebrate this violent murder is how loud and effective you are. They hate Charlie Kirk, and they hate you too.

Wild. Paying off a @RobinhoodApp gold card from my Robinhood investment account. I hit the "make a payment" button in the app and keep all default values. Submit. It errors. Try again, it says it may be a duplicate. Say "ok, I guess the error could have been merely cosmetic" and decide to wait and see. Apparently triggered a fraud rule of some kind. Now my account is on hold, I cannot use my RH gold card on this trip I am about to take, and I have to submit documents and await review. I'm usually a Robinhood stan but the fact this is even possible with that default flow (between products of the same RH account!) triggered in the app right after biometric login, etc. is bonkers... (I bet it's a rule triggered from a servicing bank...only way to make sense of it...and that's still not great...) </vent>

Now, because of my engagement with recent tech trends, X thinks I'm REALLY into anime of all sorts...

Always a good feeling to spark at least a little (good natured) panic when you leave an employer - proof you left a mark.

Switching a computer monitor off of night light mode after a while feels like staring into a nuclear reactor. How do you people live like this?