I felt like this topic requires more expertise than a fiction contest. that's why I didn't write anything for it (I have no specific knowledge of bitcoin history), and it might also explain why others felt the temptatio to slop it

Might be a good deal, but the idea of eating Olive Garden for 13 weeks straight doesn't sound appealing.

Just curious, how many slop entries did you get, and did you have a specific method for detecting slop, or it was more based on feel?

I'm nowhere near as driven or unique as this person, but I do feel like I'm quite near the "this is pointless" phase of my academic career.

Some differences are that the rest of my life isn't falling apart or anything. Things are basically comfortable, which makes it harder for me to make a big pivot, despite my job dissatisfaction

Quite an inspiring life story nonetheless. Makes me think.

Completely died? Probably not.

Undergoing a nadir in human creativity? Probably.

Ah yes, the eternal human need to compare ourselves with each other using made up metrics

Tried various Claude models for help with some academic work today. Tried Opus 4.8 High, Opus 4.6 Medium, and Sonnet 5 Medium.

I definitely think 4.6 is still better than 4.8. 4.8 seems to want to get too deep into things and ends up confusing itself / not explaining stuff properly.

This is nice, haha.

And I'm damn proud of it

that's why i was confused why the attackers are letting the goalie square off against them first.

I don't get it. What are the rules here? Why not just take a shot on goal immediately

they are football players

Boomer TDS might be the only thing keeping me sympathetic to Trump

But usually the "pursue the trades" people don't sell it as a passion, but rather, "the trades are in demand and pay well"

It's not just people themselves, it's also parents and the path they put their kids on.

As a parent, would you really encourage your kids to go into the trades? Not only do you have backward looking social pressures not to do that, but life in the skilled trades isn't easy. If you get lucky and get a stable office job, that's just an easier lifestyle. Easier on your body, more flexible hours, ability to work remotely, probably easier path to leadership roles due to the development of more cognitive skillsets.

IMO, it's easy to say "we need more skilled laborers", harder to convince a parent to let their kids go that route.

isn't worse subjective?

if people choose the matrix, can we really say that's worse?

They can do an IKEA hex wrench cheer

Or maybe Lego everything is awesome

Trump Derangement Syndrome is so real.

I hate it too because it lets politicians in California distract from their failures by pointing to the Orange Man.

Something tells me you don't like your country's leader, lol

Spicy