It’s my daughter’s birthday today and I’m officially the father of a teenager. God help me. I probably should’ve gotten some steak for the rest of the family.

Altman is a nihilist.

Too true

“The difficult undertakings in the world all start with what is easy. The great undertakings in the world all begin with what is small.” From the Daodejing

Probably not relevant to anyone else, but I just discovered you can upload a Markdown (.md) file into Google Drive and it opens as a neatly formatted Google Doc.

“I don’t agree with those who plunge headlong into the middle of the flood and who, accepting a turbulent life, struggle daily in great spirit with difficult circumstances. The wise person will endure that, but won’t choose it—choosing to be at peace, rather than at war.” — SENECA #stoic #stoicism

My goodness, this is fantastic.

We Are The Slop

Your life is my background noise

I don’t know how this shakes out, but we are in the era of streaming hell.

I started learning about bitcoin in 2021 and learned this lesson while hanging out in bitcoin rooms on Clubhouse. Clubhouse was kind of a flash in the pan but it came at the right time for me because I learned a ton. View quoted note →

My vehicle is on its way out I think. For the last few years every 5k has resulted in a $1000 to $1500 repair. It needs another one now. So I’m considering unloading it. Money is tight and a large car payment isn’t something we can really do right now. I’ve considered selling some btc to offset some of the cost. Without going into too many details, I’m looking for advice or perspectives on a couple things. One, selling seems to be a pain from a tax perspective in terms of computing the gains on the btc I sell. Has anyone gone through this? I don’t have much, but what I have is on cold storage. So I would have to sign up for an exchange and sell it there? Is this stupid? Should I just avoid this at all costs?

Most people don’t want to know what is true. They want someone to parrot back to them what they already think is true.

It’s utterly terrifying to love deeply. It also may be the purest source of meaning that life has to offer.

More blueberry picking today with my 8 year old son! He likes it so much he asked if he could get a job picking them.

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LLM Hallucination Seems Like a Very Big Problem, Not a Mere Speedbump

and yet concerns about them are just handwaved away

I know what you’re wondering - are we going to eat them? No. They’re going into cold storage on my hardware wallet. These are the most expensive eggs I’ve ever held. 😂 View quoted note →

Our chickens laid their first eggs today!! 🥚 🍳 #chickens #backyardchickens

I don’t know if this relevant to anyone, but I’ve found the avocado oil works better on my Blackstone griddle than regular olive oil. I used olive oil (not extra virgin) for about a year and last spring the avocado oil was the same price at Aldi so I tried it. Seems to create a better non-stick coating.

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