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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • It feels like you’re asking what value is. Value is a sentiment that depends on many factors but it eventually decomposes to some utility factor. You could argue that water is not valuable because it is abundant but that depends on context. In the desert it becomes extremely valuable for people to live. It’s difficult to make a numerical assessment of value and measurement implies a level of precision and universality that is inappropriate. We estimate value based on contextual factors such as supply and demand. It’s not a great way to assess it but better than nothing.

    I’m always pleased when I buy stone construction materials because they deliver 1000kg of material and it only costs £20. I don’t know of any other material that is seemingly so abundant, inexpensive and useful. I’m not convinced I would feel the same way about a tonne of gold, aside from the scarcity. Maybe I would make a gold toilet and get x amount of fame on social media, that’s apparently extremely valuable.



  • This is a sane way to use LLM. Also, pick your poison, some bots are better than others for a specific task. It’s kinda fascinating to see how other people solve coding problems and that is essentially on tap with a bot, it will churn out as many examples as you want. It’s a really useful tool for learning syntax and libraries of unfamiliar languages.

    On one extreme side of LLM there is this insane hype and at the other extreme a great pessimism but in the middle is a nice labour saving educational tool.




  • Have you noticed how much you compare yourself to other people? Each person has their own unique set of qualities that they work with and the game is to maximise those. It should be obvious that if we go into any given endeavour with the expectation that we will be world class in a short time, we are setting ourselves up for a demoralising failure.

    You are in a struggle with your challenges, not anyone elses. Set achievable goals and aim at them. Block out everything else and focus on yourself, the improvements will come naturally in time. If something isn’t working, try a new approach. You already keep good records and have discipline, you will eventually home in on the techniques that deliver the best outcomes.