Same model. Same tasks. Same temp=0.
I ran my LLM eval rig twice, a week apart.
qwen3.5-9b on research/finance_hard_01:
Apr 18: 0.90
Apr 24: 0.60
Thirty percentile points of pure judge variance. No model change. No prompt change.
The takeaways ↓
Moonlight reflected off the Amazon river. At the proper angles in our orbit, we aboard @Space_Station can see brief silvery flashes atop water surfaces, illuminating even the darkest places on Earth.
Today, two firefighters were seen running across the Mackinac Bridge carrying heavy gear and American flags. A heartfelt tribute to the 343 fallen first responders from the NYFD on 9/11,
When WCK's teams in Lebanon asked children in shelters what they wanted to eat, they would tell us the same thing over and over: burgers. This week, we granted their wish, serving burgers to families living in shelters in Byblos, Lebanon.
“I haven’t had a burger in a really long time. I forgot how much I liked them. This one is really good!" one of the kids told our team. Moments of pure childhood can be hard to find during conflict, but WCK teams always work toward providing moments like this, in Lebanon and across the world. #ChefsForMidEast
During this Labor Day weekend, allow me to share a policy I live by. If something angers me, I give it 24 hours. Usually by then, I’m no longer that angry. Happy Labor Day, everyone.
Beef Cattle currently cost $2000’ish for a calf at 500lbs. You have to feed it 25 lbs of hay per day for 30 months when it is ready to harvest. That’s (9,100 lbs / 900 lbs per bale, for 30 months) 304 bales total at a cost of $1,700. NO OTHER costs, I’m into the cow for $3,700 at 1400lbs full grown. I gross approx 450 lbs of meat. Thats $8.23 cents a pound., in the box.
In this equation there are:
No slaughter costs
No operating costs
No vet/transport costs
No land/property taxes/insurances
No upkeep
No diesel
No seed for the fields
No fencing
No labor, no profit for us working 365 days a year. (Yes, cows eat on holidays)
Nothing!!
For sake of argument, let’s say all these above costs are offset by selling my “premium cuts”, (which isn’t even close….BUT….lets just say for this exercise, it did.
$8.22 a pound.
Now: Please tell me how ground beef I can buy for $7-8 in the store with that retail store making a profit? They have to keep their doors open to. Let’s call it a 25% profit margin (and that’s LOW). That’s them buying ground at $5/$6.
I’ll let y’all form your own conclusions about how this is done. You CUT corners. Period, end of story. Ain’t no other way round it. Next time you buy beef, remember this very basic math and ask yourself what exactly you are putting in your body for $7-8 bucks.
Do yourself a favor and establish a relationship with your local rancher/farmer that you KNOW doesn’t cut corners AND works their brains out 365 days a year just trying to do the right thing to better their community. 🙏🥩🇺🇸