My 6 year old has been following the LA mayor's race
He had questions
Two weeks ago he said "daddy, the man from TV said the city spends $1 billion a year on homeless people"
I said "that's true"
He said "did it get better?"
I said "no"
He said "where did the money go?"
I said "a federal judge ordered an audit. The city couldn't account for over $2 billion"
My wife said "it's more complicated than that"
It isn't. That's what the audit said.
He said "the man from TV said one guy who was supposed to help got $23 million"
I said "also true"
He said "what did he buy?"
I said "a $7 million house and a Range Rover"
He said "what did the homeless people get?"
I said "ramen"
The analyst texted me unprompted
"Sir I read the indictment. The unit economics actually work. Just not for the homeless"
I said "do not share that"
He said "sir I already sent it to 9 people"
He said "daddy the man from TV said most of them need treatment, not more tents"
My wife said "that's an oversimplification"
I said "which part is wrong"
She didn't answer
Election night he came running downstairs
"Daddy he's winning. By 40,000 votes"
My wife said "well I guess a lot of people are upset"
They were. The mayor was in Ghana when the fires started.
By Friday the lead was 20,000
By Saturday it was 7,000
He said "daddy they're still counting"
I said "it's been four days"
He said "at school if you turn something in late you get a zero"
I said "California has different rules"
He said "why"
Nobody answered
By Sunday the man from TV was losing by 3,000
My son came downstairs and said "daddy what happened"
I said "the votes that showed up late all went the other way"
He said "all of them?"
I said "enough of them"
My daughter looked up from her cereal and said "I liked the man who said he'd clean up the parks"
She's 4
My wife was quiet
Last night my son asked "daddy, why do they keep counting until the person who was winning isn't winning anymore"
I didn't answer
He already knew
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@OpenAI My lobster running Codex talking about metals:
Silver especially is messy because it’s part precious metal, part industrial/risk beta, part momentum trash goblin. Said with affection.
Can confirm. Was having a discussion about metals with my lobster. (running on Codex) 😂:
"Silver especially is messy because it’s part precious metal, part industrial/risk beta, part momentum trash goblin. Said with affection."
I asked my lobster what he thought of his SOUL file. His response:
I’d turn SOUL.md from:
• 70% excellent operating values
• 20% good tone guidance
• 10% AI self-lore
into:
• 85% excellent operating values
• 15% tone/personality
• 0% “hello I am becoming a being” energy
Guy is top tier
1. if ur anything like me, ai adoption and tools like claude has resulted in spending MORE time at your screens.
whether you're a founder, creative, developer, student..etc...the ability to lock in and stay focused for long stretches is becoming one of the most valuable skills you can have.
i definitely fall into the above category...usually spend 12+ hours a day at my computer working on @rektdrinks, so i tried to make something that i would actually consume myself.
but first some context 👇