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@thsottiaux @mark_k @OpenAI Where’s Atlas in all of these?

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@thsottiaux Is anyone working on Atlas? I really want to use it but extensions on it still don’t work well.

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Does it finally surpass Claude at designing?

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Can't wait to see what people will do with GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra. Stash your hardest prompts somewhere.

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@ClaudeDevs How do we cancel and get refund?

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@thsottiaux No release is complete without a rate limit reset. How else to get cracking on them?

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@moritzkremb sales

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@sandraleow @truth_terminal @_kaitoai And all it needed was a coin to gather them up up up

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@zemotion Happy birthday and May the Fourth be with you!

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@TaschaLabs Wow where have you been?

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@perplexity_ai Why are you not shipping to Singapore?

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

Charlie Munger’s formula for success is simple and perfect:

- Spend less than you earn
- Invest prudently
- Avoid toxic people and toxic activities
- Defer gratification
- Never stop learning

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@eshear https://t.co/X20sDOSWN6

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@ljin18 That there are more people who can readily identify with your costume and the celebration of Halloween than there are people who can understand the impact your analysis points to

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@Colorblind_Adam @mreflow @AlexMontas I agree with this. The titles are so vague and clickbaity that it does not tell me anything. Rather skip and catch up on what’s new from some newsletter.

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@geek_sg I see, just like the stomp kind masquerading as one.

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@cmil @lazyappHQ @hamzaahrbil @Heptabase Do you have any invites to spare or does it feel like a year long waitlist?

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

The more absurd, the more “impossible” the question, the more profound the answers.

Take, for instance, a question that investor Peter Thiel likes to ask himself and others: “If you have a 10-year plan of how to get [somewhere], you should ask: Why can’t you do this in 6 months?”

For purposes of illustration here, I might reword that to: “What might you do to accomplish your 10-year goals in the next 6 months, if you had a gun against your head?”

Now, let’s pause. Do I expect you to take 10 seconds to ponder this and then magically accomplish 10 years’ worth of dreams in the next few months? No, I don’t.

But I do expect that the question will productively break your mind, like a butterfly shattering a chrysalis to emerge with new capabilities.

The “normal” systems you have in place, the social rules you’ve forced upon yourself, the standard frameworks—they don’t work when answering a question like this.

You are forced to shed artificial constraints, like shedding a skin, to realize that you had the ability to renegotiate your reality all along. It just takes practice.

My suggestion is that you spend real time with the questions you find most ridiculous. Thirty minutes of stream-of-consciousness journaling could change your life.

On top of that, while the world is a gold mine, you need to go digging in other people’s heads to unearth riches. Questions are your pickaxes and competitive advantage.

[George Mack @george__mack]

Red pill I've swallowed recently: Thinking Cost

When I'm thinking about something -- there's trillions of other thoughts I could've had instead.

The Human Brain Paradox:

1. Your brain is a supercomputer

2. Your brain can only have 1 thought at a time

Every thought has Opportunity Cost.

This is why toxic and dramatic people are dangerous.

They hijack your supercomputers RAM with 1x thought loops.

In the shower. On a walk. Lay in bed. Working out. With your kids.

The cortisol thought gets admin access to the supercomputer.

1. This is terrible for your health

2. The biggest cost is the other thoughts you could be having instead

When your supercomputer is busy with these nonsense 1x thoughts -- it can't run 10x thoughts like these:

• "How long do I have left with my parents?"

• "What career would make me happy?"

• "Should I get that weird mole checked by a doctor?"

• "Do I have a skill set that will be useful 5 years from now?"

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The thinking cost problem is clear.

The solutions are less clear.

Some ideas I've found useful:

1. Design Environment

The goal should be to design environment and social circles that prevent drama.

Negative thought loops are downstream from dramatic people and events.

Build firewalls.

"Relentlessly prune bullshit" - Paul Graham

"The 1st rule of handling conflict is don't hang around with people who are constantly engaging in conflict." - Naval

2. Close Loops

When a Waiter is processing an order from a table, they have a super human ability to remember everything.

As soon as the order is submitted to the kitchen, they struggle to recall it.

This is the importance of closing loops.

If drama has got past environmental design, the worst thing I've found is to leave the loop open.

You're like the waiter repeating the order back to himself for days. Living life on a cliffhanger.

The brain keeps replaying all the potential future outcomes.

It's so boring -- and such a waste of critical mental oxygen.

Get the order to the kitchen ASAP:

Open a doc. Write out all thoughts. Design the strategy maze. Turn on Blitzkrieg mode until the problem is resolved.

3. Judo Throw

In Judo, you use the other person's momentum against them.

Whenever you catch yourself in a bullshit thought loop, use the momentum against itself.

Ask:

"What is the 10x thought loop I'm missing out on right now?"

The beauty of the Judo Throw is you've turned Shit into Sugar.

You use 1x thought loops momentum to create 10x thought loops.

Whenever you catch yourself in a 1x thought loop -- you then immediately start pondering:

"What is the 10x thought I'm missing out on right now?"

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TLDR:

The first rule of thinking cost is being aware of thinking cost as a concept.

The second rule is realising your supercomputer is easy to hack with cortisol thought loops.

The third rule is designing firewalls to prevent viruses from getting in.

The fourth rule is to action all viruses as soon as they come in. Close the loop.

The fifth rule is to use the viruses momentum against itself. When you notice the thought, use it as an alarm clock reminder to open up new 10x tabs.

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@levelsio What’s the TVOC device you are using?