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future research from the past. thinking about/designing/building products, systems, and communities

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If you aren’t taking Ethereum seriously yet, I suggest seeking more historical insight of the Internet & of how blockchains work. Real deal.

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@ashleevance Dens is inching his way toward a comeback (he’s mostly on Threads)

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@ashleevance @jimbelosic @sendcutsend Great company

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@brit exactly my first thought and also thought of @sm

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@jxnlco Working hard or hardly skinning the cat

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Optimum Nutrition's micronized creatine monohydrate. Given that there are few producers of creatine monohydrate, there is really no reason to stray away from the long-established/trusted brands like Optimum Nutrition. Many of the popular brands from fitness influencers of late charge a ridiculous premium. This might be (partially) because one of the main manufacturers distributing to brands under the name Creapure (for example, see BPN's creatine ingredient label) increased price.

On that note, this might explain ON's removal of Creapure branding on their label, suggesting they're potentially sourcing elsewhere lately. But that's not a concern for me given my experiences. Personal anecdote- I deliberately flushed my body of excess creatine over the past 6 months and then re-introduced it (via ON's micronized creatine mono) this past 2 weeks after settling well into a new training block. Since I was pushing my top working sets to perceived effort of 9/10 regularly without creatine, I was able to more clearly perceive the effects of the reintroduction of creatine. I had otherwise always just been flooded with it (as we should be), and never really remembered the experience of the true switch over since it had been so long. I know the original post was less about this aspect, but speaks to what I'm mainly pointing out regarding brands.

Pills or gummies are also not preferred as a matter of practicality. If you are interested in taking creatine, you are likely also interested in supplementing your protein intake and so just doing your daily 5-10g serving (even on non-training days) with a protein shake is automatic + effortless + tasteless.

The creatine hype on X from short-term experiences has been so silly. I've experimented with mega doses of creatine for 15 years. Maybe I just forgot what baseline without creatine feels like, but at this point, I revert to 10g every single day of my life.

[Alisa Esage Шевченко @alisaesage]

New Research Note: AI Identity and the Megapolitics of the Mind https://t.co/MAkfHkhGnY

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Love how @SandroNivola can’t keep Pollux Troy contained even after all these years

[Dan Guido @dguido]

Big skill drop from @trailofbits today! Here are 10 new skills we publicly released from our internal repository: 🧵

[Julien Vanegue @jvanegue]

Remembering memories with my friend Felix ‘FX’ Lindner @41414141, hacker extraordinaire with a huge heart, who passed away last week. Whether in Berlin, San Francisco, or Sao Paulo, hanging out with FX was never dull. FX was prophiled in @phrack #68 https://t.co/CshcZBcJlL

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@elonmusk opening salvo likely precisely dictated by real-time intelligence opportunity identifying multiple HVTs at the compound for the meeting. although, still interesting to consider that recent events could potentially predict such a meeting

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@signulll Immediately explored this inevitability and my view has been that these people already misunderstand AI in general and already hated OpenAI. No doubt it will be louder in coming weeks but ultimately won’t matter in the mid/long term.

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@tszzl Just communicated this to someone a few minutes ago

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@cyantist https://t.co/yMVVd3OdxA From my daily Closer to Truth alert today. Scroll through latest videos and you'll find more. But also, definitely read Anirban Bandyopadhyay's work for...an interesting take.

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This will bring back the preference for always on “desktop” computer. And then more related to what I’ve been anticipating: real-time social/presence. Actual presence layer (at least reversion to more granular presence signaling) that “cloud” diminished returns, which then further bolsters the Productivity Age through new levels of collaboration with tools we didn’t have prior. Seems clear to me this kind of agent infra actually also simultaneously improves human coordination through later effects.

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bizarre how otherwise successful/intelligent people are still being tricked into buying poorly-cut gems and tasteless jewelry from the big houses, not realizing there is a different level of rarity and quality to be had for a fraction of the price from independent lapidaries

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analyzing my log archives from the EFnet programming channels I was actively fielding questions in. the other misc stuff we were apparently doing: abusing the word grok, exploring and making sqlite tools, debating XML. aside, reminded java channels were the grumpiest

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@bryce expected that

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@jasonkwon hope you were lucky enough to skip the perl phase https://t.co/TgqljGtoIe

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Been waiting to see OpenAI's Super Bowl spot before expressing this: Very understandable and predictable to me that Anthropic in particular would fall into the trap of using its air time in the satirical manner it did. That traditional format/style/posture is a bit outdated, and misaligned for a company still very much in its first-impression phase. Especially with the audience it's trying to capture. This all further reflects my opinions of Anthropic.

OpenAI instead managed to toe the emotional wonder and nostalgia line well. The most effective Super Bowl ads either fully commit to emotion (when earned by long incumbency) or confidently project optimism in value. OpenAI landed closer to the sweet spot and reflected positive light on curiosity, creation, and the future.

That aside, too much implicit knowledge required with Anthropic's ads- should have instead focused on features/value. It only lands with those already in the know, and even then it's not really meaningful or lasting...even by an AI week's end!

Surprised I haven't seen @lulumeservey break this down more succinctly yet. In any case, good for @sama @OpenAI for maintaining composure in the face of constant bullying and trusting @kate_rouch & team instead of doing what most do in these situations: weaken their image by allowing others to control their emotion, leading to tilt and typical unnecessarily overly-assertive response. They could have gone into a last-minute adjustment disaster.

Last semi-related thought- OpenAI's focus on Codex for this particular placement/spot drives home something I've been communicating to private groups lately: Anthropic's Claude Code approach made clear that a rigid dev-first focus (arguably necessary) without the flexible foundation and urgency to quickly segue to "enable the people to be creators" leaves an opening that OpenAI is likely already ahead of. Like I said in my last post, they are more effectively planning the multi-pronged approach and executing on it very well, whereas it is apparent (by direct accounts) that Claude Code was winged into play. My overarching opinion is that we are going to revert to classic MDI-style experiences for design, creation, orchestration (and much more!) in a manner that is appealing to even the new user, and that OpenAI might already be laying the tracks for that. Think: workshop portals.

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Been waiting to see OpenAI's Super Bowl spot before expressing this: Very understandable and predictable to me that Anthropic in particular would fall into the trap of using its air time in the satirical manner it did. That traditional format/style/posture is a bit outdated, and misaligned for a company still very much in its first-impression phase. Especially with the audience it's trying to capture. This all further reflects my opinions of Anthropic.

OpenAI instead managed to toe the emotional wonder and nostalgia line well. The most effective Super Bowl ads either fully commit to emotion (when earned by long incumbency) or confidently project optimism in value. OpenAI landed closer to the sweet spot and reflected positive light on curiosity, creation, and the future.

That aside, too much implicit knowledge required with Anthropic's ads- should have instead focused on features/value. It only lands with those already in the know, and even then it's not really meaningful or lasting...even by an AI week's end!

Surprised I haven't seen @lulumeservey break this down more succinctly yet. In any case, good for @sama @OpenAI for maintaining composure in the face of constant bullying and trusting @kate_rouch & team instead of doing what most do in these situations: weaken their image by allowing others to control their emotion, leading to tilt and typical unnecessarily overly-assertive response. They could have gone into a last-minute adjustment disaster.

Last semi-related thought- OpenAI's focus on Codex for this particular placement/spot drives home something I've been communicating to private groups lately: Anthropic's Claude Code approach made clear that a rigid dev-first focus (arguably necessary) without the flexible foundation and urgency to quickly segue to "enable the people to be creators" leaves an opening that OpenAI is likely already ahead of. Like I said in my last post, they are more effectively planning the multi-pronged approach and executing on it very well, whereas it is apparent (by direct accounts) that Claude Code was winged into play. My overarching opinion is that we are going to revert to classic MDI-style experiences for design, creation, orchestration (and much more!) in a manner that is appealing to even the new user, and that OpenAI might already be laying the tracks for that. Think: workshop portals.

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I find it hard to believe a less-emotional, less-viciously competitive Musk would be truly more concerned about @sama than about Dario and friends

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To me it feels like...

Early 2000s Apple vs MS/Dell/then later Samsung/everyone else (even on some superficial counts, e.g. recent ads).

The better balanced Democratic Party of past vs the now pretentious/deluded/self-destructive Party.

Some corners of IRC/90s security underground vs the holier-than-thou Institution (many of the 90s legends are at OpenAI now).

Anthropic continues to reflect much of what went wrong with the Democratic Party...elitism, insulation, naivete (both morally and strategically), etc.

OpenAI's culture is far more approachable than Anthropic's, similar to certain periods of Apple vs Microsoft (IMO). And the culture is more conducive to potential innovation on the next-most important layer(s). The product strategy is (more) astutely multi-pronged and balanced, again IMO.

Even OpenAI's design and messaging/communication are much more approachable/interpersonal than Anthropic's, specifically with regard to yanno...the rest of the normal world vs devs/researchers/technical/corporate folks.

[Melkey @MelkeyDev]

Yo OpenAI vs Anthropic is literally this generation Windows vs Mac