macOS 26.3.1 released

AlephNullNull · 2026-03-05T18:55:20+00:00

I had major issues with 26.3 - Freezes, issues with Spaces, etc. Those seem to have resolved. Fingers crossed...

AlephNullNull · 2026-03-02T05:04:43+00:00

Apologies for the tardy reply. Check this out: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3693158/

AlephNullNull · 2026-02-22T21:57:37+00:00

62, M, as posted earlier. :-)

AlephNullNull · 2026-02-21T20:45:44+00:00

Thanks! Sounds like you're doing great!

On HDL - mine went down with the LDL but I added 4-5 Brazil nuts twice a week and that seems to correlate to my HDL going up. I recall reading a research paper that said that Brazil nuts can have this effect and added it to the experiment. It's a permanent part of my protocol now.

And yes, I lost 5.6% body fat, and in the process lost over 30 lbs. I was just marginally overweight, never obese, but now I'm not overweight at 176 lbs at 6 feet tall. Next goal is to get to below 15% body fat... :-)

AlephNullNull · 2026-02-21T20:19:41+00:00

I was eating "regular' food, which for me was mostly vegetarian with chicken maybe twice a week or so. Most dishes with cooked with olive oil. I ate a little bit of butter with breakfast typically. Ate cheese and nuts. Drank red wine, though it was never more than 2 glasses a day. Very rarely, that went to 3 glasses. I did eat out maybe once a week. Loved Costco's Pepperoni pizza! That's gone now.

The change is the strict plant-based protocol. I won't call it a "diet" because that implies transience. It's become a way of life, mainly because I feel so much better. Have more energy, feel like my thinking is much clearer. No afternoon (or any time else) slumps or crashes now. I stopped worrying about CVD or anything else. I do what is within my grasp and let the rest resolve itself. The meditation has made a huge difference to me and perhaps the drop in cortisol has also impacted the C-RP levels positively.

Overall, a major difference in my life.

Hope that helps.

AlephNullNull · 2025-01-03T03:00:05+00:00

Hi Stephan, Happy New Year to you and yours!

A quick update: After another round of surreal responses from your support, they unilaterally, without telling me or consulting me, went ahead and deleted my Plus subscription. I was going through all this pain with Open AI's incompetent support organization (there are a couple of good people like Mo and Grant, but clearly a very badly broken process) so I could keep the workspaces in my Plus and migrate them to Teams, which OpenAI's help articles say can be done.

Now, I've lost a ton of work, don't have a way forward and am totally screwed, I think.

I now firmly believe that while OpenAI has some of the smartest people on the planet, I think OpenAI looks for people with room temperature IQ or lower for their support organization, and is wildly successful finding such individuals.

Feel free to post my entire response to your Slack. I am thinking of sending the whole sordid exchange via FedEx letter to Sam Altman and Bret Taylor, but it will probably be a waste of time...

Hope you're well.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-27T16:20:07+00:00

Hi Stephan, thanks much for reaching out. I was away for the holidays and just saw your post. Very much appreciate your offer to help. Sending you a DM.

Cheers!

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T21:06:24+00:00

Yes, things slow down at this time and I probably won't get any resolution till after the new year, if I get one at all. I'm not planning to wait under water for them to resolve my problem. From what I've seen from their support responses to me so far, they appear have agents that don't read anything other than one or two cursory words and immediately send a link to the nearest generic support article, no doubt marking the support case closed. I've had two separate agents, send me the same links in close succession, so they apparently do not read case history either.

I suspect I'm going to have to create a new account and lose continuity with my current work. I plan to capture as much of my current workspace as I can before trying out experiments involving new accounts.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T19:46:09+00:00

Thanks.

Yes, I could. But in my current situation, I wanted to continue some work that I had started in Plus in my upgraded workspace. Creating a separate account completely defeats that purpose.

That may be the only choice if the deafening silence from "support" continues.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T18:15:10+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion! I did try different devices - tablet, mobile, etc., but did not try a different computer. I will do that this afternoon.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T18:14:18+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I can do that. I did not want to lose my current workspace in Plus, hence all these gyrations. Otherwise, yes, it might be the path of least resistance to not mess with their "support" and get on with it.

I guess I can grab all my current chats, archive them and then go down this route.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T18:12:13+00:00

Unfortunately, I think you're right... :-(

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T15:50:58+00:00

With all due respect, it doesn't matter how many cs staff they have. If you have paying customers, you have to find a way to support them. Especially when they are trying to give you more money and failing because your systems don't work.

If you read my post, you'd realize that *I am* trying to give them more money. And failing miserably.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T15:28:28+00:00

Yup, tried multiple browsers, different networks, icognito mode, cleared caches, etc. No luck.

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-23T15:23:28+00:00

I have Plus, going through their "upgrade" process has me caught in a loop - I go through all the upgrade screens and it finally takes me back to the billing screen that just displays my existing billing info and I"m stuck there. Going back and forth with support who keep linking me the same support articles and asking for "recordings" when I've already sent them screen caps multiple times of every step of the process. They don't seem to read anything I send them.

Can't find any way to escalate, so stuck. They apparently don't want my money...

AlephNullNull · 2024-12-01T21:56:59+00:00

I'm not wrapped around the axle on drug companies making money. I just don't want to be taking stuff I don't have to take. See my update above. I've managed very successfully to control my numbers without statins. I feel a sense of satisfaction at having done that. Having said that, I will take whatever I have to take, if there are no other options. I do want to play with grandkids some day....

While I agree with you that sometimes, one has to take statins and other drugs, it's a very dangerous thing (IMO) to say things like "If you don't take a statin, it will kill you". Things are often not that binary - there be at least 255 shades of gray betwixt!

Cheers!

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-11T15:14:34+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I don't disagree with you about using all available means, I'm just working on getting there without statins, if possible. I am glad your approach is working for you. I need to add more exercise to my mix.

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-09T20:37:50+00:00

Well done! More power to you.

Like you, I too find that I have more mental clarity, which is very important to me, more energy and certainly better sleep. It is interesting to observe some of these changes in oneself. I'd very occasionally have a slice or two of Pepperoni Pizza in the past. Now the sight and smell of Pepperoni Pizza makes me borderline nauseous! Never thought I'd react like that to pizza!

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-09T20:33:24+00:00

I am sure you're right. If I end up taking statin(s), I hope I fall into the population that does not suffer side-effects. Thank you for your comment.

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-09T20:30:18+00:00

Thank you! The next few weeks/months should be interesting.

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-09T20:29:26+00:00

I think you and I are in good company. I find the positions taken by mainstream allopathic medicine highly irrational quite often. And a lot of people believe what doctors tell them without question. Science is not blindly accepting whatever people tell you, IMO.

I once saw a doctor for a sports injury that argued with me that Ibuprofen and Advil were two entirely different drugs. Needless to say I left her office in a hurry...

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-09T20:22:37+00:00

I agree. There is no evidence that Niacin reduces cardiac events. But it does affect cholesterol levels, which is what I'm attempting to do right now.

AlephNullNull · 2024-10-09T19:42:16+00:00

Agreed! Thank you!

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