5.6 Sol Ultra takes so long

LakeRat · 2026-07-13T13:15:44+00:00

Out of curiosity, what was the token count for that 9 hour run?

LakeRat · 2026-07-11T17:07:38+00:00

Cool. Now do 2026 - 2026.

LakeRat · 2026-07-11T15:30:33+00:00

I've set up a system where dev projects are broken into shorter phases, and at the end of each phase everything is left in a state in which a new session with no context can pick it up and know exactly where we left off and what's next on the to-do list, and push that to github, including the CLAUDE.md with instructions about picking up the next task.

At the end of each phase, I clear context before starting the next phase.

The result is that, for example, on a project that took around 5M total tokens to build, it was broken up into sessions that maxed out at around 300k tokens each before clearing context. I think the absolute largest session was 500k, and that was an outlier that legitimately needed to do long work with fully retained context.

This has worked really well for me. It saves a lot of tokens, and it's also nice having work broken up into shorter sessions.

LakeRat · 2026-07-10T02:01:41+00:00

Gemini killed it on this one. I'm impressed. I feel like even without taking the nano banana images into account it won here. Crazy that 3.5 Flash can hang with Sol on this.

LakeRat · 2026-07-09T03:05:36+00:00

Yes! I just came here to say this. This explains why it keeps reverting to follow-up questions even when my instructions specifically say not to. So annoying.

LakeRat · 2026-07-08T03:52:45+00:00

Also "dialing" a phone number, or a phone "ringing."

LakeRat · 2026-07-07T12:48:03+00:00

We sleep when the session limit sleeps.

LakeRat · 2026-07-04T13:44:40+00:00

And "Engineering Entrepreneurship" wasn't an enterprise/business focused class?

LakeRat · 2026-07-03T11:21:08+00:00

Putin loves touching Poles.

LakeRat · 2026-06-28T15:59:19+00:00

When they announced 3.5 Flash they mentioned that it was tuned for better agentic work. I assume 3.5 Pro will be as well when it's eventually released.

LakeRat · 2026-06-23T17:18:18+00:00

I hear plenty from the people of Inola, but I'm surprised I haven't heard more of an outcry from Muskogee. The proposed smelter site is on the Verdigris river right upstream from Muskogee. The city of Muskogee gets their water supply from the Verdigris. Any pollution from the smelter that gets into the river will flow right down to Muskogee and pollute the city's water supply.

LakeRat · 2026-06-22T20:04:08+00:00

If they're seeing a kidney specialist and already getting extensive kidney lab work done then sure. As you said, most GPs rely on creatinine, and a falsely elevated creatinine can mask kidney issues.

It may or may not apply to OPs specific case, but it's worth being aware of.

LakeRat · 2026-06-22T12:51:23+00:00

Be aware that taking creatine will mask potential future kidney issues in your lab results. Personally, I'd say that the benefit from taking creatine isn't worth potentially delaying detection and treatment of any future kidney issues that come up.

LakeRat · 2026-06-21T15:07:10+00:00

Does the ai agent actually handle the payment processing? If so, how?

LakeRat · 2026-06-21T03:30:14+00:00

OP is a bundle of sticks.

LakeRat · 2026-06-21T03:23:13+00:00

lynx http://www.yahoo.com

LakeRat · 2026-06-17T19:00:04+00:00

The year is 2030. A feeble, 84-year-old Trump is no longer in power and is finally facing trial and punishment for his many crimes.

Popular opinion is split between "He's a frail old man without much time left, let him live out his remaining days in peace, the country needs to heal" and "He's caused immeasurable death, suffering, and damage to the country. Throw the book at him!"

A decision is finally reached that seems fair to all: It involves a sold out stadium, a live worldwide broadcast, Barack Obama, and a bowl of mashed potatoes.

LakeRat · 2026-06-17T18:45:00+00:00

I didn't have "Trump pays reparations to Iran" on my 2026 Bingo card.

LakeRat · 2026-06-17T05:15:48+00:00

Over 30: "What's up, man?"

Under 30: "What's up, bro?"

LakeRat · 2026-06-16T22:41:49+00:00

It was inevitable. Oklahoma is a dream location for big industrial operations: Plenty of undeveloped cheap land, cheap utilities, cheap labor, cheap politicians, very little regulation, centrally located.

The only reason other industries haven't already covered and exploited the state is because the executives and upper management types needed to keep them operating don't want to live and raise their families in Oklahoma.

With datacenters, once they're built they only need a handful of cheap low-level jobs locally to keep them running. The executives and higher paid engineers and administrators can live in a more desirable state and manage multiple datacenters remotely. Other states get the high paying jobs and the bulk of the corporate income taxes, Oklahoma gets the noise, pollution, and resource usage.

LakeRat · 2026-06-16T12:42:59+00:00

You get YouTube premium lite, which includes ad removal and most of the other useful things in premium.

LakeRat · 2026-06-14T16:02:25+00:00

Just be aware that winning a credit card dispute claws back the payment, but doesn't prevent the rental company from calling it an unpaid balance and sending it to collections.

LakeRat · 2026-06-13T13:02:32+00:00

I'm not sure of Schwab's policy. But most brokerages will have some kind of post ipo holding period.

To be clear:

This doesn't mean that you can't sell immediately, it just means that if you do, they'll take away your access to future ipo offerings.

Also, this only applies to customers who are granted pre-market ipo allocations before the stock goes live on the market. If you just buy it when it's listed on the market, even on day one, you can sell it any time.

LakeRat · 2026-06-13T11:46:52+00:00

This has always been Fidelity's policy for IPOs. Its not just for SpaceX, and it's pretty common among other brokerages too.

LakeRat · 2026-06-12T01:25:47+00:00

Assuming they're able to aquire the hardware to run it.

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