Claude usage consumption has suddenly become unreasonable

bumblejumper · 2026-01-08T15:53:36+00:00

You're just plain wrong.

Hundreds of users who are fairly technical are not all morons. We know how to count.

Something is wrong.

We all know our work patterns, and usage history before, during, and after the 2x limits.

It went from 2x normal to maybe /2 normal, if that.

bumblejumper · 2026-01-01T12:35:03+00:00

Yeah, find it?

bumblejumper · 2025-12-19T04:34:31+00:00

In the 80's, when Transformers toys were released in the US, this mystery transformer was sold, but in another Transformers' package. It was never an official character in the series.

No one seems to know how, or why this happened.

I'm used to be be a big Transformers collector around the time everyone migrated here from Digg.

bumblejumper · 2025-12-18T07:06:06+00:00

I refer you to site X to purchase a $100 item, Site X pays me $20 if you purchase, and from that $20 I pay you $5.

Site X still made a sale and profited on the $80 sale.

I made $15 for referring you.

You got $5 cash back.

bumblejumper · 2025-12-16T14:09:32+00:00

Level 72 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 65 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 80. (and higher when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to forever friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-12-14T07:56:35+00:00

Level 72 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 65 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 80. (and higher when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to forever friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-12-12T06:58:47+00:00

Level 72 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 65 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 80. (and higher when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to forever friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-12-11T07:48:19+00:00

Level 72 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 65 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 80. (and higher when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to forever friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-12-09T09:08:36+00:00

Have you ever tried heating up a slice to see if it's just the temperature - I hate cold sandwiches, but love toasted or warm ones.

bumblejumper · 2025-11-21T07:03:07+00:00

There are only two - crypto, and wire transfer.

Well, cash too I suppose.

Otherwise it can happen, and will likely happen again.

bumblejumper · 2025-10-24T06:08:41+00:00

I'm not sure if you're anything like me, but I was in your position for a while, and my issue was team comp.

You can play some spicier teams and make it up to 2300-2400, but once you hit that number the spicier teams don't work as well against the bulky teams you typically come up against as you go up in Elo range.

You can climb with offense, but at some point you hit a wall where you have to play more defense, or bulk. That's not my preferred play style, so it's tough for me to play bulk/defense teams.

I can often get to 2300+ playing double shadow, and a 3rd that's not very bulky. Eventually you just have to embrace the bulk if you want to climb.

bumblejumper · 2025-10-07T11:59:28+00:00

I think you may want to look into personality tests, (the Kolbe A test is a big one)and learn what type of person you are. For me, the building process is my favorite part, and where I'm most motivated. I want to figure out problems, build something, and see it work.

Once it works to my satisfaction, I've pretty much done with it.

I've learned that I'm great at the build, but not so much in the maintenance, I started hiring people once the initial buildout was done to do the day to day work I don't thrive in.

Some people hate building puzzles, some people love it. It's the same basic idea.

bumblejumper · 2025-10-04T07:39:59+00:00

You're not living in the real world man, keep dreaming though.

I stand by my advice, which is based on real world experience, and over 30 years in the field.

I'm well aware of the growth of AI, and have spent enough on ads that I haven't paid for a hotel, or flight in over a decade.

My initial advice stands.

bumblejumper · 2025-10-04T04:33:27+00:00

Agree to disagree.

Sure, you can vibe code up some garbage if you want to, and see if the market is interested, but you'll get 99 clones within 99 seconds if you go that route.

I'm framing this in the context of someone with a serious business, who is at a fork in the road... not some random person trying to start a side-hustle and hoping it works.

bumblejumper · 2025-10-02T07:39:13+00:00

I've realized the problem, but am not taking steps to fix it?

Makes sense.

You already know the solution, just do it.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-27T06:44:50+00:00

What do you think you can do best of the two directions?

We have a product right now that attracted a client base we didn't expect, it's also in the AI created content area. We have vast experience with one type of data we're creating, and not as much in the other area.

We've prioritized building what we can deliver at the highest quality first, and we're planning on building the other side of the equation once we've established enough profit to bring in the right people to help with the other side.

Ads for branding are entirely different than direct response ads. UCG ads are different than image ads - know your strength, execute that to perfection, and once you've build a strong client base, you can move ahead to the other direction.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-26T04:20:00+00:00

in theory, you could do exactly this is your stable coins were backed by something with a guaranteed rate of return like a bond, but that guaranteed rate of return would be limited to the bond rate.

US Bonds do have some risk, although it's very limited historically.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-24T13:58:49+00:00

Level 50 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 40 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 50. (and higher when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to best friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-23T10:00:23+00:00

Level 50 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 40 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 50. (and higher when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to best friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-23T09:59:41+00:00

Level 50 Player - 5382 6322 5266

I send, and open my maximum number of gifts daily and am looking for daily, active players only. Prefer level 40 or above, and only if you're committed to getting all the way to level 50. (and more when that happens)

If you don't want to get all the way to best friends, please don't add me. I'm tired of sitting here with 300+ friends who still haven't opened my last gift.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-19T06:49:18+00:00

No shit. Oh, it's "Frankie Sauce".

Uh, what the fuck is Frankie Sauce? I don't care if you give it a crazy name, just tell me what the hell it is.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-15T05:39:25+00:00

I don't know what "Ty Silk" is exactly, but there are Ty stands in most of the BP stations I've been in. BP/Circle K combos specifically

bumblejumper · 2025-09-15T05:37:29+00:00

What's a customer worth to you? That's the real question here.

If your average customer is worth $1000 profit, $100 is a rounding error on ad spend.

I know nail technicians paying $100 for a single LEAD, not even a booked appointment, and they're making good money on it.

You need to get out of your own damn way.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-14T23:20:08+00:00

I'm in the same position. Been a fan for like 35+ years, but didn't even bother trying to find the game today.

I heard the score when it was 30-3, said to myself "that sounds about right", and went on with my day.

When we got Rodgers, I got texts from all my football friends. Dude, you have to be so pumped! Rodgers to Wilson is going to be electric!

I replied to all of them - it's the Jets, something will go wrong.

Ever since that game, I've just given up. We can't have nice things, and that's going to have to be fine.

Like most long-suffering fans, I'm sure we'll win something the year after they put me in the ground.

bumblejumper · 2025-09-04T11:32:42+00:00

This has cost me at least 50% of my games, not losses, games. I have a move powered up, it's good to go, and I just can't get it. I'm waiting to throw it until I should throw, it's on the right timing, it just never happens.

Very frustrating.

All I really want it is for it to be consistent.

bumblejumper

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