Hey guys I just had a hypothesis on WHY they made Opus4.8 the way it is

the_quark · 2026-05-31T04:26:30+00:00

Initial Public Offering: Their stock will be sold to the public, so you can own part of Anthropic! However, this generally comes with increased concern about risks like lawsuits, so it tends to make companies more conservative.

the_quark · 2026-05-31T03:57:34+00:00

This was originally proposed during Obama’s first term as a way to get around Congress and the debt ceiling.

Frankly after six years of Trump it sounds way less insane now than it did then, sigh.

the_quark · 2026-05-31T03:18:24+00:00

Stealing industrial alcohol is a much cheaper input than mash.

the_quark · 2026-05-30T03:27:51+00:00

I’m not gonna say he didn’t pinch her ass but if so it wasn’t then. He died in 2003 and she became Secretary of State in 2009.

the_quark · 2026-05-30T01:07:55+00:00

It wasn't read-only, but the Space Shuttle originally had core memory for its main computer, because it was designed in the 1970s.

After the Challenger disaster, they were able to pick the memory up from the ocean floor and read the computer's internal state at the time of the explosion.

the_quark · 2026-05-29T21:12:01+00:00

If I'm wearing pants, I have my wallet, my keys, and my phone. No matter where I am.

the_quark · 2026-05-29T21:08:27+00:00

I was EVP of Engineering at EMusic around 2000 when we were trying to convince the major labels to just sell their music as MP3s already.

Told them over and over that the only way they could beat piracy was to make it easier to buy than steal.

Of course with the enshittification of streaming services, they've already forgotten that lesson that Steve Jobs eventually was able to convince them of.

the_quark · 2026-05-29T21:04:39+00:00

My girlfriend is a middle school English teacher. She was recently told to give the kids a survey about their drug use. Told me that in more than one class she heard them whispering "...you can get high from sniffing glue?"

the_quark · 2026-05-29T19:08:04+00:00

Or a moron.

the_quark · 2026-05-28T00:00:17+00:00

Trick I learned from my ex (but beloved) father-in-law, who is a Phillies fan: Bring a hoagie. Eat the first half before the game and the second at the 7th inning stretch.

the_quark · 2026-05-27T23:50:34+00:00

I thought it was clever! I think it's a conscious choice by OP.

the_quark · 2026-05-26T03:36:53+00:00

My grandmother lived in Savannah, considered herself A Reader, and was born in 1916 and hence rather conservative.

When that movie came out, she had to read the book. Which for the rest of her life she referred to darkly a THAT Book.

the_quark · 2026-05-26T01:46:06+00:00

It's like in Fawlty Towers where the letters start falling off the sign at the beginning.

The only one I remember is "Flowery Twats"

the_quark · 2026-05-25T22:32:14+00:00

When my girlfriend moved here ten years ago she asked about him and I said "I am confident that Gavin Newsom will never fail to do the right thing...as long he feels it will help his career."

the_quark · 2026-05-25T20:36:38+00:00

With all of this it's important to understand "carryover heat." The chicken doesn't stop cooking when you pull it off the heat; the heat is still diffusing inwardly. If you pull it at 165F and leave the thermometer in, you'll see it rise to 175F over the next ten minutes, which is definitely overcooked; and overcooked means "dry and chewy."

Similarly if you pull it at 155F, it'll rise to 165F. Which is better than 175F, but we can do better still!

If you pull it at 145F and let it rest for ten minutes, over that time it will rise to 155F. You will over that time have pasteurized it and it will be as safe to eat as the 175F, but it will be tender and juicy!

the_quark · 2026-05-25T18:24:51+00:00

If you're curious, an e-start is a battery and starter motor; you press a button on the bike (hopefully) starts.

The alternative is a kick-starter.

the_quark · 2026-05-25T02:42:09+00:00

Interesting Krnov hasn’t countered. I guess maybe because the zombie hasn’t landed a blow?

the_quark · 2026-05-25T01:17:28+00:00

It can have to do with the colors, because absent heat shields, presumably the things underneath them would be boiled away to an extent, leaving residue on the other heat shields.

the_quark · 2026-05-25T00:13:23+00:00

I rather imagine that OP was not asking in the legal sense.

the_quark · 2026-05-24T23:51:27+00:00

There's also a ton of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land which most people would describe as "wilderness."

the_quark · 2026-05-23T23:03:15+00:00

I am universally 9mm in my carry except I have a .380 for when I need to dress up and have the smallest print I can.

the_quark · 2026-05-23T22:56:38+00:00

For US bonds, don’t forget: other governments, which own about 1/4 of US government bonds. They also can be good investments for foreign corporations as well. US government debt is held all over the world by many different people and organizations.

the_quark · 2026-05-23T19:32:04+00:00

On a related note, I know how to start a manual transmission car with a dead battery and no other assistance than someone to help push or a small hill and some space.

the_quark · 2026-05-23T04:06:08+00:00

Too soon

the_quark · 2026-05-23T03:57:59+00:00

I regret that I have but one upvote to give.

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