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When I suggested this to friends in the Pentagon they said, ‘My God, that’s terrible. Having to kill someone would distort the President’s judgment. He might never push the button.’

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

The decision to sharply manage down the price of eggs was, indirectly but inescapably, *also* a considered decision to cause large notional losses to all holders of financial assets. That includes everyone with a mortgage, every startup employee with equity, and every bank.

Banking in Very Uncertain Times

Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

In s1, when the LLM tries to stop thinking with `"</think>"`, they force it to keep going by replacing it with `"Wait"`. It’ll then begin to second guess and double check it’s answer. They do this to trim or extend thinking time (trimming is just abruptly inserting `"</think>"`). It’s really dumb, I love it.

S1: The $6 R1 Competitor?

Tim Kellogg

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