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• Book of the Week: Feng Shui Modern

  

• Harbor Freight Floor Jacks

  Prices, stock, and ratings below are a snapshot from harborfreight.com and will drift over time.

• Uni Harvesting in California

  Disclosure: I wrote this post with help from Claude. Regulations, limits, and license prices change, so verify the numbers yourself with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife before you go.

• Exercise May Be Harmful

  A recent case of incontinence occurred during a Hyrox competition.

• Book of the Week: Life at the Speed of Play

  

• Book of the Week: Cooked

  This week I read Michael Pollan’s Cooked. He is the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which I heard about and have not read. Add that to the list.

• Traditional Balsamic Vinegar

  Turns out what most of us call “balsamic vinegar” isn’t the real thing, similar to how pancake syrup is actually corn syrup, not real maple syrup. The genuine article runs about $150 for 100 ml, which explains why it’s not exactly a pantry staple.

• What a Coffee Shop Makes in a Month

  Ever wonder what a coffee shop makes in San Francisco? Here’s the first month for Double Black, broken down in @xtinaashbaugh’s TikTok.

• Reducing Token Usage

  I am token poor. In order to get things accomplished with my Pro subscription, I need to reduce token usage as much as possible.

• Resume Prompt Injection

  I ran into something interesting today.

• Book of the Week: Who Moved My Cheese?

  This book is a best seller. It felt not worth my time, yet it was a good reminder. Good thing the book is short.

• Knowledge Systems

  This weekend I was playing around with great teacher Karpathy’s LLM wiki concept and applying it to space based data centers. Seems crazy at first glance, but I wanted to see how real it was. The viability assement of space based data center is that you need fully reusable system like SpaceX Starship to bring down the launch cost and you need to deploy large surface area of radiators. There also isn’t that much more room left in LEO orbit, so you have a few GW limit.