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TIL: the thrift store near my house sells paperbacks for $1 and hard covers for $2. And if you don't mind the fact that they've organized the books by spine color, you can find excellent books. In fact I found one paperback that I ordered on Amazon yesterday for 10x the price.

is it just me or does the current generation of big models produce more typos than the previous generation? Here's one I noticed today from Opus 4.5 (non-drowsy -> non-drowning):

I've noticed at least two from GPT 5 and 5.1 as well, though I didn't think to screenshot them.

Today in "asking models about their preferences". I find this one a bit uncomfortable, tbh.

Today I am trying out wearing drawstring-based underwear. I really like it! Since I've been fat, elastic bands always fold or roll over themselves, unless I get a size that's so big the elastic doesn't even work to hold them up. With a drawstring I can choose the exactly right fit, which is typically much less pinchy/constricting than even a moderately well-fitting pair of underwear. The big downside is that using the bathroom takes an extra 30s or so for tying/untying the drawstring (though, if using a urinal, you can of course use the fly instead).

I originally bought them because they're ~the only literally 100% cellulose-based underwear you can buy (elastic bands are made of mostly spandex/elastane) and I was curious. I think I will buy at least a few more pairs of these, and maybe start wearing them by default.

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