Tripp Smith

Persian Gulf functional normality — forecast history Probability the Persian Gulf returns to operational normality (per daily superforecast run).

Feature request for @grok tasks: • Persistent memory across scheduled runs • Interact with / write to Grok Projects • Output persistent files as part of multi-step workflows • Native Git integration (commit + push) • (3rd-party integrations as logical next step) Example: Research task runs every day at 4:44a ET: 1. Generate daily output, save as a dated file 2. Aggregate previous outputs 3. Generate summary analysis as an HTML file 4. Check in and push to git repo

@TheStalwart I created a persona-introspection skill I use with my spec framework that I call on anything I am building and usually makes it work about 60% harder than the original plan to align to the needs of the intended user persona. Not exactly sure why it works, but it does.

Let's see if this works. Had Claude Code create sub-agents, each with their own personality, and then told it to just keep improving [think I'm working on] until the sub-agents are impressed.

“ODD LOTSLOL” feels like a missed opportunity here.

Last night at ATL I spent 71m in security w/precheck. (I have CLEAR and Touchless Precheck which were both closed). This might be the straw.

Live long enough to realize integrity is in shorter supply than intellect and cherish integrity.

Poe’s Law: in the absence of obvious satire, genuine extremist views and parodies of those views are indistinguishable online.

The fact that changing from Mathlib 4.25 to 4.29 totally broke my package makes me bearish on formalization solving all of math or whatever

“Generate an image of this person in UNC Tar Heels gear, but also a bit like Scumbag Steve meme.”

group chat is so early

Healthy owners build systems that survive them. Political owners build systems that require them.

Ability to choose and fire customers is the true measure of professional services, from plumber to Palantir.

Mike Krzyzewski (often referred to as Coach K) was 33 years old when he was named the head coach at Duke University in March 1980, before the 1980–1981 season.

Tortoise “Touch” (October 25, 2025) is my current instrumental productivity soundtrack. All my favorite sounds. Pitchfork: 7.9, Tripp: 9.1.

identity assurance bound to authentication assurance is inevitable for humans and agents

@nikitabier @mweinbach authID was so early

@mweinbach Passkeys do not require using FaceID. It can be automated. The only solution is Face Liveness scans.

This is actually a great use of the biometrics built into your phone It doesn’t give that app access to any of that information, but it’s a great way to verify you’re real. That is assuming they do it like this and not try to use some weird third party service

This google home feature used to be a “broadcast” button.

We need to increase isolated end game and fatigue-specific repetition in practice next year so that consistency becomes automatic.

It's not fair to pull Hubert Davis given the aspects of this season that were out of his control, but we could have managed timeouts better at the end of the game to help the team regain composure and stop rushing shots.