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Recorded August 3, 2026. We discuss burnout, Claudeisms sneaking into regular speech, chip butties, how to watch movies, and what brings us joy. LINKS / ON-SCREEN REFERENCES, IN ORDER A VESSEL FOR CLAUDE Rhys "vessel for Claude" tweet - https://x.com/RhysSullivan/status/2072968219741278582 Dolly/zoom shot from "Jaws" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in_mAvHu9E4 /bro https://github.com/backnotprop/bro "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlön,_Uqbar,_Orbis_Tertius https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Borges-Tl%C3%B6n-Uqbar-Orbius-Tertius.pdf Ficciones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficciones Empirical evidence of Large Language Model's influence on human spoken communication https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01754 Bill Oliver's likely-LLM-generated speech https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bill-oliver-ai-legislature-reaction-9.7296118
BURNOUT Dillon tweet about joy & burnout https://x.com/dillon_mulroy/status/2073886986117447715 Scott Tolinski mental health survey tweet https://x.com/stolinski/status/2083217955849195640 Direct link to Scott's survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdij87S57ibtMm2yPotcL0Ipd-c4ybQ45FgPqNTvVVW4pGU5w/viewform Definition of burnout from W.H.O. https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon-international-classification-of-diseases Marcy Sutton Todd on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tzdj4b4znqjiuau7plthr6f7 Christina Maslach on burnout (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRPBkCW0R5E Ethan Niser "Not Holding Back the Ocean" https://ethanniser.substack.com/p/not-holding-back-the-ocean Kirwin Hampshire, "The Dark Night of Mathematics" https://kirwinhampshire.substack.com/p/the-dark-night-of-mathematics Arvind Narayanan's thought experiment on LLMs outputting binaries instead of source code https://substack.com/@aisnakeoil/note/c-303550018 Sunil's Pizzo https://github.com/threepointone/pizzo Counter-Strike 2 reimplementation (there are lots of these demos, but here is one) https://x.com/iamlukethedev/status/2081829763489169636 Dunning-Kruger effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect Valley of Despair https://medium.com/@amar_mahmutbegovic/dunning-kruger-effect-the-valley-of-despair-63bf98b9d2ed The Futzing Fraction https://blog.glyph.im/2025/08/futzing-fraction.html The Everyman Theatre (suitable for manspreading) - https://www.everymancinema.com/ Chip butty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty Not sponsored by Dunkin' https://www.dunkindonuts.com/en Poirot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot Charlie Marsh tweet re: obsolescence https://x.com/charliermarsh/status/2080388030213636184 Steve James - https://x.com/deathbyknowledg Spiky profiles (neurodivergence) https://neurodiversity.directory/glossary/spiky-profile-definition/ We are all spiky - https://www.exponentialview.co/p/we-are-all-spiky Example spiky chart https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spikey_cognitive_profile.png Colloquial definition of insanity https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-insanity-quote/ Deslop https://deslop.dev The Four Seasons on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81750702 Not sponsored by Hello Fresh either https://www.hellofresh.com Example of Sunil being happy https://x.com/threepointone/status/2075576737795068288 Dillon on Kent C. Dodds' podcast https://kentcdodds.com/chats/07/03/foundations-feedback-and-agents-dillon-mulroy-on-product-at-cloudflare
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES United States & Canada 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor 24/7. Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 United Kingdom & Ireland Samaritans: Call 116 123 or visit samaritans.org for free, confidential support. Australia Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 or visit lifeline.org.au International If you're outside these regions, visit findahelpline.com to find free or low-cost c
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