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With emoji for the bullets, natch.

Just put "Don't use emojis" into the prompt.

Pass it as a memory or a system prompt and watch it forget 3 agent messages later.

what frontier models are this bad these days?

I can't name one but I can tell you these models keep getting stupider as they keep existing and their system prompts get inflated with what not to do. I have experienced this happen with Qwen 3.8 Max Preview where for the early days it was blasting through Rust code fine and then before the release it silently got replaced and started to suck hard. Claude still has the "blue button" problem so it is probable that a casual chat with it could have this exact outcome of forgetting what to do. I saw some models also have this thing where when you tell them a text restriction they first ignore it in thinking, creating the full text and then apply them in their thinking rewriting it fully causing your output tokens to be inflated.

Well yes, there are only so many attention heads (well whatever magical variant frontier models are using these days) that can attend to the context and so as the context grows attention becomes spread thin.

But with reasoning enabled I find that even with a large context that induces mistakes most of the time a decent model realises and corrects itself before output.

And it's always been known that prompting what it should do is far better than what it shouldn't, since just introducing "DON'T do X" into the prompt means that the tokens for X are present and can be paid attention to in the wrong way.

But even then I've used plenty of "Do X, not Y" recently, especially for tools "Use this for x, don't use this for Y" and models perform like 90% of the time.

I would be interesting to experiment to see performance curves given a restriction on reasoning tokens allowed to n% of context tokens and see if there's some magic number of "reasoning should be at least n tokens for a context of length p" even ignoring the complexity of instructions in the prompt itself.


I hate how some sites now (including NASA's) make finding the article text a mystery in its own right.


There's also the video version... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zGLSlLo5A


Actually his real worry is the lack of any kind of oversight and regulation - that the inmates are allowed to police themselves.



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I know most folks think of other films, but his performance in Ridley Scott's Legend as the grumble-cackling lust driven red-faced demon is a core memory for me. Grew up watching and admiring that film and especially Mr. Curry's portrayal of that character so many times. Because of him.


Legend is amazing and his character is still one of the most impactful practical effects I’ve seen.

I was always happy to hear his voice work in shows as well. Mighty Max and Super Samurai Syber Squad being among my favorite.

He’s fantastic in Clue as well.


Curry would turn up in some strange places.

Less beloved was the 90's sci-show "Earth 2" (also featuring Clancy Brown).


His character in Legend is a core childhood memory for me.

Also his voice role as Hexxus in Fern Gully!


Holy cow never realized it was him, absolutely terrifying for me as a kid


I smell Amiga, especially if it is "designed to run Workbench."


Only available via that link in the UK or Ireland for £55.00. Quick jump over to Ebay US? $189.62 (And FedEx will have a word after they deliver it.)

US, for now, can keep getting the unconnected F91W $25 lookalike. IIRC, the F-91W has a really small strap. Almost a "ladies watch" size.


$39.88 at Walmart (different model; same day delivery): https://www.walmart.com/ip/CASIO-FITNESS-WRISTWATCH-DIGITAL-...


> IIRC, the F-91W has a really small strap. Almost a "ladies watch" size.

It does. A few months ago I bought a F-91W for the nostalgia, but I have a hard time wearing it due to the tiny strap. I just ordered a bigger one strap, let's see how it works.


> And FedEx will have a word after they deliver it.

I don't understand this statement. Is there some reference I'm missing?


US tariffs and FedEx customs broker fees.


Vibration is precisely what made me sell my brand new (sold out) Pebble watch. No matter the firmware or options (un)chosen, it would randomly vibrate at odd times of the day. Couldn't stand the constant distractions.

Casio G-Shock GW-M5610U back on my wrist where it belongs.


Except for live sports, for which it is still vastly superior - no subscription required.


Funny how this has diverged in Canada/USA which otherwise have broadly similar broadcast markets in many respects. The broadcast stations have been gutted of sports content in favour of a couple of specialty channels which are a combined $70/month for streaming/app subscriptions.


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