But what does it meeeeean?
Street art spotted today. It’s two blind (injured? crippled?) rats pointing to what used to be the night collection box of a bank that closed years ago. I have no idea what that means.
To change the subject, I was reading earlier about an unofficial plugin for Claude called Caveman, which makes the AI respond in the tersest possible terms. I asked Claude to explain it to me and it said “Why Use Many Word When Few Word Do Trick?”
It compared the result to the sort of language we used to write telegrams – “ARRIVE TUES STOP” – or classified ads. This is about reducing the number of tokens people who buy their AI in chunks have to buy.
In practice, the natural language mode of AI uses a tiny fraction of the tokens used in writing code or working through problems. Claude estimated a maximum 4% savings. And the language part is what makes it fun to talk to.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
Posted: July 10th, 2026 under personal.
Comments: 4
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Comment from Uncle AL
Time: July 10, 2026, 8:52 pm
Before I read the “street art” comment, I saw the photo and thought to myself, “Cute! A couple of masked cartoon rats with burglar tools breaking into a bank!” A jimmy and bolt cutters, yes?
As for the Caveman:
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║ Hungry Nerd ║
║Will Simulate║
║ AI Chat-bot ║
║ for Cheetos ║
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Comment from Deborah HH
Time: July 11, 2026, 11:32 am
I thought it was some kind of bun-warming oven. Which reminds me that Badger House was getting a new kitchen. How is that going?
Comment from aelf
Time: July 11, 2026, 5:39 pm
Telegram of note: Robert Benchley’s “STREETS FULL OF WATER. ADVISE.”
Comment from aelf
Time: July 12, 2026, 11:51 am
Head ’em up: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/384/chicken-drive
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