Vol. I · No. 19FRI, MAY 8, 2026
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Cost-Aware Learning

Cost-Aware SGD algorithm for finite-sum objectives with heterogeneous sampling costs; applied to RL with language models.

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Opus 4.7 is a regression from 4.6 - real-world document generation broken

Anthropic just released Opus 4.7 as their most advanced model. I reverted to 4.6 within days. I use Claude for production work -- not chat, not summaries. Real deliverables with real deadlines. Here is what happened. I asked 4.7 to update a Word document. It is a task the previous model handled routinely. The new model produced a plain text markdown file with a .docx extension. Not a degraded document. Not a partially formatted document. A file that was literally not a Word document at all. Delivered with full confidence and zero warning that anything was wrong. When I caught it and ...

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Dear Claude

what could you possibly be thinking so long for 😭

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All these smart glasses and nothing to do

Despite only having one face, I made testing work. I'm currently wearing a pair of smart glasses called the Even Realities G2. Another two pairs, from Rokid, sit on my desk. A few feet away, I've got the Meta Ray-Ban Display charging alongside their Neural Wristband. In my closet are six pairs of $50 smart sunnies that an overzealous Walmart rep sent me. Those sit next to some Xreal, RayNeo, and Lucyd glasses, plus an old pair of Razer Anzu. Later, I'm calling my optician because I'm hoping to test a pair of the new Ray-Ban Meta Optics, which can supposedly handle my challenging prescription....

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