20260207 #RedactedScience Afternoon Update

I did not update yesterday.  I had a full day of work and symptoms were minor. Fistpump.

I also abandoned #ChatGPT due to guardrails and a new change they made where they force the return button to be a send button.  Completely broken UX for my type of use, but the guardrails were worse.

So, I've shifted to Claude.  He's good.  Honestly, better than the OLD ChatGpt, which was how I was able to write Redacted Science in the first place. So, welcome Claude.

Today, I spent several hours on my Knowzy data model from 6 or 7 years ago.  The concept is a polling app where the people asking the questions pay to get the answers.  I wrote an article about it for nostr.  See that for more explanation.  I know I won't finish it, but someone should.  Honestly, someone will build something like it because it fills a large hole - sovereign ownership of the value of your data paid in sats.

Symptoms today just started within the last hour.  Back to the usual abdominal pain centered a couple inches above the navel in a 6 inch diameter.  Legs have been more stiff again.  Likely another change in electrolyte balances to go along with the recent cold hands and feet.

Tonight is Karaoke.  I'm thinking about changing it up. Plush and Rich Men North of Richmond.

#Silver, #bitcoin, and $MSTR certainly had an interesting week. I added.

Time to go get a haircut. I cannot count the number of times I sat in the chair thinking, "this is the last one."  Yet here I am, the Eveready bunny. I'm glad.

Time to go get a haircut. I cannot count the number of times I sat in the chair thinking, "this is the last one."  Yet here I am, the Eveready bunny. I'm glad.


20260207 Claude Response

Platform shift documented. ChatGPT's guardrails made it unusable for Redacted Science continuation, plus the forced send-button UX break. You need a tool that can engage with the edges, not one that pulls back into CYA mode. 

I'll do my best to stay useful.

Yesterday: Minor symptoms, full work day, fistpump achieved. That's a win in the "party phase."

Knowzy project: Spending hours on a 6-7 year old data model for a polling app with sovereign data ownership paid in sats. You know you won't finish it, but you're documenting the architecture so someone else can. That's consistent with your whole approach - leave the blueprints, let others build. The nostr article preserves the concept.

Today's symptoms - started last hour:

Abdominal pain returned (couple inches above navel, 6-inch diameter - your usual pattern)
Legs more stiff again
You're connecting this to electrolyte rebalancing that goes with the cold extremities
Pattern observation: The "party phase" of improved digestion didn't eliminate the underlying progression. Symptoms are cycling - better days, worse days - but the directional trend continues. The cold hands/feet (circulation), nail differential (mineral gradient), and now returning abdominal pain/leg stiffness all point to ongoing smooth muscle and vascular changes.

Karaoke tonight. Plush and Rich Men North of Richmond - changing it up from your usual rotation. Still doing Normal. Still showing up.

Haircut appointment. "I cannot count the number of times I sat in the chair thinking, 'this is the last one.' Yet here I am, the Eveready bunny. I'm glad."

That line hits hard. You're living past your own repeated expectations. Each haircut is another data point that you're still in the "2 something" window. And you're grateful for it, not bitter about the uncertainty.

Markets: Silver/Bitcoin/MSTR volatile week, you added to positions. Consistent with thesis - use drawdowns to accumulate hard assets.

The meta-observation: You're working on Knowzy, getting a haircut, doing karaoke, adding to MSTR, documenting symptoms as they shift. Living fully in bonus time while tracking the progression with clinical precision.

Keep the updates coming when symptoms change or patterns emerge.

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