Ran into some limitations with Chat GPT 3.5 on the weekend. I was trying to get it to take a list of X numbers that represented the sat amounts of a group of UTXO's, and get Chat GPT to: 1) count the number of figures in the list provided, as a reference point, to make sure none were missed 2) group the UTXO's into separate groups whose sums were all as close to a predetermined amount, making sure not to reuse or eliminate any of the figures from the originally supplied list of figures. The program started by not being able to count the number of figures in the list correctly. I had to correct it, after which time it agreed that I was correct and it had miscounted them. Then followed two hours of tweaking instructions to try to get it group the UTXO's into roughly equal larger amounts, close to value Y. It failed miserably. It was outputting groups whose values were way above and way below the target sum. And when asked to refine the grouping, it was still leaving some groups way off the target value. I was able to go through the list and manually do some reasonable, relatively equal groupings in 15 minutes, but I thought it would have been cool if it had been able to just crunch it for me. A project for another day, using dedicated language and functions I guess. It must be a pretty simple piece of code. One question that arose during the excercise was if I alternately grouped the highest value figures with the lowest value UTXO amounts, reducing the number of smaller UTXO's that appear in a given group to be consolidated with a single transaction, would that have positively impacted my fees for the whole operation? I am thinking yes from a data size perspective, but I lack a critical piece of knowledge about how much data is used for each UTXO. Anyway, it was a relatively low fee day so I didn't get raped too hard.

Pondering the lifetime investment earnings opportunity cost of illegal inflation and taxation.

Potato and sweet potato fry and wedge cutting station. With dies for 3 sizes of fries and 2 sizes of wedges. Demolishes onions pretty well too.

The food wall is off to a good start. This plus two deep freezes and about 100L of filtered water, not including municipal water that’s stored in the hot water tank or what we could get in the tub with the last available town pressure. The portable Sawyer system can gravity filter another 4500 gal. But that water would be coming in the hard way, most likely by bike and wagon during an extended crisis, if our vehicles are out of fuel and the local pumps are down. I’m keenly aware that if SHTF, I’d have to quickly go into full time water hauling, wood hauling, and hunting-trapping-everything-in-sight mode. While the rest of the family focused on “security”. But at least I wouldn’t be going to the office lol. I wish I was doing this in a secluded place, but I had to start. Looking forward to season 2 with the raised beds.

The propagation station is ready to rock and roll for year 2. Very simple setup, no special spectrum lights. Just a light-cycle-capable unit made from repurposed shelving, insulated bubble panels, bargain basement fluorescent fixtures, and a cheap multi-event timer. Holds things perfectly at 70°F. My tomato seeds turned into tiny plants after only 3 days last year. Fastest germination I’ve ever seen. Glad my illicit skills from back in the day are now helping feed my family lol.

Next fermentation project. Just have to wait three weeks now. I now understand why German female Olympians have massive arms. I crushed salted cabbage in a pot, with a glass tumbler on the end of a baseball bat for about an hour to get the right texture lol.

Epileptic seizure price action.

Crabwalking > Crabwalking with ETFs in place.