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New comment by oneredoak in "Gemini 3.0 spotted in the wild through A/B testing"

oneredoak — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:48:43 +0000

I find Gemini Deep Think to be unbelievably underrated. In my testing, it consistently comes out far ahead of any other model or harness (for system architecture debugging, coming up with excellent YouTube title and hook ideas, etc). You can through a ton of context at it, and Deep Think's attention to detail is excellent.

My only exceptions being Sonnet 4.5 / Codex for code implementation, and Deep Research for anything requiring a ton of web searches.

New comment by oneredoak in "Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Summary"

oneredoak — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:23:03 +0000

I’m a big fan of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map, with the ability to click on individual states: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.h...

New comment by oneredoak in "Office noise bothers some people more than others"

oneredoak — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:12:32 +0000

You're generally right (in my experience) regarding ANC but I've found that Sony's WH-1000XM3 over-ear headphones do an excellent job with higher frequencies and "one off" sounds. I'm also a big fan of Mubert, an iOS app that generates non-distracting instrumental sound tracks.

New comment by oneredoak in "Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory"

oneredoak — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:29:23 +0000

What's worked really well for me is keeping my phone in a drawer close to my desk, with all notifications turned off except calls from my contacts. I also have an Apple Watch which only notifies me if someone is calling.

I am noticeably more focused / less anxious with my phone put away. Meditation (Headspace app) helps a lot too when my mind feels "noisy".

New comment by oneredoak in "The Complicated Financial Lives of Freelancers"

oneredoak — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:31:53 +0000

Brennon Dunn has a lot of great free blog content and an excellent podcast about all things freelancing / software consulting. Would highly recommend as his content has helped me a lot over the past year, mainly regarding the marketing/selling, billing and dealing with clients sides of things: https://doubleyourfreelancing.com

New comment by oneredoak in "What did Earth look like X million years ago?"

oneredoak — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 03:55:18 +0000

I have followed the same idea regarding radio waves. Would it be possible to travel far enough out to receive radio or TV broadcasts from WWII? Presumably all that information in the form of waves is still out there (assuming it hasn't been too distorted by inference, or far too small of an amplitude).

New comment by oneredoak in "[dead]"

oneredoak — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:10:39 +0000

I’m wondering seeing the same.