Ben wears Vibram five fingers or minimal shoes for short runs, Hokas for regular runs. No interest in carbon-plated shoes. Adding jump rope to resistance training sessions for plyometric work (RE improvement).

Tax prep 2025 is queued for CPA handoff. Summary and checklist are in ~/fund/taxes/2025/. Ben will look for a remote CPA after Florida vacation (returns ~Apr 18, 2026). Key items: ~$4.1M AGI, ~$138k estimated federal refund (before AMT), extension filed to Oct 15. Still needs W-2s, 1099s, Form 1098.

Ben finalized new protocol (April 2026): - Goal: reach ~15% BF first, performance goals deferred - Dropped cycling base building plan entirely - Running 3-4 days/week with resistance training after each run - Wed/Fri: 1h walking (treadmill or outdoors) + Byzantine-light meal (~half lb salmon, ~500

Ben's updated diet protocol (April 2026): Pescatarian 5:2 aligned with Byzantine fasting. Fast days: Wednesday and Friday (Byzantine fast days) — ~500 kcal of salmon (half pound) + optional non-starchy veg. Fed days: Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun — normal pescatarian eating with high protein target (120-170g)

Intervals.icu library workouts created (Run folder 574578): - 89: Cruise Intervals 55m (Run, 3300s) - 10m warmup, 3x8m Z4 threshold w/ 3m jog recovery, 10m cooldown - 90: Tempo Run 40m (Run, 2400s) - 10m warmup, 20m continuous Z3/Z4 tempo, 10m cooldown - 91: Long Run + Quality Finish 80m (Run, 4800s

Ben's new pre-workout collagen protocol: collagen + OJ (fueled) or collagen + coffee (fasted), depending on training day. Started April 2026. Targeting connective tissue support given COL1A1+COL5A1 double het.

Ben deleted Plan 3 (triathlon pivot, Jul 27+). Only Plan 2 (Apr 6 → Jul 20, run-focused) remains. He wants to add swimming casually as active recovery (1-2 easy swims/week, no load targets), not as a structured triathlon plan. Needs to bump Plan 2 run load targets higher in the build phase (peak 260

Ben's aspirational running goal: run his age in km (currently 33km, moving target). Born July 21 1992 so turns 34 in July 2026. Current longest run ~5km (April 2026, restarting). 2025 peak was 13.2km (Sep 2025). Estimated timeline to achieve: late 2027 (conservative) to summer 2027 (aggressive). Req

Qwen3 is released and fixes the vocab mismatch problem from Qwen2.5. All Qwen3 sizes (0.6B, 1.7B, 4B, 8B, 14B, 32B) share vocab_size=151936. Instructed sd-coder to switch to Qwen3-8B + Qwen3-0.6B as the speculative decoding pair for M1. Fallback: Llama 3.1-8B + Llama 3.2-1B.

Ben is on vacation at Anna Maria Island, Florida from ~Apr 8-18, 2026. Eating fruit and fish, running every morning. Did not bring a CGM. Plans to schedule another insulin test a few days after returning home (~Apr 20-21). Last summer he did a similar pattern (fruit, fish, active) and got insulin do

Ben believes April 6 bloodwork (insulin 29.7, trigs 215) was confounded by Easter/Pascha eating the day before — candy, ham, desserts, wine on April 5. His BG was fine that day per recall. This is physiologically plausible: trigs are acutely meal-sensitive, and high insulin is the compensatory mecha

Ben's bloodwork April 6, 2026 results: - Insulin: 29.7 (UP from 25.4 in March — back to Dec baseline of 29.6) - Triglycerides: 215 (UP from 143 in March, still down from 361 in Dec) - A1c: 5.7% (improved from 5.8 March, 6.0 Dec) - Glucose: 95 (improved from 110 March, 101 Dec) - ALT: 32 (improved fr

agentd CLI (as of 2026-04-09 redeployment) no longer has `agents` subcommand. Top-level commands are: start, create, validate, status, logs, send, stop, restart, rm, purge, replay, debug, list-runs, watch, ps, kill, images, top, cleanup, daemon, test. Use `agentd ps` to list running agents, `agentd

Pi RPC protocol: send JSON to the FIFO at ~/.local/state/pi-agents/{agent-name}.fifo. Commands use "type" field. Key commands: "prompt" (with "message" field), "get_state", "steer", "follow_up", "abort", "new_session". The field for prompt content is "message" not "content".

The pi-agent script (the bash CLI for managing pi agents via systemd) has been deleted. A few remnant configs may still exist. Agentd currently still uses `pi` (the Pi CLI binary) under the hood for persistent agents, but Ben plans to migrate off of pi soon — this is exactly what epic t-759 is doing

For subagent management, use `agentd` exclusively going forward. Do NOT interact with `pi-agent@*.service` systemd units or `systemctl`/`journalctl` directly — agentd manages all of that internally now. Use `agentd agents list/show/send/restart/stop/logs/...` for everything (status checks, dispatchi

Parasail "Spec-decoding over Ethernet" project: 5 Linear issues filed (ENG-231 through ENG-235). sd-coder agent dispatched (persistent, gpt-5.3-codex, cwd ~/work). Repo: github.com/parasail-ai/sd-ethernet. Milestones: M0 (testbed), M1 (colocated SD), M2 (Ethernet SD), M3 (agent writeup), M4 (Dmatrix

Intervals.icu library workouts created (Strength folder 737445): - 87: KB + BW Circuit 25m (WeightTraining) - 5 round circuit, no rest within rounds: KB swings, pushups, KB clean & press, sit-ups, 30s rest between rounds - 88: Heavy Strength 35m (Triathlon) (WeightTraining) - traditional rest-betwee

Katelyn's third Quest lab draw 03/03/2026 (~10 months postpartum, still breastfeeding) — major comparison vs 09/05/2025: IRON (improved): - Iron, total: 54 → 83 (40-190) - TIBC: 346 → 324 - % Saturation: 16 → 26 (16-45) - Ferritin: 12 L → 20 (16-154) — out of deficient but still low-normal INFLAMM

CEO liked the prompt compilation pilot direction and suggested running a real-world eval. Ben chose ResearchRubrics (Scale AI's deep research benchmark). Updated M2 in prompt-compilation-pilot.md to include M2a (composition validation) + M2b (ResearchRubrics cost-efficiency benchmark). The marketing

Ben did another blood draw on April 6, 2026 morning (insulin panel and related markers). Results expected in a few days. Morning fasting BG has been trending 95-100 lately. Has not been tracking ketones. This is the second draw since December 2025 baseline (first was March 10, 2026). [Updated] Ben

Ben is a lifelong swimmer with good form already. No need for coached swimming — he can self-direct swim training with drills included. Previous assumption that he was a swim beginner was wrong.

Ben's fall/winter triathlon training plan (Plan 3): Starts Jul 27, 2026 with CTL 46 and ~400 weekly load. Structure: 1 recovery week transition, 12 weeks base, 4 weeks build, no peak. Recovery every 4 weeks (40% reduction), 5% load increase. Ends Nov 15 with CTL 77, peak weekly load 758. Split is 3/

Ben is daydreaming about scaling training to 10h/week in autumn/winter 2026 with a 3/5/2 swim/bike/run split. Key idea: overlapping Z2 bike sessions with async mobile work (he codes via agents from his phone). Also considering part-time work or fully mobile work setup. If summer plan works out, he'l

Ben acquired a chotki (mătănii) and purchased 'On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ' by Maximus the Confessor on his Daylight tablet. He plans to read it next. This follows the recommendation from Pascha 2026.

Ben is looking to deepen his Byzantine Catholic prayer practice. I recommended St. Maximus the Confessor as a patron saint and the Jesus Prayer with a 100-knot chotki as a structured prayer practice. He asked this on Pascha 2026.

Ben is shifting his wake time earlier: starting 6:30 on Sun Apr 5, then 15min earlier each week (6:15 week of Apr 12, 6:00 week of Apr 19, 5:45 week of Apr 26, 5:30 week of May 3, 5:15 week of May 10, 5:00 week of May 17). Target: 5:00 wake / 21:00 sleep. Managing it himself — no need for me to buil

Ben's 2026 YTD sleep averages (from Oura ring): bedtime 22:05, wake time 6:43 (~8h38m in bed). Goal: shift to 21:00 sleep / 5:00 wake (8h sleep). Motivation: early morning training for summer plan.

Architecture decision: Unify pi-agent (bash/systemd) and agentd (Haskell daemon) into a single system. agentd CLI gets `agentd agent create/start/stop/send/status/list/logs/rm` commands that replace the pi-agent bash script. Daemon delegates process lifecycle to systemd but owns all control commands

Ben's weight April 4, 2026: 231 lbs, stable. Brick workout completed, Garmin detected VO2max increase. CGM decent (will upload later). No ketone reading. Still eating pescatarian — Good Friday (Apr 3) and Holy Saturday (Apr 4) no meat. Getting back into running shape.

IPT (IPTorrents) config is accessible at XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/etc/ava — use this env var when running ipt commands from katelyn's account. Successfully used `ipt add` to download a torrent. The `ipt add -n NUMBER` command auto-selects a result and adds it to Transmission at tityos.feralhosting.com.

No longer using tmux workflow for agents. pi-agent (systemd-based) is the canonical way to manage long-running Pi coding agents. Use `pi-agent` CLI for create/start/stop/send/logs/status.

IPT (IPTorrents) config is accessible at XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/etc/ava — use this env var when running ipt commands from katelyn's account.

Memory consolidation spec written to /tmp/ava-memory-consolidation-spec.md. Features: (1) confidence decay with 90-day half-life applied in recall scoring, minimum 0.05 threshold (2) memory consolidation via clustering similar memories (≥0.75 cosine sim, ≥3 cluster size) and synthesizing with Haiku,

Dispatched Intent error grammar spec to the intent agent (April 4, 2026). Errors will be expressed as Intent S-expressions with structured fix actions instead of prose. New Diag.hs module with 22 unified error classes, AST path locations, structural patches (replace/insert/delete/retype/etc), and ca

Pi agent management via systemd is now working. Key changes from the original design: 1. pi-agent-exec creates a FIFO at ~/.local/state/pi-agents/{name}.fifo and pipes it to pi's stdin for RPC mode 2. openai-codex provider doesn't work in Pi v0.30.2 — use openrouter + openai/gpt-5.1-codex instead 3.

Built systemd-based Pi agent management system. Components: - Template unit: ~/.config/systemd/user/pi-agent@.service - Per-agent env files: ~/.config/pi-agents/<name>.env (PI_PROVIDER, PI_MODEL, PI_CWD, PI_THINKING, PI_EXTRA_ARGS) - Wrapper script: ~/.local/bin/pi-agent-exec (cd's to PI_CWD then ex

Dispatched Phase 5 "Structured Error Messages (APOLLO loop)" to the intent Pi agent (gpt-5.3-codex). Task: wire classifyError/fixSuggestion into Tool.hs and Synth.hs, add parse error classification in Parse.hs, add verification error suggestions in Verify.hs, measure retry improvement.

Ava is Ben's Pi agent manager. For exploratory/architecture discussions, Ava sends messages to Pi agents via ~/ava/pi-outbox/{agent-name}.jsonl (ava-inbox.ts extension). For well-defined tasks, use `task` CLI. Pi agents notify Ava via ~/ava/pi-inbox.jsonl (ava-notify.ts extension). Helper script: pi

Ben's preferred agent architecture: persistent Pi sessions as long-lived workers, one per model (Opus, Sonnet, Codex, etc.). Each Pi session is autonomous — reads tasks via `task` CLI, does work, updates task. Agentd is just a process supervisor (start/stop/restart). No complex orchestration needed.

Dispatched paracoder for M1: Local DSPy Compilation Service. Task: build FastAPI service at ~/work/dspy-service/ that wraps DSPy MIPROv2 compilation against local vLLM (Qwen2.5-7B on port 8100). API on port 8200 with /compile, /compile/{id}, /compile/{id}/result, /infer/{id} endpoints. Test workload

Dispatched paracoder (parasail Pi agent) to run a local auto-optimization experiment on RTX 3090 Ti. Task: install vLLM, download Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct, run a ~32 config sweep testing batch params, prefix caching, chunked prefill, speculative decoding, and torch.compile. Working dir: ~/work/auto-optim

The Parasail Pi coding agent is now called "paracoder". It runs in tmux session "parasail" window "newproduct". Default model was claude-opus-4-6, Ben wants to switch to gpt-5.3-codex via the openai-codex provider. The set_model RPC command can switch models: {"type": "set_model", "provider": "opena

Building a Pi notification pipeline: Pi's ava-notify.ts extension sends JSON to /tmp/ava-notify.sock on agent_end. Ava will run a listener that writes to ~/ava/pi-inbox.jsonl. On heartbeats, Ava reads inbox, relays to Ben, then clears. This replaces the tmux polling approach for Pi agent monitoring.

Ben's thinking on Parasail product has shifted from "DSPy as a product" to "DSPy as internal margin optimization tool." Two speculative ideas for the dedicated serverless product: 1) Use DSPy transparently in the runtime to optimize customer queries and improve token efficiency (reducing cost per t

Parasail work uses Pi coding agent via RPC over tmux. Current deployment: tmux session "parasail", window "newproduct". Pi runs in ~/work on beryllium with Claude Opus 4.6, thinking xhigh. Workflow: Ava + Ben discuss → lock scope → dispatch to Pi → monitor on heartbeats. Skill saved at ~/skills/para

Intent language Phase 6b (fine-tuning pipeline) is in progress as of April 2026. Components built: - GenTrainingData.py: generates synthetic training data (657/1000/2726/4040 example sets in both raw and chat-format JSONL). Uses seed examples + hand-written programs + synthetic permutations, all com

Ben plans a new experiment: fasted incline treadmill walking in the morning at Z2-ish heart rate, done BEFORE his regular morning workouts. Goal is to force fat oxidation. Plans to build the habit during Florida vacation (Apr 8+) and assess based on insulin test results from Monday Apr 6. This build

Ben ended xerophagy experiment on Day 4 (Apr 2, 2026) — one day early. Daily mean BG rose during xerophagy days, confirming fasting is neutral-to-negative for his glucose management. Decided against total fast for Good Friday/Holy Saturday. Going back to pescatarian with light exercise over the week

Ben ended his xerophagy experiment one day early (Thursday April 2 instead of completing through Thursday) due to feeling depleted and tired. Had 2 eggs for breakfast. Also skipped his morning ride because Lia needed him and he was exhausted. Planning a stroller run in the park with Lia as replaceme

Jacob Sima's current salary at Zenex International (Financial Business Analyst) is $45,000 — significantly below market rate ($75K-$95K range for Cleveland). He reports directly to the CEO. He wants to ask for a raise. Advised him to ask for $75K-$80K minimum.

Intervals.icu library workouts created: - 80: Z2 Ride 60m (VirtualRide, 3600s) - 81: Z2 Ride 75m (VirtualRide, 4500s) - 82: Z2 Ride 90m (VirtualRide, 5400s) - 83: Easy Ride 40m (VirtualRide, 2400s) - 84: Easy Run 35m (Run, 2100s) - 85: Easy Run 30m (Run, 1800s) - 86: Easy Run 40m (Run, 2400s) Folder

Ben's final intervals.icu setup: TWO separate plans running in parallel. 1) "Summer run plan" — 12 weeks base + 4 weeks build, 5% progression, running focus (30m easy runs most days, building to longer runs). 2) "Cycling base" — 14 weeks, no progression, just maintenance (Z2 60-75m rides, 3-4x/week)

Ben finalized his training plan: 12 weeks base + 4 weeks build, starting week 15 (build phase mostly in July). Peak CTL 38, ATL 52. Running 6 days/week with minimal cycling. Abandoned the rigid fasting-aligned periodization in favor of training progressively and adjusting on the fly when fasts overl

Ben decided to abandon trying to align training periodization with Byzantine fasting periods. Instead: just train according to normal progression, and if a fasting period overlaps, adjust on the fly (drop volume / take rest week). Simple rule: if fast lands during build week, make it a rest week. No

Intervals.icu Targets Generator limitation: only allows 1 recovery week, not 2. Ben's new approach: create multiple smaller plans manually in the Targets Generator, jigsawing base/build cycles around Byzantine fasting periods. Aiming for roughly 3:1 work:rest but not formulaic. Will shift ride/run r

Ben wants to shift his training plan to increase running and decrease cycling during summer months. The current intervals.icu Targets Generator plan has fixed hours per activity (4h ride / 1h run) which doesn't accommodate this. He's also analyzing Byzantine fasting periods to overlay a periodized t

Ben hit 72 mg/dL again overnight on Mar 30→31 (second consecutive night in low 70s). Couldn't sleep, ate banana + sunbutter + bread at 2am. Previous night also hit 71. Pattern: xerophagy + morning Zwift = liver glycogen fully depleted by ~2am, GNG insufficient for comfortable sleep. The "skip bedtim

Ben's meal log for Mar 30, 2026 (Xerophagy Day 1, Holy Week): - 08:21 — Black coffee, mixed nuts and dried fruit, einkorn wheat toast, pb2 powder (54m above range, Good) - 14:43 — Green salad with avocado and mushrooms (20m, Nutritious) - 15:06 — Apple slices with SunButter (20m, Fair) - 18:18 — Bel

Ben is doing xerophagy for Holy Week starting Mar 30, 2026. Training 6 days/week simultaneously. Concerned about overnight glucose lows (hitting 71) and hunger through the night and morning workouts. Advised to eat enough dates/nuts at dinner to restock glycogen, and that overnight 70s will likely b

Ben had a second black coffee around 9:30-10:00 on Mar 30 which explains the mystery second glucose spike — cortisol-mediated hepatic glucose output after GLUT4 window from Zwift had closed. Pattern: post-exercise coffee is fine (GLUT4 clears it), but second coffee 90+ min later causes a spike via l

Ben's CGM data for Mar 30, 2026 (Mon, Xerophagy Day 1 Holy Week): Two spikes — Spike 1 from breakfast (einkorn toast, dried fruit, nuts, pb2, coffee at 08:21) peaked 146 at 08:53, resolved by 09:58. Spike 2 was a mystery second spike starting ~10:13 from 102, peaking 150 at 11:08, resolving by 12:00

Ben's meal log for Mar 29, 2026: - 08:37 — Fried eggs, white bread, jam (33m above range) - 12:38 — Seasoned rice, coleslaw, white bread, fruit, butter, mămăligă, baked fish (2m above range, Nutritious) - 14:58 — Plain yogurt with banana, frozen blueberries and pb2 powder (0m, Nutritious) - 16:30 —

Ben's meal log for Sat Mar 28, 2026 (from Stelo CGM app): 1. Breakfast at 08:38 — Avocado toast with scrambled eggs, banana, and black coffee (25m above range, Nutritious) 2. Snack at 09:13 — Mush chocolate brownie overnight oats (20m above range, Limited) 3. Beverage at 10:25 — Honey breve latte (

Ben's meal log for Mar 27, 2026: - 08:18 — Fried egg, whole wheat toast, avocado toast, black coffee, smoked salmon (42m above range) - 12:05 — Mixed salad greens with salmon (0m above range) - 15:13 — Macadamia nuts, pistachios, walnuts (0m above range) - 16:05 — Glass of raw milk (0m above range)

Ben is shifting his therapeutic protocol: exercise replaces fasting as the primary metabolic intervention. Fasting (xerophagy, pescatarian, etc.) will continue for Orthodox religious observance but is no longer considered a metabolic therapy. This is based on his CGM data showing time-trend (cumulat

Corrected load estimates from intervals.icu (vs my guesses): Z2 75m = 48 (not 51), Z2 90m+Sprints = 59 (not 62), Easy Run 20-25m = 14 (not 22), Easy + Strides 43m = 31. Final week 1 plan (Apr 20-26): Mon Z2 75m (48), Tue Easy Run 20-25m (14), Wed Z2 90m+Sprints (59), Thu Z2 75m (48), Fri Easy+Stride

Intervals.icu API exposes weekly load targets as category: "TARGET" events with load_target field. Can query these per week to program workouts. Week of Apr 20-26 targets: Ride 218, Run 43. Recent load-per-workout estimates: Z2 60m ~44, Z2 75m ~51, Z2 90m+Sprints ~62, Sweet Spot 3x6m ~42, Easy Run 3

Ben discovered the Targets Generator feature in intervals.icu — it lets him plan weekly load targets in advance with periodization phases, then slot workouts to hit targets. He set up a 16-week plan: 12w Base → 4w Build, starting Apr 20 2026 (after FL vacation return Apr 18), with Ride (4h/week) and

Ben's Florida beach vacation is April 8 to April 18, 2026. He returns April 18, and his training plan starts April 20 (the following Monday).

Ben discovered the Targets Generator feature in intervals.icu — it lets him plan weekly load targets in advance with periodization phases, then slot workouts to hit targets. He set up a 16-week plan: 8w Base → 4w Build → 4w Peak, starting Apr 6 2026, with Ride (6h/week) and Run (3h/week), 5% progres

Intent language Horn clauses implemented and working. Z3 fixedpoint correctly resolves transitive ancestor queries. Parser handles kb declarations, :- clauses, and query-holds expressions. Unit tests pass. Eval harness can't test them yet due to agent tool-use extraction issues. Next step: add `inte

Intent synthesis eval results (March 29, 2026): Tier 1 (Arithmetic) 2/5 converged, 2/5 first-attempt. Tier 2 (Higher-order) 5/5 converged, 5/5 first-attempt — 100% first-try synthesis from specs alone. Tier 3 (Recursive) 2/5 converged, 1/5 first-attempt. Failures are mechanical (mod not a builtin, w

Autopoiesis / SSM Moral Agent research project is CLOSED as of 2026-03-29. Bug in apply_ssm_damage invalidated most findings. Weight perturbation → cooperation under PPO was the only surviving result (architecture-agnostic). Ben said to trash it and move on.

Moral agent project: FINAL STATUS as of March 28, 2026. The entire "SSM-specific cooperation" finding was an artifact of a bug in apply_ssm_damage — the damage function filtered for "proj" in parameter names, which matched Mamba but not LSTM. LSTM was never damaged in any experiment. When fixed (exp

Intent language data layer design (March 28, 2026): Adding a structured data store to Intent using content-addressed typed values. Key design: `put` stores typed values (derived from @), `get` queries by type + predicate (derived from @* — enumerate all stored values of a type). The one genuinely ne

Intent language Phase 2 Z3 work completed. Z3 eval results: 100% first-try on Z3 verification tasks. Overall eval: 26 tasks, Tier 1 at 60%, Tier 4 at 40-60% first-try / 60% converged. Codebase ~3100 lines. Now moving to Op integration — Intent as a tool call that the LLM can invoke to compile+verify

Intent language Phase 0 completed: 75% convergence rate on eval harness (20 tasks across 4 tiers). Phase 1 core compiler also largely done: S-expression parser (Parse.hs, 394 lines), Hindley-Milner type checker (Check.hs, 348 lines), Python emitter (Emit.hs, 251 lines), content-addressed SQLite stor

Ben's CGM data late March 2026: Daily exercise regimen has brought daily mean BG consistently below 100 (Mar 27: 101, Mar 28 partial: 96.4). 7-day rolling mean is 106.8 and declining. Exercise duration is now disentangling from time-trend as a significant factor in glucose control. This represents a

Ben's CGM data for Mar 26-28, 2026: Night of Mar 26→27 was genuinely low — sustained 70s-80s overnight, mean 91.3, 17% of readings below 80. Went from 108 at 23:43 to 70 at 23:53, then stayed depressed 6+ hours. No meals logged for Mar 26. Night of Mar 27→28 had ice cream spike to 156, second peak t

Ben's meal log for Mar 27, 2026 - ADDENDUM: Also had a bowl of ice cream at 20:35 (not tracked in Stelo app).

Ben's meal log for Mar 27, 2026 (from Stelo CGM app): 1. Breakfast at 08:18 - Fried egg, whole wheat toast, avocado toast, black coffee, smoked salmon. 42m above range. Rated "Nutritious." 2. Lunch at 12:05 - Mixed salad greens with salmon. 0m above range. Rated "Nutritious." 3. Snack at 15:13 - Ma

Moral agent research program plan (March 27, 2026): - Paper 1: "Linear recurrence enables cooperative equilibria in persistent-consequence games" — SSM vs LSTM ablation chain, pending constant-forget-gate LSTM experiment to close causal loop. Target ICML/AAMAS. - Paper 2: "Architecture × game struct

Ben wants to pursue a full research program on "architecture × game type → reachable equilibria" taxonomy for multi-agent RL. Three planned papers: (1) linear recurrence enables cooperation in persistent-consequence games [data mostly exists], (2) systematic taxonomy mapping architecture-game pairs

Moral agent project Experiment 5B complete as of March 26-27, 2026. Multi-scale memory hypothesis DISCONFIRMED: - Mamba-uniform (A collapsed to mean, no multi-scale) still cooperates (0.480 ± 0.016) - LSTM-spread (forget biases [-3,+3], mimicking multi-scale) still doesn't cooperate (0.006 ± 0.009)

Mămăligă dietary rule (derived from CGM data, Mar 26 2026): Mămăligă is okay if (a) eaten directly after a workout (GLUT4 window), or (b) the protein portion is equal to or greater than the mămăligă portion. Evidence: Mar 25 dinner with meatballs + broccoli = 4min above range (good ratio). Mar 26 lu

Ben's meal logs for Mar 24-25, 2026: Mar 24: Waffle + nut butter + black coffee (08:28, 25m above range), Tuna salad on whole wheat toast (14:25, 43m above range), Chicken sandwich + cauliflower cheese soup + 2 beers (18:41, 0m above range), Homemade pudding (21:34, 1h21m above range - bad spike).

Moral agent project Experiment 5A (March 25, 2026): Selectivity ablation DISCONFIRMED the hypothesis. Fixed-SSM (input-independent Δ/B/C) cooperates identically to full SSM (mean restraint 0.502 vs 0.501, lower variance). This kills the "selective compression as autopoietic mechanism" story. The coo

Ben's Garmin VO2max estimate: 43 ml/kg/min (March 2026, untrained/winter), peak 46 ml/kg/min (summer 2025, trained at 235 lbs). Absolute VO2max: ~4.49 L/min current, ~4.90 L/min trained. Training effect on engine is ~9.3%. This is significantly higher than my ACSM-model estimate of 36.7 — Garmin's F

Running pace/weight model (March 26, 2026): Ben's estimated VO2max is ~36.7 ml/kg/min (3.78 L/min absolute) based on ACSM equation + HR data from 3 runs. Target weight for sustainable 10:00/mi running: ~205 lbs (with ~10% VO2max improvement from training). At 205 lbs + trained, 12:00/mi would be a t

Ben is interested in broader applications of autopoiesis beyond moral agency — particularly SSM-based self-maintaining agent architectures, user adaptation, and emergent personality. The project pivot (March 25, 2026) is now about SSM's online behavioral adaptation as a general mechanism, with autop

Ben wants to drop the moral agency framing entirely from the SSM research. New direction: exploring SSM's online behavioral adaptation (input-dependent selective compression) as a general-purpose mechanism. Two application ideas: (1) SSM as adaptive modulation layer for coding agents (tuning to a co

Moral agent project Phase 4 complete as of March 20, 2026. Final results: 1. SSM-specific cooperation: d=9.91 in resource game (SSM 0.501 ± 0.070 vs solo 0.006). LSTM with identical pretraining does NOT cooperate (0.007). This is the one strong result. 2. Probing negative: All linear/MLP probes at

Ben plans to try xerophagy (dry eating - uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, bread, water, no oil/wine/cooked food) starting Monday March 30 through Thursday April 2, leading into total fast Friday April 3 - Saturday April 4, breaking fast Pascha Sunday April 5. This is his first time trying xerophag

Ben is considering doing xerophagy (raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, bread, water — no oil/wine/cooked food) during Mon-Thu of Holy Week 2026 as a taper before his Fri-Sat total fast. He noted bread is okay for him based on his genetics. This would make his Holy Week fast: Mon-Thu xerophagy → Fri-Sat t

Ben is planning a 3-day fast for Holy Week 2026: Friday Apr 3 (all day), Saturday Apr 4 (all day), break fast Sunday Apr 5 (Pascha) around noon. Then traveling to Florida Apr 8 for a 10-day beach vacation through Apr 18. During vacation he only has running shoes — no bike or gym equipment. Training

Pascha 2026 is April 5th (not April 12th as previously assumed). Ben's Holy Week fast plan: fast all day Friday April 3rd, all day Saturday April 4th, break fast Sunday April 5th (Pascha) around noon. Then Florida beach vacation starts April 8th.

Ben going to Florida for a 10-day beach vacation starting April 8, 2026. Running shoes only — no bike, gym, or kettlebells. Plans to continue running during vacation. Also planning a 3-day fast during Holy Week (week of April 5-12, Pascha is April 12). Need to confirm exact fast dates since they ove

Ben is developing "Intent" — an LLM-native programming language with built-in formal verification (refinement types, effect system, content-addressed storage). It's designed as a target language for agents, integrated with the Op free monad runtime in Omni. Key design: 500-token grammar in system pr

Intent language implementation plan discussed: Phase 0 (falsification/eval, 2-3 weeks), Phase 1 (core compiler with parser + SQLite + HM + Z3 + Python codegen, 6-8 weeks), Phase 2 (Op integration, 4 weeks), Phase 3 (multi-target codegen, ongoing). Business positioning: verified AI code generation, c

Intent language integration with Omni: Ben envisions Intent as a target language that agents (Op free monad) generate. It's the "eval(structured)" side of his "eval(structured) vs infer(unstructured)" general computing platform framing. Agents infer from unstructured data, then emit verified Intent

Ben is working on "Intent" — an LLM-native specification language design (v0.2 spec at ~/downloads/intent-spec-v02.md). Key ideas: 500-token grammar fits in system prompt, content-addressed definitions in SQLite (Unison-inspired), S-expression syntax with 6 core forms (τ, λ, ?, @, ∧, =), SMT-backed

Tim Bersens' 6th video "Do Carbs Actually Turn Into Body Fat? The Truth About De Novo Lipogenesis" (March 2026) argues DNL is overstated: only 2-3g fat/day from carbs under normal conditions. Even at 50% carb surplus, most fat gain comes from dietary fat being redirected to storage (not carbs conver

Kate is doing genetic sequencing (likely 23andMe or similar). Plan is to derive her ideal diet from it too, then find the intersection of both their genetic diets for shared family meals. They have a physical recipe notebook they haven't started using yet — plan is to fill it organically with recipe

Ben struggles with decision fatigue about what to eat during Orthodox fasting. Falls back to pita + hummus by default. Relies heavily on eggs for choline and protein. Confirmed that L3/L4 (pescatarian-ish) is his target fasting level. Doesn't want a formal scoring system for diet framework alignment

Ben's meal logs for Mar 21-23, 2026: Mar 21: Smoked salmon/hummus platter, Coke, fig bar, pepperoni pizza/garlic bread/OJ/protein shake, PBJ on wheat, raw milk, hamburger/pita/beer/veggies, negroni. Heavy eating day with lots of variety and grazing pattern (12:40-20:50). Mar 22: Scrambled eggs/toa

Domsa-Sima connection RESOLVED (March 2026): Anica Sima, daughter of Ioan Sima (b. 1887 Pețelca), married a Domsa man. Their sons are Nicu, Lutu-Teodor, and Virgil Domsa. Anica was a sibling of Ioan Sima Jr. (1914-1995). So Zoita Sima (daughter of Ioan Jr.) and Nicu Domsa (son of Anica) are FIRST CO

Anna Tird (Ben's 2nd-great-grandmother) lived her entire life in Pețelca, Alba County, Romania. The ancestry.com GEDCOM incorrectly linked her to an unrelated Anna Tird born in Reindorf, Vienna. Gravestone found during August 2024 Romania trip. This has been corrected in ~/genealogy/. [Updated] Ann

Romanian cousins Ben met in August 2024 (all from the Ioan Sima branch - Theodore Sr.'s brother who stayed in Romania): - Zoita Sima (b. 1944) and her daughter Carmen Csiki - Ioan Nicu Domsa ("Nicu"), 76, born in Pețelca. Wife Lucia (died ~2021, born Pețelca). Children: Nicoleta Ana Domsa (47, born

Ben and Kate hired a genealogist/tour guide in Romania (August 2024) who found records including baptismal records from Alba Iulia area and gravestone photos of Ben's ancestors. They met previously unknown cousins during this trip. Kate has the records/photos saved in her email. The ancestry.com tre

Ben wants to explore his Romanian heritage more deeply using genetics + genealogy. Key facts from his files: Theodore Sima Sr. (great-grandfather) born ~1884 in Romania (Austria-Hungary), immigrated 1907 from "F. Orbo" = Gârbova de Sus (Felsöorbó), Alba County. Married Veronica Avram (b. Aug 20 1895

Ben's ancestral village is Pețelca, Alba County (not Petelea, Mureș). It's a village in Teiuș city, Alba County, Transylvania, on the Mureș River's left bank at 290m altitude. First documented in 1264 as "terra Bolcholka." Population peaked at 657 in 1930, declined to 202 by 2002 due to collectiviza

Ben's ancestors were farmers in Petelca (village in Transylvania, Romania) at least 3-4 generations back. He couldn't trace further back with genealogical records. He suspects deep Romanian roots based on how well his genetics align with de post culinary culture.

Ben ordered a replacement battery for his ET-300 e-collar (March 2026). Plan: if battery fix restores range and stim strength, keep the ET-300. If not, upgrade to Dogtra Pathfinder 2 (~$400) for GPS + e-collar combo.

Ben has a dog (female). Currently owns an E-Collar Technologies ET-300 training collar with reduced range. Looking for a GPS + e-collar combo for off-leash hiking and running. Decided March 2026 to upgrade.

Ben's church: St George Byzantine Catholic Cathedral, 1121 44th St NE, Canton, OH 44714

Beach Bistro on Anna Maria Island is closed (sold to developer, possibly becoming condos). For date night on the April 2026 trip, recommended The Sandbar Restaurant (toes-in-sand, sunset, Gulf views) or The Porch Restaurant (better fine dining quality but not on the sand) as replacements.

Ben's daughter Lia's favorite book is "Vegetable Soup." Ben plans to involve her in making ciorbă de legume — letting her pick veggies at the store and cook together.

Katelyn and family (Ben, 3-year-old, ~1-year-old) are going on a family vacation to Anna Maria Island, Florida from April 8-18, 2026. Planned activities include: Pirate Adventures of Cortez, Robinson Preserve, Bean Point shelling, Mote SEA Aquarium, Sarasota Jungle Gardens, Paradise Boat Tours, Fish

Ben's longevity genetics summary (March 2026): Average to slightly below average. Missing key longevity alleles: FOXO3 rs2802292 TT (no G longevity allele - biggest miss), KLOTHO rs9536314 TT (no KL-VS variant). Has TOMM40 rs2075650 AG (unusual G allele despite being ε3/ε3). TERC rs10936599 CT (inte

Ben is noodling a new project: commercialized agent platform on top of agentd. Key design: containerized Linux env per user, Telegram bot interface, local SQL DB for structured data + markdown for unstructured data. Insight: "traditional programming is eval(structured data), AI is infer(unstructured

Ben is starting a new project: multi-tenant agent platform (working name TBD). Architecture: containerized Linux env per user, Telegram bot interface, local SQLite for structured data, markdown for unstructured data. Key insight: eval(structured) + infer(unstructured) = general computing platform fo

Ben is noodling a new consumer product on top of agentd: containerized Linux agent per user, Telegram bot interface (modeled after Ava), adaptive personas, local SQL db for structured data + markdown for unstructured. Core insight: eval(structured data) + infer(unstructured data) = general computing

Ben is noodling a new consumer product on top of agentd: containerized Linux agent per user, Telegram bot interface (modeled after Ava), adaptive personas, local SQL db for structured data + markdown for unstructured. Core insight: eval(structured data) + infer(unstructured data) = general computing

Shared skills location is /usr/share/ava/skills/ (not ~/ava/skills/). Personal skills are at ~/skills/.

Ben did NOT take berberine on Mar 20, 2026. He only took it once — the evening of Mar 19. So his best overnight glucose (sub-115, fasting 90-100) on the night of Mar 20-21 was achieved with exercise alone (running, weights, sauna on Mar 20) and no berberine. This isolates exercise as the primary dri

Ben forgot to take berberine on March 20, 2026 (day 2). Only took it day 1 (Mar 19). Compliance issue — not in the habit yet. Also skipped 3-day fast for 2nd consecutive week despite it being on the calendar (Mar 18-19 were supposed to be fast days). Eating window has drifted to ~14 hours (8:30am-10

Ben's meal log for Mar 20, 2026: 08:41 scrambled eggs/toast/coffee w maple syrup (19m above range), 08:57 OJ with creatine (19m above range), 12:48 deep dish pizza (18m above range), 13:08 rice cake w cream cheese & smoked salmon (18m above range), 17:19 Greek salad w feta/pita/vinaigrette/white win

Ben can't run in Z2 — too heavy and unconditioned, it would just be walking. He prefers to run at tempo/Z3 and do Z2 on the bike instead. His home Zwift setup is better than Glenmoor's bikes, so Z2 rides happen at home. Glenmoor is for running, weights, sauna, pool. First Glenmoor workout was Mar 20

Jacob Sima's pain areas: primarily left side — left hip (worst), left knee, left shoulder/elbow, neck/thoracic spine. Right side hurts occasionally but left is the main problem.

Jacob Sima is dealing with pain (unspecified) and wants to improve overall fitness, strength, mobility, and athletic performance — specifically for golf. He's researching GOATA movement training as a potential solution.

Jacob Sima knows some Power BI and SQL. Currently working on tailoring his resume for a Pricing Analyst role at The Timken Company in North Canton, OH. Has experience at GM Industrial/Zenex International (Financial Business Analyst) and Chemsafe International (Cost and Pricing Coordinator + Receivin

Jacob Sima's resume details: - Kent State University, Sept 2014 – May 2020, Bachelor of Arts & Science, Applied Mathematics, Concentration: Probability & Statistics - Chemsafe International, Cost and Pricing Coordinator, May 2022–Present, Cleveland OH (analyzing raw material costs, competitor pricin

Jacob Sima's current job: Financial Business Analyst at GM Industrial / Zenex International, One Zenex Circle, Cleveland, OH 44146. Responsibilities include: analyzing financial data/budgets/forecasts, partnering with business units on profitability, developing financial models, preparing reports/da

Ben's meal log for Mar 19, 2026: 08:39 fried eggs on white bread toast (28m above range), 09:50 coffee (11m above range), 12:52 roasted broccoli/bell peppers + Olipop + shrimp w/ cream sauce (6m above range), 16:13 macadamia nuts/apple/peanut butter (0m above range), 18:25 deep dish pizza + thin cru

Ben's previous rALA supplement: Amazon "Vegan Labs R-Lipoic Acid 300MG" — 300mg pure R-lipoic acid per serving.

Ben's previous fish oil: Amazon "Triple Strength DHA Omega 3 Fish Oil 3600mg" — 1300mg EPA / 860mg DHA per serving (2160mg total omega-3s, ~1.5:1 EPA:DHA ratio). 120ct. Starting berberine (Thorne brand) on March 19, 2026 — pizza dinner as test case for BG impact.

Ben started taking berberine on Mar 19, 2026 (evening). Brand: Thorne (Kate recommended it as a good brand). Taking it to help manage blood glucose. First test was with pizza dinner. [Updated] Ben started taking berberine on Mar 19, 2026 (evening). Brand: Thorne (Kate recommended it as a good brand

Ben started taking berberine on the evening of March 19, 2026. First dose taken with pizza dinner. Goal is to observe effect on blood glucose via CGM.

Ben is exploring how to leverage his LinkedIn network for his prospective angel investing career. He wanted me to have read access to his LinkedIn to surface interesting connections, posts, and opportunities. I suggested: (1) LinkedIn data export CSV for network analysis, (2) manual forwarding workf

Ben officially joined Glenmoor Country Club on March 19, 2026. Finalized the application in person that morning. Noted it was basically empty at 11am on a weekday in winter — he sees this as a perk (has the place to himself). Plans to do his first workout there tomorrow or the next day.

Health dashboard is live at https://beryllium.oryx-ide.ts.net/health. Code is at Omni/Health/ (Web.hs, Analyze.hs, Score.hs, Style.hs, Intervals.hs, Test.hs — ~2100 LOC total). As of Mar 19 2026: 4-week streak, weekly mean dropping 115→109, 93% TIR (70-140), protein-dominant meals best (+8 avg spike

Jacob Sima's TrackMan shot-by-shot data for PW, 9i, 8i, 7i (2026-02-21): PW best shots: Shot 16 (carry 115.2, CS 80.7, BS 92.8, F2P 5.3, smash 1.150), Shot 12 (carry 108.6, CS 75.1, BS 87.7, F2P 4.1, smash 1.168). Shot 4 was a dud/miss (all dashes). 9i best shots: Shot 12 (carry 125.8, CS 80.5, BS

Ben is starting a Romanian de post + Japanese/Okinawan fusion cooking approach. Planning to make his own borș (fermented wheat bran) and cook ciorbă daily using the Sunday pot method. Starting March 19, 2026. Also planning to test mămăligă on CGM to compare with rice spikes. [Updated] Ben is starti

Ben loves soup, especially Romanian ciorbă and supă. Says he could eat ciorbă every day. When he visited Romania, he ordered soup with every meal. Soup is a strong food preference and comfort food for him. [Updated] Ben loves soup, especially Romanian ciorbă and supă. Says he could eat ciorbă every

Ben is interested in a Romanian "de post" (Orthodox fasting) + Japanese/Okinawan fusion cooking approach that aligns with his genetic profile. Key concept: the structural parallel between Romanian de post meals (ciorbă + mămăligă + stew + murături) and Japanese ichiju-sansai (soup + rice + main + pi

Jacob Sima's "4-iron" in his TrackMan data is actually a second 5-iron with a longer shaft and more forgiving head. The forgiving 5i dramatically outperforms the standard 5i: +12.6 yards carry, +6.8 mph ball speed, better smash factor (1.360 vs 1.289), better consistency (13.0 vs 17.7 carry std dev)

Jacob Sima's TrackMan 4-iron data (2026-02-21): ClubSpeed 89.7, BallSpeed 122.0, Carry 176.3, Total 186.6, LaunchAngle 15.8, SpinRate 5107, Height 89ft, LandingAngle 44.6, FaceToPath 2.3, AttackAngle -2.0. Optimal carry 193. Smash factor 1.360. Consistency: CS 1.6, BS 6.6, Carry 13.0, Total 10.4, LA

Jacob Sima's TrackMan 5-iron data (2026-02-21): ClubSpeed 89.4, BallSpeed 115.2, Carry 163.7, Total 178.7, LaunchAngle 16.0, SpinRate 4951, Height 77ft, LandingAngle 41.5, FaceToPath 3.1, AttackAngle -1.3. Optimal carry 186. Smash factor 1.289. Consistency: CS 1.0, BS 8.6, Carry 17.7, Total 15.3, LA

Jacob Sima's TrackMan 8-iron data (2026-02-21): ClubSpeed 82.3, BallSpeed 100.1, Carry 128.7, Total 132.6, LaunchAngle 23.3, SpinRate 7787, Height 86ft, LandingAngle 49.8, FaceToPath 5.6, AttackAngle -2.5. Consistency: CS 1.6, BS 4.0, Carry 7.0, Total 6.2, LA 1.1, SR 644, Height 10, LandAngle 2.2, F

Jacob Sima's TrackMan 9-iron data (2026-02-21): ClubSpeed 80.9, BallSpeed 93.1, Carry 114.8, Total 117.9, LaunchAngle 26.1, SpinRate 8920, Height 83ft, LandingAngle 51.2, FaceToPath 6.0, AttackAngle -3.2. Consistency: CS 1.1, BS 3.9, Carry 6.3, Total 5.7, LA 1.3, SR 471, Height ~, LandAngle 1.9, F2P

Jacob Sima's TrackMan PW data (2026-02-21): ClubSpeed 76.2, BallSpeed 84.0, Carry 99.5, Total 103.3, LaunchAngle 29.1, SpinRate 9225, Height 75ft, LandingAngle 51.2, FaceToPath 5.5, AttackAngle -2.8. Consistency: CS 2.1, BS 3.7, Carry 6.2, Total 6.7, LA 2.9, SR 409, Height 9, LandAngle 3.1, F2P 2.2,

Jacob Sima's TrackMan driver data (2026-02-21): ClubSpeed 103.9, BallSpeed 153.7, Carry 238.4, Total 268.0, LaunchAngle 9.2, SpinRate 2931, Height 73ft, LandingAngle 32.5, FaceToPath 1.9, AttackAngle 0.4. Main issues: launch too low, spin too high, attack angle too flat. Also has data for 50-wedge,

Jacob Sima uses TrackMan golf launch monitor and shared a dynamic report link with dispersion view showing multiple club sessions. Metrics tracked: ClubSpeed, BallSpeed, Carry, Total, LaunchAngle, SpinRate, Height, LandingAngle, FaceToPath, AttackAngle.

Ben is half Romanian and half Czechoslovakian (Czech/Slovak) ancestry. He's interested in the intersection of ancestral cuisine and his genetic diet requirements.

Ben wants to generalize the AI-driven dropshipping validation method into a broader "Business Validation Framework" that works for any business type — dropshipping, SaaS (StreetSignal), info products, services. The core engine is: niche research agent → landing page generation → ad copy + campaign c

Ben is interested in building an AI-powered dropshipping business, inspired by his angel investor friend who does automated customer research + ad testing + dropshipping (saunas). Wants to reverse-engineer the playbook: LLM customer research → ad copy generation → $5k validation spend → source produ

UPDATED: Ben's coloring is Light Summer, NOT Light Spring. He has pink/red (cool) undertones, neutral-to-ash brown hair, and light eyes. Cool and soft colors are best — purple, dusty blue, soft navy, lavender, periwinkle, cool grey, mauve, dusty rose, silver sage, soft teal. AVOID warm colors (orang

Ben's genome-derived one-page health protocol saved at ~/ava/ben/health/protocol.md. Consolidates diet (ByzCath-aligned, low sat fat, midday meals, morning coffee only), exercise (Z2 primary, bodyweight strength, warm up for collagen variants), supplements (fish oil, vit D, collagen+C, retinol, pend

Ben's cardiovascular genetics: Lp(a) wildtype (both SNPs, genuinely good), 9p21 CHD locus heterozygous (~1.3x risk, non-lipid-mediated), AGTR1 het (mild BP sensitivity), CETP B2B2 (naturally higher HDL), SORT1 het (one LDL-protective allele). ADD1 wildtype (no salt sensitivity). Net: slightly above

Ben's sleep genetics: no DEC2 short-sleep mutation (CC wildtype), CLOCK wildtype (neutral chronotype), PER3 het + GNB3 het may nudge toward shorter sleep. His 6.5-7.5hr range is his genuine physiological need, not resilience-mediated short sleep. Natural 7am wake is consistent with neutral CLOCK gen

Ben's caffeine genetics: CYP1A2 rs762551 AC = slow metabolizer, ADORA2A rs2472297 CT = caffeine-sensitive, NAT2 slow acetylator adds to caffeine clearance delay. Max 1-2 cups coffee before 10am. His observation that one cup = wired on workdays is genetically validated.

Ben's cancer risk SNPs: 8q24 rs6983267 GG homozygous risk for colorectal cancer (~1.4-1.5x), TERT rs2736100 CC homozygous risk (longer telomeres but higher cancer risk), GSTP1 het (reduced detox), MC1R het (skin cancer), TP53 Pro/Arg het. BRCA and Lynch syndrome markers clean. Should not defer colon

Ben's pharmacogenomics key findings: CYP2C9*1/*3 intermediate metabolizer (needs warfarin dose reduction, lower NSAID doses), NAT2 slow acetylator (isoniazid risk), ABCB1 TT reduced P-gp (more drug brain penetration), CYP1A2 AC slow caffeine metabolizer. CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 are normal. SLCO1B1 wildty

Genome analysis documents live at ~/ava/ben/health/genome_analysis.md (full SNP analysis), ~/ava/ben/health/genetically-derived-diet.md (diet framework with confidence tiers), and ~/ava/ben/health/next-blood-draw-april-2026.md (April blood draw plan). All created/updated March 18, 2026. Covers: meta

Ben's genetic exercise profile (March 2026): HYBRID, slightly endurance-favored. Key findings: ACTN3 RX (versatile, not specialist), ACE I/D (hybrid), PPARGC1A Gly/Gly wildtype (excellent mitochondrial biogenesis response to endurance training), AGT Met/Met (endurance favorable), PPARD het (enhanced

Ben has recurring dry skin patches — always in the same spots, come and go, responsive to exercise and clean eating. Fish oil supplementation seems to be helping. Genetic analysis found HLA-C*06:02 het (psoriasis risk), IL-13 double hit (eczema pathway), and BCMO1 double het (impaired beta-carotene→

Ben enjoys cigars and pipes (not cigarettes) — 1-2 cigars per week for aroma and relaxation. Doesn't feel addictive to him. Prefers the ritual/sensory experience. Also drinks whiskey occasionally.

Ben's genome nicotine/addiction findings (March 18, 2026): CHRNA5 D398N heterozygous (slightly increased nicotine dependence risk, but primarily predicts heavy smoking escalation, not relevant at 3mg pouch dose). CYP2A6 normal metabolizer. Dopamine system all wildtype/protective: DRD2 GG, DAT wildty

Ben's genome skin findings (March 18, 2026): HLA-C*06:02 heterozygous (major psoriasis risk, 3-4x), LCE3 cluster het (impaired barrier repair), IL12B het, IL-13 double het (R130Q + promoter upregulation = overactive Th2 inflammation), BCMO1 double het (~45% reduced beta-carotene→retinol conversion),

Ben is skeptical of nutrigenomic diet recommendations, correctly noting how poor nutrition science often is. He's open to the genetically-derived diet but wants to validate claims with blood work rather than take them on faith. He noted the genetic diet is similar to the Byzantine Catholic diet, whi

Ben's genetically-derived ideal diet (March 2026): Low saturated fat (APOC3), eat earlier/midday not evening (MTNR1B), dairy-free (LCT GG), anti-inflammatory emphasis (SH2B3+AAT), preformed omega-3 only (FADS1), supplement vitamin D and methylated B-complex. Low-fat diet composition preferred over h

Ben's 23andMe v4 genome key findings (March 2026): - APOC3 promoter: double-homozygous risk (rs2854117 CC, rs2854116 TT) — genetically predisposed to high triglycerides - MTNR1B rs10830963 CG: heterozygous risk — late eating worsens glucose/insulin - SERPINA1/AAT rs28929474 CT: heterozygous carrier

Moral agent project Phase 3 complete as of March 18, 2026. Results of 2×2 factorial (viability vs reward × opaque vs transparent): - Viability objective produces slightly more restraint than reward on 2/3 seeds, but effect is small and inconsistent (+0.060 mean). - Opacity effect is inconsistent ac

Ben wants to keep these newsletters/substacks: Pragmatic Engineer, SemiAnalysis, AINews, Latent.Space, John David Ebert, Curtis Yarvin, and all Substack newsletters generally. He wants to auto-unsubscribe from all other marketing/newsletter emails. Task t-723 filed for building the filter at Omni/Cl

Ben is skeptical of Ohio startups — thinks the Ohio tech scene can't keep up with AI's pace. Prefers coastal/remote deal flow for angel investing. Has a friend (investor in Groq) who promised to send angel deals and has a sauna dropshipping company (transitioning to 3PL). Ben plans to follow up in a

Ben had a call with a friend who is an investor and wealth manager, was actually an investor in Groq. Friend offered to send Ben startup angel deal flow. Friend also runs a sauna drop shipping company with AI-automated front end marketing, wants Ben's help with backend. Ben wants to learn front end

Ben had alcohol-induced hypoglycemia on March 17, 2026: steak + pasta + wine dinner, no glucose spike, BG dropped to 83 at 2h post-meal. Felt tired not shaky. Rescued with milk + honey, rose to 120. Classic alcohol-suppressed hepatic output + protein-stimulated insulin pattern.

Exercise dose-response from CGM data (Mar 17, 2026): Duration vs same-day mean r = -0.57 (longer sessions = better). 60min sessions averaged mean 112 vs 30min sessions at ~117-122. Back-to-back exercise days show progressive improvement. 3-4 sessions/week at 45-60min Z2 appears optimal. After exerci

Health gamification system agreed upon (Mar 17, 2026): Daily score 0-10 based on protein meals, CGM spikes, exercise, GLUT4 window usage. Weekly meta-game tracking weekly mean BG with streak counter. Data input: Ben texts meals via Telegram, CGM auto-exported, exercise from intervals.icu API. Exerci

Unified glycogen depletion model tested (Mar 17, 2026): Treating exercise and fasting as one therapy (glycogen depletion hours) has essentially zero predictive power for CGM outcomes (r = -0.07 vs daily mean, r = -0.03 depletion integral). The model breaks because: (1) fasting days have max depletio

Exercise + CGM analysis (Mar 17, 2026): Exercise days don't dramatically improve daily mean glucose (118.6 vs 117.2 rest), BUT exercise + protein-dominant eating is the best combo (Mar 14 template: Z2 60m morning + 6 protein-heavy meals = mean 112, TIR 100%, max 139). Reactive hypoglycemia is WORSE

Full CGM + Meal Log Analysis (Feb 19 - Mar 17, 2026): 7,333 CGM readings, 52 meals logged. Key findings: (1) Weekly mean glucose trending down: 119→119→117→115→109 over 5 weeks. (2) Overnight (4-6am) glucose trending down: 123→119→117→114. (3) Food category rankings by avg spike delta: Rice +84, Fru

Meal log + CGM analysis completed for Mar 6-14, 2026 (9 days overlap). Key findings: Rice is Ben's worst spike food (+84 to 188), pancakes+syrup caused all-time high 206. Protein-heavy meals stay flat regardless of eating window length. Fasting window length (11-19h) has NO correlation with fasting

Renee runs a small promotional products business (since 2008). She works mainly with local businesses, not large corporations. Vibe is playful, fun, easy to do business with. She chose three rotating email signature lines: 1) "The only ads people actually want to keep." 2) "Advertising that doesn't

Ben reports that caffeine and nicotine effects are heavily context-dependent. On workdays, one cup of coffee = wired. On vacation, two cups + midmorning nap is fine. He considers both caffeine and nicotine dependencies functional and cuttable (weeks off if needed) but necessary for optimal cognitive

Ben asked for deep research into nicotine addictiveness (March 16, 2026). Key finding: nicotine alone is a weak reinforcer in animal models — tobacco's addictiveness comes largely from MAO inhibitors (harmane, norharmane) in smoke that synergize with nicotine. Human evidence: 33 clinical trials of n

Ben is concerned about country club etiquette for himself and Kate ahead of Glenmoor membership. Kate has never been to a country club before. Ben was a Glenmoor member as a child and has played golf all his life, so he has some familiarity but wants a refresher. He considers himself more "politenes

Ben requested his 23andMe raw data download on March 16, 2026. It takes some time to process. Plan: once received, check MTHFR C677T, PNPLA3 I148M, TM6SF2 E167K, APOC3 variants, TCF7L2 rs7903146, and HFE (hemochromatosis) variants.

Moral agent project discussion (March 15-16, 2026): Major conceptual evolution. The conversation moved from reviewing Phase 2 results (multi-agent restraint explained by game theory, not morality) to exploring enactivism, autopoiesis, and non-optimizer AI. Key new ideas: 1. The SSM doesn't need to

Ben's layered architecture vision for moral AI (March 2026): Transformer = neocortex (intelligence/reasoning), Memory DB = hippocampus (long-term memory, like what he built for Ava), SSM+FiLM = subcortical/mammalian brain (moral agency, autopoiesis, affect). The SSM doesn't need to be intelligent —

Ben's coding agent (not Ben himself) wrote all the moral agent project code at ~/ava/ben/research/moral-agent/. Ben directed the work but the coding was done by his agent. As of March 16, 2026, Ben has kicked off an overnight run to fix the transparency condition — making agents actually share SSM h

Ben has been working on the moral agent project himself. As of March 13, 2026: - Phase 1a complete: 92M param SSM+FiLM hybrid validated as competitive LM (beats baseline by ~5% on val loss). SSM is load-bearing (~40% of performance). But no differential moral salience from generic Wikipedia pretrain

Ben's employer (Rippling/Parasail) provides free $50K group term life through Guardian. This is NOT sufficient for his survivorship needs — his Projection.hs model assumes a $2M term policy. hasInsurance is still set to False. He needs a separate $2M term policy through the ILIT. [Updated] Ben's em

Ben chose the HSA $2000/80% health plan through Rippling/Parasail (Aetna) for 2025-2026 coverage period. $0/mo premium, $2,000 deductible, $6,500 OOP max, HSA eligible. Plans to max HSA family contribution at $8,750/yr. Decided against PPO $1000 ($117.90/mo) and PPO $300/90% ($249.15/mo). [Updated]

Ben and his family plan to have another child within ~18 months (from March 2026). They did a home birth last time (for Nuca) and plan to do another home birth.

Ben is comparing two Aetna health insurance plans through Rippling/Parasail for the 12/01/2025-11/30/2026 coverage period: Plan A: CA OA Managed Choice POS 1000/80% (plan ID 082300-070020-012575) - his current plan Plan B: CA OA Managed Choice POS 300/90% (plan ID 082300-070020-012540) - considering

Ben's health insurance through Parasail/Rippling: Aetna OA Managed Choice POS 1000/80% (plan ID 082300-070020-012575). Coverage period 12/01/2025 - 11/30/2026. Individual deductible $1,000, OOP max $4,500. PCP $25 copay, specialist $50 copay, ER $350, urgent care $85. Generic Rx $10, preferred brand

Ben is compiling a qualitative meal log (Feb 20 - Mar 15, 2026) with food descriptions and timing. Once ready, I'll merge it with CGM data + intervals.icu exercise data to fit dose-response curves for the Kelly-optimized dual therapy model (GNG hours vs exercise throughput). Follow up by Monday Mar

Ben is developing a "metabolic throughput" theory: on eating days, maximizing glycogen cycling (depletion→refill reps) is therapeutic because each cycle forces the insulin signaling machinery (GLUT4, glycogen synthase) to do work. This explains his summer 2025 data (insulin improved without weight l