Today I'm fixing benchmarks with Jcode bench! Jcode bench is the first open and uncontaminatable benchmark. There are a few problems in the coding benchmarks of today: >Private benchmarks are hard to trust >Public benchmarks are easy to benchmaxx >Benchmark task grading can be too coarse or wrong >Benchmarks give little signal to distinguish between the frontier and mid models >Benchmarks are easy to saturate >Benchmarks don't represent the real world coding work. Jcode bench fixes these problems. The layout is like this: Given one reference implementation, optimize it as much as you can. This approach produces a high signal, continuous score over time. Because there is not a known optimal implementation for these tasks, there is no solution answer to train on. If frontier model task transcripts have been trained on, then generate new tasks to spec, and rerun. Transcripts and tasks are able to be audited to do it's open nature. When it's believed that a set of SOTA transcripts have been trained, simply generate a new set of tasks to spec and rerun. spec: results: Individual tasks:

Dolly Parton’s catalog is surging across streaming platforms following her passing on Aug. 25, with the country icon now occupying four of Apple Music’s top five songs.⁠ ⁠ The posthumous surge extends to Spotify, where Dolly’s streams in the U.S. have jumped 2,320%.⁠ ⁠ She holds the top three spots on Spotify’s U.S. Top 50 and three of the global Top 5, with ‘Jolene’ jumping 25 spots to No. 1 globally with 4.72 million streams.⁠ ⁠ (via @applemusic, @spotify, @variety)

With VIX Exp tomorrow & NVDA/JHOLE next week, many volatility indicators are at lows. VVIX here, COR1M, etc. Those events should keep vols elevated at least into next week and then its up to Warsh

Dolly Parton enters the U.S. Spotify chart with multiple entries following her passing: #2#. (NEW) Jolene — 1.29M #3#. (NEW) 9 to 5 — 1.13M #8#. (RE) Islands In The Stream — 885k #15#. (NEW) I Will Always Love You — 688k #28#. (NEW) Here You Come Again — 565k #34#. (NEW) Coat of Many Colors — 515k #189#. (RE) TYRANT — 300k

Despite $QQQ -3% this week, traders remain in a bullish stance with Skew Rank of 70. IV Rank for QQQ specifically is high, at 35, due to NVDA/PCE/JHOLE next week. IWM & SPY IV Rank is now ~13

Chautauqua, NY! Threads: My Songs in Symphony comes to the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra next Saturday, August 1st. Hear classics like “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors” and “I Will Always Love You” reimagined with the power of a live orchestra. Get your tickets now!

Grab the mic... it's International Karaoke Day! 🎤✨ Sing along to classics like "9 to 5," "Jolene," and "Islands in the Stream" with my Greatest Hits (Official Karaoke Versions) EP.