The Raw Logs
Method·How the signal is made

How each take is built.

Each take lists what changed, what proves it, and what a technical reader should update. This page lists how takes are built, what counts as proof, and how errors are corrected.
The loop·Every take, every day
01

Signal

We start with a concrete change in models, compute, hardware, inference, power, or security. Headlines alone do not qualify.

02

Evidence

Each take links to the material that supports it: papers, filings, official engineering notes, repositories, or measured runs.

03

Implication

We write the reported fact separately from the engineering or market interpretation. Do not write what the source does not show.

04

Decision impact

Every useful take ends with what to test, change, watch, or price differently. If there is no decision consequence, it probably does not belong.

Source hierarchy·What counts as proof
Primary

Papers, filings, official engineering notes, repositories, measured runs. Linked on the exact claim they support.

Independent calculation

Our own math on public numbers — batch sizes, memory footprints, unit costs. Shown, not asserted.

Original benchmark

Runs on named hardware with raw configurations attached, so anyone can reproduce or refute them.

Secondary

Credible reporting when primaries are paywalled or offline. Always labeled as secondary.

Unverified

Single-source claims that matter anyway. Flagged as provisional — never stated as fact.

Verdict states·How claims are checked later
Consequential claims are revisited with follow-up evidence. Verdicts ship in the weekly digest and accumulate into the archive's track record.
Held

Follow-up evidence confirmed the initial read.

Partially held

Direction right, magnitude or mechanism off.

Disputed

Credible evidence now cuts against the initial read.

Unresolved

Still open — the revisit date has not arrived or evidence is thin.

Invalidated

The claim failed. Recorded publicly, not deleted.

Too early

No verdict possible yet; the claim stays on the watch list.

What we won't do
No vendor claims as facts

Vendor launches are claims, not facts, until the workload, baseline, batch size, and cost basis are visible.

No guessing

Every thesis states what would prove it wrong. Unknowns are labeled unknown.

No deletions

Wrong calls stay in the archive with their verdict.

Uncertainty standard

Every thesis states what would prove it wrong. Vendor benchmarks are treated as claims, not facts, until the workload, baseline, batch size, and cost basis are visible.

Corrections and accountability

The archive should become accountable, not just searchable. Consequential claims are revisited with follow-up evidence and explicit verdicts: held, partially held, disputed, unresolved, or invalidated.

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