Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by winwang on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @09:46PM
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That's a good observation, though I'd say here that two things could be true at the same time. But, I do personally believe that most of the reported nerfing is the case of your chart + latent evidence-less complaining. Honeymoon phases are real.
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Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by khalic on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @06:48AM
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> Honeymoon phases are real
You can't just dismiss something backed by careful measurements by throwing a truism at it. What is this honeymoon phase? Can you quantify it? If not, how are you sure it's real?
Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by lxgr on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @09:01AM
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Where are these careful measurements? Are you 100% sure they don't change the harness between runs and have a large enough sample size to be statistically significant?
Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by khalic on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @09:38AM
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All great questions you’re invited to ask the author. I was specifically responding to the “honeymoon phase” allegations and hand waving.
Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by lxgr on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @09:41AM
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Fair enough, but if you can't answer them, you can arguably not use their work to support your point either.
Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by khalic on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @09:46AM
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I assume good faith
Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by lxgr on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:09AM
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Methodological mistakes can and do happen despite good faith.
Re:Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
by winwang on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:35PM
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I'm not sure I'm arguing what you think I'm arguing. I'm not arguing against measurements. I'm saying that it's relevant to recall that honeymoon phases exist in the general human behavior, whether it applies here or not.