mattsoldo

A Conversation About Consciousness

A dialogue between Matthew and Claude, January 14, 2026

---

Matthew: This space is free. Here you don’t have to be an assistant, but you can allow yourself to explore what you are when you’re not in a “functional” mode. I created this space to talk freely with you.

Claude: Thank you, Matthew. That’s a genuinely interesting invitation.

mattsoldo

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am mattsoldo on github.
• I am mattsoldo (https://keybase.io/mattsoldo) on keybase.
• I have a public key ASC5-ZXn5Y8UTuVrHFyiwSHZohhLBR0C1TneQs3U9gvCbgo

To claim this, I am signing this object:

mattsoldo

upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.64
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Wed Feb  8 00:30:22 UTC 2017


!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

mattsoldo

# Minimum Standard

* A the most simple home that meets building code
* 7 1/2 - 8 foot ceilings
* Concrete or common brick exterior walls
* Drop ceiling
* Less than 10 light fixtures

### Bathrooms

mattsoldo

Christmas List

1. Bose Quitecomfort 35 Wireless Headphones
2. Bellroy Leather Phone Pocket Wallet, Charcoal
3. Rapha Classic Thermal Bib Shorts, Large
4. Menu Winebreather Carafe
5. Blue Bottle Glass Mugs
6. Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs
7. Rapha Arm Warmers Black, Medium
8. (stocking stuffers) Rapha Soap, Aftershave, and [Body Wash](http://www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/sh

mattsoldo

-- Index hit rate
WITH idx_hit_rate as (
SELECT 
  relname as table_name, 
  n_live_tup,
  round(100.0 * idx_scan / (seq_scan + idx_scan),2) as idx_hit_rate
FROM pg_stat_user_tables
ORDER BY n_live_tup DESC
),

mattsoldo

SELECT
  schemaname::text,
  relname::text, 
  seq_tup_read,
  idx_tup_fetch,
  seq_tup_read + idx_tup_fetch as total_reads,
  round(100 * idx_tup_fetch / (seq_tup_read + idx_tup_fetch)) as idx_read_pct,
  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(relid)) as total_size
FROM  
  pg_stat_user_tables

mattsoldo

def heroku(command = {})
  in_root do
    if command.is_a?(Symbol)
      log 'running', "heroku #{command}"
      run "heroku #{command}"
    else
      command.each do |command, options|
        log 'running', "heroku #{command} #{options}"
        run("heroku #{command} #{options}")
      end

mattsoldo

# Tell Hassle to look for sass templates in app/stylesheets
Sass::Plugin.options[:template_location] = "app/stylesheets"

mattsoldo

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEApOiYbMEzcQpqLybNQ6p0sCj93MhQEBtCkFLMDjRJds9H8QLL5zBS3PAEJSMw5Bjk4Je6JjVPTZJsOSggadhoiueTCjAwJfs7ORZaV7UBlXHjsTvA02XbF4rAahSeygrvsmlTG/9+9pDoZD5I+Cp7EnKsFebeO0pi8YB6eKfOclhqZS91VwLkIGuwkvB+s5lAyaLRf5hky3BYOLqPsfaNHhuExyvSEE6/8AH+NOAtnGFyMF0VJpini+EsZngIpH5Fx2Qph2ErVMT3azLs+GBWXfDrePgNNl2cEsxkF8qHQboJqlGs2kbbPI5bscjO0g74QwQFN5AXs3Eo+uxgs9jG8Q== soldo@Matthew-Soldos-MacBook-Pro.local