What's the deal with all the random weekly quota resets for agents lately?

Post by skeledrew » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

rob wrote: post #15

serf wrote: post #10

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> This article reads like a description of gambling-addiction behavior; the author appears to be addicted to using LLMs. you're projecting, it's just insanely irritating to work with a tool that 1) limits its' own use 2) with a random interval. keeping in mind that plenty of people are making money on token use.. this guy sets a timer to wake up for work; he appears to be addicted to work.

I have a subscription. If I don't have anything to do at the moment I don't use it. I don't think I need to set a timer every five hours and come up with tasks to do just to use my subscription. Seems like odd behavior? I also have a Netflix subscription. I watch a couple of things on it and stop. I don't think to myself I need to maximize my subscription so let me watch movies all the time and wake up at 2 AM to mak…

Post by nightshift1 » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC

dlenski wrote: post #6

This article reads like a description of gambling-addiction behavior; the author appears to be addicted to using LLMs. He's eagerly awaiting his next hit of dopamine from his favorite model. He's setting timers to be ready for when his next hit comes available. He's spinning up unnecessary queries just to start the timer ticking on new models. You could basically write the same article about some guy who sits in a ca…

Post by huflungdung » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC

nightshift1 wrote: post #23

dlenski wrote: post #6

This article reads like a description of gambling-addiction behavior; the author appears to be addicted to using LLMs. He's eagerly awaiting his next hit of dopamine from his favorite model. He's setting timers to be ready for when his next hit comes available. He's spinning up unnecessary queries just to start the timer ticking on new models. You could basically write the same article about some guy who sits in a ca…

I think it is because the plans are crazy expensive. when you pay 200-300$/month for an online subscription, its normal to want to extract as much value as possible.

Post by Havoc » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC

dlenski wrote: post #6

This article reads like a description of gambling-addiction behavior; the author appears to be addicted to using LLMs. He's eagerly awaiting his next hit of dopamine from his favorite model. He's setting timers to be ready for when his next hit comes available. He's spinning up unnecessary queries just to start the timer ticking on new models. You could basically write the same article about some guy who sits in a ca…