Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? (www.hillelwayne.com)
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Longitudinal · 6 evals
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Audit Trail 14 entries
2026-03-05 21:08 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 21:08 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-05 21:00 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.322 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 21:00 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.32 (Moderate positive)
2026-02-28 14:12 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: 0.00 (Neutral)
2026-02-28 12:47 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:47 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical post with no rights stance
2026-02-28 12:46 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:42 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:41 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:41 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical post with no rights stance
2026-02-28 12:36 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:36 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:36 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Editorial on programming history, no human rights stance