Oren Kohavi

@orenkohavi.com

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Brown CS '24 | San Francisco Bay Area | He/Him "I'm just like, dude, like, oh, my god, like, can we talk about, like, the political and economic state of the world right now?" -Jaden Smith

Google photos persistent banner that reads "You're so close, Oren - Let's wrap up your Google Photos setup"

No 'X' button only "remind me later" and "complete setup"

an unsolicited push notification from the chatGPT app saying
"see yourself as a plushie"
"reimagine photos using our curated styles or create something new with just a few words"

photo of a toothpaste box that says "PROTECTS 100% of the WHOLE MOUTH"

With the caption "toothpaste brands are really just running out of things to say"

Google search for "4 billion milliseconds to hours" which is autocorrected to 4 million for no reason.

(4 million ms = 1.11 hours btw)

CPU is at 85%-ish when downloading, with some cores pegged at close to 100% usage.
Specs: AMD Ryzen 7840S with Radeon 780M Graphics, 32gigs of ram.

Image of a Steam game download (Expedition 33) with network downloading at 1.4Gbps. Hell yeah I love fast internet speeds.

Pop-up window after completing online checkout that says "This purchase unlocked up to a $300 bonus offer from SoFi", with buttons to "Claim my $300" or "Forfeit my $300"

Alaska Airlines confirmation page. At the top it says "Thank you. Your reservation is confirmed" but below that it says "Error Encountered: Please try your transaction again"

Security question of "What is your favorite time of day?"

Conspiracy Theory account posting some bullshit about a guy who returned from a 39 day trance with some crazy ideas

Screenshot of Hertz rental car website trying to upsell on a $37 per day protection plan. It says "Wait... You're passing on peace of mind for only $0.03 per minute?"

Initial view, showing a singular checkbox with the title "I have read and accept everything, including the terms of use and privacy policy"
There is a small arrow to the right of the description that allows the user to expand the description.

Claude AI response where it hallucinates a bug in my code, then writes: "Actually, looking more carefully at your code, you DO have bounds checking before the recursive calls. So the issue might be more subtle. Let me reconsider... Wait, I think I see the real issue now!"

Samsung Frame TV menu with a button that says "What is Art?"

screenshot of a gizmodo article titled "Amazon offers fire TV soundbar for practically free to clear out stock ahead of prime day"

the sub-headline, however, says: "save 29% on the fire TV 2.0 channel sound bar" which is NOT FREE and NOT EVEN CLOSE

A google search for "-funsafe-loop-optimizations" which returns no results

Windows advanced camera options settings screen, with an option called "Allow multiple apps to use camera at the same time"

A notification from Wells Fargo stating "Let's reconnect! Your latest account info is just a tap away"

A plastic Amazon mailer printed with the text: "lighter than our smallest box", "learn more at amazon.com/thismailer"

screenshot of the Instagram discover page. 80% of the posts are of a monkey with a big nose (proboscis monkey). The remaining ones are Mark Zuckerberg on his knees with his tongue out, or Luigi with big tits.

Google search for "Radeon 9000 release date" which returns results for the old 9000 series released in 2002

Screenshot of the Uber app announcing that I've saved 5kg of CO2 and earned the 'Scout' badge by taking a low-emission ride

Screenshot of a Flixbus booking screen, showing the option to "Travel Neighbor Free" for $8.99. An illustration shows that the seat next to me is guaranteed to be empty.

Screenshot of a timer on Bing's interface and it shows 9m36s531ms

Google maps screenshot that shows a 24 hour fitness being closed, it says "Opens 5 AM Wed"

Kamala Harris campaign poster with the quote "we are not going back."

Variation on the 'HR work rules' meme
Panel 1: Hot guy says "ChatGPT History" and woman replies with "Awww, You're sweet"
Panel 2: Ugly guy says "Facebook Collecting Ads Data" and woman gets on the phone saying "Hello, Human Resources?!"

Screenshot of a password entry form showing that my password does not meet the criteria, because they require a minimum of 16 characters

A screenshot of the Windows 11 start menu, displaying the query "74.91 * 24" and the result is a link to mathisfun.com rather than the answer.

Message box with title: "Let's talk about the $0 you paid in taxes last year"
Content: "We've done an analysis of your portfolio and have uncovered some ways to potentially reduce what you paid."

Whatsapp message from Snapchat, saying: "Hey Oren Kohavi,

Your friend Cassidy Cooper posted a Story on Snapchat. Want to check it out?"

Shitty drawing of a four-pointed star in the center, with a smaller four-pointed star in the top right

Does the major version number (4.x vs 5.x) mean anything?
No. The major version number is incremented when the number after the dot starts looking "too big." There is literally no other reason.

Screenshot of a Google drive folder, showing two files named "masterRecord.json"

Screenshot of an app store page with the app "Nice Catch". Description is: Check the causes of unexplained actions on your device: Vibration, Ringer mode, Call mode, Toast popup, Ads screens, Screen on, Settings changes ....

Screenshot of Google's experimental generative AI in search.
Query is "WSL install command"
result is:
"sudo apt install wsl"