Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet
I feel you. I wish i could turn it off.
The egg thing was inspired by an old movie (maybe woody allen). But if the USA were such a vibrating egg, i would call it “Shekky shekky brekky,” or SSB for short.
Please assume that stale carrot man isn’t in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.
How absurd. Why not choose a name for the USA that is timely and appropriate? Or, if you’re going to embrace fantasy, why not choose a name for the US that assumes it’s not a country but in fact some variety of small vibrating egg?
Donald Trump’s Personal Toilet
I lost a bit of weight when I went on ADHD meds
Yeah, I think Smith is a person of integrity. Trump sure hates him, and that is becoming a sure sign of moral character. I would be so ashamed to be someone Trump admired.
both can be true
Excellent advice.
Regarding windshield wipers: my mechanic advises people not to leave them up. He says that doing this too often can stretch the springs in your wipers, ultimately reducing the downforce that makes them effective. Someone else in the comments mentioned using a vinyl (or cardboard) cover for your windshield - this can be a good timesaver that is kind to your wipers.
Some of my favourite letters were silly. I have letters from old girlfriends that they wrote during boring high school classes 30 years ago. Many of the letters never even get to a point - some are just slice of life/stream of consciousness. The letters become artifacts, though: little time capsules that contain a feeling, an idea, a memory. I have letters from people who are long gone, but when I read the lines I hear the voices of my loved ones as though they were in the room.
The beauty of a letter is that it doesn’t have to be important. It just has to be you. If I have no events to relate, I just talk about a show I liked (or hated), a funny story about a friend, etc. Sometimes I just reminisce - my brother really liked hearing about some things I remembered from when we were kids. You would be surprised at how much of your personality pokes out of 1-2 narrative paragraphs.
My modern solution is to photograph my letter before I send it.
Yes, I send hand-written letters! I started sending selected friends and family posted letters as an experiment this year. I have sort of lost touch with many people since I moved in 2018; the pandemic didn’t help.
I even wrote in the letters that I didn’t expect a reply because, you know, who has time? To my surprise, almost everyone responded!
Hootsuite should be shut down.
Working with Trump’s gestapo is a bad look for Canada. Trump brought us within a hair’s width of WW3 a few days ago threatening to invade an allied country. Now these fucks are trying to make a buck supporting Trump’s fascist state apparatus? Disgusting.
There, now he stopped 9 wars.
/s, so i don’t get slaughtered
America: your talking asshole has been randomly threatening the rest of the world. Why should we care about anything you idiots say? America is like North Korea now - nothing you say matters because nothing you say can be trusted. If shit-for-brains decides to invade someone, no amount of reasoning, mutual benefit, or diplomacy will stop him. We don’t have to listen to you any more.
No need. Trump’s got it covered.
It’s hard to quantify just how widespread the phenomenon is
I guffawed. No data to steal = hard to quantify. Duh!
And face persecution when they return. Their stupidity is boggling.
Good summary.
I also find that LLMs are mostly good at the parts of my job that i enjoy or that are too important to entrust to something that is right 80% of the time.
Tech boosters suggest using LLMs to draft emails. My job involves explaining mathematical ideas to (well educated) people who have less math training than i have. That part of the job is fun and challenging - why would i outsource a task that i like doing and am good at? “Everyday” emails are not important enough to stress about - i can dash them off as fast as i can write a prompt.
The first time i used a computer instead of a typewriter to compose something, i knew that the world had changed. all that AI has changed is that i now doubt every article and picture i see.
Yeah, could be. I eat to deal with boredom - probably a kind of ‘stimming’