Uh, can I still have a birthday party and not take the free child? I really don’t want one, thanks.
Month: August 2024
Why I Want Apple to Bring Back The Glowing Logo (We Have the Technology). Me too. That and MagSafe should come right on back.
As cars and trucks get bigger and taller, lawmakers look to protect pedestrians. Can protect them by requiring commercial licenses to operate huge vehicles.
The Democratic Party Has Finally Gone YIMBY.
My Company Bragged about how Much Money Employee Deaths Saved Them.
In a world of infinite automation and infinite surveillance, survival is going to depend on being the least boring person. Sounds like hell, but she might be right.
Remove Bozo Urges
While it is indeed very fun to make fun of how badly both of them are fucking up their entire societies, alas I must begrudgingly agree with this tweet.
Canada, Europe, get with the damn program here. We need you to not be clowns, mmmkay?
About Dem Time
Weird that the Dems have become the patriotic party and the Repubs are ready to hand over the country to Putin. Never thought I’d see some shit like that.
But I’m on board for the Dems being pointed the right direction for once.
Curbing Them
Any vehicle over 4,500 pounds in the US should require a commercial license to operate. Sorry Karen, no more picking up the kids in the Death Machine 3000. You’ll get over it.
Khanvincing
Billionaire Donors Have It Out for This Legal Prodigy, but President Harris Will Need Her.
If Harris wins and fires Khan, that will be a huge unforced error. I’m glad that seems to be off the table now. Obviously, it’s great that billionaires hate Lina; it means she is doing her job correctly. She’s the best thing that has happened to the FTC in ages.
I’m biased as I’m a Khan OG; I’ve been reading her papers and work since she was still in law school. And she’s a good example that wisdom has little do to do with age. She’s only 35 now, but became FTC chair when she was 32. And she was incredibly smart and wise already when I started reading her when she was 23.
Just shows how busted that whole discourse is, really (to veer completely off-topic).
Mass
Midnight Mass is pretty good but quite slow, even for me. And I am definitely one who enjoys plodding, methodical movies and TV shows. Also, I don’t care about religious themes very much and the show is perfused with those.
It’s still worth watching, though. And I do like that Mike Flanagan (the director) tends to use the same cast, so you get to experience their range and talent across various shows he makes. Overall, the work feels like a stage play on screen. I enjoyed this but will not be to many people’s taste admittedly.
Recommended, with caveats.
Drone Adv
Russia has an artillery advantage, true1. However, Ukraine has a 10 to 1 UAV advantage in actually-deployed drones. And that’s pretty huge.
The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped him in a “pig butchering” scheme. Bro you could’ve just sent that money to yourself.
A data-driven case for productivity optimism.
How to Build a 50,000 Ton Forging Press.
Crayola’s Factory Makes 13 Million Crayons a Day for Back-to-School Season.
Mixed Story: What the Revision to the Jobs Data Means. Mostly accurate.
Economists Are Wrong About Price Gouging. And much else.
Eyebot
Your eye makes a clicking sound when you blink. Is that normal?
There are various ways people have found out that they’re actually robots over the years. Sometimes it’s subtle, like this, and sometimes it’s more dramatic, like being injured in a car accident.
It’s never any less surprising, though.
Sant
Floridians balk at DeSantis administration plan to build golf courses at state parks.
Well, we left Florida for a reason. DeSantis seems perfectly happy to kill everything good about the state.
Slip
This would indeed be an improvement.
Discus
Who Had It? Jet Disc Tracer Gun.
Ha! I had one of those. I hadn’t thought about that thing in 35 years at least. It was pretty fun, but the little discs did tend to get lost.
Cattiness
Reported to HR for not engaging in small talk.
THIS IS WHY WE DON’T WANT TO WORK IN AN OFFICE
I believe this; I’ve often been criticized at work for the supposed offense that I’m not talkative or friendly enough, particularly early on in my career. Much less so now that I wear the boss hat.
But look, I came here to work, not to engage in some pretend social club. Deal.
Bleu Berline – Dans tes yeux
What in the world is even going on with the color grading there? Interesting artistic choice.