My job is very slowly ramping up and I am still locked out of some things so I only put in 30 hours. I would love it if it stayed at that level; 8 hour days are just too long, even for computer touching.

Blockchain has a use and all the companies who were trying to jam blockchain into irrelevant shit are gone. I think AI companies shifting away from grabbing eyeballs to actually making money will help raise prices of enterprise licenses so more companies stop forcing it on all their employees and start rationing it. Right now our fucking chats are fed into it so when everyone signs off for the night, we get a notification that says something like “various participants wished the others a pleasant evening.” That might cost a penny now but it made somebody feel like they were on the cutting edge of something. When it costs a dollar and is clearly going to remain precisely that useless, I sure hope that same somebody pulls the plug.

Chatbots can’t do his job because he’s done his job and he’s seen what chatbots can do and he can see that they’re not up to the task. That’s true. The bullshit is when he thinks they can do everyone else’s job. He can’t see or understand what other people do, so he figures they can be replaced by a slurry of the words they use. In short:

I’m generally against flying two planes into things, but

Fill 'em with Acme prank oil that ruins whatever they use it in.

He declares every day now.

Not anymore – I’ve been cutting back since I learned (thanks to Mexico’s labeling laws) that it’s really high in sodium. The caffeine isn’t off the charts if you’re replacing coffee/tea but you might want to get a checkup or at least check your BP.

For a daily driver, zero ultra. For an occasional treat (or a pairing as recommended by your Monsterlier) green. Do they not get Ultra Violet where you are? That’s one of my favorites and is this morning’s breakfast.

Imagine wondering when your cocaine cola was going to hit and then finding out the answer was never again.

I once asked for extra spicy from a Thai place (to counteract the dynamic you describe) and they gave me something that rendered me mute for 5 minutes. I thought I was going to have to go around with a card explaining why I couldn’t talk.

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they don’t really stay outside, just move from AC building to AC building as efficiently and quickly as possible

This is america when it’s hot. If you swap in “climate controlled” or “heated” when it’s cold you pretty much have america. Even in the nice times in between, the physical and psychological infrastructure is already so centered around taking cars that people will take ubers for short distances in prime 72-and-sunny LA weather.

I don’t know if I’d call it unbearable. When I was there last spring, I found myself changing shirts mid-day but still wanting to hit tourist spots. I definitely wouldn’t want to work outside for 8+ hours per day, but that’s not what I’d be doing.

On your second point, do you have more specifics or a source?

Well that’s a relief. I was on the fence about asking and didn’t know if I’d be able to handle what I requested.

There was snow on the ground last week. I wore a silly-huge winter jacket I bought in Wisconsin and nobody batted an eye.

Do you have more info on the unsuccessful attempts?

https://imgur.com/new-hobbit-short-called-here-here-still-RsnnQfA

“Do you do a lot of measles?”

Hastening the end of a plague upon mankind is not nearly as grave as hammering the last nail into the coffin of an experiment that could have ushered in a new era for mankind.