Thursday Murder Club was just such a genuinely fun read. There was something so light hearted about it I loved

That’s actually a really good point you’ve made here. It’s easy to defend the shoes as a parent because you’re the one who (1) understands the rationale behind buying them and (2) made the decision to buy them

I wonder if a good decision in this scenario is to just give the child a shoe allowance and let them pick. If they want Nike’s they will have to find a pair that fits the budget

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. My understanding is that it is a woefully misunderstood book, and that people keep getting angry with the content without understanding it (or worse, without reading it).

So far, I actually really like it just a handful of chapters in. I think they make incredibly salient points and have very convincing rationales.

Agreed, this is a relatively simple “tool” as the LLM parlance goes. It’s what Model Context Protocol (MCP) is designed to facilitate

To verify, the author should try the same prompts on a local LLM with no tools enabled and most likely the LLM will respond with some nonsense

This reminds me of a reddit thread I saw years ago that talked about pedophilia and how there are anonymous groups for people who realize that it’s wrong and want to be “cured”

But they have to hide and use complete anonymity, else their lives would be ruined

They’re people suffering from, in my opinion, a mental illness but cannot get help, and I find it quite tragic, actually

While insulation helps, it’s fundamentally less efficient because the heat sync is inside the building and insulation isn’t foolproof. And often these units are made of plastic, so they leak more heat into the house from the chassis than you’d expect. Even the best hose is less efficient than a window unit where the entire heat sync is outside the building

So while $20 and some duct tape helps a great deal, it definitely won’t be as efficient as a window unit

All I can really say is to avoid the floor models, since they put the hot part of the conditioner inside your home, thus have to work a lot harder

See Technology Connections (Piped) for an informational video

Roshi made a potion?

I like this one a lot

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We get a meal delivery service each week and they use the giant ice packs. So I’ve taken to just keeping two or three in my freezer and then sleeping with a pack at my feet each night or carrying it in the car while I do errands. And I get fresh ones delivered each week. A nice way to recycle the packs

Who? That’s not not my name

Not trying to poo poo on the cute image, just genuinely trying to get better at reading cat emotions

The widened pupils means the cat is annoyed right? It could be just focused on some string off screen but, given the context, lil bro is about two seconds from ending this photo

I’ve always disliked plastic surgery, botox and heavy makeup. But that’s normal enough

My real hot take is I am disgusted by long, fake nails. They make my skin crawl. They’re so cumbersome, I truly don’t understand how people love with them

My dad did so much right, but his one failing was financial. He was an insurance salesman and had plenty of money when I was very young, but at some point it all dried up and he seemed unable to make more. He didn’t starve or anything, but at a certain point my brother had to step in and buy his house or he was going to lose it.

So now, I’m very cognizant of my spending and always having a good cash reserve.

But, he was also extremely generous when he did have money. His favorite way to spend money was on the people he loved and to make them happy.

So now, I also give freely. If it makes someone I love happy, and I can afford it, I’ll give them whatever I think might make them smile, if even for a day

This article was pretty funny. I loved the writing style

As for the subject matter, I have never understood these mods. When I was young I gave them a try in Skyrim but I remember it just being distracting. It feels like multitasking: I’m doing two things half as good. I really don’t see the point.

So that being said, I would love it if they had metrics on how long the mod stayed installed and how far into the game the player made it. Impossible, surely, but it would really clear up for me whether people are genuinely playing the game or whether they’re installing for a level and… Ahem… Moving on to another activity

Yeah, I’ve realized that you can’t really put people as easily into the “introvert” and “extrovert” buckets, because it entirely depends on the day.

I can be a social butterfly one day, hyper productive the next, then want to watch reality TV and not leave the couch another. It just depends on the vibe of how I’m feeling

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754

Floating point arithmetic

It’s definitely bizarre, because nobody in the story actually “works” besides the local militia and servants, yet everyone has money and is rich

It appears to be because you get a lump sum at some point (inheritance, dowry, whatever) then “invest” it and get interest payments. Or, in the case of Mr. Bennet, they have land that they pay others to work or lease out to farmers. Just really fascinating how hand-wavey the money is, it just “is” for the most part and you don’t explain how or why you are rich

I suppose then a more accurate description would have been horticulture; but I’m using “farming” here as in planting and growing things, not for subsistence necessarily

I guess on some level there’s something wholesome about it being a gardening game. I wonder how much of the success is owed to the natural human inclination towards farming