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something something death of the author

believe it or not, this actually takes carbon out of the atmosphere.

Capitalism when justifying not investing in infrastructure (platform screen doors).

I hate my job so I applied to a two places that looked interesting. I'm going into my 3rd round at one place next week and a first round at the other one. I'm not sure if either of these will end up sticking, but sure is a confidence booster batting 2/2 in my first time looking for 7 years. No matter what I'll be leaving this place soon so that's good.

Connections Puzzle #760 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

So I haven't read anything by Steve Yegge before, but looking into it now I see he's the head of a company that sells tooling that leverages the very models/agents that he's saying will turn the industry on its head. Not saying he's wrong, just seems like everyone that says AI will do X is person who will profit very much if everyone believes that AI will do X.

I'd hold off on New Spring until you're introduced to/know more about the two main characters (Siuan and Moraine). I think it's meant to be a look back on the beginnings of known characters, not an introduction to them.

Jordan apparently recommends reading the books in published order (which would slot New Spring after book 10 of the main series, but I'd say anywhere after book 5 or 6 would be fine too.

Yeah not debating his creds or anything, but I am curious why he’s not on the boat when the last post about him was saying he was going to sail with Greta.

Canada, Australia and NZ don’t get a pass either.

without some form of axle controlling mechanism

You mean like putting all your bodyweight into torquing your axle bolts down right?

Good luck! You got this.

For me the physical discomfort only lasted a few days, from there it's the forever slog of just not doing it. I read some BS dopamine hacking stuff about how this part of the addiction is just about your body's expectation of a dopamine hit in response to any particular event you associated with nicotine (fight with your partner, a drink, work stuff, etc). Being conscious of this expectation helped me, and I'd find ways to give myself a little treat to satiate my monkey brain. No idea how grounded in real science this all is, but it kind of worked for me (over a year with just a couple slip ups after a few too many beers).

Yeah that’s a hell of a ratio lol