This is precisely the reason I’ve been using LLM so often. Finding what I want on Google or DDM has become too time consuming. I’m sure the answer is on there but I’m not willing to take the time to scroll through all of the BS ads, spam content, AI written garbage. Why should I?

This is why I started hiking and summiting mountains. I mean, not literally why, but it’s chasing that new and novel high.

I’m reminded of this article from a couple of days ago in the Globe and Mail, specifically as a response to Musk’s anti-empathy comments: Empathy is not a Weakness, it’s a Strength

I see your point but I don’t think you’re describing empathy as much as fear in your examples.

The shift of 'the internet is the greatest tool for knowledge, to what it is now, some cancerous corpo bloated bullshit

Spot on.

The worst part is that anyone who wasn’t around for the first 10ish years of the web has never seen how real and optimistic and grass roots and delightfully human it was.

We really lost a lot.

As decentralized money it’s great.

I think you mean, it’d be great if it took off… as money. Right now it’s an investment barely more useful for buying things than corn futures.

A slightly different example of the wonky-ness of time is that 2016 was… Almost 10 years ago.

I disagree. DMs are most certainly a core use-case. I would argue that it’s a part in parcel feature for any group/voice chat app. DMs have been a standard feature in every major voice/video app, group or otherwise, for over 25 years.

I’m might be being dense but… Still: why would an optional feature be a dealbreaker? You just restated, you didn’t address the confusing logic.

Right, consumer sentiment CRATERED!!! … to… wait, where it was three years ago?

Omggggggg noooooo

Presidential pardons most definitely should NOT exist. But also, F Trump.

Don’t scare me with a headline like that!

Just donated. You should too.

I love donating to Wikipedia because there’s so few FREE things anymore, and it’s one that benefits every single person on the planet.

Why wouldn’t you?!

More about the cookbook.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-islamic-cookbook

The cookbook in question.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Annals_of_the_Caliphs_Kitchens.html?id=dUC-e-l3XM8C

Three of the figurines have articulated heads, causing them to resemble modern toy dolls. The authors suggest they were a kind of ancient puppet, positioned into a scene, or “tableau,” undoubtedly meant to convey a message that is now lost.

Some important context.

I had an Apple Watch for a while. I used it to track my steps and workouts and to monitor some notifications. Once in forever I’d pick up a call on it because my hands were full.

Eventually I realized I never actually DID anything with the fitness info, the notifications were annoying and stressful, and the times I’d use it as a communicator I could count on one hand.

When the battery finally started dying I couldn’t justify the expense of a new one.

The thing actively made my life worse!

Real question here… I keep seeing people say this, but what are the concessions that Canada and Mexico “gave” that they were already doing? I couldn’t find anyone mention it in the post.

It’s REALLY good.

Subliminal will always have a place in my heart. Great driving song. It just rolls.