I would love this to be an unintended outcome from all this. However, I don’t think that’s where we’re headed.

I, for one, think there’s a lot of slop in and around the engineering of phones. We might see a lot more software, storage, and overall activity crunched, compressed, and crammed into our portable devices instead. And with more stuff in the cloud/SaaS realm, they can also become (even) thinner clients at the same time. :(

It’s “heavier” gear like laptops and desktops that’ll probably get pushed into the pro and “prosumer” market.

Oh, we don’t do compassion and positive reinforcement around here.

I would have sprung for a professionally made sandwich board or spinny sign.

I really hope this guy got some high-fives for his trouble.

This, exactly. It was a fad because it was almost unobtainable prior to that era.

We were here with our InstaPot chicken wings. Now it’s air fryers and ‘seed oil free’ french fries.

Never has there ever been a more load-bearing-linchpin use of the word “salad”.

I’m calling it now. Streaming services are going to continue to double-down on artificial scarcity for flagship shows until we 100% converge on cable. They’re going to reinvent broadcast schedules after slow-drip weekly episode rollouts and half-seasons (you are here) don’t get the results they want.

where we compared the four different sign languages the two of us use

You buried the lede. How does something like that even happen? I feel like the odds of two sign-language polyglots being in the same room, let alone in a romantic relationship, are vanishingly small.

7 jobs? Where?!

They’re all in government. Plus you have to relocate to D.C. and you’ll be paid below market rate.

I get where you’re going with that saddle, but I urge you to not consider that one. You really don’t want your bodyweight on your undercarriage like that; the stirrups on a real saddle are necessary and functional parts of your riding posture for good reason. Plus, see issues people have with repeated bad posture on bicycle seats for the same reason.

This is why I use a low-backed office stool/chair, instead of anything overly comfy or reclining. The back is only a foot tall or so - just enough for good lumbar support.

Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

To be fair, this bus is always on time.

At first, I thought you were describing a zero-depth vaginoplasty sort of situation, but then realized you really did order “nuttin’”. I’ll admit, I was just as confused as Jimmy. Thanks for digging up this classic ad too.

I have no questions (your replies here tell the whole story already), but just wanted to say: this is incredible and I’m happy for you!

Linux shell also has… a thing going on.

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We should have taken this sentiment for the (industry) warning it was.

I really don’t like where all of this is going. All the integrated pay-to-use, cloud-enabled, surveillance (and surveillance-adjacent) tech was bad enough. Then there’s the runaway average pricing for cars and increasing loan terms. And now we’re getting AI foisted in while we’re at it? At what point does it implode, with everyone just sticking with older tech and sticking to the used market?

Shit. They’re going to make old cars illegal, aren’t they?

I mean they’re straight too. But they’re also gay.

(with apologies to Mitch Hedberg)

I had teachers like this. Let’s just say I keep coming back to less than nice things to say about that kind of behavior.

The flash-card thing is kind of cursed anyway because multiplication is commutative, and you really don’t need the cards for zero, one, and ten. If you can add anything to itself in your head, throw out the twos while we’re at it. So you really only need 40-ish cards to do the job, not 144+.

or even moving ahead to more advanced math concepts.

Yeah, can’t break the class up into multiple lesson plans. Gotta move with the herd.

In a just world, you’d have been bumped up a grade, moved into an advanced track, or given time in advanced sessions with other gifted students. That said, your teacher would have been responsible for making those recommendations. FWIW, I did get into those advanced sessions but only after contact with a teacher that wasn’t projecting, envious, or an authoritarian blowhard about this kind of thing.

Yes, but you need to take it to the master smith deep within the underdark, past the twisted mines, in order to use it.

you can’t punish someone out of having ADHD

I just want to say that, not only does this resonate with me, but it’s one of those things that you’ll never un-think or un-see. I have a lot to reflect on, as this simple insight will help me tremendously. Thanks.