Semi-Hemi-Demigod

I’m less concerned with them being effective and more concerned they’ll fuck up and kick off Kessler Syndrome

I don’t have any resources but my Volvo has a long, low hood and a heavily padded engine cover

We can’t have pop-up headlights because of pedestrian safety, but you can buy a 5,000 pound vehicle that does 0-60 in three seconds and has a hood level with most people’s heads because that’s totally safe for pedestrians.

You know what, being a dev myself that’s something I’ll try as a hobby project. We’ll see how it work out.

That’s what heroes do

Just write a bash script to loop over them.

Managers realized that the nerds’ autism could be exploited for profit

I could see it being useful if it was an accessory to your phone. Not having to dig my phone out of my pocket to take a picture of something to look it up, or having a push-to-talk badge or pendant would make it more convenient, especially for folks like me who don’t wear watches. And with Bluetooth it would have decent battery life.

But the damn thing can’t even set a timer.

Yeah, you tend to learn from those sort of mistakes

Apple has a ton of engineering experience with hinges from their laptop days, and even the old lampshade-style iMac.

Nation-states were a stupid idea to begin with

I think it has more to do with maintaining a manufacturing base for defense than it is about jobs or the economy.

The Kinks are better than The Beatles

Did the union buster bluster buffalo the buffalo Buffalo buffalo?

It’s a way to cut headcount without doing layoffs. It’s usually followed one or two quarters later by an actual layoff.

For me it was Tuesday

I remember when commercial breaks were the time when you went to the bathroom/got snacks and then ran back and jumped over the couch to get back before the show started again.

But most ads don’t work on a conscious level. They’re there to make whatever is being advertised seem normal and good, like birds singing in the trees, background noise you associate with good feelings. The point isn’t to get people to engage rationally. The point is to elicit positive emotions and associate them with a brand.

I love how microchips look like really well-organized Factorio maps

Not just Little Ben, but also Medium Ben and Not-Quite-As-Big-As-Big-Ben Ben

I think the reason they’re useful for writing code is that there’s a third party - the parser or compiler - that checks their work. I’ve used LLMs to write code as well, and it didn’t always get me something that worked but I was easily able to catch the error.

I can be at home, but it’s not until I’m in comfy pants, on the couch, with a drink in hand that I’m home