I think you’re the first person I’ve seen correctly attribute this to the New Yorker instead of a 4chan green text or copy pasta.

I’ve been seriously considering picking up a trumpet and starting a ska band with some of my other middle aged friends just for shits and giggles. Seems like a lot of fun.

This describes my CISO to a fucking tee.

My sister’s gateway was the Disney Pocahontas movie. She would have been around seven or eight when it was released in theaters. She fell in love with the story and the characters, knew all the songs etc… and so she wanted to learn more. So then she got real history books about the time period and biographies of Pocahontas.

And that’s when she learned grown-up’s lie.

I also really enjoy it!

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

In short, the latter.

I saw a quote years ago about “common sense” that really changed the way I thought about it. I wish I could remember now where it came from.

“The problem with common sense is that it is common, not good.”

Lately I google for someone that should give me a direct, exact result. First five links are fucking paid ads.

For anyone that hasn’t read it, the book Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman is a delightful read. Especially the bits about him fucking with security during the Manhattan project.

You’re thinking of American Samoa which is different from the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa and a sovereign nation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa

I really enjoyed reading 40k books when I was younger, but they’re generally shit writing. The kind of complete schlock that is good when you want to turn off the brain.

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Seriously though, those looking amazing.

Well that just solved the question of “what should I watch tonight?”

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I always made sure I had Thomas guide book for any areas I went through in my car.

Until you find out those were also built by a junior using an llm to help 🙃

Hey, as a random Internet stranger I’m just going to say that I’m proud of you. Everyone has their own path to becoming a better them and I’m glad you’re doing the things that work for you. Keep it up!

You are correct.

For anyone else unaware, the schtick of the account was they’d always rate dogs with ratings of x/10 with x always being greater than 10. It was pretty funny how often people would get upset over this.

This is what I grew up calling it was well.

They actually have a fairly comprehensive training program setup through their “University.” They also mix in foreign contractors, usually from China.