Alcohol, but I’m 53 days sober

There’s really no competitor for large orgs with robust technology needs.

Outside of work I can probably deep focus for 1 to 2 hours per day. Working a full-time job and taking care of a home is simply too exhausting for me to focus longer than that.

I do want to caution that hobbies and passions shouldn’t make you feel rundown. It’s great to have a goal, but make sure you’re taking care of yourself and having fun along the way.

A quarter oz is $40-$70 at dispensaries in my area (medical legal state)

I gave up in the first episode when a pair of cops drew their firearms, and the one said to the other “safeties off”. And the other cop just brushes the slide release because he was holding a Glock, which famously does not have a safety. I just couldn’t take it seriously after that.

Take a vacation and see if that improves things. If so, burnout. If not, look for other reasons that you’re lacking motivation.

You had me excited there for a moment that a fully EV Wrangler had dropped, but it’s only a plug-in hybrid. :(

The Hummer EV is an interesting beast. 6-figure price tag and similarly sized to the Rivian R1S. I’ve yet to see one on the road, but it certainly feels less problematic than the gas-guzzling version.

Fuck it, UDP all the way. Who cares if the data actually arrives?

I think it would be interesting to tie AI into player-generated content, like in VRchat. Imagine being able to describe a room or environment and have AI immediately build it around you, then you can tweak it. It would be like the Holodeck on Star Trek.

No, I heat it up. It tastes better and has a better texture when heated.

In my state you get a CCW just by walking into the courthouse, no classes needed, so I’m not sure how it works elsewhere.

You’re hired!

I changed my first name, and if I ever get married I’d take my partner’s last name. I’ve considered just changing my last name by myself but I would have no idea what name to pick. Ultimately I carry their name, but I’m not part of their family.

Just in case, if you’re unfamiliar with firearms most community colleges offer firearm safety courses for cheap or free.

This fits. I denied an applicant recently because he had not yet acquired the level of fear necessary to succeed in the role. Lack of fear means stupid mistakes. I’ll take the battle-hardened veteran any day.

You either work your way through life or you leech off of others. Those are the options. There are kids who grew up in war zones, sleeping through air raids and watching those around them die. They still work. There are kids who were in and out of foster care, kids who watched their parents OD, kids who were SA’d every night, kids who slept on the street. Few people have had the ideal childhood you’re describing. Those people still work. They get into therapy. They make something of their life.

Quit making excuses for your laziness. Get a job.

What on earth could someone do with 80,000 lbs of beef? You can’t exactly move that kind of volume on the black market. Storing that amount of beef alone would take a massive amount of space and cooling.

A lack of organization. There’s no one central voice organizing large scale protests, so you get hundreds or thousands of smaller protests that don’t attract media attention.

This reminded me of a joke I heard one time. “You know how they always say that aliens built the pyramids in Egypt? This is how you know Mexicans are the best workers in history. There are also pyramids in Mexico. Nobody questions who built those.”