Sabriel and Redwall were my jam as a kid. I still revisit the Abhorsen series from time to time. Basically I reread them all when Nix releases a new book.
I'm not knocking it but I don't consider audiobooks reading. You are using two different input systems, going through different parts of the brain. They both require different skills to process and retain the information.
I mean not 100% obviously but went from going out drinking weekly to going so long without drinking I might not remember the last time I had a beer. Point was pretty much everyone I know.has cut back significantly.
When I hit my late 20s (a decade ago...) I pretty much just upped and stopped drinking. No problem, no real reason just didn't enjoy it anymore. Now I maybe go through a six pack or two a year mostly when doing yard work, or will have a beer socially once a month or every other month. Its just too expensive and I got better shit to do.
I went on a first date with a woman and she was making the most intense eye contact I've ever experienced. It was like she was trying to drill into my soul with her stare. I had to keep breaking it to look away because it was just too much. After about an hour of kinda of awkward conversation because of the staring she asks if I'm autistic... I said no, not that I'm aware of and left to go to the bathroom. When I returned she asked if this was the end of the date and that there probably wouldn't be another right? I was quite upset at the time and called my best female friend to gripe about it. She laughed and said she had almost the exact l same thing happen to her a few days earlier.
Then there was "secret mom" who we went of a few dates and then she came over one night. She waits until we are both naked and have been fooling around, which is just about the worst time to say oh by the way I have a kid. Boner gone and I didn't know what to say but I guess she didn't like my facial reaction and left crying. I felt bad the next day and called to apologize but say it was best if we didn't see each other. She kept pursuing me over the next few weeks and we ended up sleeping together. After wards she got pelvic inflammatory disease and accused me of having an STD and giving it to her. I was sure I was clean but agreed to get tested results came back good and hers did too. When I looked up PID it said it most likely caused by another STD but like 25% of the time just intercourse can cause it. After both tests came back clean she still kept after me but I was 100% done. Not with being asked to get tested but the way she came at me about it.
As to the walking on the right thing I make people do that too but its because I'm deaf in my left ear. Maybe it was a similar situation for her? I usually tell people why I'm doing it though because I've gotten enough funny looks about it over the years.
I would like to be in the room filming him as he makes these insane prompts to grok while he's in a khole. Could probably make a really good doc like hearts of darkness out of it.
My mom bought a new house and is moving in, in a couple weeks. I went over to get internet installed a couple weeks ago and noticed the new fridge was making an awful buzzing sound.
Yeah they've been pushing Claude code at work for us non coders jobs to come up with stuff that would help us. We've gotten a few surprisingly useful programs out of it, but our assumption is perfect them now before pricing goes through the roof. We are also only creating programs that do not require ongoing AI use. Just a bunch of relatively simple things that make our jobs easier.
I am still pushing my boss for some local hw as I think as a group we've spent a couple grand in the last month and that is the least of my reasons for wanting a local llm vs subscription.
Steam is actually a good product compared to meta google amazon etc. My only real gripe with how valve conducts business is encouraging under age gambling through skins and profiting off it.
I just try to use my phone as little as possible so like dedicated hardware. If I'm walking the dog my phone is off and I'm enjoying nature sounds. If I'm walking dog in a more busy less serene environment I use wired headphones with a dedicated player. Either way my phone is off and I'm using dedicated equipment.
Yes both parties are shit, but they used to be a regular bucket of shit and a large bucket of shit so you could vote for a third party to avoid the shit knowing at worst you'd only get a large bucket of shit.
Now our options are a large bucket of shit and a mountain of shit, and you should vote to avoid the mountain of shit not to avoid all shit because even a large bucket of shit is more palatable than a mountain.
Sabriel and Redwall were my jam as a kid. I still revisit the Abhorsen series from time to time. Basically I reread them all when Nix releases a new book.