I’ve had an interesting life.

Found it at the library 10+ years ago, read the flyleaf, thought, “This is pants on head idiotic. I need a break on something light. Let’s try it.” I have never been more wrong in judging a book by it’s cover.

Read it probably 13-14 times, kinda embarrassing. Anyway, the ship’s captain is a vampire. And it’s hard sci-fy, no sparkles. My post was the vampire talking about humans.

explores whether we’re conscious or not

Holy shit will you love Blindsight. You are going to scream with joy. Free on the author’s site.

One more thing, Watts puts a bibliography (science journals and books) in the back for every idea he writes about.

They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines.

Neither are our brains.

“Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors. If self-deception promotes fitness, the brain lies. Stops noticing—irrelevant things. Truth never matters. Only fitness. By now you don’t experience the world as it exists at all. You experience a simulation built from assumptions. Shortcuts. Lies. Whole species is agnosiac by default.”

― Peter Watts, Blindsight

LLMs are built from our words. Maybe they’re more human than human? One wonders.

Excel dominates the world of number crunching. Want to change that? You can’t.

Imagine proposing an alternative for your organization that has been using Excel for two decades. Will every single sheet and workbook translate perfectly? If not, not good enough for dealing with numbers. This is why MS never fucks around with Excel. The risk/reward calculation (heh) is not a fit for open source spreadsheets.

Crushing on the rightmost girl! Perfectly in character. Perfect moves trying not to laugh.

Flourish was the word I wanted! Yeah, don’t be a dork OP. Nothing wrong with tossing out the occasional old-timey word when it fits. I talk like a redneck Southerner, but occasionally show off my vocabulary with a word or French phrase.

“Hell yeah I love fucking with antique shotguns! It’s my raison d’être some nights!”

It’s not merely lacking amenities, it’s already falling apart. I’d far rather be in a regular prison than that hellhole. For that matter, I’d gladly be homeless first.

Another great example is Quik Trip, a convenience store chain. I could go on and on, but if you know you know. Nowhere else holds a candle to QT and the employees make lifelong careers from working there. No shit.

Did early Y2K updates for them in 98, because they were ahead of the curve. Had touch screen POS terminals, in 1998. Even had in-house IT who wrote their custom software. Imagine that! Some of the clerks told me their monthly bonus was often more than their paycheck.

You won’t see someone being trained in the store. Hell no, that’s a six-week class, because they invest in their people.

Went to a couple of stores in East KC. They didn’t hire rent-a-cops, they paid actual cops to stand in the store. No fucking around.

Story goes that the owner said, “I got rich and it’s payback time.” Wildly successful outfit.

Anyway, I could have had a career with their IT but I let a chick I met online hang out with me at Harrah’s Casino and Hotel. She ripped me off via room service and QT was stuck with the bill. Didn’t even get laid. What a life.

Largely why I asked this. Still haven’t found a good answer that doesn’t outline how they might be caught. How cares?!

I was confused as well. Had to read it three times. Thought she conflated Trump’s words on Epstein with the flood victims.

We only hear about bad police interactions. Truth is, most are lazy and don’t want to fuck with the paperwork unless they have to.

Not talking about this specific post, just wondering if cops don’t blow these people off because they know they’re getting into a stupid argument.

I meant the client list. Unless I’m missing something?

I wonder if these idiots get away with these plates because cops know it’s going to be a fucking hassle. SovCits are the brightly colored frogs of the traffic world.

I’d go with a 3M product. Unless their quality has suddenly taken a shit, they’re best in class for that kind of thing. You want quality film because removal is an awful pain.

You got me curious!

This looks like a start:

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/films-sheeting/window/light-control/

But then why is this a separate thing?

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/films-sheeting/window/window-insulation/

Anyway, there may be better brands. Do some digging first!

Hoss fethuhs!

Love the ReStore! I live in a Habitat home and volunteered there with my ex as part of the program. Most fun I’ve ever hard in retail!

Went to only one thrift this weekend and they had an original IBM XT, with original monitor, for $200! Got the money in the bank, still unemployed. Still crying over that one. Maybe it’ll still be there when I score a job. Not many people in this town would be interested.

LOL WUT!? Never been anywhere that redneck and I live in the panhandle. Wonders never cease.

DC Studios will introduce the films Supergirl

That would be great if Gunn directs again!

Mine does, redneck town, but it’s all hunting style rifles and shotguns, nothing tacticool. I won’t buy from big corpo, too big a pain. I just use guns.com for the most part.