Not much to add to what's being said - I agree very much that small steps are much less painful, and also that trying to 'fix' what you see as somebody else's problem like an engineer is not a good way to approach it - that's something that I've been guilty of, and still struggle with. It's very easy to build up resentment, particularly if it feels as though you're doing more than 50% of the work, and both Mrs. Phibes and I have been guilty of that on a number of occasions. Counselling can be quite a bit more helpful than you might imagine, but you both have to want to go. In terms of reducing mess and clutter, we've found the Facebook Free Marketplace to be a great place for getting rid of things you don't really think you can sell, but that feel too good to just throw away - old toys, gadgets you don't need. I got rid of an old stereo which was in full working order - they guy was made up that he was getting it for free, and I was made up to free up the space. Full disclosure - our house is a lot messier than we'd like it to be.

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@Renauda said in Chilling video essay re authoritarianism: Vlad, as always, raises some salient points. As he should, he knows what he sees. As to travel, right now I wouldn’t even consider changing flights in the US let alone entering it as a tourist. Several of my Canadian relatives feel the same way.

Peter Attia interview from back in 2021 with the journalist who really dove into the Andrew Wakefield hoax and the origins of the ‘vaccines cause autism’ memetic complex. He follows the histories of the players involved (Wakefield originally sought out to show measles caused IBD), what they did, what they fabricated, and how they were able to have their initial success. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peter-attia-drive/id1400828889?i=1000517725939

It’s hard to say. I haven’t been doing much cycling in the past 6 weeks but it’s gone up in that time. I bought an indoor trainer for my basement but haven’t used it much due to the awkward placement. I just got rid of that large extraneous bed in my basement which will allow me to put it in a good place and use it more. What’s new for me in the last six weeks or so is daily treadmill time.

@89th said in Calibri v. Times New Roman: I'm just trying to visualize how some of this Administration's dumber moves actually come about... Visualize this (h/t @wtg, also involves Rubio's department): Feds bring woman to US to face charges, then say she’s here illegally [and wants to deport her before she's tried] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/feds-bring-woman-to-us-to-face-charges-then-say-she-s-here-illegally/ar-AA1S4hnV

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I thought it was CGI.

I picked up a prescription yesterday from an Asian young lady. But since she's a pharmacy tech, or maybe even a pharmacist, I'm sure she was at least mid 20s. Anyway, she was stunning. From what I could tell through the drive through window at least. Which is enough to infer everything I couldn't see.

@Axtremus said in My AI Training: @Mik said in My AI Training: ... but you still have to amass and feed it the data. Where it can help you is you can train it to do normal engineering reports where you just put in the parameters and it does all the verbalization for you. But it can't amass data it hasn't been given. That's another concern ... how do you know the data you feed it will not leak outside your data security enclave? You don't. Exactly why I stay away from cloud storage as much as possible.

@jon-nyc said in Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….: Smart girl. [image: 1760119847208-img_8204.jpeg] she seems to be missing? off the grid? news conference with her in Oslo was cancelled...?

Yeah, when we bought our 2006 Odyssey I pooh-poohed Janet for wanting the heated seats. Now on our Murano I LOVE the heated seats and steering wheel.

Me too. Though there is a minor caveat that he’s repeating what another person outlined. Still he must find it to be at least an intriguing possibility to forward it.