Fun fact - one of my best friends from Ohio who lived in LA when I did taught Marley (and me) how to make freebase cocaine. Probably a mistake.

Yeah, he implies evil intent without evidence.

I used to watch skating religiously. Back in the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding days. Not anymore.

The thought crosses everybody's mind I'm sure.

You're showing your age.

Interesting read: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/world/europe/russia-putin-aide-dmitri-kozak-ukraine-war.html

Yeah I've read that, and I'm always amazed at the span of Horowitz's career. "Hey listen to what Horowitz did in 1925, oh and check out this recording of him in 1987!"

@Horace said in Any Dark Beer Fans on here?: Sam Smith pale ale used to be my favorite. Like Theakstons, a Yorkshire beer. It might be grim up north, but there are compensations.

We'd artificially restrict the supply just like DeBeers does. Lots of value would remain.

Gotta know your way around that place.

Listen to music in your car with the engine shut down and the car stationary; typically lower noise that way.

I think he meant in the future?

Got my free 12 months of Gemini Pro for being a student for which I'm being reimbursed by my company. Nice. Liking Gemini so far. But Mandarin tones remain the final boss of natural language for AIs. Neither ChatGPT nor Gemini can do them when they try to give examples in mixed english and chinese. But when they speak totally in Mandarin without trying to mix in English, it seems they can do the tones. I'm still trying to work out a good way to use them as a study partner.

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lol