Option The whine of the drones at the Olympics. Cool video perspectives, but it's bordering on vuvuzela level annoyance while watching a sport.

@LuFins-Dad Is most of the ice concrete gone? We had a nice melt recently and saw the marks in the grass from where voles like to dig around under the turf (under the snow).

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Wow.

Englishmen are exempt from food critiques. They haven't been exposed.

No time to read the article but the concern is giving Xai preferential treatment for data center infrastructure in space. Like the railroads in the 19th century we try to avoid companies using a dominant position in one industry to dominate unrelated industries.

Prescient too. https://x.com/plentyshit/status/2022596740436889692?s=46

Flags are at half mast across the country.,

There’s a 24 hour McDonald’s a few blocks from the hotel. All other restaurants are booked given it’s Valentine’s Day

No, that's really it. You may get lucky.

The first and only time I was in Austin was when Apple Computer was my client in the early 90s. It was after Jobs had been fired and the Newton was launched. But they already had a sizeable presence there. One thing that came of it (Apple’s presence, not my trip) was Apple crushed an initiative that was going to outlaw the provision of ‘partner’ benefits (ie spousal-type benefits for same sex couples back when gay marriage was illegal). It was about to pass and Apple told the governor and legislative leaders that it would shut down its Texas facilities if it became law. “And the rain came down”, as they say.

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Maybe. VCs are still going to want to exit at some point.

A Spy Among Friends, docu-drama about Kim Philby's defection. Quite well done. I love spy stuff.

@bachophile said in Pennsylvania as the beacon of virtue (on Pr0nhub): figures minnesota nice would be mutual orgasm It just means more Minnesota wives are viewing porn hub.

No matter, he's still the mayor. For now. I don't foresee a second term.

The whole industry seems weirdly closed off, but what you said makes lots of sense. I am not a wine connoisseur, but if a consumer can find a place that can sell it for affordable prices, while still making huge margin, and having a simple but quality list, that certainly would be attractive to me.