Aside from that, in some parts of the country, $120k per year is the financial independence income floor. In 18 years, it’s going to be WAY over 170k.
I remember when I was young, I calculated that if I saved a certain reasonable amount per year, I’d be a millionaire by the time I was 55. And I was right — it was just enough to buy a house that would have sold for $20k when I was young, leaving me in debt and with minimal monthly liquid cash.
I think it’s more a case that the people for whom gas prices are A Thing have now joined all the people who already disapproved of him… so another 5% of the population, who believed his lies right up until there was no denying that his actions were hitting their pocketbooks.
He failed to mention that it’s a rolling four weeks.
What I dislike is that the term AI has gone the way of terms like “hacking” and “the web” — I’ve been working with AI for over two decades, and suddenly LLMs are getting VC funding that’s enough to buy up the world’s memory and CPUs, use up entire communities’ water supplies, and set back responsible use of fossil fuels by decades. And now we’re being told to use these massive models or be replaced by them.
In other words, the problem isn’t AI, it’s people (as usual).
The reason nobody cares about the numbers is the lack of context. AI can provide that context, or hallucinate an interesting context if one isn’t available.
What could possibly go wrong?
[edit] I just thought of something: if an AI leaks a classified document by rephrasing it and stripping the markers, is the resulting document still classified?
It’s a better thought than hallucinated summaries.
So do cereal bags.
The cereals I buy don’t.
The boxes are really there to claim space on the shelf. They’re 100% marketing budget.
One dose of realism here: time doesn’t heal anything. The experiences you have during that time contextualize your current experience.
So if you spend years waiting for the feeling to subside to do something else, nothing will change. You have to get out there and have new experiences that help you make sense of the existing ones.
Hobbies that involve scheduled events where you interact with others help a lot.
Good point; I already live here. Some places are more expensive than others, but you can expect San Fransisco-style prices for things, not Cleveland-style prices.
Funny thing is, I often find it’s people born after 1990 who are desperate for small talk, but just often don’t know how to do it.
It’s like talking to them lifts this huge weight off their shoulders, and yet at the same time leaves them feeling weird and confused.
Just a reminder that Canada just expanded citizenship; many Americans may already be dual citizens and not even realize it.
. . . while also fighting the colonials on the other side of the war to control regional resource extraction.
My experience is that you have to do both. They reinforce each other.
Does it say why the bull came out of retirement?
I highly recommend reading Connie Willis’ The Domesday Book
Just like many people keep their cars parked outside, but the outside is protected better if it is usually stored under cover. The trick is to get a cover that doesn’t trap moisture inside.
Well, the obvious answer is: if God is so much greater than humans, how would we know? If you’re talking about the Hebrew god from the Christian Bible / Jewish Scriptures, you’re seeing the depiction of God as told through the lens of humans, who often try to be telling other humans about god using the limited vocabulary and imagery available.
God is depicted as being powerful enough that a human not being fully aligned with God but being in God’s presence would lead to annihilation, just like a human approaching the sun would be destroyed — not because the sun was angry, just because of its nature compared to ours.
On the flip side of that, for the biblical God, humans are made in God’s image, which means the species as a whole would reflect God’s character (including the bit about wanting to be the ones fully in control).
It’s the same with flats being ♭ and not b. Mostly an engraving choice.
Polygraph tests for the FBI actually make a lot of sense.
They eliminate people who panic under pressure, and eliminate people who can’t pass a polygraph test.
That leaves you with a mix of competent intelligent people and exhibitionist psychopaths. And there are other tests you can do to eliminate the psychopaths, should you desire to do so.