My kids are into collecting skins in Roblox and Fortnite and I just don't get it. Back when I gamed, you just pick the skin that's the smallest target and run with it. I couldn't imagine spending real money on this.

I walk into a Burger King about once a decade, and not one single time have I been served food that wasn't soggy and cold.

My kids have school laptops and they are used only as a worksheet delivery platform. Everything they do on them could be done on paper. There is nothing interactive.

And no coding, of course.

My first gig out of college was as a contractor at MCI WorldCom. The head shop I worked for managed to get my contract paid in full at the start, so I was immune from the layoffs. Management would walk around the cubicle farm with security, and just point randomly at employees. That one. And that one. And that one. Security would escort them out of the building. They didn't even get to clean out their desks. It was horrible. This was in Cedar Rapids, IA, and you either worked for WorldCom or Rockwell Collins, or you moved away.

Virginia is in the process of banning guns that can't be detected by a metal detector, despite such a thing not existing. These politicians know nothing about what they're legislating.

There are a lot of things in the news that make me feel upset, but at no time recently have I had to fight for my life or been cold or hungry. I think we have it pretty good compared to our ancestors.

Fleetwood Mac's Rumors came out in 1977. That was peak. It's all been downhill since then. The Chain is the greatest song ever made, and anyone who tries to argue with this is wrong.

We only had the choice between bad and worse.

Anyone who thinks AI is a bubble is vastly underestimating how far reaching this is. ChatGPT is a just toy compared to what is coming from AI.

"A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change."

https://shumer.dev/something-b...

This is worth reading.

Then it will argue with you constantly and tell you you're always wrong.

I pay for an Amazon Music subscription and I have yet to not be able to find something that I wanted to listen to. Music streaming has gotten better in recent years. Video streaming has gotten worse. I miss being able to find anything on Netflix. Now I have to buy a month of Disney+ if I want to watch the new Tron movie.

I'm really picky about audio, but I don't really care about video quality.

Over my lifetime, audio has kind of always been good. Vinyl, high quality cassettes, then CDs. Low quality streaming audio is a step backwards. But I grew up on CRTs and VHS tapes - which, if you weren't there for that, was awful. DVD is phenomenal by comparison. So I've never felt a need for BluRay, 4k, 8k, or anything else beyond DVD quality. And now that my vision is deteriorating, I couldn't tell the difference anyways.

My understanding is that was the original intent, but congress stole all the money and turned Social Security into a Ponzi scheme.

If I search for what type of oil to use in my car, there will be pages and pages of forum posts of people bickering about who's wrong answer is the best. ChatGPT gets it right the first time, and that's amazing considering it's trained on so many wrong answers. And I'd say its WAY more than 90% accurate.

For me, coffee is only a medication. I don't get why people pay that much for it instead of just using the office coffee maker. On the go, 7-11 has far better coffee, IMO, and you don't have to pay extra for flavors.