I keep laughing at the $5 dollar gas comments here in the states. We haven't seen $5 dollar gas in CA since the pandemic.

It's $7 here. you have to be millionaire to fill your tank. "Oh wait, you're a millionaire? Then gas is $9 gallon for you bro."

Does that mean I should limit what I do on local models to computational/rational stuff, and not search for literature? Modeling heavyweights please chime in.

yeah I was just about to post this.

"hmmm, Megan, let's take a look at your op-out scores last quarter . . . "

Got to hand to the AI bros, all their press releases are about how awesome their tech is today. Quantum people are always a decade short.

Same as a regular mobile phone.

I use Amazon subscribe, - for coffee just like the story!

Thing #1 is that coffee prices did go way up, not just on amazon by in the US thanks to you-know-who and tariffs. Can't blame Amazon for that.

#2 It's not that hard to cancel. And you only have to sort it out once, not a daily hassle type thing.

Lastly, we have a small office (where you have to do 12 things every day AND keep your business alive) and it's always things like coffee, hand soap, etc. that you run out of, subscription makes takes away some hassles, at least for me.

Agree. More than this, Apple has dumped too much complexity into new phones with latest OS.

Example, my 17 pro is pretty big and heavy, so you end up gripping it every time you pick it up. But with the extra buttons on the sides you end up engaging something you didn't want. So then you menu-dive into system settings just to turn off extra buttons.

I feel like I am fighting with this thing - Jobs used to say he was proud of the things Apple didn't do. Man, those days are gone.

The updraft right after the explosion - you could almost feel it looking at your laptop screen. hope nobody was killed or injured.

To answer some questions:
1. the pump runs on a timer circuit - I have the timer set for times when one of us is likely to take a shower, otherwise it's off.
2. without the pump, you end up wasting a lot of water, because you'll run the hot water for a while to purge out the cold (I'm in SoCal, water useage is a big deal here.)
3. Didn't add anything noticeable to our electrical bill.
4. It does add a little noise, but it seems to just be the noise of water running in the pipes. You have to be standing next to it to hear the actual pump going.
5. Now we all know what Grundfos does! (a little bit anyway)

They make consumer products too. I have one of their recirculating pumps on my water heater.

Very good suggestion. If only local politicians would think like this it would make a big difference.

Woooosssshhhh . . . .

5. It's a good tool, learn how to use it but treat it like it's borrowed, not owned. Learn what it does and take that learning into how you will do things in the future.

Put this thing on Judge Judy. Or the old school People's Court with Judge Wapner (and that cheesy guy who asked snarky questions at the end of the show.)

Kind of "stop and smell the roses." If you can appreciate things and chill out once in a while, you'll feel better anyways.