It's Claude-ception. Claudes all the way down.

Kids don't have to see their parents reading every day, but the parents should at least encourage their kids to read. I used to read to my kid before bed until he was about 12, or so, and we read all kinds of stories. I'd read, and he'd play with figures he made on his own, while listening. And he picked it up so he was happy to read on his own, too. When Goosebumps was popular, we'd go to the bookstore, grab a new copy, and he'd almost complete the book before we got home from the store. (Anyone want to buy a collection of 25 year old Goosebumps?) I'd quiz him to make sure he wasn't just flipping pages, and he clearly knew what was going on in the story. It's served him well since he became an adult, too.

Eh, I'm also an old reader, and I much prefer reading most things from my phone. There are some technical manuals which work better on paper - depending on who did the electronic version; I don't care for Kindle or Google Play Books because the illustrations are often crap and cumbersome to zoom in - but for most of my casual reading, I prefer to just have all my books in one easily carried device. If I find myself free for a moment, I can open my phone and pick up reading where I left off. I don't have to carry my phone -and- a book. Also, no chance of grabbing the wrong book if I have them all saved. But to each their own.

I'm deaf, you insensitive clods!

Actually, I'd rather have a scooter than headphones or glasses.

Or the Chicago Elevated Train; aka El, or Crazy Train. The first time I - a guy from small town USA - saw a homeless person with all of her belongings on the El - minding her own business, and not bothering anyone - it was a shocking and disheartening experience. I don't blame her: it was freaking cold out on the streets. Plus, once you get on a train, you can go anywhere in the system, as long as you don't exit the toll booths. I hope she's doing better, one way or another.

I've always had a fond spot for Beaglebone, and they have a couple of RISC-V boards. Unfortunately, they're not Arduino cheap: $140 to $150.

So, off-hand, do you know of a replacement Arduino community that new users can join so they can learn about microcontrollers without being under Qualcomm's thumb? There's the Raspberry Pi Pico, I suppose, but it's not as turnkey easy as Arduino's IDE. That, in itself, has plusses and minuses.

With this administration and its cowboy cavalier attitude toward everything, including the laws of physics, I wouldn't be surprised if management pulls an "I don't care if it's insanely dangerous! Launch that mfkr! All for the glory of our glorious leader!" So, sure, we might have people on the moon, but them being alive, and returning are not guaranteed.

Well, ya know, "The customer is always right." But, god help us, they're not. On average - distribution curve - customers are dipshits.

Kinda like Waymo: Who's actually responsible for a driverless vehicle pausing in an intersection and causing chaos, or worse? Does the company send the mail room guy to sit in jail to serve the penalty?

TDS is putting a bandage on your ear, or wearing a diaper - outside of your clothing - in "solidarity" with your cult leader. Criticizing a political leader for legitimate concerns is not "derangement."

If that's the goal, why not send everyone to jail preemptively? If we're all locked up, no one can hurt us, right? It's for our own good.

At Siemens, and Motorola, I worked with a number of Indian folks, and except for one that really stood out as fkn awful, they were all technically adept, and downright nice people. I'd put at least four on a "scary smart" level. I'm gonna say your HR people suck at bringing in candidates.

I buy evaluation boards - eg LPC845BRK; nearest one at hand - just so I can swipe the various circuits I might need. They give you a nice PDF with the circuits laid out - often in logical blocks, like power, USB, SD card, etc - so you can just cut-and-paste their design.

No Giga-WIFI. More PCB space than a pack of cigarettes. Lame.