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I see you settled on a design for the toaster. Love the mustache.

It’s kind of like imposter syndrome for taking a break. Are you really bored enough to enjoy relaxing? Have you really relaxed enough to get back to work?

I wish Telegram would just enable default E2EE. Oh well, time to switch to Signal!

I believe they were bought by someone and eventually implemented some questionable practices. I don’t remember the exact details, maybe someone else does.

Here’s a link to the chatbot. It’s pretty good at explaining things and has a lot of patience for the hopeless drivel conspiracy theories contain. I like how it doesn’t just refute them with specific evidence, but tears apart the very logic of the conspiracy theories.

https://survey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a63Ctm1v22DNlie

I was once driving on some back roads I was unfamiliar with. I turned a corner and didn’t realize there was a stop sign until too late and went right through the intersection. As I went through it, I turned my head to the left and noticed that a car was heading right for me. It missed me by inches.

TIL there’s a term for this: Schrödinger’s joke

This is the second story I read today about the terrible things people are using Telegram for. Here’s the second one and beware, it’s very disturbing. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/thanks-internet-its-now-shockingly-easy-to-become-an-international-monkey-torturer/

It sounds like they want you to do it during working hours or else they wouldn’t offer those times. It’s a service offered by your job so it could be interpreted as a work-related function and therefore you should get paid for utilizing it.

It doesn’t seem so. I looked on YouTube and someone cut together a lot of gameplay footage from different sources. It’s enough to get a sense for the game. It looks really cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhhH_ocfqZw&t=957s

Search Engine with PJ Vogt. They do deep dives into all kinds of things and it’s full of interesting information.

I’ve been using Kagi for a while now and I love it. I actually get useful search results. Yeah, it’s paid, but it’s sooo worth it.

Here’s what your query looks like in Kagi:

My partner uses a Logitech MX Ergo. It doesn’t match all your specs, but it’s a very nice mouse. The initially purchased mouse was refurbished from Amazon and it was having problems connecting to multiple devices. Logitech sent a completely new mouse no questions asked!

I think you’re giving companies too much credit. Freakonomics did a series called “Does Advertising Actually Work?” and the tl;dr was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-advertising-actually-work-part-1-tv-ep-440/

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-advertising-actually-work-part-2-digital-ep-441/

That would be an interesting twist. Alt Tony Stark is Dr. Doom so the real Dr. Doom joins the Avengers to save the universe. Although Doom’s motivation would likely be to prove he’s the superior Doom. Seems like that would make a decent Secret Wars plotline.

I’m wondering if they’ll turn an alternative universe Tony Stark into Doom. Are there any comics where this happens?

As far as feelings: very excited. I was bummed when Robert Downey Jr. exited the MCU and it will be nice to have him back. I hope it’s more than a cameo.