WTF-Beta

@Mary-Anna said:

I think my settlement check will be in the low five figures, but it really should be approaching six.

And it’s taxable as ordinary income so after you split your money with the publisher, you split it again with US/NJ.

ya rly.

Pretty good, too.

https://x.com/theatlantic/status/2102039738542669835?s=46

I worry that people are so used to reading AI, especially anything longer than a social media post, that they start picking up all the tropes AI uses. For example, ending a paragraph with the flourish, “that’s not X, it’s Y!” and all the myriad other tells.

Real Housewives

Thirst

Is that what the kids are calling it now.

I read the article.

I’ve seen McDonald’s where older men gather mid morning for breakfast. Seems like a decent place for it, casual, not crowded at that hour, and budget friendly. Those that don’t want to spend the money for breakfast can eat at home and grab a coffee with their mates.

I’m still bitter they closed Steinway hall.

The new place on 5th ave doesn’t even let you play the pianos without an appointment.

@rontuner I know who’s been watching Finding Nemo with his grandson….

Cheesesteak

@dolmansaxlil Do you do an ECG when you have an episode ?

Accord

USPS seems to be kept alive by delivering junk mail and Amazon packages.

I’m not sure how they’ll support a national network of copper lines when 90% of people stop paying for it. (It seems to be down to 24% of households now, from a high of 95% 25 years ago. But it is still shedding 1-2% per year. Older people keep them, young folks never get one)

Civet

You’re gonna HATE Thursdays.

Yeah that’s convenient. I like the exercise metrics. I had a Fitbit for years and one time I upgraded and the new one was impossible to read in bright sunlight so I switched to Apple Watch and never looked back. I think I’ve had the same one for 6 years now. Not sure what would make me upgrade. Perhaps battery life at some point.

@Steve-Miller said:

The #1 snack in Switzerland. Seems random so I had to taste for myself. Definitely not hard to find.

Souvenirs!

Theoretically you’re supposed to declare foodstuffs at immigration which will slow you down. They should allow them to enter given they’re sufficiently processed to not have a pathogen risk but still it’s a pain in the ass.

Or you just don’t declare it and hope for the best.

And I never saw her again.

It must be really expensive to maintain for so few users.