@nazhamid re 64 Miles in New York City -- such good photos. Still trying to figure out the brand of Bill's road/gravel whip. And I'm happy to report I had to search to learn what "Aesop-scrubbed" meant/referred to.
"Your value lies in your ability to leverage those work primitives, [the things that AI can produce], in ways that reflect your taste, in ways that reflect your expertise."
daniel.industries/2025/09/14/helping-define-this-thing-we-feel-lacking-in-llm-responses/
Deport the dead.
Go back a few generations, and you’ll unearth row after graveyard row of corpses without REAL ID or up-to-date documents. Ignorantia juris non excusat.
I know, I know, great-great-great-great-granddad got legal via the Naturalization Act of 1790. That was then, this is now.
Cal Newport threw down. Need more of this from him.
"They tell a compelling story: that all of your frantic tapping and swiping makes you a key part of a political revolution, or a fearless investigator, or a righteous protestor – that when you’re online, you’re someone important, doing important things during an important time. But this, for the most part, is an illusion. In reality, you’re toiling anonymously in an attention factory"
A parishioner didn't like his church's new priest. He finally had enough and went to confession. "I just can't stand the guy!" he said.
Faceless, from the other side of the confessional divider, the priest replied, "Why don't you just ignore what he has to say? Everyone else does."
I was watching an old Polyphonic Spree video and thought, "Oh, that guitarist played on one of my tracks!" Still really pleased with this deep cut Cutting Crew cover. (I only sing background vocals and play drums despite having my name on the marquee.)
"...we found Milo, who immediately burst into tears and told us they had gone off course, explaining that a sheriff's officer had directed them straight at the first turn, a few miles into the race. Apparently someone caught up to them in a vehicle and told them to turn around. Race over..."
daniel.industries/2025/09/07/a-scene-from-the-bike-racing-post-apocalypse/
