I wear Sanuk Cozy Mats around the house. They’ve got that awesome heel that folds down so you can slip into them and wear them like slippers or pop them up and wear them like shoes. Probably the most comfortable footwear I’ve ever owned. Bought two pairs just in case they stop making them.

I love this, because I still find myself humming at least two or three of the songs, and have rewatched that episode more times than I’m willing to admit. There were some serious bangers that got lodged in my head along with all the other random broadway musicals that are stuck in there. Just shows how different, and valid, peoples’ tastes can be. While yeah, they didn’t follow the musical form artfully, it’s because the plot was self-referentially ridiculous. They were stuck in a reality distortion field, forced to obey the laws of musicals because they blasted some Anything Goes at a cloud for the hell of it. I fucking love how absurd that is, and that they fully committed to it.

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Yeah I feel you. It’s one of the few excellent apps that I’ve never felt the need to upgrade. I don’t think I need any of the extra features. I wish there were a lifetime option or something a little less expensive than their yearly. I might just subscribe for a few months to show my support for the devs, because it’s such a solid app. But their prices do seem really high.

Yeah, just search for 404 media with whatever app you use for podcasts. I don’t use Spotify or Apple and it came up straight away for me in PocketCasts.

404 Media knocking it out of the park as usual. This is one of those independent outlets which has been doing consistently awesome journalism. I especially like it when they get targeted for their work, because they are never afraid to call out the hypocrisy or bullshit, they thrive on it.

The silver lining here is that Facebook was already increasingly a waste of our time. The only reason we’re able to share our stories via our official Facebook page is that we’ve fully automated that process, because it is not actually worth our time to post our stories there organically. Since before we started 404 Media, we knew there was very little chance that Facebook would help us reach people, grow our audience, and make the case that people should support our journalism, so in a way we lost nothing because there’s nothing to lose. On the other hand, that perspective is based on us having already accepted Facebook’s rejection of our journalism years ago.

Their podcast is also very solid, worth a listen.

It can be pretty divisive, but I enjoyed it. In a few ways, it diverges pretty significantly from the traditional Trek look and feel, and has to explain away a fair number of inconsistencies, but it has its own unique identity and a pretty solid cast. The main character is probably the source of most of the division, and I found myself liking her a lot in some cases and getting incredibly annoyed by her in others. It’s a very emotionally-charged show, which works for some people (I tend to like having my emotions played with) and it’s visually gorgeous.

So I’d say it’s definitely worth a watch, but with medium expectations. One of the nice things about how the plot is structured, is that there are a lot of twists and complete “fork in the road” type devices, so if you’re tired of a storyline, just give it a few episodes and everything will change (at least for the first couple seasons). I’d say go for it.

While the new film’s familiar title might conjure images of a certain caped crusader, executive producer Michael Roesch pointed out that “our movie is very different from Chris Nolan’s movie, so there is no danger of confusion.”

Well I’m still pretty confused. So it’s not a Batman movie, but it’s about a crime-fighting vigilante called The Dark Knight. Great, no confusion at all. Nolan didn’t come up with that moniker, Batman has always been known as the Dark Knight. This seems like a classic bait and switch to get people to watch a movie they would otherwise avoid.

“Book me a cheap flight to New York.”

“All set, I’ve booked you a business class seat on a flight to Dubai, via Hawaii. Your MasterCard has been charged $14,572. Your flight leaves in 48 minutes, enjoy your trip!”

I’m sure you know, but you’re probably going to get a lot of grief for this. I’m deeply suspicious of any new AI tool, especially one that tries to get in between me and my news (looking at you Feedly), and I’m sure I’m not the only one. So if you’re not already, I’d prepare yourself for a lot of strong emotions, and probably not in a good way.

If you wanted to get ahead of that kind of thing, you might want to explain what kinds of safeties you’re building into it. For example, on your roadmap you say want it to “Generate argument of for and against perspective then summarise the result of the 2 arguments.” This kind of thing in particular is quite risky. Any time you try to introduce value statements into an LLM summary, you’re in the danger zone. Even if you’re just trying to summarize the actual perspective of the piece, you’re basically just begging the LLM to hallucinate. But asking it to summarize hypothetical opposing arguments is just asking for trouble.

I could go on, but I don’t want to start a pile on. I appreciate when folks try to build cool stuff, you’ve just waded into some choppy waters…

Thanks! That’s good advice. Even in easier games I always have to stop and remind myself to chill and figure out the pattern. And whenever I do, it’s much more manageable and ultimately more fun.

Finally grabbed a copy of Sekiro, and though I’ve never been much of a fan of uncompromisingly punishing games, I’m optimistic that this will be the one that gets me there.

Haven’t started it yet, so it’s possible, if not likely that it’s going to kick my ass.

Yeah, they smoothed things out, improved the graphics, and squashed a lot of bugs. I think Legendary is probably the best way to play them, especially the first, which had the most fixed.

Here’s a breakdown of the differences and improvements.

You’re in for a treat! The Legendary edition was a great release, and the perfect excuse for me to replay the whole trilogy a couple years back for like, the fourth time. So good.

Unless it has some kind of extra coating on it, you should be fine. To be honest though, I’d just dump the contents directly into your air fryer. Aside from slightly easier cleanup there’s no reason to risk any extra chemicals leeching into your food.