I saw the headline and for a split second got excited for X-Com news. Instead, I got xitter.

WWII vet: “Let’s go.”

Me watching this: Let’s fucking go!!!

We upgraded all of our hardware, got spares, and signed up for extended warranty before the tariffs hit. Even is all goes back to normal eventually and we spent capital up front for nothing, businesses like ours need stability. Our day to day is chaotic enough without the added stress of not having functioning equipment because an senile orange buffoon decided to whip out his mushroom peen and proclaim that the world needs to bow down and worship his flaccid ego.

The key takeaway from the article;

Hyundai: *Buys Boston Dynamics in 2021

Trump: “We’re going to bring manufacturing back to America!”
*Imposes tariffs on car imports

Hyundai: OK
*Deploys robots in Alabama plant to do tasks usually done by humans.

Whoa…that resemblance is crazy.

Over here in ADHD land;

I can absolutely hyperfocus my way through tasks…as long as they are for someone else and due in a couple of hours, even though the task was given to me three months ago.

They are doing this with all the Ray-Bans they’ve sold? That’s crazy! There could be dozens of them.

Damn. Epic’s on a roll in my news feed this morning.

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You have turned Roblox/Minecraft loving little kids into a lifelong Linux haters. 🤣

I applaud you.

PS: So how are the computers performing now?

My main systems are all Linux, except for my music production MacBook Pro. The experience on an M3 Mac is just flawless.

I always say the same thing. Use the right tool for the job, and for music, an Apple silicone system is currently unbeatable.

It’s the Toyota Camry of extraction shooters.

Ooof

Like, you know how I handle this when I’m in your partner’s position? I say “cool, sounds fun, please do the dishes when you get in, I’ll probably be asleep by then.” If I wake up a little when they get in, I roll over and cuddle. Done.

I bet that my heart was not the only one to skip a beat reading that. There are so many people stuck in toxic relationships that have no idea that such a healthy response is possible. They either brace for impact or preemptively attack in self defense.

I have been with my wife for 31 years and in my opinion the problem here is your partner, not you. My wife used to ask me to do all sorts of asinine things when we were young “to prove to her that I cared”. Stupid stuff like doing a specific thing every night without fail, which is impossible for someone with ADHD. These sort of demands were toxic and all they accomplished was to damage our relationship.

If your partner cares about you, they should be considerate of your condition and make an effort to accommodate you. Also, interfering or putting pressures on your therapy/support is unacceptable.

Please do not damage yourself for someone else.

Actually, yes. It led to a huge lawsuit and changes in legislation regarding 401k contributions.

These types of requests always backfire. We got a similar request when I worked for a very large corporation and the very first thing I did was create a backup of our Lotus Notes and take it home. Just in case.

Sounds like a game destined to be an Epic and/or Prime giveaway less than a year after launch.

I was interested in Diablo IV when it was released which, after a few videos, led YouTube to recommend Asmondgold. I watched one or two of his videos and the next thing I know my feed is full of maga and manosphere trash. Most of it had innocuous titles and thumbnails but a few minutes in I was being bombarded with lies, bad faith arguments, logical fallacies. Don’t even get me started with where funny Garand Thumb videos will lead. All I could think of was how Al Queda and ISIS recruited people with videos posted online.

EDIT: For the most part, I liked Asmondgold, but the algorithm leads from him to very dark places.