Measure your losses against your gains, never in isolation, and never as a single measurement. #life #productivity #success

Restaurants should summarily evict the loudest person in the establishment. This person raises the volume level of all who are in attendance. #restaurant

Warning: Apple Siri search fails when not connected to the internet. There is no fallback to a local search engine, even with a simple on-device search for apps. Apple has killed the search UI in favor of search AI. #applie #ai #failure #searech

Some people would rather sell sports. Some people would rather listen to people talk about sports. Some people would rather watch sports. Some people would rather participate in sports. Too bad, those who participate aren’t in the majority. #sport #failure

“Soon, you will have to have a data center in your literal back yard. Those too poor to have a back yard, will be given a small data center to carry around with them.” #ai #datacenter #failure

Apparently, mattress companies are a growth industry in the US. This after the fall of the “pillow guy”. Easy money is to be had in claiming to support people with marketing. If you have no skills, “invent” a mattress. #marketing #innovation #failure

ChatGLP-1 … just sayin’

“It’s not summer until someone dies.” #writing #throwawayline

Not so cozy mystery idea: “Poison by Cupcake”. #writing

The Gathering: Tangerine is now a permanent member. He has no desire to go out. No other new members, thankfully. #feral #cat

Does Chillicothe still do the Tecumseh show? Just a random thought.

I hate having an idea and then too late realizing it was a good one, having lost it. #life #ideas

“She made him a man. It was the least he could be.” #writing #throwawayline

The only reason a company has a paid spokesperson is that they couldn’t find anyone who believed in the company/product enough to do it for feee. #marketing #failure

“Sometimes you have to fight your feral relatives.” #writing #throwawayline

Just got the XTEink 4 Pro. First impressions: backlight and touchscreen are nice and intuitive. Stock firmware is still awful and immediately replaced with CrossPoint. POGO pins are a bad idea. USBC/Pogo adapter keeps falling off. #xteink #crosspoint #eink

Happy Wiggle Your Toes Day

Good morning. Enjoy the heat and stupidity. Time for the ceremonail coffee.

Estimation

When estimating how long something will take to do, most humans estimate elapsed time, which is impossible to do accurately. You’re better off estimating actual work time required, which is what you can control. Most things take a fraction of the time when compared to the estimated time, which …

Nibbage. #fountainpen

Happy Green Pepper Day

Freedom is not about wanting. It’s about realizing you have enough. #life #success #freedom

Books have a way of intriguing and teaching. #book #reading