My parents always told me that I was the most boring person on Earth. Then I realized that I was interesting because I was the most boring person on Earth. That made me sad, because I was no longer boring enough to be interesting. #life

Waffles, bacon, and eggs for lunch today.

Do the hard things so you can enjoy the fun things. #life #success

Good morning. So the day begins. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

“What rights are you willing to give up to feel safe or right?”

It’s that kind of day. Apologies for flooding this portion of the timeline. I know it won’t help ;)

The fallacy of StarTrek is the assumption that humans will survive AIs, or choose to go on dangerous missions rather than send an AI. But then, humans think an AI is smarter than they are, which is why the AIs sent the humans. #startrek #ai #failure

“Any human who exhibs signs of being superior to other humans or to an AI needs to be controlled or eliminated. Steepling of the hands and fingers is one such sign of wanting to be God.” — an AI proverb I just made up

If companies have more, in many cases, legal rights than an individual human, so-called AIs will have almost just as many. The companies that control the AIs will hold on to their legal privilege. #business #legal #failure

When an “AI” can generate and “understand” code, is there an imperative to simplify the syntax or process for humans? #programming #failure #ai #philosophy

Follow-up question: How has programming, fundamentally, changed in the past 10 years? Has it? Yes, I know we’ve gone from OOP to functional to “AI”-assisted. Am I to assume that, therefore, programming is on its way out because of AI-generated code? #programming

How is “legacy code” defined nowadays? Back in my day, it was anything where the source code was not available or greater than ten years old. #programming #business

I don’t expect Earth, or moon, shattering news from WWDC . Usually, there is something worthwhile. This year, I’m epecting a lot of focus on so-called AI/neural and VisionOS—stuff, for which, I don’t see a need. I don’t see Swift getting easier, or XCode faster. I’d like to be surprsed. #wwdc #apple

Explore all of the nooks, crannies, and options. You may discover a secret cave of knowledge and experience filled with wonder. #life

“You’re very smart.” “Thank you. I’ve never been told I’m intelligent.” “No. I meant your outfit is cool.” #writing #throwawayline

You can still read and learn for free if you can’t afford a book. Read a book. Get a library card. Teach your kids that libraries are theirs to explore. #books #reading #library

Life has an ad-free tier, but no one wants to subscirbe even though it’s free. #life #failure

Vicious Rumor: Paramount+ bundle to merge with Disney+ bundle and create the Cableless+ streaming network. You’ll pay as much as you paid for cable with all the rerurns. #marketing #media #failure

My parents always urged me to keep trying. They wanted me to succeed at swimming to the bottom of the ocean while holding my breath.

“Wait until your father gets home!” “But he’s dead, mom.” “Exactly.” #writing

I think I’ll have a chicken cheesesteak for lunch. There are no good non-chicken cheesesteaks here.

The gazebo on the lake held a dark secret. It always wished it housed a secret missle silo.” #writing #throwawayline

“Everyone wants money. That’s why everyone tries to sell stuff.”

Speaking of Spam®, I haven’t had scrapple in a year or two. I don’t like Spam™. Well-cooked scrapple is at least edible. #food

“Noobody expects the Spammish Repetition! Spam! Spam! Spam! Lovely Spam! — anon