We also are willing to put ourselves through a lot of pain for a relatively short gain. This essay made a big impact on how I plan to approach end of life when it comes. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-doctors-...

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In the TV edit of the 1984 film Repo Man, the line “fuck you, motherfucker!” is changed to “flip you, melon farmer!” And in a television edit of The Big Lebowski the line “see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” is changed to “see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps”.

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This is another example of a practical, useful use for AI. ... like the potato sorter, only this time it's sorting feathers for shuttlecocks. There's a version of this video that includes a voice-over and some text describing this Japanese manufacturer and its one-of-a-kind badminton gear.

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"This could have been an email." Aragorn whispers. "He ALWAYS pulls this shit in 'Any Other Business" Boromir replies, quietly. "It's why Faramir marked himself as busy when the invite went out."

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A useful reminder that what the right calls “woke” today was just called “mainstream centrist American culture” fifty years ago.

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