U.K. editor also recently told me about 'frictionmaxxing' (younger gens doing things analog just to feel something, like printing out concert tickets) and I cannot help but observe that it sounds like a euphemism for something else

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Crypto is a gamble. He placed his stake with an unregulated organisation, and encouraged others to also gamble. We’re into miniature violin territory 🎻

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Alright, no one else cares about this, but it matters to me: It's "AHHHH" when it's relieving, and it's "AAAAAH" when you're screaming.

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E.g. Fleeing from a bear: "AAAAH!" Sitting in a hot tub: "AHHH." Fleeing from a bear by jumping into a hot tub: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH"

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I haven't kept abreast of what the state of the art of local compute, but I'm assuming the cost-effective solutions are dog slow and really only useful for research applications, not for full-on commercial-grade use. Mac Studio and Nvidia DGX Spark machines are apparently not very good at that job.

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