Haven’t heard anything in a while. I wonder if they ran away with the money already.

Just like back in the bad old days. You would leave your computer running overnight to download a few mp3 files.

I’ve never felt so secure. This security check must be the most thorough one ever. Boarding an airplane is faster than this.

Here’s how you make links in general.
[text goes here](https://site.tld/stuff/image.png)

Add an exclamation mark if you want to turn the link into a picture.
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Here’s how that looks like in practice.

Yeah, but that’s true until AI chip demand comes crashing down. Just a matter of time. AI startups can continue to funnel money to datacentres as long as investors have money. When banks decide to increase interest rates, the cascade begins.

This is just next level hostile design.

How about normal steel forks and such? They should be fine.

I guess it boils down to two options:

1. Use the Steam controller and utilise workarounds to play games from other platforms. Is the controller that much nicer to justify the workarounds and the cost?
2. Use a different controller that is compatible with everything. No janky solutions required, which is nice, but is the controller so much worse than the Steam controller that you feel like you’re missing out?

Iron and nickel.

Now that would be an interesting challenge. How to get downvotes without being blatantly abrasive.

Those things can certainly happen, not going to deny that. So far, unfortunate events like that have been exceedingly rare, so I’ll just assume that’s also going to be true in the future.

It’s a risk I’m willing to take. Everyday convenience of using a phone for these things is more valuable to me.

Yeah, that really depends on which part of the world you’re in. When I travel, I absolutely need to keep my wallet with me, since nothing works without cash.

Years ago, I stopped carrying my wallet everywhere. A mobile phone handles payments, so what’s the point of a wallet and a stack of cards?

A few cards can’t be digitised on my phone, so I simply tuck them into my jacket pocket. I don’t need them very often anyway, so keeping them all with me isn’t even necessary, but they’re very light, so it’s fine. I usually only have two or three cards in my jacket pocket, not the whole wallet.

Technically, I also have a wallet, but that just contains all the ancient relics I need approximately once a year. So far, I’ve just kept it in my backpack. I wonder how soon would I notice if I just left it at home.

It’s also idiotic how the heat from a regenerator is managed. That excess heat pulled from the food is useful in the winter, but why does it need to be dumped indoors in the summer. Would be so much nicer if there was a way to just move the heat entirely outside the house.

More like, skip all measurements and just wing it. The first two holes on the left look like they could work, but the other holes are a total mystery. Can’t really imagine what’s going on there except someone just winging it so hard.

I mean, that’s in the training data. When you dump the entire internet onto a language model, this is what you get. The data scientists who built these models probably aren’t surprised to find that the training data manifests in the generated outputs.

Those are pretty interesting twists too. Just look up the etymology of “tea” and “chai”. It boils down to different trade routes and dialects.

Well that’s just the way American English works. Diphthongs are sprinkled everywhere. Pronouncing it as /aɪˈræn/ is just following the common practices.

It would be funny if we started to pronounce America as /eɪˈmeɪr.ɪ.kə/. I think that would be a completely consistent way to say it. Lots of words get butchered the same way, so it’s only fair.

If your spouse is a troubled individual, that makes this a special case. Special precautions might be in order. Normal people don’t need to worry about these things, because murdering your SO doesn’t even occur to most people.

As far as I know, most insects rely heavily on chemical markers. That’s how ants communicate too. Dragonflies hunt by eyesight, but they are exceptional in so many ways.

If you have sweaty hands, it should be able to identify you easily. If you’ve just washed your hands with soap, it could be harder. At least that’s my hypotheses for the time being.

BTW how do you know you’ve been identified? Will it just run away from strangers?