Does anyone do like an esports ‘decathalon’? I think it’d be interesting.

If you take podcasts as the zines of yore, their place in culture makes a decent bit of sense.

That’s about where I land. I’ve used it the other way, too, to help tighten up a good short story I’d written where my tone and tense was all over the place.

I’ve used LLMs to write automated tests for my code, too. They’re not hard to write, just super tedious.

First flight in 1903, on the moon in 1969. That’s 63 years. There are people who lived an experience where flight went from impossible to us planting a flag on a different celestial body. That’s incredible when you stop to think about it.

I switched to exclusively Kagi on my phone and it’s been a pretty pleasant experience. Not perfect, but fairly serviceable. You’re right, it’s way less cluttered. Going back to Google can sometimes be very jarring.

Worst of all and WTYP are excellent. Those are the two I’ve listened to.

I can also recommend QAA, Knowledge Fight, and Lions Led by Donkeys

I bought my Rebel EOS on EBay with a lens for under $200 I think. It’s a few years old. I spent $100 taking it in to have it professionally cleaned. It’s a fantastic little camera! I’m by no means good with it but it does everything I ask of it and then some.

My go-to is the biggest pack of AA or AAA batteries you can fit in your budget. They’re always handy.

Ah, a fellow misophonia ‘enjoyer’!

Yep! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinz

And people who use the term are yinzers

Those are hard seltzers. The ones I’m thinking of and drink are all just fizzy, flavored water and nothing else!

Have you tried seltzer at all? Throw some fresh citrus in and it’s really good. Might even scratch the same soda itch.

I feel that. Quitting alcohol is big suck territory

Hey, stay strong. Shit gets easier, I promise. Six years sober, two years without nicotine here. I did it, and you can too.

I signed up for it last night for exactly that reason.

Not an answer I was expecting, but one I’m glad to see

Nope, not at all! You’ve got it right.

I’m definitely a 1, and generally I don’t. I do, however, really like interactive fiction in both work safe and non work safe contexts. I think I really enjoy being able to visualize it in my mind more than I do watching it.

I’m not sure if it factors into your pet theory, but I’m asexual so the appeal of physical forms is also very lost on me. That’s a different can of worms that I’m happy to open if interested, but I’ll leave it be if not.

Oh rad! Keep your eyes peeled for conventions!