Say what we will about the feds right now, but I am pretty sure they realized how much we paid in publication fees and subscription fees and noped them pretty hard. Unsure how this is shaking out in real policy so far.

So I love this scene at the end of Casino Royale, but then someone pointed out Mr. White's knee pads and I can't unsee them. Still, easily one of my favs, and 100% my fav trilogy.

You motivated me to click through. Turns out not many actual emails of substance (without a time limit, like review invitation), maybe less than 20. I’ve unsubscribed from a lot now.

I’ve never understood it. Like is it really as self congratulatory as it seems or surely there is more to it and I’m doing it wrong.

Of course authors seem to be on bluesky. Thanks Dungeon Crawler Matt @mattdinniman.bsky.social.

Personalize auto emails... never!

I feel like mad libs were way ahead of their time. I bet you could easily create a more fun form letter + random word picker from dictionary to create way better content.

Have you heard about the podcast live show on Monday? No snow then!

Sorry, you’ll be sigma.

And by 41 hours you’ll be a master!

“Machine”

Joking aside, it’s definitely a concern, but I can’t tell if it’s unreasonable expectations/promises or legit requirements unmet. In other words, maybe those requirements need more than $2M, therefore lower your expectations for more robustness.

I didn’t even know this is was an achievement to unlock.

And slowly. This is incredibly not good.

Next you’re gonna show me dinosaurs… actually I bet there is an anscombe pumpkin to be seasonally appropriate.

Add a third button that is lab work, but maybe the unseen dude behind you holding the gun is institutional paperwork/training.

It’s definitely a thing. Choose wisely.

There’s definitely some shared pain. I have a physical response when I see a 20 h time point. Fortunately for me all my important points were under 16 h.

I mean, that 20 h time point on a 24 h long growth curve is a painful one to nab… but don’t do it consistently and have a good reason to go after it.

Any other reason, I think you’ve got poor planning and life imbalance to blame.