Eric Dahl
@replytodahl.bsky.social
Maker. Foodie. Runner. Pop culture geek. Chicago sports fan. Lead Product Manager @ The Athletic. Former Senior Editor at PC World.
Reminded me that I missed RAM prices skyrocketing just as GPU prices came down. This March I built a new PC for the first time in... jeez, eight years??? And apparently RAM is up like 3x since then. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere
Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.
arstechnica.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reminded me that I missed RAM prices skyrocketing just as GPU prices came down. This March I built a new PC for the first time in... jeez, eight years??? And apparently RAM is up like 3x since then. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Did you get to the Snocaps album yet this week? Man, is Katie Crutchfield on a heater...
Saint Cloud -> Plains -> Tigers Blood -> Snocaps is a pretty great couple albums with side projects in between.
Saint Cloud -> Plains -> Tigers Blood -> Snocaps is a pretty great couple albums with side projects in between.
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did you get to the Snocaps album yet this week? Man, is Katie Crutchfield on a heater...
Saint Cloud -> Plains -> Tigers Blood -> Snocaps is a pretty great couple albums with side projects in between.
Saint Cloud -> Plains -> Tigers Blood -> Snocaps is a pretty great couple albums with side projects in between.
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"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
The studio version is fascinating to me, in that it was always clear that "it's visceral" was a line you were going to hold on to when you play it live. Interesting that it's not on the album version. (And, btw, who else is capable of making "visceral" the focal point of a song's climax?)
October 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The studio version is fascinating to me, in that it was always clear that "it's visceral" was a line you were going to hold on to when you play it live. Interesting that it's not on the album version. (And, btw, who else is capable of making "visceral" the focal point of a song's climax?)
The Tiny Desk version is pretty great as well. Always interesting to look at beginning vs. end of tour performances... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1f...
Waxahatchee: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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October 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Tiny Desk version is pretty great as well. Always interesting to look at beginning vs. end of tour performances... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1f...
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What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
![Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.
Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.
“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreib66z6racbfo5llgukbvmldxq44zaa7nqetkcs5cwxfez6xcec5oy@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Please tell me we're getting lots more cats in our cities?
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Please tell me we're getting lots more cats in our cities?
Clearly the dude from Community who was on trial for killing the study group’s yam.
David Neher
Michael Ironside and David Neher in Community (2009)
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September 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Clearly the dude from Community who was on trial for killing the study group’s yam.
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/3 ….among the leadership, the elite. It requires someone to push back against populist scorn for civilization.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
/3 ….among the leadership, the elite. It requires someone to push back against populist scorn for civilization.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
Between Taxi and It's Always Sunny, Danny DeVito has a pretty great case
August 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Between Taxi and It's Always Sunny, Danny DeVito has a pretty great case