at what level of practicality and abstraction? like I could say J.J. Gibson but maybe that's too far afield

did you try turning it off and back on

somebody posted it! I'm glad it exists, what a rich storytelling vein to mine

I've often thought my bedding was insufficiently alive

Inflation data courtesy of DoorDash. Unemployment data courtesy of GrubHub. Mortality and Morbidity data courtesy of Persitent Brainworm, Inc. Federal Flow of Funds data courtesy of Is You Takin Notes On A Criminal Fuckin Conspriacy.

I am not generally a cold person but I have Reynaud's and it is so goddamned annoying. Sometimes I'll be like "well it's only a few minutes I won't put gloves on" and then bloop! hands are numb for like a half hour.

driving a long way without ever touching the brake pedal is so f'in' sweet

well, for sure. and while the analogy breaks down in some extremely important ways I think we're heading in the same direction with "AI" and big chunks of robotics.

they're both on any Danny McBride superfan's longlist, obviously

I was thinking about fission when I wrote this. Many useful applications! Muuuuuch harder to arrange than the destructive applications.

the boldest take bsky.app/profile/hal-...

Upstate Maryland crab dip

I'm sure the fact that the US car market is predicated on selling only US consumers ever bigger and stupider and less efficient cars won't come back to bite the industry at any point