Levi Breederland, now with AI @levisan@qoto.org

The classic trope of…

1. Person keeps a physical journal of their deepest personal thoughts
2. Person has problem
3. Person's loved one finds the journal, learns what's going on, and helps to bring about a stronger relationship

…makes me want to start a journal

Happy birthday to my best friend

@sabbatical Oooh thanks for the tip!

Fired: sitting desks

Tired: standing desks

Wired: …whatever you call this type of setup

@progo indeed I do, but I don’t see why we need to have specially-certified people who can type 250 words per minute to transcribe things live, as opposed to transcription happening after the fact

@progo I guess what I really don’t get is why we need to have live transcription of things like court meetings in an era where we can record the audio

@sabbatical this is a great idea! Kind of sad how much of a challenge physical media can be now

How is stenography still a job?

For once, a "Dutch ____" idiom that isn't negative.

"Dutch roll" apparently comes from the way a Dutch skater going down a canal might look.

https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/southwest-airlines-737-max-suffers-dutch-roll-at-32000-feet/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhcUqARzd8c

There is no overlap in the Venn diagram of people who say "on route" to mean "en route" and people who are my friends.

@airsick Haha true true

So much flag lingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_pale

The social convention to not discuss politics or religion has been a disaster for the human race.

Can we just take a moment and recognse how great of a name Divinyl is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCv9F_GRBA

There seems to be a weirdly-great amount of people who think that because one is being paid hourly that they deserve pay for every moment they're doing something for their employer

@davatron5000 @brad_frost seconded.

@LouisIngenthron relevant: https://x.com/yourfondestlove/status/1798939992808698269?s=46