Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

Ok, so I just watched the first episode of Dragon Ball for I think the first time, and upon meeting Goku, Bulma hits him with her car, then shoots him several times with a *gun*, and then **expresses surprise that this has failed to kill him** (note: he is obviously a child and she clearly believes this).

I guess there are talking dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts around trying to eat people, so maybe this is just a post apocalyptic, kill-or-be-killed hellscape?

"Why did they bring us menus, we already know what we want! We want sushi!"

Kids are cool sometimes. 😎

First verse of the version from Peru lacks variety, but that second verse takes an awesome turn:

> Feliz Cumpleaños, a ti,
>Feliz Cumpleaños, a ti,
>Feliz Cumpleaños (name),
>Feliz Cumpleaños a ti.

>Que los cumpla feliz,
>que los vuelva a cumplir,
>que los cumpla bastante,
>Hasta el año 3000.

Yes, Peru, I, too, chafe under the yoke of mortality, and yearn for the day that humanity finally breaks free from our limited lifespans. Vivan todos.

My son goes to a Spanish immersion daycare, and at pretty much every birthday party someone tries to start up a round of "Cumpleaños Feliz" after "Happy Birthday", which inevitably trails off into incoherence after "Cumpleaños feliz, Cumpleaños feliz..."

I thought it was because the majority of the parents are American English-speakers, but when I tried to find the proper lyrics, I found out that it's basically a free-for-all out there: https://www.cancionfeliz.com/letra_cumpleanos_feliz.php

Try searching for youtube videos and you'll find a bunch of 2-3 minute songs with a *lot* more lyrics, too.

@markwalker `dateutil` got hit by this, but to be fair, the only reason we are failing is that we're importing `TestCommand` for the explicit purpose of failing the test suite if you execute `setup.py test`.

Anthropic has a pretty solid language model, but other aspects of their user experience leave something to be desired.

Been trying to test out their API for several days now and I'm stuck in some situation where it seems to think that my "organization already has a verified phone number" (which is great and all, but it's also asking me for a phone number in order to claim the trial credits?)

To their credit, they seem to have a support line! To their discredit, queries to it have gone unanswered for 2 days now.

@itamarst I had the same impression when I read those. They seemed very influential, had decent world-building, but they were a bit boring.

Major takeaways from today's Spanish conversation lesson:

1. There are a *lot* of words to describe cheese and various types of cheese.
2. I know very few of them in Spanish.