We watched “The Thin Man” Saturday night. Second time for me, but I had nearly forgotten it. It was delightful.
I think I’m only going to watch movies made in the 1930s from now on.
Advantage to working from home: When you’re completely stuck creatively, you can clean the massive amount of dog shit that you got on your favorite casual shoes.
Disadvantage to working from home: If you work in a proper office building, you’re not as likely to get massive amounts of dog shit on your favorite casual shoes.
I used a stiff brush, a worn-out toothbrush, and a thin stick. Wet down the brush with warm water, scrub with dish soap, put on the shoes and walk around in the grass for a bit, then take off the shoes and repeat. Use the toothbrush and thin stick to dig in the treads. It’s not magic; it takes a while.
According to the Internet, WD-40 works instead of dish soap, but we don’t know where the WD-40 is.
Important note: When doing the “walking around in the grass” part, don’t step in more dog shit!
Researchers at Columbia University are working on building a conscious robot.
If they succeed, it will end badly. They’re either building a race of artificial slaves that hate us, or building a race of artificial slaves that are brainwashed to love us.
‘Consciousness’ in Robots Was Once Taboo. Now It’s the Last Word. [NYTimes/Oliver Whang]
Insomnia is not so bad if you have something to do to pass the time. When I have trouble sleeping, I like to imagine every possible awful thing that might happen to me or Julie.
Things I saw while walking the dog 📸
This yard decoration. Clever and patriotic!
These pretty, painted rocks
This house with a cozy looking sitting area on the roof.
This school. “Geckos” does not seem like an inspiring team name.
This nice garden.
This Lambo parked in front of a house. It doesn’t look like the kind of house that would have a Lambo in front.
These cars. WTF do these bumper stickers mean?
This tree.
These cars. Two different cars, not parked close together. I wonder whether the owners are friends.
Dead Santa hanging from the house with the “itty bitty titty committee” sign in front.
This flag. I thought it said “one nation under Gog.” Who’s “Gog?” I said.
A gray, chilly, wet morning at Lake Murray.
San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘It’s cold, wet, exhausting.’ Homeless people have few options when it rains.
San Diego homeless shelters are overwhelmed, leaving many people risking cold rain, flooding, and temperatures falling to the 40s. Staying dry is difficult—and essential to staying alive.
By Gary Warth.
Why the [expletive] can’t we travel back in time? [Ars Technica/Paul Sutter]
No known law of physics forbids time travel to the past.
Either time travel to the past is possible, or there’s some fundamental, basic physics we still don’t understand.
Either possibility is exciting.
“It’s obvious that the Universe is telling us something important… we just don’t know what it’s saying.”
I saw this dog at Lake Murray. He would like to say hello, and for you to admire his eyebrow.
Coolio talked about ancient aliens, and making big investments in the metaverse and crypto, in an impromptu podcast interview before his death. [Billboard/Gil Kaufman]
The Coolio interview was bonkers—and poignant. The rapper said he expected he’d be long dead before climate change became a concern. Then he died a month later.
I expect climate change to be a concern long before I’m dead, and I’m only a year older than Coolio. It’s already a concern.
I’ve googled for more about the hidden continent occult belief that Coolio discusses. I haven’t found anything.
The podcast series, Crypto Island, was excellent. Sadly for the host/creator, PJ Vogt, most of the work on the series seems to have been done before the FTX debacle, so series is now obsolete.