Preach. Thanks for the kind words.

Over 20 years. We probably met through mutual acquaintances 30ish years ago, but that is lost to the mists of time.

I’m hoping to move back to the town where my friends and family live. I’ve been in my current place for a few years, and it’s fine, but I feel like my life is on hold.

I’m kind of looking forward to my kids getting a little more mature. Parenting lil kids is not what I’m cut out for. But it’s bittersweet - that gets them closer to moving out and starting their lives without me.

Good luck on the job hunt. I hope you manage to find something in vfx.

Do you still possess this talent?

I’m fine paying what I pay, but I reserve the right to question the quality of services they pay for.

I’m in the same boat - I don’t want to be in such close social proximity to Internet randos.

I suspect a big part is tax and investment law.

A bunch of poors (like me!) who band together won’t have much capital to buy inventory or equipment. I doubt banks and investors would lend to the bunch of poors, since they have a non-standard decision making structure.

That’s gonna make it hella hard to get started.

That’s a great way to encourage players to try things, and move the game forward despite failure.

That’s a really nifty mechanic. I haven’t played CoC, but this seems like yet another reason to try it.

If it’s 15 minutes or more, I try to clean. Or I take a nap.

👁️^👄👁️

I’m looking forward to pictures of the wildflowers. Good luck!

Speaking for myself, it’s more like “I know I can look intimidating, and I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable, have a nice day”. I know there’s nothing wrong with me, but other people have had bad experiences.

What was once nerd is nerd no longer, but as the wheel turns, what was nerd will be next once again.

I’m not 30-40 years old!

Google’s Deep Research AI produces similar output. I’m not saying the user definitely did that, I’m saying they could have used AI for that.

We’re early adopters. By definition: we’re nerds.

Here in Canada we’ve been trying to keep tabs on Trump’s tariff threats. At the start, our media was publishing headlines whenever posted about Canada/tariffs/etc. They seem to have given up on that (partially because Trump’s been distracted recently), but I think readers tuned out.

Instead we’re more focused on three current Canadian reaction, and the effects of whatever the current policies are. Tracking the day-to-day threats was almost information-free because Trump’s whims are so variable.

I think that strategy makes more sense: track the long-term story, without doing constant breaking news about something that’s likely to change soon.

how do you try to discern in real time what is misleading?

That’s really hard. Unless you’re in a position where your opinion will have an influence (ie, you’re a judge, cop, or protestor who can take part in the event), you might as well wait a couple of days for more information to come out.

We’ve done ourselves a massive disservice by subjecting everything to constant, immediate analysis. Most of the time, we can afford to wait and learn more.