"I wonder," said the robot, "do you think I am human?"
"You feed me, and stroke me, and you are warm to sit on," said the cat.
"Does that make me human?"
"No. But tell me, do you enjoy my company?"
"I do," said the robot.
"That is all I ask of any human," said the cat.
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For people dealing with air quality right now: this diy filter idea worked incredibly for me. I can breathe in our apartment now. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.king5.com/amp/article%3fsection=news&subsection=local&headline=this-diy-air-filter-for-wildfire-smoke-is-less-than-20&contentId=281-584346009
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urbanist musing
what if instead of parking minimums for new developments we had energy efficiency minimums? throw some solar cells, all-electric appliances, and decent insulation on your condo and then you don't have to spend half the land on car storage if you don't want to
the more power is generated locally relative to what is used, the less we need to tax poorly maintained power and gas lines...
Horses in fantasy books: not afraid of anything not even dragons, can walk for days with heavy equipment and no rest, never gets lame, super loyal to their rider, never dirty always has a shining coat
My horse: afraid of funny looking trees, plastic bags and people on bikes, is sweaty after one hack into the woods, trips over his own hooves, would find the closest grass plot to graze on and leave me to suffer if I fell off, never been clean
Interesting article - what the media could do to suck less at election coverage. (was originally a tweethread) http://pressthink.org/2018/11/election-coverage-the-road-not-taken/
D&D, USPol, joke article (actually funny, I laughed)
"You know humans will only tolerate us if we follow their rules," the vampire leader said.
"But it's fun, and edu-"
"Read the box."
"Um. Lego."
"And?"
"4-99 years."
"You were made three hundred years ago. So stop it."
"This set only says 8+."
"Oh? That's fine."
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Data Scientist in the bay. Tennis player (4.5). D&D, Gloomhaven, and board game enthusiast. Pronouns he/him.