Jay Blanc @jayblanc@awoo.space

Ah, looks like my theory about part of what's actually going on with ODDTAXI (based entirely on a sneaky throw-away line in episode 1) is correct.

Disappointed that Beastars took its good start and interesting setting, and descended into a 'might makes right' violent brutalist machismo fantasy. Characters turned quickly into cardboard cutouts of 'strong men of violence' tropes. Bleh.

"Lands Safely" and "Huge Explosion" do not belong in the same sentence. (fyi, from what I've seen it was already on fire while landing, hit the ground too hard, then exploded when the tanks ruptured.) https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/starship-sn10-test-spacex-elon-musk-mars-b1812028.html

Looking at various reporting on Space news, it seems we've changed what the words 'safe' and 'successful' mean.

I remembered that I bought a massage chair. And that massage releases endorphins. And endorphins are good for combatting bouts of depression and anxiety. So I now feel about 20% better.

Having a rough mental health evening.

The big Problems with our new 'Delivery for Everything' culture that people don't talk about -
1) It's now possible to bulk buy McDonalds Hash Browns and Apple Pies right to your home,
2) But not both at the same time of day.

So, over here we have a thing called 'Veganuary' that has taken off over the last few years, where people try out eating Vegan for the first month of the year. And the Beef lobby have decided to try and fight back by saying that eating lots of stake and cheese is healthy. Only they can't actually say that, because it isn't. So instead, they're saying "Beef and Dairy. Full of Nutrients."

I have found a new source of satisfying youtube videos. Man who unclogs blocked and poorly designed roadside culverts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEj7GMRVzhk

Oh, hey, I'm now totally free to re-write The Great Gatsby as a transhumanist space opera. Only I'd have to read The Great Gatsby first. I mean, it probably doesn't take much work to turn the now public domain Gatsby into an interstellar traveling cat-girl right?

Why do I keep getting sucked back into buying the new version of Civ, despite knowing that playing it gives me a headache.

Here's my thoughts on what Unified Memory APU designers like Apple and AMD might be looking to next... With limited ability to add in PCIe lanes on the die, will they start using the Unified Memory as a Massive Mailbox?

Wondering if the Arm Mac Pro might have the same chiplet design with memory soldered into the die, but give you a bank of unpopulated dimms so you can upgrade with really fast OS managed swap memory.

My brain as I was slowly waking up today: Why didn't they make an ALIENS Christmas Special?

What if it's the Creepy Forest Clowns who keep moving the Monolith around?

In a distant future one archeologist will call over to another, "I found another data cache, can you use your file decoder to identify it?", so they'll spend an hour hooking up the decoder to scrape the data from the device, and then she'll push the button and the tinny sound of 'never gonna give you up' will start, and they will be so annoyed because it's the eighth time today.

Wanted to sleep. Now all my neck muscles are hurting. Blargh.