Saw Robocop when I was six. Murphy getting his arm blown to bits haunted me for years… Until I saw Red Foreman years later, then I was ok

Ok, blue-skying a bit here…

There’s this YouTube channel I check out occasionally. The YouTuber built a “wireless desk” where everything from the lamp to the mouse, keyboard, and even a coffee warmer were wirelessly powered.

Wireless Powered Desk

The core of it was a large induction loop built into the desk’s perimeter, paired with some surprisingly compact receiver dongles. Some parts required deeper DIY, like opening up the mouse and inserting a small receiver, but overall it was cool

Scaling that concept up for an entire house is a wild thought… but kind of exciting!

The ‘common’ part of ‘common sense’

Say what you mean, mean what you say.

This brand of positivity you’re embodying is the most infectious one, and if I can feel it in your writing I imagine hearing it spoken from you would be some next level inspiration.

I’ve lost some people close to me over the years and what saddens me most is how I’ve forgotten so much about them beyond what they looked like. All of them except one…Gordon left behind audio recordings as his last messages to each of us in the group of friends.

Every time I hear his voice, it brings back so much about him that just can’t be said. His cadence, intonation, and overall manner of speaking have helped keep an entire person in my memory.

I wonder if that’s an option for you. I can say from experience that the lasting impact of audio is…powerful. Being able to actually hear my friend…i can imagine him speaking to me, and it’s in his voice because his voice is not forgotten.

Your family hearing your thoughts, in your voice…and being able to hear you speak long after your time…man, I can’t think of a better way to highlight your true personality and make it a lasting one.

Great read, and I got a ton of context around the German reaction to current events.

I literally just finished reading this piece, and it provides so much context to this ridiculousness

He’s hosed next year if he said that

I honestly wish it was as hands down as that. What he said appeals to exactly the kind of people it was directed at…and there are so SO many of those people out there. Majority? I don’t know; and that in itself is a problem…it should be absolutely obvious that a significant majority of people aren’t aligned with him. But its not.

I’ll betcha this ends up working to his advantage somehow.

fucking depressed myself with my own comment. I’m going to go take an Ace Ventura style shower

My guy here is hotboxing the shower or having an aneurysm in it. You need help bro?

“LinkOpensChest_wave…you magnificent bastard…”

This has got to be where the idea for transparent wood came from…

What you’re holding there is Prototype-0

I think it stands to reason that on particular levels you’re aligning yourself with “them”. But… that’s the whole point of empathy…its only when you see pieces of yourself in others that you can empathize with their existence or experience.

I guess its the human tragedy…we’re all so much alike in our struggles, it’s just the theatres that are different. But for some, that difference is enough to obscure the mirror and people see a monster where its just a reflection.