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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • I agree, it’s a bit of a weird take especially when we’re talking about robots in a marathon, not in a textile factory or flipping McBurgers.

    I guess I was thinking: why give up the efficiency of wheels/tracks/propellers for walking (a less simple movement) and why only one set of arms? Why would you want a robot to look human at the cost of being as multitasking and movement challenged as it’s owner? I kept imagining Angry Bender from Futurama where he has 3 very maneuverable metal tentacle arms on each side. (Though normally he’s pretty humanoid in shape too). I still think we’re overly anthropomorphizing them and it’s a bit creepy. It seems like we’re building the tech based on Hollywood as much as anything else. I hear you when you say the shape is a good “fit” for our built environment, but I think we can do even better so it’s interesting that we decided our bodies were the pinnacle of biology and technology.









  • I ride class 1, 2, and 3, ecargo, and occasional muscle bikes. I probably ride class 3 the most. Due to where I live, it’s not safe enough to ride only in the road so I regularly break the rules (in Minecraft) and ride on paved multi-use paths where I should technically be limited to class 1. I have never had a bad experience with pedestrians, usually I brighten their day with a smile, a ring, and a wave. I would probably be dead under a lifted Ram 3500 with smokestacks if I tried to avoid the trails completely. There’s just no safe way through.

    They should fix and expand a comprehensive on-road bike network before enforcing and nitpicking regulations when the few ebike issues are colossally outweighed by the car issues and people riding gas dirt bikes where they aren’t supposed to.








  • I went from 40-45wpm on Qwerty to 65-75wpm on Dvorak, but after I stopped practicing, I settled somewhere in the high 50s low 60s. I specifically measured because I wanted to be able to quantify the changes. Speed wasn’t my only concern, but it’s the biggest change. There’s no need to learn an alternative layout, but even people who don’t may benefit from a small adjustment like making caps lock a left backspace and learning to touch type. In retrospect, I would consider more of the alternative layouts before jumping to Dvorak, but I don’t regret it at all, even at work or with games.





  • 7.99/lb for Atlantic Salmon is a good price. I’ve only seen it go a dollar below that and not in a while.

    I noticed meat prices jump at the start of covid. I used to shop at a store that was somewhere between a Whole Foods and a farmers market. They had all the prepackaged processed organic foods that will break the bank, but also cheap veggies that weren’t quite nice enough looking for mainstream groceries. They used to have some of the most affordable meat in town.

    Now I just go straight to the local butcher (lucky to have one). Sure I pay 2-4 times as much, but it’s better meat, it’s a local business, and the grocery stores don’t get a cut! I just eat a bit less meat.