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An imperfect comparison but hiring software engineers to solve coding puzzles to train AI reminds me of the clones in Never Let Me Go who get a few extra years of life by basically being hospice nurses for other clones getting their organs harvested

uspol 

The Democrats are trying to lose the presidential election really is the Occam's razor explanation huh

Physical health stuff 

Love to cancel an ultrasound because my symptoms seemed to have cleared up and then 24 hours later have new, worse symptoms

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Physical health stuff 

Having a real "is it an ovarian cyst or are you dying or hey maybe it's cancer!!" kind of day, physical pain and hypochondria-wise

Lots of my friends are having kids and instead of that I'm researching top surgery, feeling cool and normal

buttondown.email/perfectsenten this week in sentences: hell is real, before my body became, one day, presence that costs, delicate equipoise, set upon

The AI industry spent $50 billion on chips from Nvidia to train AI in 2023 and brought in $3 billion in revenue.

Almost started a fight last night with the guy leaving the movie theater loudly talking about how he didn't get I Saw The TV Glow (this was my second time seeing it) but then he dropped his vape on the sidewalk and that seemed like enough of a self own for him

Today in I'm Definitely Getting Priced Out Of The Neighborhood: my landlord has asked if we can hose down THE CURB of our block when our dog pees because a neighbor has complained about the temporary smell of piss

#DoorDash just started making everyone's accounts

*******and purchases public by default******

Opt out, not in. Likely because they company is run by sociopaths.

You might want to shut this off in your profile. If you know anyone who works in management at DoorDash, consider tossing them into your nearest black hole. #privacy

Just found out that you can't apply to become an FBI agent if you're 37 or older and I don't really want to become a fed but I'm somehow still annoyed at hitting a "too old" cutoff

stressing out that all the people I've recommended I Saw The TV Glow to won't vibe with it

Palestine discourse 

The Atlantic publishing a take with the phrase "legally killed child" has me thinking we really are in Omelas here

buttondown.email/perfectsenten this week in sentences: fern sex, the experience of email, loose physics, ineffable, an omelette, seemed capable

We are coming home from a long weekend upstate and stuck in traffic to the GWB and now it is my turn to say "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee"

buttondown.email/perfectsenten this week in sentences: made to reckon, various degrees of vileness, an apparatus to accommodate, piss boy, Damascus

And a picture of some cute dogs because I sent out the newsletter late today

uspol, supreme court 

Does being a spouse of a Supreme Court justice make you into a total freak or do you have to already be like that for your spouse to be considered for the position

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Horsin' Around

This is a hometown instance run by Sam and Ingrid, for some friends.