"Billionaires can't exist because a billionaire doesn't adhere to my world view." Grow up.

Sweets are desired when coming down from a high. Maybe the sugar rush helps. Ice cream sales are also high in those types of areas.

Depression and pain are all in your head. Filling your head with smoke only hides it. Getting rid of it requires action. Doing literally anything physical over time replaces the depression with feel-good endorphins. Take a walk. Shovel sand. Wash the dishes. Pick up trash. Literally do anything except sitting around and overthinking your situation. I have and still do feel deep depression. Fortunately, it's not for a long time due to the advice above. When I feel it coming, I distract myself with something -- staying busy is the key.

There are probably 1000s of AI assistants out there; from apps to sites to chatbots, but none of them appeal to me. I think an assistant is a personal concept and without designing one from the ground up, it's difficult to find one that's actually useful. Now with AI, it's possible to make practically anything digital on your own. Over time, I will be building my own assistant to help me with day to day tasks. It will be 100% built how I want it. Perhaps the result will be something someone else wants, too.

Good news for Cursor users (like me).

While this may be true, it is very difficult to enjoy these simple pleasures when money is insufficient.

There exists a class that redirects frustrations stemming from inadequate political decisions toward those who dedicate their lives to improving the livelihoods of humanity. This redirection is feeble, because it is dependent on an audience of weak and unintelligent minds. As long as our society is motivated to improve and increase their intellect, which is its natural inclination, the latets public relation strategies used by Newsom's team will come and go as quickly as a fart in the wind.

Interesting day. After getting a jaywalking ticket in Russia I had to figure out how to pay the fine. I was never sent a QR code via SMS (a typical way to make payments here). After taking a ticket to a bank, they couldn't find it in their system. So, I went to the police station. No one spoke English and thankfully I had someone on speakerphone translate. For the workers at the station, it was a surprise to see an English-speaking American -- probably the first time in their lives. Situation was solved in 10 minutes. I got a printout of a QR code to scan and pay. Even though there was a language barrier, mostly everyone was kind and understanding.

Every year I sit down with my mother to explain how to use her phone and every year Apple sends 750 engineers into their little labs underneath their demonic Cupertino crop circle to come up with new and exciting ways to confuse her

As someone who's been traveling with a child since she was 4 months (she has two passports and has been to 5 countries before 3 years old), here are more recommendations: * Coloring books / pencils * Books to read * Downloaded videos from YouTube Screen time is an issue, but I consider it okay in moderation. It also depends on what you watch. Our daughter likes to watch "lifestyle" videos of other kids pretending to cook, take care of a baby, etc. Also, airline companies such as Turkish Airlines and Qatar often give kids things to play with on international flights! Istanbul airport also has A LOT of activities for kids, such as a trampoline and carousel. Unfortunately, British Airways hasn't adopted this trend of being family friendly. This is a deciding factor for us when choosing an airline. Air France recently added Starlink to their planes, which is cool. I like how it doesn't require a signup process -- you just click connect and you're good to go.

Meta is both one of the worst and best platforms for online advertising. One recent pet peave I had with it is that it automatically turned on "features" like related media even though I had it disabled before duping an ad set.

This evening I attended a book discussion in Russian about Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, an American writer. As one of the few native English speakers in this city, my input was welcomed during the 3-hour meeting. Most of the attendees spoke or understood English. I hadn't heard of this book even though it's recommended reading in US schools. Probably because I was a delinquent teen who dropped out of high school. But for this meeting I listened to the audiobook completely in a few days.

It's more like branded honesty and transpancy. Just enough to create the appearance of truth. This approach isn't exactly a new concept, but the technology to do so has changed. Trump was using his voice on social media over a decade ago. Democrats until now relied on scripts, committees, teams, etc. Even now it's uncertain if Hunter is actually posting. The text seemingly sounding non-scripted is a step "forward" for the left. Maybe they're using him as the canary.

Started Flowers for Algernon written by Daniel Keyes and now I'm almost done. In Russia I'm told it's a popular book amongst Americans and it's required reading in schools, but I've never heard of or read the book until last week. Very interesting story. The premise is there's a retarded man who's been given the chance to increase his intelligence. The experiment is a success and he becomes smarter. The story is done entirely in first person chronologically with some deviations to childhood memories.

Stocking up on fruits and vegetables for the week at the local bazaar. Inexpensive and fresh!

All things considered and when compared to other countries, life in America is chill. As a result, such trivial things become front and center.

You make a few replies to the "wrong" types of accounts and congratulations, your feed turns into slop.

This resonated.

My replies get a lot of likes but posts on my feed get like 3 views.

Are ad set level campaigns acting funny for anyone else on Meta? Yesterday they didn't spend for hours and then within a matter of 10 minutes, they spend 2-3x the daily budget. Today it's seemingly doing the same even with a new campaign. Budget sharing between ad sets is turned off. Quote this if you can't reply. I am trying to discourage bots from responding.