Reading that was a rollercoaster of horror and confusion, ending in relief.
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Just started listening to the audiobook version of Robert Caro's "The Power Broker," about Robert Moses and New York. Will also check out the book from library in case it has pictures or diagrams.
99% Invisible did a 10-part series on the book this year, so will be toggling back and forth to hear the commentary as well.
The audiobook is around 60 hours. Guessing this all will keep me busy for a couple of months.
Just finished "The Message," by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Highly recommended.
They could pay with one of those comically large cardboard checks, then forget to sign it.
This is pretty sad.
I have a number of elderly relatives. The one thing I keep telling them is if they ever get approached, to contact their kids, or check with another family member before responding. So far, there haven't been any problems.
But I heard an in-law's parents in a different state lost a big chunk of money to one of these scams and may now lose their home.
Totally agree.
Builders care about the nuts and bolts of a building. Most people just care about whether they can get a decent hot shower, how cold it gets inside at night, or whether the smoke alarm goes off every time they fry onions.
The killer feature of decentralization, I suspect, does not lie in a singular interaction with a user, but (as Mike notes) in harnessing the power of the distributed group to do something amazing.
For the first time, explaining a hard tech problem I was trying to solve to my mother. And she got it.
Had to use the making of sandwiches as an analogy. But it worked.
Just wait. It'll all work out fine.
We've had a box that comes in three segments. Each has a label: Save, Give, and Spend. Easy to find online.
The weekly cash allowance, as well as family and holiday gifts all go in there, split into portions. The spend section typically gets used when hanging out with friends or after sports practice. Usually candy or junk food. If going on a planned field trip or a group gathering with friends, we throw in some extra funds ($5-$20) so they can get food, snacks, or treat a friend. Nothing is digital or credit based.
When the Save or Give sections get full, kid gets to pick a charity ('Give') or we walk down to the bank to deposit the 'Save' cash into a kid's saving account with no monthly fee.
It's worked pretty well so far.
The Philosopher and Mathematician published some of his best work in his 90s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell
You're doing fine.
Next idiot will pour something caustic or maple syrup into it.
The problem is someone thinking this is OK or provides any sort of advantage to their cause.
We have them installed out in the open outside public libraries and City Hall. You skip having to add a USPS delay, coupled with text messages from the election office verifying they got it. They're great if you don't feel like standing in line on election day. Never had problems.
Nobody thought there would be dipshits out there who thought setting them on fire was a sane idea.
RPN: OR Trick Treat
Async multithreading: Treat Trick (loop closed) OR (stack trace)