I got a voodoo for star wars episode 1 racer, now that was pod racing!

What you actually mean when you say ‘I assume people are smart enough’ is ‘I expect people to make the same assumptions as me’. People come from very different contexts. You can either drop that wall of qualifiers and be understood by most, or skip it and only have a few get your point. It sounds like you know why you’re being misinterpreted and, for whatever reason, want to keep it that way.

‘Historical’ rules? ‘Traditional’ requirements? The fuck is up with this word choice? This article’s making it sound like those are some quaint old family traditions.

Fair, good on ya!

Sometimes when I’m biking I force myself to breathe through my nose for a while to dry out a runny nose. If I’m going kind of hard I end up with this look on my face like I’m holding back tears, mouth pinched shut, breathing hard and covered in sweat, and I get self conscious about what other people must be thinking about the scary dude trying to exercise his feelings away.

An olight clipped to a beanie is the best headlamp I’ve ever used

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that means you’re unlikely to become addicted. You’ve course-corrected mid-post and now you’re anticipating that the argument will be futile. A dopamine fiend would forge ahead hoping for some great win.

I’ve literally never seen one.

I think he means that for him you’re only a star if any random person off the street has a good chance of having heard of you, no matter how large your niche fanbase is. It’s the argument behind the ‘Tom cruise is the last true Hollywood star’ idea. I think that’s pretty true, the internet gives a whole lot more depth to communities, but they’re much more isolated from each other than before. In my opinion that’s a good thing, you get a lot more diversity.

Chinese. He says 漂亮, meaning beautiful.

Totally agree. It can be hard to let go of something you’ve grown accustomed to.

Here’s something I’ve been thinking about. I’ve been playing through some need for speed games on emulators for the past few years. Once I bound keys to save and load states it was over: I’d save-state before every turn and run them over and over until I got them perfect. Doing this I did eventually learn the maps really well though, and on more recent playthroughs I’ve barely used save-states, which was obviously far more satisfying. I realize this isn’t the same thing as ai or walkthroughs, but I think maybe these tools do share something in that they lower the barrier to entry to different sorts of skilled tasks we may not yet feel competent to accomplish. Like training wheels or a helping hand, we can let go of them once we feel steadier on our own.

Chaaarleeeeey

I know a Belgian guy working in DC, he says people are bracing for the start of the school year, the expectation being that many will have made plans to leave over the summer when it’s most convenient.

Is that psychowarfare or a boring person trying to sound not-boring?

Not to take anything away from his skill

An interesting article on this scumbag.

I feel safer with my knees hitting the back of the seat in front of me, it’s cosier that way. And if my head scrapes the ceiling I can push up and stabilize myself if there’s a sharp turn. These are perks, I say.

billionaires want you to know they could have done physics

I knew a guy in college who wouldn’t eat fish because he thought they were a stupid animal and it was beneath him to consume them.

Here’s the song, to go with the coffee tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb6Jc4juSF8