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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • About seven years ago when Trump was president the first time, my wife and I went to see Roger Waters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    We bought 7th row seats but had looked at 1st row and they were something like $800 each so we passed. Well, day of the show and you can only imagine the massive vitriol spewing from Waters and the huge screen behind him for Trump. He had an inflatable pig drone with TRUMP on it flying around the arena and all kinds of elaborate props.

    A group of four dressed in cowboy regalia, presumably MAGA, walked out from the front row, enthusiastically flipping Roger Waters off as they did it. The seats alone were $3200ish.

    Roger Waters and Pink Floyd. What the hell did they expect?

    Found this Australian video with clips from that tour. Being beneath the giant laser pyramid was awe inspiring. Waters says, “Haven’t you been listening all these years?”

    No, people don’t listen to the lyrics.





  • I’m 60 now and am literally a Boomer; fast food has definitely gotten worse. Especially in the last 10 years or so. The foods and processes have been tweaked and tuned to the point that the value of the food hovers just barely above the price and not a tick more.

    Health concerns also play a role. McDonald’s fries are a good example. When I was young they were cooked in beef tallow and they were so good they would roll your eyes back in your head in in ecstacy (not kidding). They switched to vegetable oil due to health concerns over saturated fats and they’ve just never been the same.






  • It’s intentional.

    Obviously, Google makes money showing ads during search. But they have finally bit the bullet and starting tarpitting users in search in order to show more ads.

    A quick, useful, and accurate search means that you’re on their site for the least amount of time, perhaps mere seconds. That’s not what’s best for revenue growth.

    PS: Go try Kagi and be reminded what good clean search results look like. I use it because my time has value. It’s very good.



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    4 months ago

    If you’re unfamiliar with the history of the Donner Party it’s a fascinating, if gruesome, read. Of the 83 members of the Donner Party who were trapped in the mountains, 45 survived to reach California. Some became quite successful there.

    There were 90 wagons in the train and they were trying a newly conceived route to California that obviously didn’t pan out well.

    Imagine taking a wrong turn in the wilderness and finding that you’ve led 90 wagons into hard terrain and deep woods. They were at times literally having to cut trees down to clear a path through dense woods for miles and miles. Horrible, slow going, and hard work.