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My employer frequently reminds us to shut down when we're done for the day. Otherwise a thief will have a laptop with the BitLocker already bypassed.

I can't upgrade due to hardware requirements. So I bit the bullet. New CPU and motherboard arriving tomorrow. Rest in peace to my i7-8600k, you were completely fine.

I'm not a programmer, I work in finance, but I've read half of a book called "Python Crash Course".

I've been trying to improve my productivity recently, so I vibe coded some scripts that help me record and analyse my time. I understand the code at a high level, well, maybe 80% of it anyway.

This debate doesn't mean anything to me, I'm just going to keep vibe coding.

I'm almost certain I'm mildly intolerant to xylitol, maltitol, and sorbitol - so I avoid them all. There must be others like me, but I hardly every see this discussed. And there's no medical test I know of that can prove it, but I really wish there was.

If your budget is tight, use your phone for video, and sort out the audio equipment first. Folks will watch mediocre video with excellent audio. They will not watch the reverse.

I was an Evernote subscriber for a time, then I asked: Why am I paying just to save notes? So I switched to plain old text files. After a while, on a whim, I tried Obsidian, and I love it! I find the Android app very responsive, and with the files saved locally, it's future-proof.

I don't pay for syncing or anything. If I need a note on my PC from my phone, I send it via Bluetooth. It's a system that works for me.

David Grusch (UAP whistleblower) seemed to believe this was a legitimate thing on his recent appearance on Joe Rogan. As interested as I am in the UAP phenomena, I just can't seriously believe this is real.

This idea of a "matrix" often occurs to me when such topics are discussed. What attributes would you add to the matrix? You've suggested race, family wealth, zip code, whether a parent was an addict. You could also have height, physical beauty, IQ, degree of disability, sporting aptitude. Perhaps even degree of neuroticism or autism. The problem is, the matrix quickly gets bigger and bigger. The number of unique matrices starts to increase exponentially. What you end up with is a unique matrix for each individual. So why not do away with the matrix altogether, and just treat people as individuals, without fetishizing one or a couple of the attributes?

Also the weight you assign each attribute is a subjective judgement. Who do you trust to make such a judgement? For example, what bestows more "privilege", having a pretty face, or being from the middle class? And by how much? I don't know.

A disappointing development to be honest. This is one more way the government can exert control over the people. The downsides risks are horrendous.

I haven't yet read this publication in full, but last year I did read the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee paper on the topic[1]. The title was quite telling: "Central bank digital currencies: a solution in search of a problem?" This was authored by Lord King, the former governor of the BoE, amongst others. It seems the current BoE is taking a different course.

[1] https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5802/ldselect/ldecon...

I can add to this as I've read parts of the 3rd edition.

First off, it's a one thousand page textbook so it's not a short read. However, the second chapter is just called "Theory" and it's about 200 pages long, and that single chapter is an excellent primer on electrical engineering.

Don't get the kindle version, it's too hard to read on Kindle.

Video editing with Davinci Resolve.

I've taken hundreds of videos on my phone over the years, and I want to organise the memories into watchable clips. I signed up for a 11.5 hour Udemy course which I'm 35% of the way through. And I've started creating a film of my 2022 summer vacation.

Nice, original LaTeX code is there too.

I've used the Glühwein (mulled wine) recipe from based cooking before, I recommend it.

Yup, working! Looks cool.

Hmm, if I search "nordic curls" I get "No results found". If I Google "nordic curls reddit" the first hit is an incredibly useful reddit post.

Edit: That's weird, it seems to be working now.

I've got their paperback style guide, it's 276 pages.

I sent them an email saying I wanted to cancel and they confirmed it a few days later. There was no nonsense involved.

I've since resubscribed.

If I recall correctly, the book 'Look to Windward' mostly takes place on a Culture orbital and the reader see a bit more of the ordinary Culture citizenry.

When a famous composer puts on a show, the tickets are allocated by lottery. But the demand is so high the people effectively reinvent money in the form of favors and such so they can trade for tickets.

People are constantly looking for stimulus and new leisure activities, to the point where they willingly put their lives in danger (e.g. sailing down a river of lava). If they do die, a copy is just downloaded into another body.

Genuine biological children are very rare. There's a little girl in the book that provides some comedy relief because her outlook is so different to the hundreds of years old adults.

I save my recipes in plain old text files. For a long time now I've been meaning to write them up in LaTeX and print them on A6 cards with a nice font. Then construct a nice wooden box to put them in.

I was just thinking about Dex the other day. By any chance do you know if a simple USB C to HDMI cable will work? Or do you need a Samsung specific dongle?

You've stated exactly why the Tyler Cowen episode was so good. Cowen said a couple of times, look, if you think you know something about the market that everyone else doesn't, then construct a fund that can outperform everyone else. Actions speak louder than words. You can talk about theories all day long, but if you have the courage of your convictions, why not prove it. Eric just didn't pursue that train of thought.