I would use my first wish to secure the outcome of the other two. Something like “Dear Genie, I wish for my next two wishes to be granted in a way that respects the intent I have for those wishes”. Then I would wish for everyone to have empathy and humility so that we can start all pulling together as a species instead of apart. For my last one I would wish that any limb that is used to hurt a child rots away and falls off. That’s just a personal one for me because I’ve never understood adults hurting children deliberately.

Not just just baguettes mon ami! Apparently also Croissants, Pain Au Chocolat and some kind of shorter loaf too. Maybe a cheese loaf cos it’s the most expensive one?

(makes a note of that) Thanks! 😁

I dont’ know… there’s a weird vibe with that dude. I loved him when I first saw him in Think Tank 15 years ago, but he just seems to take himself so seriously now, like he’s desperate to be thought of as a serious “Actor” or something.

I just bought a ReMarkable Paper Pure tablet for note taking, but have discovered that it’s really nice as an e-reader too. I think I’m limited to free e-pub sites like Project Gutenberg, but it’s just really easy on the eyes and the battery life is crazy long. Also, I can just set it down and don’t have to switch it off. I just finished Agatha Christie’s “And then there were none” on it last night and I’m not a huge reader either, but it was just so much nicer to use than my phone. One of the reasons too is that I don’t get endless notifications and other distractions while I’m using it.

It can feel like you’re slowly fading out of existence. Almost like you’re gradually becoming a ghost. No one cares that much about anything you have to say or anything you do because you’re old. I’m lucky because I have a home that’s mine and I’m surrounded by family and friends, but I’m starting to realise how hard it must be if you get old without those things. Like becoming invisible alone. Also, it’s pretty obvious now that the end is coming at some point. When it does I hope it’s quick. I hope I don’t see it coming and that I don’t end up being a burden on my loved ones.

“the bug does not cause any significant usability issues” …obvious clickbait is obvious. For funsies try googling “Linux bugs this month” 🤣

You’re right. I should have said “because that’s unknowable in a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, big universe” but I thought “infinite” wouldn’t take up as much (drumroll) space! 🤭

That’s such an interesting point. I believe that historically any intelligence that was much higher than the norm has tended to be perceived as “Godlike”. That means this misconception potentially applies to us today as well (he walked on water therefore he is God etc.) or that the “God” that people believe in today is somehow above relativistic misconception. Personally I lean towards the former.

“I’m intellgent, and I’m high.”

No disrespect, but the irony of misspelling that word is chef’s kiss 🤣

When my religious friends get a little too intense I tell em to go visit a terminal children’s hospital ward. Don’t give me any of that “works in mysterious ways” rubbish either. I’m not saying there isn’t a higher intelligence than us somewhere, because that’s unknowable in an infinite universe, but to then somehow pivot to thinking that intelligence would care about every little thing we do is beyond insane.

Oh my goodness, THIS, a million percent!! Also, you have to be ok with the event you plan being the reward in itself for you, because if you expect people to thank you… you’re going to have a bad time. On top of that, you have to be ok with people expecting you to do it forever from that moment on. Basically, you’re going to have to be quite emotionally and mentally robust to enjoy the experience 🤣

“She’s your mother! Show some respect” <- friends and family after every toxic, manipulative, narcissistic thing that woman did. The eternal free pass.

“I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating” - I think we’re well past insinuating. Straight out declaring would be more accurate now. The man has no credibility left. No one trusts him with the truth, their money or their daughters. If I was a betting man I’d say his foreign handlers are already lining up the next candidate for the world stage. You can also tell, by the way, that none of the big media channels are buying it either. All you need to do is compare their coverage now with at the coverage of the assassination attempts of previous presidents. When Reagan got shot the whole world stopped to look. It was literally everywhere. This, so called, “attempt” was a small front page story that will be gone in a couple of days. The mid terms are coming. I expect more and more panicked moves between now and November.

Being a good lover takes years of practice, not just physically but mentally and emotionally. So, by all means let’s have zero practice and just assume everything will go well 🤣

So, correct me if I’m wrong by all means, but Google News is just the channel isn’t it? Right now I’m seeing content on there from a dozen different news organisations (BBC, Reuters, Sky News, The Guardian, The Telegraph etc.)

What’s the negative with it being conveyed via Google News?

This site needs more people to know about it (and it was only one guy called Iain MacDonald maintaining it. I think one other person joined him recently).

It’s called NewsMap. It’s a wall of headlines that updates over time. No distractions, no images and you can choose your region and the topics you want to see. The dude revived it after the original site went down for some reason a few years ago. Pretty cool, specially for my ADHD brain.

This is NSFW so I’ll cover it in spoiler text…

Oh thank God.

Without looking I’m going to imagine he’ll say Jimmy Savile. (Edit: Just checked and bingo… Savile was an utter scumbag pedophile who was said to have abused over 450 children. Evil living in plain sight.)