Hernan Epelman

They almost played the same word twice!!!

NYT Wordle: you almost did something crazy sneaky today. Almost. @nytgames.bsky.social

I thought your commentary was spot on. It perfectly articulated everything that bothered me about this film, and there was a lot. It’s a mess of a film. The tone is all wrong and as you note, the sadism and cheap jokes leave you with a sour taste. Too bad. I wanted to like it.

There’s nothing like watching a Boca Juniors match. Even in the US. An incredible, unique experience. We took over the Hard Rock stadium and made it feel like the Bombonera. #boca

Today we landed in SFO in parallel with another plane. So cool!!!

Both ChatGPT and Gemini fail the ultimate AGI test: properly counting dots in Mexican Train dominoes. So close… and such authoritative sounding answers, but just slightly off.

For a second there I thought Chat GPT had scored 32 for the warriors.

Once again, the Apple Watch detects an outdoor walk 50 minutes into it. It’s an anti delighting feature. It’s just annoying. Better not do it at all if it works this badly.

YouTube video by MSNBC Oops!: Trump's first 100 days marked by incompetent screw-ups and frantic walk backs

Here’s a recap of an astonishing list of unforced errors. And it’s not even 100 days yet.

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Prop 13 has been in epic disaster in California. The sad thing is how hard it is to go against the prevailing narrative that lowering taxes is always the answer. The evidence shows again and again that it is not. And here we go again. This time the looming debt crisis might bring some sanity.

Season 1 is great. Season 2 not so.

YouTube video by NBC Chicago FULL: Gov. Pritzker delivers Illinois State of the State Address 2025

Compare the real, actionable set of proposals presented here that help real people against the ideological destruction of the federal government that will have real consequences on people’s lives. So much to think about in this speech. Well worth listening to the very end.

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YouTube video by MSNBC Sidelined Trump mostly 'decorative' as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards 

The second half of this clip lists the multiple way Elon’s companies are benefiting from Doge cuts. Outrageous.

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YouTube video by Rick Beato In The Room With The Doors: Robby Krieger and John Densmore

Great interview with the surviving members of The Doors. Great listening to classic tracks with live comentary. youtu.be/Dt0Dssqs44Q?...

Right! At the very least, minimum courtesy would be to note (after the link) that it’s behind a paywall. Very annoying.

If only we had micro payments… Unfortunately this seems beyond the technological capabilities of our age.

The third punch line was pretty good!

Opinion | Telehealth Technology Taught Me to Be a Better Doctor (Gift Article) I was once intensely skeptical that telehealth could offer good medicine. I was wrong.

Interesting perspective on the positives of virtual medical visits. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/o...

YouTube video by Bookborn Stormlight Archive Recap : Prepare for Wind and Truth

In preparation to tackle Wind and Truth, book 5 of the Stormlight Archive series, here’s a whirlwind recap. The character by character summary at the end really helps.

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You always learn something new doing the NYT Connections game. Chum has to do with fishing?! Streak over. Again.

I know nobody has been able to crack this one, but micropayments would be great. I don’t want to subscribe to 100 more news sources, but I would gladly pay to read an article of interest. Happens all the time and there’s nothing you can do.

I would like everyone to be verified, or at least to make verification easy so people who want to be verified can. Then a preference to only see activity from other verified accounts. (I would pay for this capability alone.) With this in place, the bots can spew their toxicity into the void.

The Bose might sound great, but they kept failing to connect via Bluetooth. You had one job!!! The Apple pro earbuds connect flawlessly every time and sound very good, specially for movies in flights. I gave up the fight against the Apple ecosystem. Everything just works.

The Unpopular Vote Podcast Episode · Radiolab · 10/25/2024 · 1h

This was super interesting: why we have the electoral college, why it’s the way it is and why we could not get rid of it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #radiolab

The traditional Thanksgiving flan!

Beethoven was pretty good, but throw in those crazy blues runs in unexpected places and some stunningly beautiful Keith Jarret moments and wow! Amazing. Jon Batiste is a gift.

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El 60 ya no es amarillo?!

My Tesla graciously offered self driving for free for a month. No thanks. I’m not your QA department. We think testing in Prod is bad, but this is next level: you test with your life! (Disclaimer: I tried it when it offered this before and it freaked me out. It did weird things.)

After a week in Argentina my subjective impression is of a decisively different mood from a year ago. People are cautiously optimistic, with a let’s wait and see what happens attitude. Inflation is coming under control, the dollar is stable and reforms are happening.

Sorry NYT Connections, but the checkers I grew up with did not have red and black pieces!

The article started great. Sadly it’s behind a pay wall. Too bad.