I just found out today is world quantum day. It's already late afternoon so I have some celebrating to catch up on.

I realized this weekend that when I miss Twitter. What I miss is the early days where I actually posted and interacted with others. Over time Twitter (and other platforms) became a passive activity like watching TV. So I guess this is me saying I'm going to get more active with posting and replying

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Do appliance manufacturers license or commission the music that plays in their appliances? My husband is convinced that our coffee maker plays 99 luft ballons when it finishes brewing.

I never used to be one of those "everything was better in my day" people. But think I was wrong. Things WERE better in my day, as evidenced by things like having Pat Benetar as one of our musical role models.

2 of 2. It hasn't learned i don't like those songs. It also never recommends closely enough to what is on my playlist. Pavarotti, Bocelli, an Italian Christmas Carol my grandfather loved. Does it recommend italian songs? Traditional Christmas hymns? No, just the same two lame songs I don't like.

1 of 2. I figured out why I despise the Spotify recommendation algorithm so much. It doesn't learn fast enough. I'm listening to my personal Christmas playlist. Absolutely every time it finishes Spotify plays Rocking around the Christmas tree or Jingle bell rock as recommendations.

Not just parents, we do this for ourselves too. Think about how many of us run around with our huge cups of water when we are just going from home to the car to the office.

It's the little things in life. I replaced the ear cushions on my 4 year old headset and I'm so happy about it. It's like the headset is brand new.

After seeing an article about older managers being afraid of young workers, a Gen Z said "why are they afraid of us? They're the generation that ate lead paint. We should be afraid of them."

As I say to my kids, if you never started a computer from a c prompt, you don't get to say you know more about computers than me.

I love that he still wanted to help you even in the midst of his disgust with the premise.

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Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training

I went to a play of Frankenstein yesterday and now I'm convinced that Viktor Frankenstein was the first tech bro.