Jack Metzler (cleaned up)

Google be like hey I thought you might be interested in the dow allasudden

it's a perfect phrase

"motivated dilettantism" is the most brutal and accurate description of this phenomenon I have ever heard. A person of integrity would wither at the possibility that phrase might apply to them

"motivated dillettantism" is so brutal

one big AI tell is "it's not this, it's that." besides also using em dashes, what would be the tell if AI wrote like you? for me it's gotta be "they don't argue* x, instead they y"

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* refute/dispute/challenge/etc

one time @huma.bsky.social helped me plan an online like happy hour or Christmas party or something and that was pretty cool

ouch

no, the insurance company paid $250. I paid zero. I think the point is that this stuff costs them nothing so whatever the insurance company is willing to pay is fine so long as it is the maximum.

also, this may be the first time I've ever told a story involving an insurance company where the insurance company is not the villain

Don't get me wrong, I am happy to pay zero but ultimately, I I think this is a pretty inefficient way to come up with a price

drug manufacturer: this medicine costs $1 billion, but let's see how much your insurance will pay
insurance company: I know you really need the medicine but sorry we are only willing to pay $250
drug manufacturer: That's cool, here's a coupon for $999,999,750

also, I just completed watching season 2 of beast games so no judgment here. (It is terrible do not watch it)

how much are we paying to have the national guard hang out on street corners in DC and sometimes maybe walk from place to place? I mean what are they supposed to be doing?

you are doing a helpful service because every time I see them put up a new season I'm like well maybe it got good at some point and now I don't have to wonder

I noticed the notice about missing the notice

Thank you for your service

For the record, the development in question is the invention of (cleaned up), and you're welcome for that. Converting it to a facially-inaccurate version and doing so because of a cowardly personal grudge by someone in power, well, I don't think that's a very good development no I do not

The Bluebook adopted (cleaned up) except they made it inaccurate (you don't modify the citation, like at all), and they did that someone involved didn't like me, personally. I have no idea who. You can read all about it here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

(obviously the tournament is for worst abbreviation)

why bother Lab'y is a shoe in

for me it was two episodes until I was like ohhhhhh now I see ... this is one of those shows that sucks.

so just checking - we all agree that our phones are spying on us and just waiting for us to mention some product we might be interested in and then they sell that information to a company which sends us a flyer in the mail? It's not controversial or paranoid to think that right?

Gen X is the prototype modern generation and the reference point for all subsequent generations. Millennials were originally Gen Y and since then we've lost all imagination with Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and now Gen Beta. I mean come on get some new material ffs

That seems like a measured approach.

Ethics question: suppose a client leaves a negative online review for an attorney and mentions some aspects of the representation. Under Rule 1.6, can the attorney respond? Can the attorney refute the client's characterization with information the client didn't mention?

Wait . . . Judge Schlitz? any relation to like the beer?

fair enough.

He said "what about amicus? amicus est latin"

I mean "conclusion" just means something that comes at the end. They want something that the end that is short and says precisely what you want. Not sure how it could be clearer. (I'm sincerely sorry if this is knocking down deeply held beliefs)

The requirement of FRAP 28(a)(9) is literally "a short conclusion stating the precise relief sought."