Raining is the state of the weather outside. The “it” is implied to be the weather, because nothing else can really be raining.

Your first mistake here is assuming he can read.

I’d rather go without VR and actively gouge my eyes out than buy a piece of hardware locked to Meta’s ecosystem. their hardware is “ok” but their company is actively fascist.

Someone’s been reading too many LinkedIn posts

I find that being high reduces my racing overthinking by a lot and makes it significantly easier to socialize. Yeah my executive function crashes but eh. Worth.
What I find interesting is I gain a sort of clarity for the day or two after a good session. It’s like my mental fog clears up and it’s easier to push myself forward into doing things before I return to baseline. This effect goes away if I toke too many days in a row of course so I only do it maybe once a week at most.

A good friend of mine who is very adhd and also on the autism spectrum tokes very frequently, mostly as a sleep aid.

wipe everything- HP is the worst possible company for preinstalled data mining bloatware. reinstall Tiny11 to further reduce Microsoft’s bloat. Then consider getting a 1tb portable SSD, most of them are plenty fast enough to support having games installed.

If it is a bottom of the barrel HP laptop it has a very high chance of being soldered RAM and storage with a glued case.

Condensation means there is more water evaporating, not alcohol.

Keep it in a cooler place and this will reduce the evaporation rate.

me too thanks

It’s not even a mode

You are the goblin

Yeah I’ve been thru a couple periods of avoiding caffeine and you can definitely tell when it wears off. About 5 days seems to reset most of my tolerance.

heart exploding levels of caffeine, just keep adding more it works eventually

(do not do this I had to survive college somehow and was desperate)

They were pretty cool when they first blew up. Getting them to generate semi useful information wasn’t hard and anything hard factual they would usually avoid answering or defer.

They’ve legitimately gotten worse over time. As user volume has gone up necessitating faster, shallower model responses, and further training on Internet content has resulted in model degradation as it trains on its own output, the models gradually begin to break. They’ve also been pushed harder than they were meant to, to show “improvement” to investors demanding more accurate human like fact responses.

At this point it’s a race to the bottom on a poorly understood technology. Every money sucking corporation latched on to LLM’s like a piglet finding a teat, thinking it was going to be their golden goose to finally eliminate those stupid whiny expensive workers that always ask for annoying unprofitable things like “paid time off” and “healthcare”. In reality they’ve been sold a bill of goods by Sam Altman and the rest of the tech bros currently raking in a few extra hundred billion dollars.

Yes. Voting is the only way your voice is heard. By not voting, the red majority grows and you effectively do not exist to the political system.

Voting is how you narrow the margins and increase the popular vote. Voting in your local elections is where you have a better say in how things that immediately affect you area. Voting in local and state referendums is also powerful, as it directly affects your local laws and many times can pass or fail by only tens of votes. It might feel hopeless but it is absolutely important that you vote in EVERY SINGLE ELECTION that you are eligible for.

Oh yeah, she’s fine now. She was young and impressionable, wasn’t hard to get her used to going back out there in better circumstances.

Haha yeah they’ll do that. They can be insufferably curious.

I remember one time one of our border collie pups (not old enough to work but just getting introduced to the herd) got away from my mom. The cows all came over to check her out and she took off with the whole herd right after her!
She wasn’t that interested in working much after that…

Depends very heavily on the cows. Cattle rancher here. Be careful about it and *most cattle are OK to walk among.

Generally speaking, most farm cattle are timid towards people. They may come check you out and encircle you as a herd, but will usually scurry away if you move suddenly, and don’t care if you’re just in the field with them. They are herbivorous herd/prey animals, after all. The cattle my parents raise, perfectly safe to walk through. Hell the calves will often come up and sniff you out and rub up against you.

Some remote range cattle can be more wild. They might take off running if they see you within a half mile, or they might come running towards you if they deem you a threat.

The real danger often lies with bulls (hanging balls and huge shoulder) or cows with young calves (<1mo old). Both of these can be very unpredictable.
I’ve interacted with some bulls that were as gentle as can be and some that would rip your skin off if you weren’t on the other side of a panel. You should never go into a paddock with an unknown bull, ever.
And even the most timid cow can start squaring up if she has a very young calf still in need of protection.

It’s something you mostly have to learn how to read. Cows are expressive. They have body language. They speak with their head and their tails, and they look with their ears. For me it’s easy to tell if a cow is safe to approach, but it is a learned skill.

When you approach cows, make noise. Nothing racocious but just talking in a firm tone to them is enough. Make sure the herd olknows your approaching long before you get close enough to be a danger, never suprise a cow. Always keep a distance of minimum 30 feet unless they approach you themselves out of curiosity.

A head and/or tail held very high means they are alert and focused on you, this usually means they are nervous and about to fight-or-flight. Back off slowly and try not to turn away.
If a herd dispersed while grazing begins to bunch up together, that also means they’re getting nervous. Just avoid the bunch and walk away from whatever direction they’re heading.

A head held low while looking at you, or still grazing means they are relaxed. They dont usually lower their head to “charge” like in the cartoons until they’re already moving. You’re new to the field so they’ll always look at you. Move smoothly and steadily, they won’t bother you.

fuck you i’m gonna eat my tuna sandwich in the middle of your standup

✨️unpaid lunch hourrrrrrr✨️

Oh yeah. At in person networking events they are still a big thing. There just aren’t as many in person networking events these days (like trade shows), although they’re picking back up.