My friend describes it like a skipping groove on a vinyl: eventually the thing you need to do will pass under the turntable’s needle, and you’ll get a chance to act upon it. If you miss that chance you’ll just have to wait until the groove skips again.

I grew up a block away from Seneca village and only found out about it as an adult when they put up signage in the park telling its story.

I agree, scaling users isn’t the issue, what is is the neverending chase for the mirage that is AGI. They’ll throw every processing cycle they can muster at that fever dream, that’s the financial black hole.

I find it interesting how Sam Altman has the same continuous vocal fry Elizabeth Holmes used to have. It’s infuriating how well a cheap impression of gravitas performs with investors.

It’s a reference to games like Fortnite which have little animations your character can perform, called ‘emotes’, often triggered by players after killing an enemy

Fair, good on ya!

Sometimes when I’m biking I force myself to breathe through my nose for a while to dry out a runny nose. If I’m going kind of hard I end up with this look on my face like I’m holding back tears, mouth pinched shut, breathing hard and covered in sweat, and I get self conscious about what other people must be thinking about the scary dude trying to exercise his feelings away.

Rock doves (pigeons) evolved to live on cliff faces. Cities are covered in artificial cliff faces, i.e. buildings.