I can confirm. I have the family plan and got ads when I was listening earlier today. Contacted support. Got no where. Canceled my subscription.

My caffeine intake fluctuates in an almost cyclical pattern. I’ll injest a lot to the point of ineffectivness, then scale back to nothing, then slowly ramp up again. It’s not purposefull, just a natural progression I tend to follow.

Right now, I’m off it completely. I’ll stay this way until I have a day where I’m really tired. I’ll break down and have a cup of coffee. That’s usually the breaking point for me.

At the max, a day could be two Monster energy drinks, four 12oz cups of coffee, and an occasional cup of black tea. A few days at this point and I feel nothing from it, and begin to scale back.

I haven’t gotten to that level since starting on ADHD meds. Turns out I was self medicating without realizing it.

I don’t understand why they keep adding AI crap to everything. There can’t be a huge market of people who want it. It’s incredibly expensive to develop and run. Just from an economics point of view it doesn’t add up.

Is it just the corporate equivalent of FOMO? Wouldn’t it make more economic sense for them to release a base device that is capable of having AI apps/agents installed if and when the consumer wants it, rather than defaulting to it? Or are they so tightly bound in their own bubble that they don’t see the problem?

It’s like basic economic theory, has been thrown out the window; along with common sense.

Could be either, depending how you write it.

Lean into the creepy factor and ramp up the anxiety by adding recently happened events that are found in the tape. The feeling of en-ease as they’re discovered. Deja vu can solidify it further, causing chills down the spine. Add an event that is then found on the tape before it happens, proving its a prediction. As the tape is repaired, more is discovered. You’re indication of progress could be how much tape is left to be repaired. This leaves a mystery and anxiety of what will be found next.

Lean into the sad factor by showing the world now and reminiscing on the lost. Ramp it up with something the character loved, maybe shown in the tape, and then showing the last of it going away. Add in the nice old man, the character’s savior, dying; not from age, but because of the destruction. Could show malnourished children, though that can be triggering. Showing malnourished animals would give a strong visceral reaction without having the same trigger. Be careful going too far in this direction as it can quickly become depression porn. You’d need to have a ray of hope or something the character is fighting for. The tape could help if it’s shown to have accurate predictions. It could show a happy, green field, blue sky, kids playing type thing at the end. This could give the character hope.

Another layer of sadness would then be an oscillation between believing in the happy prediction or not. To ramp that up, show one tape prediction as false, or presumed to be false to the character though actually true. (Think Shrek 2 when he thinks the potion is a dud until the next morning, though the audience sees it worked after he turned away). It’d be up to you to determine if the final hope is true or not, letting you end on a high note, or a low one. Either way could be impactful.

Overall, it’s a fun premise which you can take in many directions.

I might be an outlier, but I enjoy working. I like what I do. I also like having money.

Most days, when I get home, I do whatever housework is needed and still have time to spend with my family, work on home projects, or relax and play a game or whatnot.

Take care of yourself by exercising and eating right, find a job you enjoy, and you won’t be dead tired after work. Granted, there are occasional days when I’m exhausted, but they’re the exception, not the norm.

I’m middle age, and as much as you are not looking forward to working, that’s how I feel about retirement. I don’t know if I will ever retire, not because of money, but because I think I’d get bored.

Counter point: It won’t.

This is like being told you could win $100M when handed a lottery ticket. There is a lot of weight on the word could.

Except in this case the lottery doesn’t exist, the ticket is a fake, and we’re all about to be screwed when the bubble does burst.

So, in a way, he’s right. A lot of white collar (and blue collar and no collar) jobs could be gone in 12 months, due to the bubble popping. Nice of him to put his name out there now so we know who’s to blame.

Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”?

Stormlight Archive 5, Wind and Truth by Sanderson is 62h 48m on Audible. It’s the longeest in the series.

Book 1, The Way of Kings, is the shortest at 45h 30m. So between 250 and 300 hours for the series so far.

I’d nominate him for one if he resigns.