What is currently on your mind?

[Michie]

Just the usual angst over cultural issues. Nothing special.

I don't like it. Anger induces really mean-spirited thoughts inside me. Makes one less rational, social etc. I have been trying to be less angry for a while now.. overall, I think I have improved. Sadly today, just reminded me how my mind used to be.

I'm not worried about relapsing or anything. I feel much calmer now.. and I did that all with just a little will power.

Well I’m glad you have a better handle on it now. As long as you are working on it, it should become automatic after awhile. I have been working on some issues as well.

 

[Chesterton]

I have art and antiques. I usually call auctioneers for those items and donate the other stuff.

Ah I gotcha. I thought hiring private auctioneers for regular household items sounded a bit odd.

 

[Michie]

Ah I gotcha. I thought hiring private auctioneers for regular household items sounded a bit odd.

Yeah I keep forgetting to explain that. I’m just used to it.

 

[MehGuy]

Not the best day ever..

 

[Michie]

It was an exhausting one for me but moms surgery went well.

 

[Michie]

Not a good Sunday here. My sister is just basically gone. She barely spoke. She pretended to eat the meal I made and put it down the garbage disposal. She locked herself in the bathroom… it was awful. You could have cut the air with a knife. I’m really starting to think she is not long for this world. I’m talking to an attorney Monday. Mom wants to get her will amended. I told her we need to look into a special needs trust. She also needs to keep applying for disability. Otherwise I see her pushing a cart down the street.

 

[Tuur]

That on this date in 1968, Robert Kenney was shot by Sirhan Sirhan. I was to go to town with some of the family that day, but when we woke to news of the shooting, I asked to say at home and watch the coverage. I somewhat remembered JFK's assassination and was watching TV when the news broke about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968, and wanted to see the news. I was allowed, and watched it by myself until the rest of the family returned.

That had me wondering about the day of the week. I can't remember why we were going to town, only that we were, and thought it was a weekday. There's a way of calculating the day of the week called the Doomsday Method based on the last day of February. Without going into details, February 29, 1968 fell on a Thursday, and June 6 also fell on a Thursday. That meant June 5, 1968, was on a Wednesday, just like in 2024.

 

[Paidiske]

It's cold. I'm well and truly into the complaining-constantly-about-the-cold phase of winter. (I know those of you who live where it snows will think I'm being ridiculous; that's fine).

Meanwhile, a very busy day ahead. But I am counting down the days; I have a couple of weeks' leave starting on Tuesday.

 

[MehGuy]

Starting to get into AI.

So far, I'm really impressed with how useful it as a tutor. The AI seems to pick up on your little quirks and remembers previous conversations. Of course, while I worry about it giving me false information, I still think it's an extraordinary learning tool. The thing will also pop-up quizzes out of nowhere to see if you're learning the material correctly. I can see this thing replacing a lot of teachers in the future. Or at least dramatically changing what the school structure is like.

Right now, I am trying to learn about statistics. I want to be more informed about what studies I read are bad or good.

 

[Chesterton]

Starting to get into AI.

Me too. It seems to know everything. Earlier today I asked it the question "What's the deal with MehGuy?" Oh man. Very lengthy response. You don't even want to know.

 

[MehGuy]

Lol. The AI has already chewed me out a few times. Yesterday I asked if the AI was fine with me swearing at it. All of a sudden I get a message "This conversation is over".

 

[timothyu]

Sounds like a Presidential debate

 

[Daniel Marsh]

nothing

 

[Tuur]

The passing of the years. I cleaned out obsolete hardware, manuals, and software from my office today.

 

[Paidiske]

That reminds me of this. (I went to a gallery exhibit of ancient Egyptian artefacts recently, and was quite taken to their approach to dealing with the accumulation of votive offerings in their temples; wonder if this would help deal with the "You can't get rid of that! My grandmother donated that to the church!" thing that's so common?)

 

[Michie]

The usual characters trying to dazzle with bull…

Waiting rooms are tedious.