It’s funny how three or four AI models have become the equivalent of the electronics engineer’s “jellybean parts.” Need a little AI to get people to look at your company? Just grab one out of the jar!

“My three weed-smoking girlfriends Mountain Dew-flavored boyfriends.”

Relevant xkcd:

I think so? But I might be forgetting something.

It’s outside of the non-X timeline, completely stand-alone.

If your employer wants to spend its money on certification, by all means go for it

For real, if you haven’t already try to find every bit of employer-paid training that’s available, it’s worth looking into. My workplace has a corp Microsoft learning account that will pay for one certification test a year, and other deals with online training platforms for free classes that don’t result in “certificates” exactly, but do provided verifiable proof of completion you can post to your LinkedIn or socials. (The real benefit is the knowledge you gain of course, but it’s nice to have some acknowledgment of what you’ve learned.)

Good point, I can’t believe I messed that up!

“Ugh, why did I even sign on for this evil postdoc position? I could be doing evil research in the private sector right now.”

“Did somebody say mines?”

“Strange automobiles distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!”

Yup, that happened to me once.

/shitpost, sorry

As a guitar collector, I’ve heard more about CITES and mahogany (and rosewood, but nvm that now) than is healthy for a normal person. I absolutely believe that mass produced instruments should move to more sustainable materials, but the freaking attachment to Honduran Mahogany seems like it will never die.

Neither did Paul Rudd!

*sniiifff*

“Alright! Portnoy’s Complaint! Let’s goooooooo!”

Top voted answer

“Why would you want to?”

it’s a pretty unusual chemical

Yeah, I can’t even find an SDS for it.

I love hot beverages!

“Yeeeaaaah, so I’m gonna need you to move your desk on down to Khazad-dûm, so if you could just take care of that, that’d be greaaaaat.”

I can’t find their website right now, but there’s a charity that “borrows” suburban yards to grow produce which they then donate to local food banks. It sounds pretty cool.