So, to me, as a game, I rate it 5/10.PS: The points are made in a very "absolute voice" but that's definitely not true, of course.You can read the title as "Why I think Chess is a bad game for many people, including myself, even though it's a very good sport"I made ...
Affectionately (and sometimes not so affectionately) nicknamed “The Old Bastard” (or just O.B.), the retired top agent may be losing his marbles. River tells Louisa (Rosalind Eleazar) that he’s worried his grandpa’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse, along with his paranoia, and he may ...
xAI is, according to some commentators,Elon Musk’s bid to “save X,”the platform better known as Twitter. Musk may have spectacularly struck out with advertisers and failed to make up the shortfall with subscriptions, the thinking goes, but he can fundraise off the hype of a new AI prod...
But until then there’s RUM (yes, this post isstillabout rum based beverages, keep UP, people), and so we will share our new 3 ingredient cocktail recipe. Yes, I know Leonard has been famous** for TWO ingredient cocktails, but that just got too limiting after a while. I figure as ...
Some people argue that it diminishes your integrity as a freelancer and makes you a selfish and greedy bastard. According to them, you also become a part of a generation with a very disturbed perspective. But I think that firing clients isn’t necessarily bad. In fact, it is good for bus...
Luxury goods make the point easy to carry across but they aren’t even the most egregious bastardization of the concept of money and value. They probably existed in the olden days without money as well, humans do have a tendency to attach a lot of value to symbols. What I want to talk...
a hard time using the second person, it probably means the second person is not right for the situation in which you are trying to use it. But if you are having a hard time because some ghost of a teacher in your head shamed you for using it, I say lock that bastard ghost in the...
In reality, their job is gathering assets and charging a fee on them, not outperforming the market. If you think you can hire a pro to outperform the market, you are sadly mistaken. It isn't because these people are stupid. It's because they are so darn smart and there are so many...
Minimalism is downright harmful to you, your ambition and your business. I’ll tell you why I believe this in just a moment, but first, let me say that I’ve allowed minimalism to grind my gears for such a long time that I just have to vent. And blogging allows me to rant away. ...
He got out of the military around the same time as I did, and wanted to do web stuff with me, but I am sure that would have been a "bad call awall" move if I would have said yes. I wonder what that crazy bastard is up to :) raj October 4, 2006 - 6:21pm reply I ...