When they said AI requires a lot of water I did not think they meant six bathrooms in a 3-bed

It's nice to be reminded that we're all under the same sky

There's an abandoned quarry just on the other side of the mtns from Carrara. Incredible place to visit if you're in the area.

"Steam engines and fantastical contraptions" sounds like steampunk, not cyberpunk?

That's 2010, not 2019

Is that the Brooklyn bridge in the upper right corner?

This a kabuki theater, not journalism.

Sometimes! Not too often, but both the beaches and the marsh walks there are beautiful. Feels like the edge of the world on a very wintry day!

It happens still. It's very disheartening.

It's easy to be cordial, and I have learned that when people are not cordial, that is a choice!

Yeah, there can be cultural differences, it's a short note and people make mistakes - but it's hard for me to imagine why someone would write that, rather than a simple "I'm very sorry, but our slots for visitors fill up quickly, and it's unlikely there will be room on the dates you request."

That's a very rude message. I'm sorry you have to deal with this sort of thing.

Veggie Crust has a paneer tikka masala pizza!

The paper is now on the arxiv; the group says the significance of the detection is only 1.5sigma.

If you can catch it on a new moon it's really breathtaking!
www.castinekayak.com/bioluminesce...

Maine is incredible! You can go on bioluminescent kayak tours on the Penobscot from Castine.

Your parents are very proud of you, Benjamin.

I don't think the number of rounds is significant here; it looks like they rolled up all the candidates who were mathematically eliminated into round2->3, rather than going through them one by one as in 2021.

Also the depahted is just a shot-for-shot remake of the Hong Kong original