Housekeeping | Bad Signs | They Might Not Be Giants
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… and we’re back! I missed you, situation normies. As a careful custodian of your inbox, you know that I didn’t publish Situation Normal last Wednesday, or Sunday. At the top of the last email I sent you, I explained that I’d be taking a brief break. But people don’t read programming notes, I guess, because my inbox was overrun with emails asking questions like:
honestly stuff like "did elon musk buy the internet and accidentally unplug it" is the one bit of dna one could clone your brain from....its a smart knowing funny one
I do frequently play that song and appreciate learning what the outlet is a metaphorical representation of. Having ChatGPT explain song lyrics to you may be its best use yet!
So much good here. First and foremost, wishing you a solid Q2.
Speaking of, please refrain from further besmirchment of my brother from another’s druthers, Jeff beztos. My blood simple so to speak. He’s frail. And Q2s are notoriously hard for him (“how long till cyber Monday,” he wails)
Listening to TMBG. What album do I start w? I listened as a kid but it was just the songs I downloaded on Kazaa
Congrats on this update to your paid offering. Everyone should pay for this, including me. I think I’m paid already but if not I’ll go paid NOW
I like the out sourcing your input/ideas. It's good to have folks on the look out for material. Can't be omni-present or omniscient unless that NDA is a bigger bombshell than you let on.
Great (not Good) Luck on the journey Michael. Your writing is fun and mixed in just right with topical, political, and opinion. I never know what I might get when I tune in. I can appreciate how much repetition has sharpened your Newslettter. It is bright and consistent. 90% of life, as they say, is showing up.
Okay, the photos made me laugh. 😂
Kudos for the proper Tabasco gift.
Don't eat the food on the floor, zero seconds, zero.
Adam Smith and his damned invisible hand. Sock puppet. Straw fingers.
AI isn't coming for anyone's job. The people who become proficient and clever at using AI are coming for lots of jobs.
AI won't kill us all, that'll be someone on an IT support desk who hits the wrong button. The last words spoken will be: "oh, oops".
Traveling back in time to short fraudulent companies is just the type of story prompt I can work with.
Also, maybe ask GPT-4 to write a Back to the Future sequel using that as a prompt.
LOVE Birdhouse In Your Soul, did NOT know those were the words. I thought it was oven, not outlet.
honestly stuff like "did elon musk buy the internet and accidentally unplug it" is the one bit of dna one could clone your brain from....its a smart knowing funny one
I do frequently play that song and appreciate learning what the outlet is a metaphorical representation of. Having ChatGPT explain song lyrics to you may be its best use yet!
The only really important question to ask ChatGPT is “are you Hot For Teacher?”
What was it like being indicted?
So much good here. First and foremost, wishing you a solid Q2.
Speaking of, please refrain from further besmirchment of my brother from another’s druthers, Jeff beztos. My blood simple so to speak. He’s frail. And Q2s are notoriously hard for him (“how long till cyber Monday,” he wails)
Listening to TMBG. What album do I start w? I listened as a kid but it was just the songs I downloaded on Kazaa
Congrats on this update to your paid offering. Everyone should pay for this, including me. I think I’m paid already but if not I’ll go paid NOW
haha you "substacker" pros are ALL about the $
(not that theres Anything Wrong with that lol)
I like the out sourcing your input/ideas. It's good to have folks on the look out for material. Can't be omni-present or omniscient unless that NDA is a bigger bombshell than you let on.
If you're thinking of making the ChatGPT things a regularly occuring segment, may I suggest the name "Hypothetical Picnic"?
Adam Smith helped us replace the old mercantile system with our free-market system, which was the greatest advance forward in human economic history.
Hmmm I always thought it was a 3 second rule? You’ve had a whole extra 2 seconds to salvage food your entire life! 🙃
I was going to ask it who’d win in a fight, Particle Man or Triangle Man, but why bother if it’s not even a fan?
Great (not Good) Luck on the journey Michael. Your writing is fun and mixed in just right with topical, political, and opinion. I never know what I might get when I tune in. I can appreciate how much repetition has sharpened your Newslettter. It is bright and consistent. 90% of life, as they say, is showing up.