Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii by Lee Goldberg

The rest apparently don’t care either way

And coment on 11th September too, can’t be a coincidence

It’s expensive being poor

I love it, read all the books. I particularly enjoy the Lincoln lawyer series, but Bosch is great too. I read them in order starting with The Black Echo, and the series is consistently good. It’s worth reading in order to have an understanding of Bosch’s career and life progression.

I’d say Michael Connelly is my favorite author. The only book I didn’t really enjoy was “Chasing the Dime”.

Just finished The Waiting by Michael Connelly and haven’t started the next book yet.

TIL I’m gay

If there’s a minimum wage, there should also be a maximum wage, but I may be a communist, idk.

Individual’s wealth vs minimum wage is not a great comparison. It’s showing accumulated wealth of an individual who will over time receive pay raises and build up their wealth.

Minimum wage is what it says the minimum. It’s supposed to be entry level income at the time. It should be adjusted for inflation.

To make it more accurate, it should show income increase for ech of the billionaires, and compare it to an income of some median individuals.

Ebooks are less convenient because once you buy and read it you’re stuck with it and can’t resell.

Books can be had second hand for dirt cheap, too. For ebook you’re paying full price.

Because you don’t know where this information will end up. Companies often get hacked and the information leaks out.

Your email, address, phone number can be used to spam and scam you.

Other information can be used to make scam you more effectively, or even scam your relatives if they sprinkle enough seemingly private information in it.

Your public photos and videos (tiktok, YouTube) can be used to make a deepfake of you and end up online to blackmail you.

Ask yourself what you have yo gain from sharing information online, and remember that the internet never forgets.

Rookie numbers

There’s a black Mirror episode where they make a cookie and the make it into the brain of a smart home / assistant of their real self. Don’t remember the episode, but a horrific concept considering how they make the cookie comply by essentially torturing it.

We are legion (we are bob)

Yep, happened to me. But instead of “best regards”, i usually end with simple “regards” which may have made it worse. I immediately followed up with an email profusely apologizing.

Playing an instrument, like a guitar. It’s great being able to play, but it takes time to learn it.

LLMs keep getting better at imitating humans thus for those who don’t know how the technology works, it’ll seem just like it thinks for itself.

Yes it is. If you’re travelling by car, go to places that accomodate cars.

Don’t expect all places to accomodate cars. If you want to go to place with no parking, use other means of transport.

Yep, they take care of their babies.

Cats can be affectionate. They provide entertainment too. I like it when my cat Somes to sit on my lap when I’m reading a book, or snuggled up i bed when it’s cold at night.

I admire dog people for being able to give their pets all the attention they need, go for walks, clean after them. some times I don’t have the time to give enough attention to my cat when he wants to play.