Why is it so good to work with things you feel important and with people who think like you?

AI question: Are reasoning language models like DeepSeek R1 and OpenAI o3 inherently inefficient due to their tendency to engage in extensive internal dialogue before providing an (often short) answer? Do the computational resources required to support such reasoning capabilities outweigh any potential benefits they may offer?

Would you trust a politician who uses public transportation? I routinely see this state deputy on the ferry.

The US stock market registered a noticeable decline in tech stocks just because a chinese AI company announced their newest generative model was cheaper to operate. Are investors dumb? I maintain my opinion that tech companies are overvalued but that decline felt pretty exaggerated.

I just managed to run a small LLM locally in my smartphone. What's the last thing that made your jaw drop?

Which meal would you cook me for a hundred dollars? https://youtube.com/shorts/WHOQv5pCWLU

I'm thinking about paying a specialized company to customize my debit card to a shiny metal rainbow card as I'm not rich enough to officially get one through my bank. What can go wrong?

Mayor allows city staff and drivers to wear bermuda shorts due to extreme heat. Thoughts?

A group of cops, calling themselves "Ghosts", rob drug dealers to sell the robbed drugs to other gangs. Is that a good business model?

Have you ever dealt with debt? Mom spent too much last month and now I need to burn a portion of my savings to cover her bills 🙄

Are cheap bike gangs cooler than roadster bike gangs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-3sBNkShCo

Is it possible to hack Bloomberg or other big financial databases to obtain market data? I need them for research.

Business question: who is going to buy Intel? Do you like Intel as a consumer?

What's your opinion on this video? Was the one who oiled the street a genius? https://youtube.com/shorts/0SF5xEjo2lk

What's your opinion on car shows? I'm thinking about going to a honda car show.