Brilliant! I usually roll my eyes at technical analogies, but yours holds.

Thank you, appreciate the feedback!!

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I guess I'm a heartless engineer, because I could never imagine myself loving (obsessing over) someone so much that I would feel a need to check in on them 2,000 times.

Funny story... an incredibly famous rapper got his start because his manager, Shane Morris used Mechanical Turk to get engagement on Spotify before Spotify began to detect that vector.

It means to disagree in a playful, teasing and confident way. You can even take it to an absurd level: "I like your dress except I hate the color blue."

FWIW I love 90s ads, especially the video game ads. Electronic Gaming Monthly would bombard you with "extreme in your face 'tude" for even the most prosaic games. I loved the Gaiares ad, with a mulleted, chain wearing professional gamer Jamie Bunker saying "this game really smokes."

I decided to put the goal of making friends on "Hard Mode." I quit drinking.

I never drank in public, is that hard mode too? I quit as well.

I recommend a group fitness class gym. This brings me much joy and I lost 60 pounds. A positive 3rd space.

I have an Astel & Kern SE-100. Amazing build and sound.

The GP specifically said they weren't looking for some overpriced 'enthusiast' nonsense. Did you really spent $1700 for that thing? Did you get the gold plated, oxygen free cables and noise canceling dot stickers at the same time or did you save up for them.

I worked for five companies in two years about a decade ago (Pre retail Gen-AI). All of them had the exact same mission slide deck. Same goals, same priorities, same strategy.

Same here. It makes me wonder if many companies are optimizing for the same “rational” answers, and the real advantage comes from asking different questions.