Yeah I still rewatch it occasionally. I feel like it’s full of missed opportunities, and you have to shut your brain off, but it’s still good fun.

Agreed, good way to put it:)

This is so true. It’s much harder for drivers to see pedestrians these days. And walkers now have to deal with E-bikes and electric scooters flying down the sidewalks at high speed and silently. I’ve nearly been hit many times even as a very visible adult.

Six kids here, I use the “we needed some backups” joke all the time.

Sounds like a game of Paranoia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

It's hard to even tell any more. So many people are using AI that even the non-AI-using people are starting to write like that.

Read the entries in the blog that predate AI, the style is very clearly different.

I would be shocked if someone consciously or unconsciously adopted AI style so perfectly so quickly. Changing your style is not easy and if you're capable of it, probably this is not the style you'd pick.

> LLMs are useful for research and checking your work.

I have to disagree that it's good for LLMs to do the research, depending on the context.

If by "useful for research" you mean useful for tracking down sources that you, as the writer, digest and consider, then great.

If by "useful for research" you mean that it will fill in your citations for you, that's terrible. That sends a false signal to readers about the credibility of your work. It's critical that the author read and digest the things they are citing to.

It's not second in the main list for me, it's second on the small list of "premium" articles on the side.

Yeah it’s really a shame that the track point wasn’t adopted globally (I’m assuming for patent reasons, but surely any patents must be expired by now).

For years I used a Trackpoint external keyboard plus a mouse. The track point is great for small movements when you’re primarily typing, and the mouse is great for when you are primarily moving the cursor.

My wife feels the same way as you. I guess everyone is different. To me, tap-to-click and two-finger right click feel the best by far.

Yeah, I don't think it would ever work with a different cast.

Do you have some examples? Because honestly I put Firefly very high on my list of shows I like.

The setting is great, the writing is top-notch, and the acting is wonderful. The characters have great chemistry. It's funny.

The general universe is well done too. It lacks endless implausible human-shaped aliens and is light on space magic, which is nice. Overall it feels lived-in and there is some interesting history.

Honestly it's hard to think of another space-western style series that I'd rate so highly. I guess parts of the Mandalorian fit the bill, but I wouldn't rank it up there with Firefly.