The earlier generations' Pokémon designs weren't "better"; you're just nostalgic for that part of your life.
Looking over some of the pre-Prime Days deals and stumbled upon Sesame Street: Old School Vol 1. What is super weird is that according to some of the reviews, the DVD contains warnings that this is not for kids, which is super absurd. This is what I grew up on in the late 70s.
WTF is not for kids in SS? (edit) Too much "wokeness" or DEI? These days SS is the most intelligent show on at that time of day.
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No more room under the sink.
Maybe I sound younger than I look?
Was out today running a lot of errands, so stopped at Timmie's for a cold drink. Got "miss" at the drive-thru speaker. In person, it's been "ma'am" for a while now.
Was out today running a lot of errands, so stopped at Timmie's for a cold drink. Got "miss" at the drive-thru speaker. In person, it's been "ma'am" for a while now.
the crazy world of the adult entertanment universe
Several things has been on my mind:
1. My mom's cat died, and I even got the chance to say goodbye to him, nor can I go to the funeral. Apparently my mom asked my grandparents what to do about it, and they said not to tell me until after my internship ended because they didn't wanted to upset me. Ironically my grandparents told me he died and I'm very upset now, I would have been livid if I knew he died on the last day of my internship. And I hate that my grandparents and my stepfather are both like: it's just a pet
2. There two types of disability benefits here in my country: the first just requires a chat with your health insurance and gets approved quickly so you can support yourself with that money. The second covers more support, you can pay people to assist you to live alone independently or apply to a living centre for people who are disabled which is an improvement to an institution.
I got the first at 21, and I've been on the waiting list for the second since 2012 at the lowest priority. I've had a chat with a person who works there to get a higher priority, I managed to succeed but I'm not at the highest priority which would be impossible because you basically have to be completely paralysed to get that.
Anyway I'm back at the bottom of a waiting list, and it's not looking like my category is getting money soon because my government is cutting budget everywhere. And I can't help but feel like wasted a lot of time waiting, I could have gotten support if I ended up in a higher priority list as early as 2016. I could have been in a living centre for disabled people!
But then again I was different person in 2012, I lived with my mom back then. Since then I started living alone and grew to hate the loneliness of living alone.
3. I'm having a lot of doubts and questions about about pursuing a job in healthcare: I learned that the next generation is going to learn cleaning a room and wash patients which I don't want to do, I'm more of an assistant.
So far my fellow assistants don't have to go study again, nor do the generation who's currently graduating. But the job applications are already asking for assistants who can clean, I'm having a conversation with the school counsellor on the 17th about what I can do. Because I don't know what to do, I'm at a loss
1. My mom's cat died, and I even got the chance to say goodbye to him, nor can I go to the funeral. Apparently my mom asked my grandparents what to do about it, and they said not to tell me until after my internship ended because they didn't wanted to upset me. Ironically my grandparents told me he died and I'm very upset now, I would have been livid if I knew he died on the last day of my internship. And I hate that my grandparents and my stepfather are both like: it's just a pet
2. There two types of disability benefits here in my country: the first just requires a chat with your health insurance and gets approved quickly so you can support yourself with that money. The second covers more support, you can pay people to assist you to live alone independently or apply to a living centre for people who are disabled which is an improvement to an institution.
I got the first at 21, and I've been on the waiting list for the second since 2012 at the lowest priority. I've had a chat with a person who works there to get a higher priority, I managed to succeed but I'm not at the highest priority which would be impossible because you basically have to be completely paralysed to get that.
Anyway I'm back at the bottom of a waiting list, and it's not looking like my category is getting money soon because my government is cutting budget everywhere. And I can't help but feel like wasted a lot of time waiting, I could have gotten support if I ended up in a higher priority list as early as 2016. I could have been in a living centre for disabled people!
But then again I was different person in 2012, I lived with my mom back then. Since then I started living alone and grew to hate the loneliness of living alone.
3. I'm having a lot of doubts and questions about about pursuing a job in healthcare: I learned that the next generation is going to learn cleaning a room and wash patients which I don't want to do, I'm more of an assistant.
So far my fellow assistants don't have to go study again, nor do the generation who's currently graduating. But the job applications are already asking for assistants who can clean, I'm having a conversation with the school counsellor on the 17th about what I can do. Because I don't know what to do, I'm at a loss
^ So sorry to hear about the loss of your mom’s cat, @Fantasy Lover . 
Is my distrust of AI partially derived from the society I live in?
Just looking over a 2025 study by KMPG and the University of Melbourne about trust, attitudes and uses of AI. I looked up the study, because a CBC article referenced it, mentioning that Canada ranks near the bottom in trust in AI, compared to the other countries in the study. So I wanted to learn more about it. The study looked at 47 countries, and Canada ranked 5th last (43 out of 47) in perceived trustworthiness of AI systems.
For those interested, the top 5 countries in perceived trustworthiness of AI systems are:
1. Nigeria
2. India
3. China
4. Egypt
5: Türkiye
And the bottom 5 are:
43. Canada
44. Sweden
45. New Zealand
46. Netherlands
47. Finland
And just for reference, here are the rankings of some other countries who have higher levels of representation here on the board:
30. United Kingdom
36. USA
39. Germany
42. Australia
It's an interesting study overall, and I haven't even reviewed all of it yet. Note that the data was collected between November 2024 and January 2025, so it's already a year and a half out of date, and things are moving quickly in this space. It would be interesting to see some updated numbers.
And just for fun, here's an interesting article about the growing backlash against AI in the United States:
mashable.com
Just looking over a 2025 study by KMPG and the University of Melbourne about trust, attitudes and uses of AI. I looked up the study, because a CBC article referenced it, mentioning that Canada ranks near the bottom in trust in AI, compared to the other countries in the study. So I wanted to learn more about it. The study looked at 47 countries, and Canada ranked 5th last (43 out of 47) in perceived trustworthiness of AI systems.
For those interested, the top 5 countries in perceived trustworthiness of AI systems are:
1. Nigeria
2. India
3. China
4. Egypt
5: Türkiye
And the bottom 5 are:
43. Canada
44. Sweden
45. New Zealand
46. Netherlands
47. Finland
And just for reference, here are the rankings of some other countries who have higher levels of representation here on the board:
30. United Kingdom
36. USA
39. Germany
42. Australia
It's an interesting study overall, and I haven't even reviewed all of it yet. Note that the data was collected between November 2024 and January 2025, so it's already a year and a half out of date, and things are moving quickly in this space. It would be interesting to see some updated numbers.
And just for fun, here's an interesting article about the growing backlash against AI in the United States:
The AI vibe shift is real: Why the backlash is growing
As 'tokenmaxxing' dies out, Silicon Valley is having second thoughts.
mashable.com
AI is here whether we want it or not. The best we can do is learn to use it responsibly.
It does help that the AI companies have raised prices as of the 1st of this month, so its usage will go down as companies try to maintain their budgets likely calculated when it cost far less. I'm still trying to figure it out. It keeps changing. I'm getting almost weekly updates to my VSC with AI changes.
It does help that the AI companies have raised prices as of the 1st of this month, so its usage will go down as companies try to maintain their budgets likely calculated when it cost far less. I'm still trying to figure it out. It keeps changing. I'm getting almost weekly updates to my VSC with AI changes.
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AI is worrying. But I am trying not think about it that much. Focusing on other things keeps me sane.
Isn't that insomnia?
the multiverse and alternate earths
How fun it would be to climb up the Eiffel Tower
I like the Andromeda Strain mini series from 2008
Liked it myself, and the older film (and book)
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