When my cat is hungry and I’m at my computer, she will put her front paws up on my chair and then gently tap my leg to ask “food plz”. She increases in frequency over time.

Save money into a retirement fund. Be consistent about contributing to it. Compound interest is very much your friend at this age

Pro-moted? What’s that?

Assuming you’re in North America, the North American Charging Standard (NACS) is now a thing and manufacturers are starting to move to it.

AI. Bitcoin.

You might want to consider a more thorough wiping of your area code next time. It’s pretty easy to figure out what it is through the scribbles

I once asked ChatGPT to generate some random numerical passwords as I was curious about its capabilities to generate random data. It told me that it couldn’t. I asked why it couldn’t (I knew why it was resisting but I wanted to see its response) and it promptly gave me a bunch of random numerical passwords.

Myth: software engineers replicate value similar to a factory worker making the same item over and over

Truth: software engineers are closer to artists than factory workers IMO. We find and create new value, not replicate existing value

The MAX series didn’t go on its first flight with a customer until 2017. These are practically brand new planes.

World Central Kitchen

Does going into my garage workshop count? If not, then no. I didn’t have anywhere to be and it was really cold out.

I have over a dozen years of experience as a software engineer and I started learning Scala and monads recently for a new job. I’ve come to the conclusion that monads are terrible and make things more difficult despite the on-paper description. Don’t worry about it, you’re much more competent than you think.

Have you seen Bones Cafe? It sounds similar to what you described.

I get out of the first area maybe 50% of the time? I rarely get beyond the second area. Still love the game, but it’s really difficult for me.

Bitcoin

Yea, I said it

Probably a bit out of the $50 budget: a massage.

I’ve been using the Breathe Right “Extra Strength” ones. They are the only ones that have reliably stayed stuck to my skin overnight and strong enough to keep my nose open.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07F4B4HQL

A knee pillow. I have always struggled with the occasional back pain because I would sometimes twist my legs/back at night and be in pain the next day(s). A knee pillow has massively changed that for me. I pretty much never have issues with my back caused by sleeping weird now.

In a similar vein, nasal strips. My nose often gets obstructed at night and it caused a ton of sleepless nights because I had a hard time breathing. Finding the strong nasal strips I’m now using pretty much eliminated that problem.

How can birds have laws if they aren’t real?

GTFO. It has honed a ton of skills for me. Coordination/cooperation, accuracy, ammo conversation, fast problem solving, the ability to switch from fast to slow and back very quickly, the list goes on. It’s the most intense game of red light green light I’ve played.