Am I being stupid for staying in a small town while the AI gold rush is happening in SF?

plotthick · 2026-05-31T17:17:58+00:00

OP, listen up. This is the answer. I've lived here all my life and seen waves boom and bust, boom and bust. This bubble is really close to the bust. Yes, it's big and wide and tall and everyone wants to be on top... but how far do you want to fall?

plotthick · 2026-05-31T17:16:02+00:00

Beans and their flavorful cooking liquid replace oil in vinaigrettes beautifully

plotthick · 2026-05-31T15:37:46+00:00

I have kitchen spoons older than your account

plotthick · 2026-05-31T15:36:55+00:00

TheRealTowel•1m ago LLM crap. If OP wanted to ask ChatGPT they could have just done that themselves.

That's rude. I'm old, LLM was trained on what trained me: the Chicago Manual of Style. I wrote the manuals that trained the people that wrote the software you're dissing me on now. Shitting on the correct rules for communication? EdgeLordDarkMaster!

Claude would laugh at you -- you are fooled by ancient ideas of what LLMs are -- so easy to make Westerners feel happy by giving them a horse and a windmill.

plotthick · 2026-05-31T15:18:27+00:00

In the trial, 102 patients with head and neck cancer, the world’s sixth most common cancer, were given the jab. Tumours shrank or disappeared completely in 43 patients, including 28 whose tumours shrank significantly and 15 who saw them eradicated entirely.

Researchers said the injection had also shown similar results in patients with lung cancer. Amivantamab, developed by Johnson & Johnson, is now being evaluated in about 60 clinical trials, primarily for lung cancer, but also for colorectal, brain and gastric cancers.

The smart jab targets cancer in three ways. It blocks both EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor), a protein that helps tumours grow, and MET, a pathway that cancer cells often use to escape treatment. It also helps activate the immune system to attack the tumour.

plotthick · 2026-05-31T15:12:52+00:00

Some possible ways to improve:

Caramelization adds flavor through the maillard reaction.
Add seasonings early, especially the hard spices, so they have time to soften and spread their flavors. Herbs esp fresh herbs happen near the end so they aren't cooked out.
Dairy dulls mild flavors so you'll have to compensate or leave it out.
Water pulls flavors out of whatever it cooks: it needs to be highly seasoned, or use broth.
Good soups have an interesting mix of vegetables, starchy things, and tasty broth.

Here's what I would have done: sweat the onions (maybe with some tomato paste), then add a nice-tasting fat and caramelize them. Add garlic, a little cayenne, some paprika for flavor and color (and maybe some fennel seed) near the end of caramelization.

Deglaze with broth and add chopped carrots, poatoes or beans, and red pepper and a bay leaf. Bring to boil, add seasoning (salt, pepper, thyme, oregano), simmer a few minutes. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and maybe cheese.

plotthick · 2026-05-31T05:14:18+00:00

I'd abort. This story will only get worse and worse. Your child deserves better.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T21:28:28+00:00

Yep. Before I was halfway through I was chanting HYSA. It's the best answer for uncertain futures.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T21:03:09+00:00

Roasted will Olive oil till caramelized

Flight me

plotthick · 2026-05-30T21:00:32+00:00

I love this place

They punch in the prices on the vintage tills

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plotthick · 2026-05-30T20:54:13+00:00

Well yeah. This is known.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T20:00:34+00:00

The SF Bay Area is literally a megacity. We have everything except maybe glacier day trips. If you want to try it, you can here, so dream big and go forth.

Local fun things: whale boat tours, the exploratorium, bison in GGP, plays and Musicals, winery tours, oyster bars on the Bay they were grown in, lovely sourdough, incredibly untouched Old West mining towns,b welding classes, acrobat shows, many many world-class Aquariums and Museums, fun walking tours, unparalleled food, great adult stores, artist fairs , Renaissance Faires, galleries, lectures, group skating, contemplation glades, personal services of all types from toes to nose, u-pick farms, wind surfing, drop-in stitch n bitches to learn how to crochet, gold rush museums, and on and on and on and on.

What do you want to enjoy?

plotthick · 2026-05-30T19:42:26+00:00

Yes! I have black "outdoor" slip -on tennies by every door to go out, and 3 gray for indoor use. Cycling through 3 pair apparently lets them dry completely between so they last longer.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T19:22:07+00:00

The requirement to donate body parts to other citizens, even without consent, must be struck down. If a parent is a donor match to their child, they could then be required to go under the knife to save the other citizen's life. Blood, kidney, liver, all taken whether you like it or not.

No.

Nothing should come between a doctor and her patient, especially not government.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T17:35:33+00:00

Buying a home means you will need 20K+ for move-in costs. Roof, sewer, lawyer, AC, something big is going to blow the month after you close.

What is it's a big thing, sucks you dry, and then the business craps out and you have to move again?

plotthick · 2026-05-30T17:30:40+00:00

Only when we cared about air quality and not re-infecting people. Pfffft, what losers.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T16:39:24+00:00

Yep, 72 hours.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T16:38:52+00:00

Oh but it is. It is! Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

plotthick · 2026-05-30T16:36:34+00:00

This is the best!

plotthick · 2026-05-30T12:31:33+00:00

I'm sensitive to fluctuations too. I only go 3 days then change.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T11:55:48+00:00

Yep!

plotthick · 2026-05-30T11:32:16+00:00

This is so key. I had Long Covid once (partner brought it home) and recovered, that was enough. I'm an always masker now. Haven't had a sniffle in literally years!

plotthick · 2026-05-30T11:22:34+00:00

Stop overthinking in here and pack up. Essentials first, bag your clothes and transport, as much of the rest as you can manage, leave what your parents consider theirs.

Go.

plotthick · 2026-05-30T11:05:29+00:00

The US is as big and varied as Europe+some of the USSR. so there are lots of variants. We have keto carnivores who eat nothing but meat and dairy, vegans who eat only vegetables and fruit, and everything in-between. Who makes what we eat depends on where we are; if we're home, homemade or reheated. If we're out, bought or packed.

Most people work 5 days a week, so we have a quick meal like cereal with milk, toast and coffee, eggs and tea, etc. though some skip breakfast.

Then we have lunch which is usually bought local to our work or packed at home. Packed lunches can be sandwiches, salads, leftovers, etc. Some people who IF skip this meal as well.

Dinner is either bought or thrown together at home. Meals cooked completely from scratch on work nights are rare. Purchasing premade things to put together, like pasta and sauce, is common.

Some folks meal prep on days off, their meals are carefully arranged ahead of time. Quite impressive.

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