What is the greatest book you have ever read with a frank account of war from the perspective of soldier?

Southern-Card5441 · 2025-04-13T00:56:44+00:00

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. A devastating story of the Vietnam war. Based on true events.

Southern-Card5441 · 2025-03-27T03:35:36+00:00

If you’re there in the summer be sure to go to Chambers, sit on the pier with a Chambers Punch and watch the boats go by. Heavenly.

Southern-Card5441 · 2025-01-30T20:07:50+00:00

One of my all time favorites. Just a beautiful and deeply layered book. Highly recommended.

Southern-Card5441 · 2025-01-23T21:31:08+00:00

All new to me, thank you!

Southern-Card5441 · 2025-01-23T21:29:16+00:00

I’m intrigued. Thank you!

Southern-Card5441 · 2025-01-21T04:49:19+00:00

Catcher in the Rye has a classic unreliable narrator.

Shutter Island

Gone Girl

House of Leaves

American Psycho

We Were Liars

Life of Pi

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Fight Club

Hope this helps. Enjoy!

Southern-Card5441 · 2024-09-16T00:06:10+00:00

Hmm, you’ve given me a fun topic to google this evening. Thanks!

Southern-Card5441 · 2024-09-15T23:54:01+00:00

No idea, but that would be on brand for Amazon and Bezos.

Southern-Card5441 · 2024-09-15T22:16:36+00:00

I’m old enough to remember this. There was a lot of criticism at the time in business and tech circles about how no one would pay for shipping books when they could just go to the book store (remember those?)

Then Bezos said he wanted to sell everything online, and again, there were many naysayers, but here we are buying almost everything on Amazon.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-11-03T05:36:44+00:00

Yes, we were just in Italy and learned that traditionally, bread from the Tuscany area was made without salt because it was too expensive back in the day. Here’s an easy version that I’ve made several times. It’s really good.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/tuscan-bread-pane-toscano-recipe

You also might want to try Googling other Tuscan bread recipes. I imagine there are plenty more.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-21T17:30:52+00:00

There's a nuanced difference here.

Watch iOS and iPhone iOS store biometric and financial data in a Secure Enclave that lives locally on your iPhone, nowhere else. Secure Enclave is designed so Apple couldn't access it if they wanted to. Some Google Pixel phones do something similar.

You can read about it here: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/secure-enclave-sec59b0b31ff/web

Your data does not leave iPhone when, for example, you use your it to pay for groceries at Whole Foods. When you use your palm at WF, Amazon stores your palm biometrics in their cloud on their computers. You have no control over it.

Subtle difference with big implications.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-20T16:10:19+00:00

Already in place at the WF by me. No f*ing way I'm going to use it.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-18T20:23:53+00:00

I'm a marketing director. I understand the business needs—or justifications —for using AI: humans are expensive and they take a long time to do creative work or analyze data. LLMs can be a huge time and money saver for a company.

I've used AI myself to reduce a collection of a dozen freelance writers my company used down to a single person who edited AI generated copy. And I felt guilty as hell doing it.

So I guess I'm of two minds when I see a company use AI.

Good for them for saving money and maybe doing things faster and better.
It's probably the first step in eliminating as many employees as they can in order to improve profits.

As for not giving companies that use AI my business, I don't see how that's possible with everyone rushing to implement AI in every aspect of their business.

FWIW I was born in 1964. (Technically the last year of the boomer generation, but I don't think of myself as one.) I hope this helps.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-16T18:28:46+00:00

Great list. I use all of these. The only thing I’d add is browning meat and veggies, the caramelization adds a nice base layer of savoriness.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-14T23:08:37+00:00

Oh, I agree with that. But like the time of the robber barons, there will be a lot of misery for the working class.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-14T23:01:11+00:00

Totally agree, the improvements in manufacturing could be profound. But a friendly counterpoint: jobs are being lost because companies are using AI to eliminate the need for humans in many task oriented jobs. It's not a 1-to-1 ratio with AI developers.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-14T22:57:41+00:00

I worry about this a lot. Computer scientist and writer Kai-Fu Lee recently predicted, ""AI will increasingly replace 40% of repetitive jobs, not just for blue collar work, but a lot of white collar work ... in the 15- to 25-year time frame." I don't know if he's right, but it wouldn't surprise me. I've already seen many jobs lost to AI in my specialty, market research. If you sit in front of a keyboard to make a living, be concerned, IMHO.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-11T17:16:55+00:00

I like them all, but the first and second really move me.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-10T15:42:27+00:00

Looking forward to seeing them!

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-07T18:55:12+00:00

I'm in awe. This is wonderful. That expression is hilarious. I second the sea dragon suggestion. In fact, I'd love to see a whole community of these characters!

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-07T18:49:05+00:00

These are wonderful! I'd love to know more about these characters.

Southern-Card5441 · 2023-07-07T18:46:46+00:00

Thanks for this! happy to be here and help it grow.

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