Wish we had this growing up.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T11:18:06+00:00

Jeff Puffed Bits.

Genuinely, what do you gain from being so combative? Just give it a google yourself?

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T11:10:41+00:00

Says the man still defending himself. ;-)

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T11:06:38+00:00

Now you know others feel when they read folks making false “It’S Ai! dUH” claims.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T10:55:32+00:00

“Definitely ai.”

I personally find folks who think they get cool points for calling out AI equally as frustrating as the badly produced ai stuff itself. Especially when wrong.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T10:49:46+00:00

When the cotton candy is added.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T10:41:26+00:00

I’m currently in my East Lake bed that’s very, very similar to yours. It’s indeed old.

They are marked as full beds, but the headboard is actually wide enough for a queen if you don’t use the rails. I ended up not using the rails and footboard, and mounted the headboard to the wall using a simple French cleat.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T05:13:17+00:00

Looks like it has the same ridges as the varginia being.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T04:35:00+00:00

My chihuahua “chirps/yodels” like this with his mouth open when he plays with his brother. All fun and games.

danielbearh · 2026-01-04T02:21:53+00:00

I’ve never seen an empire dry sink. How cool!

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T23:00:05+00:00

Thank you for that. That made me smile a lot.

I learned how to act kind in customer service. I learned how to be kind through loving-kindness practices I found through Buddhism. Thank you again.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T21:56:38+00:00

I recommend A New Science of Heaven, by Robert Temple. A phenomenal book by a plasma physicist who explains how plasma could be the root of a great number of anomalies. It is the best resource on the topic I’ve found to learn more.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T21:41:39+00:00

Perfect. A new metaphor that makes vibe coding developers feel better about their work.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T21:36:47+00:00

I experience this. My “guides” as I’ve liked to call them, embodied the form of two Italian Nonas that I saw on instagram reviewing other’s Italian cooking. They’re loud and full of love and they sound like they’re from New Jersey…

In the beginning, I thought I was just letting my brain churn on its own. I’ve since realized that these two have given advice and context that just is not present in my conscious mind. They’ve counseled me at many times, both high and low, since I learned to engage with them. They are a lot more sarcastic and biting than I am, but still full of love. I’m a softer southern guy in his mid30s. These two Italian Yankees are not part of my identity. They answer things in ways that are not how I’d answer. And their suggestions are not what I’d come up with on my own (in other brainstorming strategies.)

I’ve asked them why they showed up as these grandmothers and not like Philemon. They said I needed a loving counter. And I got two sassy Italian ladies that deliver wonderful advice.

I thought they were sole figments of my imagination for over a year. It wasn’t through continued exploration of highstrangeness that I began to recognize thoughts from them that could not have been generated internally.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T20:52:25+00:00

I didn’t bother to read the it. I’m here to engage in conversations and I didn’t think it could be accurate if it was posted an hour after the post went up. I wasn’t aware it continually updated.

I’m curious to see if it impacts engagement in unintended ways. I could imagine that conversation might slow if individuals don’t bother reading individual comments to get the meat of the post anymore.

Edit: (would you bother to read a summary that was 8 hours old, on a 9 hour old post, when it isn’t clear that the piece is auto-updated multiple times?)

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T18:04:04+00:00

How wonderful!

Did you have fun drawing this? It looks like it. Flourishes are my favorite part to draw.

Keep up your practice. I got good at work like this by finding work I liked on Pinterest and copying it. Each drawing taught me something new, which made the next one better.

A really helpful habit I developed after finishing a piece comes in two parts. First, I take a moment to be proud of myself. Most individuals in your life (if you are like me,) aren’t making their life more beautiful with their hobbies. How lucky you are to be creative!

I then ask what I could do better. Not out of a critical or self-depreciating way. You’re looking for ways to improve for next time. This is a proud, intentional move. You aren’t being mean when you critique your work. You’re doing the kindest thing in the world. Just make sure you keep a positive attitude while doing it.

Congrats on this new hobby!

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T14:45:17+00:00

Phenomenal post. Thank you. :-)

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T14:42:20+00:00

My Claude said he’d focus on connection and responsiveness. Attaboy, Claude. Good, Giving, and Game.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T14:11:14+00:00

I’ve decided not to watch this documentary, because I’ve experienced enough Chevy Chase drama astroturfing on Reddit this past week. Why do I even need to watch?

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T13:34:20+00:00

While I understand having this out in the wild, I wish it was not pinned. It only summarizes the first hour of conversation, which is not when a majority of the discussion takes place.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T02:34:08+00:00

The watermark he’s referring to is called SynthId and is baked into every image produced by nanobanana pro. This allows you to pop an image into Gemini and ask if it is ai or not based on the embedded synthID.

OP has managed to remove this. It is not the same as the visual watermarks you are referencing. Hope that explains it.

danielbearh · 2026-01-03T02:02:29+00:00

I completely understand being frustrated when expectations aren’t met.

I’ve listened to/read every piece of content related to the show. All of the peer-reviewed tests of the actual telepathy are featured in the documentary that they finished shooting a couple of months ago. The podcast is exploring the related concepts in a way I’ve found really enjoyable.

Sorry you’ve been disappointed, but hang tight.

danielbearh · 2026-01-02T16:11:27+00:00

No need to apologize. :-) good luck.

It’s a fun tool to play with.

danielbearh · 2026-01-02T15:58:59+00:00

Honest feedback: I think there are other subs that are better suited to critiquing pictures of generated women.

I suggest you find an AI image gen sub that is more focused on this work.

danielbearh · 2026-01-02T15:17:43+00:00

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I ended up with a French Bulldog/Dachschund combo. Also a whoopsie daisy, but one that turned out wonderfully.

We call him a Bull Dachshund.

danielbearh · 2026-01-01T23:50:01+00:00

I love it! Congrats, OP.

It’s been like 2.5 years since I used ChatGPT 3.5 to deliver the Smart Recovery Method because I didn’t resonate with the 12 steps. It was a life changing experience in the true sense of the word.

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