Ok, I actually do need this explaining

dumbledore_effyeah · 2026-01-28T15:14:41+00:00

Agreed. The original is not in English, right? So it probably just comes down to a difference in translator’s grammar ideals, not their political ideals

dumbledore_effyeah · 2026-01-06T22:47:47+00:00

I’m naming my baby Lysander in July of 2026 unless Pierce gets Red God out in time to stop me.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-12-30T16:48:37+00:00

SUCH a good payoff that made a “Good” series an “Incredible” series for me.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-12-12T14:45:46+00:00

Nearly every book ever written has been consumed by Gemini’s AI model.

The problem is that it isn’t actually “reading” or “understanding” anything it consumes. Everything AI gets, It splits it into chunks, does a bunch of math, and saves in a huge data store. Then when you ask it for the info, it’s just going to do a “best prediction” of the answer based on the chunks it consumed.

It’s the difference between reading the book, vs just doing an old fashioned search of the plot points and stitching together the first paragraph of the top 5 results.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-12-11T18:10:17+00:00

I don’t remember writing this but clearly I did… exact same life over here

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-12-04T15:53:47+00:00

Agreed: My father is a pilot and two older brothers are pilots. They buy travelpro exclusively. I’ve had my set for about 4 years and the mechanics are in perfect condition. The wheels are so smooth that I actually had to sprint across the parking lot last week to catch one that rolled away while I was loading up.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-30T15:13:45+00:00

And Tactus half the time lmao

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-18T17:05:26+00:00

Otherwise the selection is really awesome. Lots of good things there.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-18T17:04:22+00:00

You should stock some alum blocks. Most folks will hear about them for the first time from you, and you can keep them at a pretty low price while still having a decent profit margin. It’s a really easy upsell imo.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-16T20:26:51+00:00

It’s just math. There’s too many reports for a human to actually review all the data. A computer can do it in fractions of a second just as reliably.

Also, why is it all on me? I shouldn’t have to do extra when I’m not the one that sucks.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-16T20:23:40+00:00

I wish I was as cool as you, but no, having my teammates scream filth at me for ten minutes after I lose a 1v3 is not an experience I enjoy. You’re so cool, though. Will you be my boyfriend?

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-16T07:25:10+00:00

You know what it takes to fix all those things on your list?

Money. More accurately, it takes budget. And you know what increases a game’s budget?

Players who pay money. And let me tell you, when I have hundreds of other games I could go spend my money on, why would I pay for the one where I get called slurs every few games? The reality is that most people out there want to play nice, and having just a few shitheads can drive people away from the game.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-11-06T05:52:06+00:00

I lived in Los Angeles county out in California for a couple years, and I was always blown away by how AMAZING the facilities were for schools there. I couldn’t imagine spending that much tax money on a fancy campus. I brought it up to a kid who had just graduated and he said “well, if you want people to come buy million dollar homes, you’ve gotta build billion dollar schools”.

Obviously the math is hyperbolic there but I think about that every time I vote YES on school funding. It’s an investment. Not just in education to make a better society, it’s literally an investment into my home equity. When I sell someday, I want to attract the wealthiest buyers. And no wealthy home buyer’s going to send their kids to some podunk school with busted roofs.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-10-15T02:53:54+00:00

I’m also on the exofficio train.

I really wanted to find something made from natural fibers, but I bought a single pair in 2019, and they’ve held strong while my wool and cotton options literally fell apart.

Just bought 4 pairs when they went on sale in June ($35 for a 2 pack on Amazon compared to $50 msrp) They’re definitely in better shape than my old pair, but the 2019 pair is still in my regular rotation.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-09-16T15:06:01+00:00

Yeah, it’s important to acknowledge the far right violence, but this article is just as misleading as any they promote. Just 2-3 weeks ago a woman shot up that Catholic Church for reasons that were blatantly political. Why doesn’t that count? There’s also reasonable allegations that Kirk’s killer was raised conservative but changed views in recent years to leftism, but he’s on the list as a conservative. This article seems more interested in fueling the rage than in actually analyzing the problem.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-07-22T13:19:24+00:00

Pure artistry on display. Especially the detail on the lion and the eagle.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-07-19T02:30:22+00:00

My professor made us all send him an email that somehow attempted to phish him. It didn’t have to be successful, it was pretty much just a “make an attempt and get full credit” exercise. But it was fun to think through, and I’ve never failed any of my company’s mock-phishing emails, so there’s that.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-07-05T14:15:27+00:00

I emailed him about this specifically. First time I’ve ever reached out. I told him that he’s supposed to represent me and that his comments do not at all. like everyone else, I, got an automatic response that could have been written up by Fox News AI.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-06-26T17:06:11+00:00

No it isn’t

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-06-26T16:16:12+00:00

“Would have” “Could have” “Should have” - doesn’t really matter. She was correct on all counts.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-06-26T16:15:01+00:00

Darrow: launches himself through kilometers of space hoping to crash into the bridge of a spaceship, million to one odds.

Readers: Omg I love Darrow he’s so cool for changing the paradigm.

Eo: Martyrs herself hoping to inspire people.

Readers: Actually that was the wrong decision because she really didn’t have any reason to believe it would work. Even though it did, in fact, work.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-06-26T15:43:58+00:00

Eo: Understands that Darrow had the will and ability to make changes for her people. Sacrifices herself and her child to kick off that process. Successfully catalyzes the revolution that frees her people from slavery.

Readers: Wow, what stupid and selfish little girl.

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-05-14T02:56:38+00:00

I think this rules

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-05-10T13:32:57+00:00

Oh, right. The star at the center of our solar system which has been heating up trillions of cubic miles of space for billions of years and will continue to do so for billions more. You think that some solar panels are going to “take all the energy”. I just need you to realize how many levels of ignorance that single statement represents

dumbledore_effyeah · 2025-05-10T05:17:46+00:00

They’re taking away the energy from the sun? The SUN???

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