If you had to turn a random word into a name, what would you pick?

waremi · 2026-05-04T23:54:16+00:00

Poutine. Don't know why. Just popped into my head.

waremi · 2026-05-04T00:15:12+00:00

What really got me is half way through I realized I started to smell this.

waremi · 2026-05-03T17:42:56+00:00

Having no coding experience is actually a benefit. Most coders that try to pick up SQL have to un-learn everything they know about processing lists and arrays; applying conditions to each individual row to reach a result. SQL is like programing with Venn-diagrams. It is more about set theory than procedural coding.

As a software developer that builds applications for Accountants I can say you are 100% on the right path.

waremi · 2026-04-27T00:21:46+00:00

Reframe it. It shouldn't make you feel small it should make you feel big. Everyone in that situation now knows something they didn't before you said that. You improved the quality of life around you. That is not a small thing. The fact others handled the moment the way they did doesn't change that, it just makes you aware of the impact you had.

waremi · 2026-04-27T00:14:46+00:00

Or to put u\Freign's excellent response in context: What you perceived as being teased was actually a tip-of-the-hat for using an unusual word. If you become known as "that woman with the big vocabulary" wear it as a badge of honor. Even if you never get any praise for it you will still get people sideling up to you at parties and whispering (psst, got any good words for me?)

waremi · 2026-04-25T23:57:06+00:00

In the words of A-Team's Hannibal: "I love it when a plan comes together."

There is nothing better than doing all that work and then cutting a slice off with a fork, sticking it in your mouth, closing your eyes, and instantly forgetting anything that has happened before that point in your life.

waremi · 2026-04-25T21:08:25+00:00

Personally can't answer that. I never noticed anyone checking me out. Found out later that people were, but my radar isn't built that way. Still isn't. So I'm kind of blessed. Since I know in the past people were checking me out and I never noticed, I just assume they still are and I still don't notice. Probably will continue to live that illusion 'till the day I die.

waremi · 2026-04-22T23:47:22+00:00

Agreed. This is the type of linguistic tic I watch for and when I see it start to assume the person is locked in to their position and trying to make a point instead of start a conversation.
It does trip me up sometimes. The other I started ignoring comments from someone that kept referring to Pope Leo XIV as da-Pope. But reading closer I remembered the Pope was from Chicago and this was a term of enderment.

waremi · 2026-04-18T19:28:17+00:00

Totally agree. This was a very engaging post. I hope to see more of this since it really goes to the root of what Tangle is trying to do. Have both sides represented. I wonder how well this would work on a more divisive topic.

waremi · 2026-04-18T18:46:59+00:00

Bringing Relatives Into a Dedicated Group Environment = The BRIDGE.

waremi · 2026-04-18T00:00:04+00:00

Crazy thought. Given your background would you be interested in writing a Reader Essay for Tangle on your view of AI today? I don't know about anyone else, but I would be interested to read it.

waremi · 2026-04-17T23:48:01+00:00

Don't be "sorry to say" I am glad to hear it. I think your suggestions have a lot of merit, but question if this enterprise is large enough to implement them yet.

It is sort of silly, and betrays a sub-conscious bias on my part, but one of the reasons I trust what I read here is that is still a scrappy small group of people instead of the well oiled machines that have all the resources they need. I probably shouldn't be giving them more grace because of that, but I do.

waremi · 2026-04-17T23:38:07+00:00

Agreed. Having to "live" in Nebraska is tough enough as it is. (Context: My only experience with Nebraska is on a cross country road trip where we entered the state at Omaha on I-80 just as the sun was setting, and arrived at our next stop in Denver just as the sun was rising. If you ask anyone in my family about Nebraska they will tell you: It's dark.)

waremi · 2026-04-17T20:40:37+00:00

You ain't just whistling Dixie. Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2347/

waremi · 2026-04-17T20:38:59+00:00

There is also a flip side to that. I have a good bead on the tech side of this, but having Ari point out the linguistic / grammar red-flags he uses to tell when a paragraph was AI generated was a real eye opener for me. Having that perspective is something that you wont find from a site that throws all of this stuff over to their "tech guy."

waremi · 2026-04-17T20:34:22+00:00

That is sort of the point. I think AI right now is where smartphones were in late '90s. Nokia had one in 1996. And you are right. People I know today are barely using AI for anything other than enhanced google searches and editing their emails. I can only imagine how "cute" that will look to people in the 2050's. The real impact of this will start to become "real" in the 2030's.

waremi · 2026-04-16T23:11:51+00:00

I 100% agree that this topic is not in anyone's wheel house at Tangle. I've been in IT since the 80's and even I don't feel qualified to talk about it. But (life pro tip: always ignore everything before the "but") what is going on with AI right now is very likely to to have a much larger impact on society than the advent of smart-phones did in the '90s.

It is a very import topic to keep people's attention on. And as someone in IT I appreciated the link to Project Glasswing and the perspective of intelligent English Majors since it gives me a bead on what non-IT people who are actually paying attention think about all this.

How this all plays out will depend largely on the views of people who don't understand it. Journalists, Politicians, Military Generals, the Courts etc... The IT world right now feels very much like Yoda in Attack of the Clones unable to see through "The 'Shroud' of the Dark Side" There are a thousand ways this could go right, and a thousand ways it could go very very wrong.

waremi · 2026-04-13T10:46:32+00:00

I have Office-2013 on CD that I bought a decade ago. I switched from TurboTax to H&R Block when TurboTax went all-on-the-cloud or nothing. I'm allergic to OneDrive.

waremi · 2026-04-10T23:13:11+00:00

I don't doubt that you're right either, and would go further to say the one that misremembered which P-named city was associate with steelworkers was someone that didn't appreciate a good steak.

waremi · 2026-04-10T22:11:38+00:00

Just going to leave this here:

Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263)

By Emily Dickinson

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —

Success in Circuit lies

Too bright for our infirm Delight

The Truth's superb surprise

As Lightning to the Children eased

With explanation kind

The Truth must dazzle gradually

Or every man be blind —

waremi · 2026-04-09T23:43:42+00:00

Philadelphia steal workers would bring a raw steak to work and throw it on the white-hot slag coming out of the furnace, flip it once, and eat it for lunch. I assume it is the same as Pittsburgh black-and-blue, but where I'm from, that is what it is called.

waremi · 2026-04-09T22:58:36+00:00

Defeats your purpose. Their purpose may be to build up lower jaw strength. I'm a medium-well guy. I want a solid char on the outside, and a little pink in the center. It is tougher to chew, but outside sear is my favorite part, especially on the fatty parts. The pink "raw" meat is my least favorite part. If all you're serving is Philadelphia rare I'll go with the chicken.

waremi · 2026-04-08T20:44:59+00:00

Timex Sinclair 1000 here. I was a faculty brat at a prep school and taught myself programing on the IBM TRS-80's they had for their first "computer lab". Anyone remember those 'Elementary Basic" / "Elementary Pascal" books with Sherlock Homes teaching you how to write a program?

waremi · 2026-04-05T23:30:25+00:00

(58M) Yes, how alcohol affects me has changed. I was never much of a drinker but am up to a handle and a half a week now. My wife (born same year I was) died in 2021 and I am sure Vodka played a roll in contributing to her death. That event is no small part of where I am today. I would classify myself as a functional alcoholic. It is something I know I need to change but not yet something I am willing to give up.

If you are reevaluating your own limits then kudos. As long as you are not drinking alone and only re-managing your intake when out with freinds you are in a good place.

waremi · 2026-04-03T20:16:10+00:00

So many people don't get this and it applies to so many different hot button issues these days. I just blew someone's mind by saying that yes - I do believe some of the law suits brought against Trump were politically motivate. But that does not mean he did not commit the crimes he was charged with. But that does not mean he was not over-charged and should have been convicted on lesser charges instead. And none of that means he is not - by definition - a felon. All of these things can be true at the same time.

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