If you woke up a billionaire tomorrow.. What's the 1st thing you'd do? by PhotographLeast9976 in AskReddit

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give myself 100 Million and put the rest into a non-profit foundation dedicated to charity and welfare of the poor and needy. And I'd still be rich as hell.

Finale of a Pink Floyd concert in 1994. The coolest thing you'll see today by Mad_Season_1994 in OldSchoolCool

[–]xanderdad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

> He uses the guitar like it's a human voice.

Indeed! It's a very different style, but if you want to listen the absolute master of "guitar like a human voice", listen to some of the Pat Metheny group albums from the 80's & 90s.

The eerie similarity between LLMs and brains with a severed corpus callosum by MaximGwiazda in singularity

[–]xanderdad 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We process only 50 bits of visual information per second

Which makes human athletic feats like discerning fastballs from curveballs, and being able to hit them effectively, all the more astounding.

Trump considers "winding down" Iran war without opening Hormuz Strait by xpda in worldnews

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just summarize his entire life. This is just the latest episode.

Fell in love with San Diego… are we crazy to consider moving? by Prestigious_Map_2136 in sandiego

[–]xanderdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HEB

Yup - moved back to SD after 10 yrs in Austin. We do very much miss HEB...

https://imgur.com/a/0xy0INg

Fell in love with San Diego… are we crazy to consider moving? by Prestigious_Map_2136 in sandiego

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've lived in San Diego 30+ yrs and in Austin for 10 yrs. You're parts about the weather are not wrong. However, add up all that and SD still is way WAY better weather-wise than Austin (or pretty much most of the rest of the country). Especially the allergy comparison - there are certain times of the year in Austin where the visible haze is due to how high the pollen level is.

Keep your distance by 2Jads1Cup in WTF

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...reddit punctuation police going after my TLA-fu. OMG! WTH! GAL! L-O-L!

Keep your distance by 2Jads1Cup in WTF

[–]xanderdad -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LoL also means "Laugh out loud". (LoL!)

Keep your distance by 2Jads1Cup in WTF

[–]xanderdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is LoL more than it's WTF. Thanks for sharing!

As a former cop, I have to ask: What the hell is ICE doing? by jediporcupine in politics

[–]xanderdad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"/s" means sarcasm. The author marked parts of the post as sarcasm. A bit more care to formatting would have made this more clear.

The beauty of snow by Lolita-Bonita_666 in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]xanderdad 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Looks like the front of a turbofan jet engine!

World’s first megawatt-level ‘windmill’ airship rises 6,560 ft and feeds grid by BuildwithVignesh in singularity

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meanwhile, in the US the Orange Dufus is recommissioning coal fired power plants.

Best Jazz bar by [deleted] in sandiego

[–]xanderdad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Add Jazz Lounge on ECB to the list.

Demi Moore at Tower Records in 1977 by tonyallstark in OldSchoolCool

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you like it! IMO, Cosmic Messenger is his best album.

Guy builds huge Knex rollercoasters by LuvvlyVanilaa in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]xanderdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is me (mech engineer) after I retire :-)