I dropped $250 on an HTC Apache in 2006 and thought I was quite fancy.

I tried AI again the other day, just for a yearly check in. Gemini's Pro model was more apologetic than ever when it changed the basis of its narrative SIX TIMES in seven prompts.

I was simply asking it to describe the counterweight mechanism in a piece of common machinery. It changed from industrial gas struts, to no support and being too heavy to handle, to two large springs (correct), back to no support but now because it's feather light, and so on. I simply kept asking it to stop fabricating answers and to verify from a parts diagram, the URL for which I provided. Its apologies and explanations grew longer and more elaborate each time.

We had good laughs, but sorry about the power and water usage.

Cool story bro.

Yep, you've got it right.

It's about 48% successful on average. Individual success rates vary based on age, reason for using IVF, health and age of the mother, and the number of retrievals.

For a moderately healthy person in their early thirties, one retrieval provides about a 48% success, and three retrievals a 67% success rate.

https://www.varta.org.au/resources/news-and-blogs/how-likely-are-you-have-baby-after-one-two-or-three-ivf-cycles

It just has to burn more fuel for each combustion cycle to keep the engine spinning at the same speed. It's like how it's easier to pedal a bike down an incline versus up the same incline, but your legs will still pedal at the same rate for the same speed (assuming you don't change gears).

They're taking pointers from the Israelis.

Start putting criminals like Trump in prison!

His name better fucking be Mario.

Many Americans have a weak grasp on even the most basic details of their constitution. During my stay there, I heard "free speech" improperly being used as a defense by people of many different backgrounds.

My semi-secret conspiracy theory adjacent theory is it's intentional. That not all, but many, of the Democratic national party is in bed with the same big businesses paying off Republicans, and they're prepared to pull a Hindenburg and install the very fascists they claim to resist once they can no longer hide their betrayal.

Aww shit. I have a health condition so my wife is extremely likely to outlive me, probably by decades. I should start recording videos for her.

Or should I? I want her to move on after I go and I don't want to interfere with that. Dying sucks.