Either 1:0 or 0:1, depending on my mood

The content likely doesn't matter, but I read it helps the baby recognize the parent's voices (esp the Dad's, Mom already gets a lot of time), and it can also help them get a head start on recognizing the phenomes of your language.

the GUIs people build aren’t good enough

Big agree

TUIs are inherently better than GUIs

Perhaps not inherently, but TUI users have much less tolerance for "lag", so TUI apps are built to that expectation. That's often not the case for GUIs.

If "natural immunity" is playing a sport and winning against an opponent (pathogens), then vaccination is practicing beforehand.

And this is not a game you want to lose.

South Park made a good satire of exactly this, where Cartman immediately realized it meant he could continue being offensive and "safe space" away anything he didn't want to acknowledge

A solar panel that occasionally blocks a window would be completely useless the other part of the time.

A window permanently blocked by a solar panel is better known as a wall with a solar panel on it.

A vertical wall with a solar panel will not be as effective as one angled towards the sun, such as one on a roof might be.

Every line of code by Claude Code, eh?

when you can't even tell if they just took the day off with pay or not

But if the output of technical work isn't apparent in any way besides measuring indirect metrics like "hours of butt in seat", don't we have a much bigger problem?

What grade sudents is this for? Do you intend for this to be a dedicated class/semester or just a single unit? How good are they at operating a computer? (Typing, clicking, etc)

I've read that Brita elite filters do capture some PFAs. However, it is well known that Brita filters and the like aren't as efficient and effective as more dedicated solutions.

That is to say, no, they're not bullshit -- they're better than nothing, but they're just a marginal improvement. From my limited research so far I think it's correct to say that you're paying Brita more for a convenient system than for efficient and high quality filtration.

Yeah, that explanation is missing the critical point of generically applying external functions through flat_map/bind

I think this is a good explanation: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/rop/

In practical terms, "monad" means "chainable".

Why is right-to-left for WHOLE PARAGRAPHS possible for Arabic languages, but not for CJK nor the Latin alphabet?

Realistically, even if enacted, would be tricky to implement, and would definitely have to be done slowly not to shock the economy.

I think this also means creating a system where companies beyond a certain size cannot be privately owned and must be governed by large "committees", since beyond a certain evaluation, concentrated controlling entities would be forced to sell off.

Long shot research and development (e.g. think employing thousands for a decade, like drug development) could probably be harder to get started, but at the same time less corruptible due to spreading out power.

I do think spreading out power can be a good thing, but I have to acknowledge that would probably make the government much more powerful (i.e. corruptible) by comparison.

Also, a lot of wealth is tied up in non-liquid assets, so these billionaires would be forced/incentivized to hold more liquid value -- who'd want to hold something that can be capped one year only to have it fall the next?

So on one hand, a ton of market value disappears from the economy due to increased supply, yet on the other a ton of hoarded value is unlocked to circulate in the economy.

Anyway, don't know where I'm going with this, I'm not an expert by any means.

OP, have you always been using corrective goggles without knowing?

When gaming online, Chinese players sometimes type "99" or "9898", and I learned it means "go! go!" or "let's go!"

How would a page fetch new messages for you without JS?

And there are inflection points where it's going it be easier to cut out the middlemen.

It's satire

I dunno, I remember it more like, "hey computer, make a LARP/natural wonder/cozy space/sing & dance number for my real humanoid (and android) friends and I to enjoy together". When computer manifestations got regarded as worthy of personhood, it was either some exceptional case, or the story was about the character's delusion.