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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Mine was always this:

    Manager: How long will this take?

    Me: 14 days

    Manager: So it will be done in 2 weeks?

    Me: No, it will be done after I’ve had 14 days of time to work on it.

    Manager: What’s the difference?

    Me: Am I still going to have random support escalations and will we keep having random meetings in those 2 weeks?

    Manager: Yes.

    Me: All those interruptions are me NOT working on the task. So it will be done in 14 days plus all the interruptions.

    Manager: But this is very important!

    Me: Can you then ensure I’m left alone to focus on this?

    Manager: No.

    Me: …












  • Apple Intelligence will make it easier for users to create shortcuts in the Shortcuts app, and it will power a new “Create a Pass” option in the Wallet app. Safari will be able to automatically name tab groups, and Visual Intelligence will be able to scan food nutrition labels and add information from a business card or paperwork to the Contacts app.

    These all sound like minor features in existing apps. Why are we bolting it onto a big deal about AI?

    Apple can’t seriously be this bad at the AI game.


  • A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work.

    Her 9-year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides in the bedroom closet to watch.

    The woman’s husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the little boy is in there already.

    The little boy says, “Dark in here.”

    The man says, “Yes, it is.”

    Boy: “I have a baseball.”

    Man: “That’s nice”

    Boy: “Want to buy it?”

    Man: “No, thanks.”

    Boy: “My Dad’s outside.”

    Man: “OK, how much?”

    Boy: “$250”

    In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the closet together.

    Boy: “Dark in here.”

    Man: “Yes, it is.”

    Boy: “I have a baseball glove.”

    The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy,

    “How much?”

    Boy: “$ 750”

    Man: “Sold.”

    A few days later, the Dad says to the boy, “Grab your glove, let’s go outside and have a game of catch.”

    The boy says, “I can’t, I sold my baseball and my glove.”

    The Dad asks, “How much did you sell them for?”

    Boy: “$1,000”

    The Dad says, “That’s terrible to over charge your friends like that…that is way more than those two things cost. I’m taking you to church, to confession.”

    They go to the church and the Dad makes the little boy sit in the confessional booth and closes the door.

    The boy says, “Dark in here.”

    The priest says, "Don’t start that shit with me again, kid.”