Notices by Aijaz Ansari (aijaz@mastodon.social), page 4

Today’s Alpenglow and sunrise on the way to Eldora was breathtaking.

I want you all to know I am exercising superhuman restraint right now.

I’m in the lodge taking a break from snowboarding and “Roxanne” starts on the speakers.

And I am *not* wailing Rooooxanne with Sting.

But when I get back to car…

Quote:

What’s the point of ordering Donald Trump to pay $88 million to his accuser? “The whole point of this, this enormous damages — unprecedented damages now — is to tell Donald Trump to shut up,” John Yoo, a former deputy assistant attorney general, said on Fox News.

45ºF swing in 11 hours forecast for tomorrow.

@oatmealboy @inthehands
As someone who grew up in Chicago and took vantage of the CTA I wholeheartedly agree. When I was a student this one ticket collector on Western & Milwaukee would invite me to stay warm in her heated ticket shed when the outside temperature was in the teens (F)

As we say: May Allah reward her.

It is with a heavy heart that I hereby announce that I have decided to retire my 20+-year-old Union Bay (“Quality Made Sportwear”) cargo shorts that were acquired several presidential administrations ago*. They failed to meet the following criteria:

- Have I worn them in the past 18 months?
- Can I be seen in public wearing wearing them without looking like I’m desperately trying (and failing) to look young?

May they find a loving home where their specious pockets are appreciated. Amen.

* also denim jeans that theoretically fit but somehow magically transformed from loose-fit to skinny jeans.

Tried uptime coz I couldn’t remember the last time I booted this server.

Suddenly thinking of Daft Punk.

Why these homes in the hottest places don’t need AC. A gift link from the Washington Post.

https://wapo.st/47hL1Y3

PSA: It’s almost 2024 and it’s still not safe to completely trust Xcode’s got integration. The editor shows the little blue line in the gutter, the “Show Changes” menu option shows two identical lines, and ‘git status’ shows no changes.

To be fair, everything’s way bigger than Hydrogen.

@inthehands PRESEN~1

😜

@inthehands Gut reaction: “Presentation.”

A seventy-year-old man came to visit. At some point I picked up my cat and cradled her in my arms. I told him: “She’s very friendly. Would you like to hold her?”

He said yes, and did so. And we carried on with our conversation.

After some time he put her down and said, “That was nice. I’ve never held a cat before.”

I felt that was just so… tragic.

Ridge lines and volleyball nets are great, sure. But the real benefit of knowing knots is when you have to tie 4 bags to your single rollerboard so your shoulders can rest while you’re in a 45 minute long line.

Pictured:
2 x clove hitch and a half
An alpine butterfly handhold that won’t bind despite the load

Not pictured:
An unnecessary trucker’s hitch
A wife who’s not carrying 30lbs of shoulder bags.

When I was running a camping trip this summer there were (another) 4 10 year olds who climbed up on a rock and sang the Lion King song

There is a picture from before the digital camera days of me and one of my best friends (both 10) waltzing while the other kids look on laughing because we a) thought it would be funny and b) we were FRIENDS who liked each other.

I love it when 10 yr old boys can be 10 yr old boys and not have to be 16 year old boys.

From: @aijaz
https://mastodon.social/@aijaz/111551533564393814

I’m in the lodge at Eldora Ski Resort and there are 4 10 year old boys, part of ski school, singing “Come on Barbie” at the top of their lungs.

Um, no thanks. I’m happy with 83% of my goal at 11:45pm.

View this picture before reading further…

This picture is hilarious because the words “Meat ball” were transliterated into Arabic. The resulting Arabic words (ميت بول) were then interpreted (incorrectly) as Arabic, THEN translated into English. The first word “Meat” can be misread as the Arabic word for “is dead”. The second word “ball” is how an Arabic speaker would pronounce the name “Paul.” Therefore, the English description of this dish is “Paul is dead.”

This is a toot about #ML & #AI