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I have a blog that is now mostly inactive, but it's on Neocities.
Sometimes my posts come off as rants, and they might be. That's fine. There are things that I really dislike, and I think it's better to share than keep it bottled up.
Oh, I am still wearing a mask.
When the bubble bursts, do you think the people who grifted for generative "AI" are going to be given a scarlet letter and kicked out of the industry? Or do you think they will just move on to the next scam, like nothing happened?
I suspect it's the latter, but it sure would be nice if all those people who went super hard for the con suffered some kind of consequence for that decision.
I just saw a LinkedIN post from some principal security doofus at Microsoft being loud and wrong about large language models.
Serious question - given that Microslop has been producing trash code, which has been getting worse and worse over the last 30 years. Why do people still listen to them, or take them seriously? They wrote code so bad, it broke their text editor, why does anyone give credence to the things they say and write?
I'm sure it has to do with some combo of money and market share, but these clowns have been loud and wrong for three decades. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they are still doing it today. Maybe that's the one thing that has been consistent about them over the years? That and being run by monsters.
Maybe I should drive to Vegas on DC weekend, see if I run into any old friends and play some poker?
It's Sunday, so I should do an Eve update.
I have been feeling a little burned out from the game, so I tried to dial it back this week. As I've been posting about poker, you might guess that's taken up more of my (hyper) focus. I might or might not have watched the 90s classic, "Rounders" twice this weekend....
Much as I love Eve, and all my accounts have at least six months of Omega, it does cost me money.
Not that I am the kind of person who does things for money. But since I don't enjoy the thing I am currently doing for money, it would be nice to find something else. Ideally something that gives me the maximum amount of freedom while also being fun.
So I haven't flown any fleets this week, and although I signed up to be on my alliance tournament team, but I am having issues with Thunderdome and we'll see if I can actually make it work.
Hopefully tonight I can get a good night rest and get it together for tomorrow and the week.
But at any rate, thanks for reading this short update, internet friend. Whether you fly safe or fly dangerous, I hope you are at least able to undock and have a little fun.
Cheers!
Unless something from my corp comes up for Eve Online, I am going to play in my first poker tournament tomorrow.
Anything I need to know?
Edited to add: It's Texas Holdem, with a single rebuy and escalating blinds.
Quick update on my first poker tournament.
I came in second place!
Now, there were only six people who entered, but I finished ahead of the guy who I thought was the best player at the table.
Effectively, I learned so much that it was easily worth the $25 I was out for tipping the dealers and the difference from the prize money versus what I put in.
So many lessons as well!
I think it will really inform how I am going to play moving forward. It'll be part of my style, I'm suggesting.
While I am not going to give up too much of my strategy, I'll just share a couple of things.
First, I don't think I've had that much fun in two and a half hours with my clothes on in years. Second, I beat the guy who I thought was the best player at the table. This told me that maybe I could actually do this after all. Third, the guy who won told me he thought I was playing well enough to be in the money, and he was right.
Anyway, there were even more lessons, but I am going to just write them down in my own personal notes.
I think the biggest takeaway is that I can be a poker player, because I am.
It reminds me very much of the first offsec job that I landed. Didn't really feel like I belonged, but I managed to keep it going. It's the same energy, or the same "vibe" as the kids say these days.
It's also nice that I don't have to wait around to pursue this goal or this dream. It's right there. There is only one thing stopping me from going for it, and that's me.
I might fail. I've failed over and over again in life. That's not something that I am afraid of.
At this point, I am more afraid of not trying.
