I Have No Idea What I'm Doing
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- Hosted by Andrew Huster and Aaron LM Goodwin
Join us on a wondrous journey through whatever’s on our minds this week. We have no idea what we’re doing. But we’re trying.
Thinking about reopening schools and individualism.
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- Episode 51!
- Caltrain in crisis
- https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/caltrains-future-in-jeopardy-after-supervisors-block-sales-tax-measure/
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/New-compromise-on-Caltrain-sales-tax-proposal-15417294.php
- Keyboards
- thicc click
- Building a keyboard for Aaron
- Speed switches
- Silent tactile
- Flat/nearly flat keycaps
- Num pad/full size keyboard
- Backlighting yes
- The School Reopening Discourse
- Folks, it bad
- Claim: distance learning isn’t very good
- having a room covered in white foam isn’t good, but if the room is on fire and you use a fire extinguisher to put it out, that’s much better than just letting the fire continue
- Distance learning may not be good, but it’s better than the alternative: mass-death
- Failure of individualism
- When consumerist mindset gets deployed to stop a pandemic
“The window is closing,” Azar said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We have to act, and people as individuals have to act responsibly. We need to social-distance. We need to wear our face-coverings if we’re in settings where we can’t social-distance, particularly in these hot zones.” (Azar warns ‘window is closing’ on combating Covid spread - POLITICO)
- You cannot solve this at the level of individuals.
- Patreon
- Ad: White Apron
- No seasonings of any kind—guaranteed!
- Brinleigh, Braxtonleigh, Bradford, and Chet will love it
- Guaranteed no measurable scoville units!
- The twitter bitcoin hack
- Send us bitcoin
- CONCLUSION: Blue checks should be forbidden from tweeting more often
- Reveals class issues
- Thought technology: these people are not that smart
- Bari Weiss, Andrew Sullivan, Ben Shapiro, etc.
https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1283078548278906881
- Relatedly, Big Brain Ben has something he’s discovered
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BIG RICH GUY: I’m actually the victim
https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1283483807975260160?s=20
- Hustle culture considered harmful
- Daddy‘s wine money
- Homework for listeners: Huell and the Bassets Hound