New Video Game Technology Finally Allows Rendering Of Smaller Breasts

If I can keep this blog for 50 years, it will be interesting to see the evolution of my thoughts. I also wonder if the future me will think the me now is a dumbass.

It's a mistake to measure investments from peak to trough, it makes the losses feel much worse than they will be. I like to think of the numbers on my 401k as imaginary made up things with no substance until I convert to cash. Another trick I do is to only look at my 401k once or twice a year.

When I bought my car, the dealer was trying to get me to buy a LoJack for $800. I kept refusing, but I did it in a polite way, and I was firm. After I refused to buy any extras, he looked at me apologetically and said something like "I hope you don't think I'm a bad guy." I shook my head and said no, and he seemed slightly relieved and slightly ashamed and almost approving, like I made the right choices. Like his soul was a little eaten up having to persuade people to do what wasn't in their best interest.

Calling the bubble

Bank of America actually offered me $20,000 at 0% interest on my credit card that I was able to invest at 5.5% in an online savings account. I think I made maybe $800 dollars for doing nothing, for no risk. The puritan in me felt a little bit bad about doing it, because I was literally doing no work for the money. On the other hand, the Bank of America people were big boys and girls and no one forced them to lend me $20k. But when the proverbial free lunch actually appears (read: the world has gone insane), apparently shit's about to get fucked up.

Tiny flying cameras the size of a fly would be a horrible privacy and surveillance concern, but it could also be a great force for human rights and eliminating sweatshop conditions. Imagine pulling up a website and seeing a live video feed of how workers around the world were being treated.

things facebook should do

Why doesn't facebook let people not see status updates that contain obscenities if they don't want that?

Why doesn't facebook let me not show certain status updates to certain people in order to avoid some awkward moments?