Somebody had an account holder data breach.
I’ve got better at playing match play against opponents who consistently post par on a hole.
Instead of thinking I need to hit perfect shots, I need to aim at the fat part of fairways and greens.
The #17 par 3 is a perfect example. 177 yards to the flag and 182 yards to the back of green. I hit a nuke of a 7 iron over the green thinking I wouldn’t carry too far no matter what. But, an average 7 iron would have been fine.
I lost shots by being aggressive. Aggression leads to tension which is the opposite of what makes a good round of golf.
Imagine being born in the 1920s. Your main formation years are during the Great Depression. The world goes to war in your 20s. The first atomic bomb is dropped when you are 25. When you are 30, the world is threatening each other with atomic bombs.
That's like 5 existential events before you turn 40.
Anyhow, I think we'll be alright with AI.
Current golf feel: If I can feel like the lead hip is counterbalancing the centrifugal force of the club head, I'm about to hit this ball out of the middle of the club face. Works up and down the bag from driver to wedges.
Need to hit an easy wedge around the green? Take a short hip-high backswing, and the front foot should gently push the lead hip away from the ball, and the club and hip should synchronize.
Need to hit a full wedge? Take my backswing, and the front foot should push the lead hip faster away from the ball, and the club and hip should synchronize while the trail hip releases the club.
Need to rip a 3 iron? Take a full backswing, the front foot should push should rip the lead hip away from the ball, and synchronize the club and hip while ripping that trail wrist upward.
Need to hit an easy driver fairway finder? Take a full backswing, front foot should push away from the ball, sync the club and the hip and gently rip the trail wrist upward.
The looser the wrists the better. It's like fucking magic.
A winter indoor golf league I play in. We played Domaine Laforest, a course with tight fairways, and tall trees protecting the doglegs.
Also, I’m overly aggressive with virtual golf. You’ll always find your ball — no need to lay back.
Just like "The World is Flat" did for the 2008 financial crisis, this upcoming run-of-the-mill financial crisis will be used to sell AI doomer logic.
It's not AI, everything is just overpriced and we are flushing bad-investments out of the business cycle.
If you have a nickname, and no one ever asks how you got the nickname, it’s a good nickname.
I’m looking at you Buzz.
And for their next trick, they’ll convince you that you are sick and they are the only ones who care about your sickness (while telling you other people need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps).
When looking to a rich man for intellectual or moral direction, remember that Jesus directed the rich man to sell his riches to have eternal life, and the rich man walked away mumbling to himself.
Everything they say and do is filtered though their riches.
It’s concerning to see jokes, memes, and clichés used as loyalty tests for people striving for some inner circle.
There are classy winners and trashy winners. To paraphrase a champion: “Act like you’ve been there before.”
The classy enjoy in the competition. The trashy only look to the result.
I was super happy with how I played. Shot a 79 at Cambrian Ridge (canyon / loblolly). It was a 6,300 yard course, and I just plodded my way around it — except for an into the wind par 4 with water carry. Hit tee shot OB left with 3-wood, then dumped an approach into the water— walked away with a +5 on that hole due to a strategy issue.
I was super happy with how I played. Shot a 79 at Cambrian Ridge (canyon / loblolly). It was a 6,300 yard course, and I just plodded my way around it — except for an into the wind par 4 with water carry. Hit tee shot OB left with 3-wood, then dumped an approach into the water— walked away with a +5 on that hole due to a strategy issue.
The wind was affecting the ball differently as we changed directions on the course and went up and down hills. I played a 5-iron on two par 3s. One was 172 yards, and the other was 195 yards. I flew the 195 yard pin by 10 yards. I stuck it to 3 feet on the 172 yard pin.
Those who think they can compete know competition makes them better. Those who are scared try to block competition.
This isn’t about sports — it’s about world trade and immigration.
Bureaucracy is no different than AI -- you send it prompt and it goes and finds an answer. The answer is always different than you intended, and you have refine your prompt and send it again until you get what you want.
Went for a walk downtown. Passed railroad park and some guys were throwing a frisbee, so I joined. Was good to throw for a little while.
Maybe, just maybe, it all started when people categorized all world views as being "left" and "right".
Last night, at our indoor golf league, I holed out from 143 yards for par.
Par 5, shots:
1) driver OB left
2) penalty
3) driver in trees on right
4) punch out
5) hole out from 143 yards
Finally found the perfect flippin’ pan. Can cook pancakes and eggs without a spatula.
It’s a 7” pan with the right slope on the sides to get it up and flipping.
The proposed US voter ID requirement for a birth certificate is interesting because it will select for organized people who plan for the future.
That’s not necessarily a bad group of people to cater to.
Or a passport … people who have traveled internationally are also fairly good selection criteria.
I don’t think this is going to work out for the people pushing it the way they think it will.
It's an anti-pattern when people start to use a more authoritative voice when speaking out their product and ideas.
Status: anxiously awaiting Antigravity update, as the current version is useless because it spikes the CPU.
Being a parent and having a child with autism has to be tough.
Imagine being a child and having a parent with autism — the lack of connection and empathy has to be disheartening as a child.
Glad to see some normal Democrats getting some publicity — case in point is Andy Beshears on the Daily Show last night.
I struggle to deal with people who project of certainty of outcome.
I get energized by the uncertainty of outcome, and the goal of searching for the actions that get us there.
The pendulum has changed direction for football offensive / defensive advantage.
In both NFL and college, the championship game came down to defensive powerhouses with capable offenses. The past 15 years saw the rise of “offense is the best defense” to the point it was basketball-paced football.
These pendulum swings arise due to the advantage of being different. Enough of the competition spends their time and money on being the best at the same thing that an advantage arises by prioritizing a different aspect of the game. It’s fun to see participants in a 150 year old game evolve its strategy using comparative advantage.
I’ve been messing with AWS ECS today. For a fairly simple app / worker setup, it’s a PITA.
I had kamal working much quicker before I had access to AI tools.
Being driven is working with clarity and purpose. And your discomfort becomes your fuel.
- Mark Immelman
My wife: I’m going to buy this food because my husband loves it, and I always see him eat it.
Me: I’m not buying that food because I can’t stop myself from eating all of it.
If you were in an Internet forum in 1995, you’d realize how much the current world feels like a 1995 Internet forum.
Sometimes, it takes 66 shots to get pissed enough to start doing something drastically different enough to start doing something different enough to have affects.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually closed the club face properly before.
Solid all around podcast on personal and team flourishing.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/econtalk/id135066958?i=1000747689415