Kiddo got sick last night. Some sort of stomach bug and was losing a lot of fluids. I got some fresh coconuts to give him coconut water
They were very good, so I opened them up for the tender coconut inside. Dongsira performed his vacuum duty and picked up a few pieces that had fallen off the island. Figured the halves would be a good distraction for dogs.
I planted some bulbs yesterday, and a freeze warning showed up for tonight. False spring strikes again.
Technically disappointing, but what a thriller of a football match. GGMU!
Wednesday morning at school drop-off, Kiddo looking at the Carplay Apple Maps, called out that the internal roads within the school complex were missing. My explanation to him was centered around privacy and we talked about restricted access buildings and possible safety issues around information access.
Thursday morning at school drop-off, the entire school was mapped out to the last millimeter on Apple Maps.
Rivian shot a bullet through Subaru with today’s announcements. Outback/Forrester clientele would be prime markets for R2 and Crosstek for R3.
Of course Rivian still have to ship these but the Solterra slip up now seems even worse for Subaru.
Goodbye, H1B visa. Check.
The immersive experience demo at the end is probably where it’s at for both monetization as well as the peak of what this device can deliver, especially the speakers and display.
Maybe I’m wrong, and the spatial computing aspect kicks on to be a revolution, and compared to the Quest 2 usage and original Oculus Rift demo at the Microsoft store, one can see how well the VisionOS UI is done with the gaze/attention detection that is very well the right direction, but boy those sports demos were surreal, especially the MB Stadium ATL UTD one given that I’ve experienced the real one from that very angle.
Pfizer Super Bowl Queen Ad ! Now I’ve seen everything.
A terrifying picture
Interviewing at Startups vs Big Tech has been a such a contrasting experience. It may end up boiling down to individuals, but the trend has been that the Startups are far more empathetic in expressing the team-fit needs as opposed to using the time for technical one-upmanship.
Best part about For All Mankind’s Season Finale was the lack of code review for the file upload of the RPC.
Also S-band FTW.
“I’ve always been captivated with the idea of justice. It’s what attracted me to engineering in the first place, the sense of right and wrong, that I was in control.
But the truth is, the world is not as simple as we want it to be. It can’t just be boiled down into an equation. Especially when it comes to Human Beings. We are flawed, unpredictable, and full of contradictions.
It’s taken me most of my life to realize it’s exactly these traits that make us so resilient. That give credence to the improbable idea that anything is possible.
Even in the darkest of times.
Your Honor, I was always told that we shouldn’t let personal feelings cloud our search for the truth. But looking back now, I don’t think that’s right.
Our feelings may not be convenient. They may even slow our progress. But they are also the only way to truly begin to understand the world around us. And the new worlds that await us. "
–
Margo Madison
A colleague that I meet weekly on Tuesdays over VC over the past year, passed away over the Thanksgiving break.
If I’d learn anything from her, it would be how to shepherd a conversation going sideways between belligerent parties.
YouTube Music recommendations are finally reaching 2015 Spotify levels.
Got to give it to The Container Store’s web presence.
I vaguely remember registering at their SJC Santa Row store in 2015. I gave an old phone number and email, to make returns easy. I’d never used their online store, always made purchases in the store, and always gave that phone number to pull up the account. After moving to ATL, I bought some glass containers, some of whose metal parts got rusted while in storage, so I wanted to look up the exact SKUs to see what my options are.
I’d assumed I’d created an account, but there were no email receipts. On attempting a password reset, for which, after confirming with an email OTP code, they notified me that I’d never completed my account setup with that email. Few more steps of account creation and
login, they had every in-store receipt available.
We’ve assigned an ottoman of the new sofa for these fellas and they seem to love lounging on it whenever they get a chance.
This snap last night was after 6 miles of walking in addition to their regular backyard time.
Well that was a interesting B’day gift.
Caught the first episode of All The Light We Cannot See - the SS officer scenes had a treatment similar to the vibe from Season 2 Boardwalk Empire.
Took my first “Be Me Eyes” call after signing up in Feb 2022.
It was less than 30 seconds and it was to help someone in NA with their thermostat reading.
Catching up with Lightyear after the Japanese GP and Mo Morrisson’s voice was switching between Australian and Scottish accents before I could figure out that it was Taika Waititi.
We had a problem in our guest bathroom that when the kid would take a bath, there would be water dripping downstairs right under the tub. The problem here, we realized, was that the kid was spending as much time close to the spout and drain, and his jumping had disengaged the overflow drain connection to the tub. The water was going around and over the overflow drain pipe connection directly from the spout, right at the overflow drain cover.
Overflow drains are designed to expect water entry from the bottom when you fill the tub. There was no rubber seal, a remnant of the original install, and this failure caused some mold to form on the drywall. Also, the previous tile install for the shower walls had zero waterproofing and was directly stuck onto drywall, which, as a consequence of the water seepage, meant there was no structural integrity to the walls, and there was a spot whereupon putting weight on the wall while cleaning the tub, the wall caved in.
I was on Team “remove the tub” to remove a point of failure and possibly make it easy for elders just to use a walk-in shower but was overruled by the other two parties in the house, stating dog baths will be easier to do here.
Fast forward 45 days after that bath was remodeled, with tile replacing the LVP floor, some large format wall tiles with proper waterproofing, and a tub, the same problem resurfaced. The kid takes a bath, and it starts dripping in the kitchen.
Remodels are fun—it’s time to break the wall again.
There was a gas leak near the elementary school next door, which led to a road closure blocking a main thoroughfare to the area. This, along with next week being fall break here, meant that not enough kids showed up for the soccer practice at the fields.
Instead of individual practice, it was a scrimmage game, kids vs. adults - everyone who showed up at the field, with 4 goals at the corners of a diamond, with the adults defending the goals. The incentive for the kids was that if they scored, the adults at that goal had to do 2 pushups each.
Our goal’s goalie was the mom of one of the kids who made a stop when her own kid hit a shot. She responded with an indignant scream of “How dare you, Mom!”.
On a flight to HYD-MAA sat next to someone random from ATL.
A kid named Feenix in the school - three cheers for phonetically easy-to-pronounce names!
Left the dogs at the pet boarding this evening before heading to India later this week. I don’t think I’ve gotten this emotional in a while saying goodbyes.