I hate this discourse that what Joe did is okay because Trump did something similar. Trump did a lot of horrible things. That doesn't make it okay for the next schmuck to come along and do the same thing. Two wrongs don't make a right. I shouldn't have to explain this to people.

Don't let any contractors into your house until you've lived there for at least a few months, and learn how to recognize high pressure sales pitches from them. They'll take advantage of you if you don't. Always get more than one quote. If you're as much as tell them you're getting multiple quotes, they'll start lowering their prices pretty dramatically.

Examples of high pressure sales tactics:

They'll insist that your spouse be home during the demonstration. That's red flag number one.

They'll go to get something from their car, and Ithey'll ask if it's okay for them to let themselves back in. Most homeowners don't think anything of this, but this is actually a psychological trick. The idea is that you wouldn't allow someone to let themselves into your house unless you trusted them, and if you trust them, you're much more likely to do business with them.

They'll spend 3 hours talking about how great whatever it is they're selling is, and it will start to feel like the only way to get these people out of your house is to sign a dotted line.

They'll do whatever they can to stop you from talking to other companies. That's why they'll start lowering their prices as soon as you mention that you're getting multiple quotes.

LLMs need to get better at saying "I don't know." I would rather an LLM admit that it doesn't know the answer instead of making up a bunch of bullshit and trying to convince me that it knows what it's talking about.

Sponsorblock for YouTube. It automatically skips over parts of videos where they try to get you to play Raid Shadow Legends.

I've never been able to ride a bike without at least one hand on the handlebars.

Every time I see that "this incident will be reported" message, I picture some poor schmuck in a cubicle getting pulled into the boss's office and interrogated for two hours about why they tried to run a command as sudo.

Imagine spending 15,000 dollars to not have a dishwasher. That kitchen is trash even if you don't account for the color scheme. I don't even see a way to plug in appliances.

Why the fuck do people put security cameras in their bedrooms? It's so weird to me that people do this. Even if you think (or at least thought) that you were the only one with access to the footage, won't the presence of a camera make you feel like you're being watched? Are we not on camera enough as it is that we have to be on camera in the supposed privacy of our bedrooms? Imagine if you told George Orwell that people would willingly put cameras in their most personal and private spaces.

No one gives me Fellow Kids vibes more than Mark Rober.

Walmarts's self checkout is the only one in my area that doesn't frustrate the hell out of me. I've stopped going to certain other stores simply because I don't like their self checkout systems.

The number of service workers who got physically assaulted or even killed for telling people to wear masks was pretty telling.

But don't you dare inquire about the location of Elon's jet.