Tinder launched in 2012. eHarmony and Match.com were pretty fringe sites but Tinder commodified and gamified the mechanics. That made online dating “fun”. Also we saw a huge growth in smart phones in 2010 to 2012

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Did change trains in Geneva. So I was there for 14 minutes 🙂

Visited Geneva for a longer time in 2018.

I wanted to get into Italy but it didn’t quite work for our schedule. Hopefully next time

Just got back from a two week train trip across Europe. Overall, found it very easy and accessible to move around.

Here’s the general itinerary:

1. London to Brussels
2. Brussels to Prague (night train)
3. Prague to Vienna
4. Vienna to Zurich (night train)
5. Zurich to Bern
6. Bern to Lyon
7. Lyon to Nîmes
8. Nîmes to Barcelona

The only train problem on the trip was our night train to Prague. The carriage was 28-30° C and very uncomfortable. Especially for a 16 hour trip.

The inconsistency of scheduling, signage and trip information was a challenge. Especially when you add in the language barriers.

My ranking of the train systems:

1. Switzerland (obviously)
2. Austria
3. France
4. Spain
5. Czechia

https://www.summarize.tech/www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPOHf20slZg

In journalism, the standard is to share the whole name of a subject. If you don’t share the whole name, it’s appropriate to explain why.

https://archive.is/2024.03.31-110258/https://www.wsj.com/tech/discord-to-start-showing-ads-for-gamers-to-boost-revenue-bf5848b9

Rent seeking 🙂

Surprised no one has mentioned The Expanse series. A ton of world building in very different kinds of environments. Space stations, small ships, big ships, generation ships, asteroids, moons, planets.

The environments are well thought out in how the residents would need to adapt

No man’s sky

Create a configuration file. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp has the documentation

Columbus is a great little city in a not so great state. The local politics are quite progressive and the food and bar scene is quite nice. There was a decently sized queer community when I lived there a decade ago, and I’d expect it to continue to flourish as long as a major university is nearby.

Winters are cold. Summers are hot. The weather is what it is 🤷🏻‍♀️

I particularly like the Bonavita 1L Gooseneck. It has a variable temperature thermostat, helpful for teas or coffees that don’t want to be at 100° C.

1. Great photography
2. Great performances from Roberts and Ali
3. Great aesthetics
4. Okay story. Which tracks with the book

http://logicalincrements.com

Lana!

This Wikipedia article thoroughly covers their history.

1. Mitt Romney in 2012
2. Scott Walker
3. Not Trump in 2016, focused on Senate and House races

I wonder if you’d like Sleigh Bells. Twee pop vocals over grungy guitar. A lot of fun

Gosh. I hadn’t thought about Indian in the cupboard in years

Not OP, but I almost exclusively read novels and non fiction via audiobooks. For context, I’m on pace for 70 books this year.

My main reason for audiobooks is I having a driving commute. Two hours a day round trip. Audiobooks keep me sane in a way that podcasts or music do not. I also do audiobooks when doing chores around the house.

Second, I struggle to focus on reading a book on my phone. Too many distractions and I think the reading experience is subpar. I do have an eInk reader, but I haven’t charged it in years because it’s easier to do audiobooks.

Physical books are rare in my home, but that’s a self-reinforcing cycle since I enjoy audiobooks so much.