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I hate this age of useless AI chat bots. FedEx said my package was delivered but it’s clear from picture it was delivered to wrong address. Within app I try to start a missing package report, goes to ai chatbot that keeps crashing. When it actually works says there is no package in my name, but when presented with tracking number says oh yeah already delivered what’s the issue! Gawd. Give up go to Amazon where I got it from – first it takes forever to find the chat support, then first thing it says is it’s delivered and because a 3p sent it I need to chat with another agent… who was also clearly AI. Explain the issue again – and says wait 2 more days. Two more days for fucking what? The picture clearly shows my package in someone else’s garage! After explaining it again says oh in that I need to create another ticket with 3p and wait 2 days anyway. So now I need to wait for 2 more days for a missing package that’s obviously been misdelivered!

Apple’s price hikes are honestly ridiculous. They are not some mom n pop shop that can’t survive without raising prices – they are a 4 fucking trillion dollar company that spends less on R&D than most other companies in their bracket. If this the first decision the new CEO is taking it’s not a good sign at all. (Considering Cook is out in 2 months there is no reason to believe Ternus was bought into it)

This whole 48 team tournament is so stupid. Now in the round of 32, it becomes a knockout instead of these 32 teams hanging multiple opportunities to play against each other in groups. So we had a substandard set of groups for 48 followed by immediate knockouts. How does this make any sense FIFA jaane.

The problem with AI right now is unlike the cloud revolution of early/late 2000s, things are changing so fast that it’s nearly impossible to keep up or learn. What skill do you actually learn? Is it even relevant 6 months from now? Everyone can vibe code an app today who tries. Most things are just promoting. There was some period of time last year when agentic AI and MCP felt like a skill set to learn – now you can just vibe code and build them. Forward deployment engineers – what do they do except designing a AI solution which IMO an AI chatbot will probably do just as well? We are truly entering an era where upskilling yourself does not have much meaning left. What do you even upskill?

We are half way into summer swim season and the outdoor pools are still frigging cold all over the area. This ridiculous weather with cold spells and incessant rain has all but ensured the pools don’t warm up at all. No surprise that even during the day the pools are going empty – no one’s there. I hate hate hate this ridiculous weather we get here. Like warm up already!

The Portugal Uzbekistan match is why expanding to 48 teams is not a good idea. The reality is this – I don’t think there are more than 16 good teams in football and the World Cup more or less centers around them. 32 is a great opportunity for surprises to happen but still keep the pool manageable. 48 is just a cash grab.

The next most excruciating stroke is the 8 and 6 and under backstroke. It’s hard enough for an adult to do backstroke in a straight line, so there is no expectation of these kids doing that. Instead what we are treated to is usually how golden retrievers would race – completely random, kids going zig zag, kids losing all sense of direction and turning 180 degrees, and all sorts of random events. By the time they finish they are battle ready with the amount of scars and hits they have had on their hands and heads by crashing diagonally into lane dividers every 1 meter. Absolutely painful.

Nothing is more excruciating than watching 8 and 6 and under swimming the 25m breast stroke in summer swim. It’s like watching something at event horizon – it looks like they are reaching the other side, except they never seem to do. Of course there is no stroke mechanics involved here and it’s more participation and cheering glory, but literal puppies struggling and battling the monstrous sea to get to other side is kinda cute to see.

After months of trying to convince him not to come to USA for his masters, my cousin informed me he indeed is coming here for his masters. Then his mom calls up and says “now everything is in your hands! Take care of him and job placement”. Like, I spent months telling you why this is not the right time to be in USA as a student on F1 and how waiting it out maybe till 2027/8 would have been better, but now “everything is in my hands” it seems. FML.