Do we really think that an alien race that would be so fucking smart to figure out interstellar travel would stop by earth and won’t figure out the complete clusterfuck that humans have made it, and immediately galloped away somewhere else? How stupid are we? This whole notion of aliens have visited us sounds so stupid, as if Earth has something precious for whatever the aliens want. If they have already figured out interstellar or faster than light travel trust me there is nothing on Earth that would interest them. Earth is a special place for *us* and maybe if we can understand that and take care of earth, our one home, maybe we will be better hands.
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Typical French behavior at Roland Garros and the dmaefup disqualification in thst doubles match. Sadly the entitled prick behavior is basically most of the country so it’s not surprising.
It’s code red air quality in dc area because of Canadian wildfires. Ask dad not to go out for his evening walk because of air quality and he shushes me saying it’s just like home and hops off. He is right though!
Public education in this country is in a [severe severe crisis](https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/142mgwa/out_of_the_12_people_partially_hospitalized_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1). I do not know why teachers even want to continue teaching anymore. This is in what is ranked amongst top school districts of country – can’t imagine at other places. The amount of teachers I interviewed in my last company because they were desperate to leave was staggering. Last year at kids school when I did a poster presentation my “career” I had multiple teachers come and ask about how to get out of school and join the edtech I worked at. It’s just sad, sad sad what’s happening in public education.
Our kid was a bestie with a kid in the neighborhood with whom she sort of had a fallout recently because of well umm a certain boy involved. The whole story is very complicated but suffice to say my kid went from wanting to spend every minute with her to IDGAF about what she does anymore mode. The reasons why she had a fallout were reasonable in our opinion, but also I dont know if she is overdoing it. That girl apologized and has tried to make amends with her, and her parents have pinged us multiple times to get the girls together and we’ve backed off with some excuse. We’ve tried reasoning with our kid that people deserve a second chance but she’s been steadfast that she was let down & put into an awkward situation that she doesnt feel like forgiving her and making up. On one hand I want to teach her forgiveness and give people a second chance, but on other hand I do appreciate her desire of not be rolled over just because they were besties, and I like that she has a strong sense of who she is and wants to be around with. So I kind of want to leave it alone and let her learn through it without being too pestering. Its such a conflicting state of mind on how to deal with this with her.
I generally find all desi star kids insufferable in media but there is something endearing about Aaradhya Bachchan and general way she comes across along with her mom. Their public behavior even if made up just seems more relaxed, not show offy and perhaps even slightly normal. Kudos to Aishwarya on maintaining that and I hope its all true.
I only caught snippets of apple keynote yesterday and I am so done with the pre recorded bullshit. I get that during pandemic it was necessary but they have to bring back those live events. These pre recorded sessions are so corny so made up and so boring frankly. It’s like they wanted to make a 3 hour video with as many employees as they can possibly fit in. Imagine how Jobs would have fucking sold the VisionPro on stage? And what we got was a lifeless laundry list read/recorded by 10 diff people on what an extraordinary device it was. That one man Jobs would have sold it so well people would have forgotten the price tag by now. We are never really going to see such characters aren’t we? All we are left with now are Musk and co types.
Ah, the joy of seeing dad defending Modi in full earnest but also seeing him majorly impacted by the new demonetization drive. He doesnt get the irony and I am done explaining.
Few thoughts on Apple Vision Pro. My first reaction looking at the keynote was what a big game changer this would be for people with disabilities and mobility issues; its too bad that the people whom this will benefit the most will not be the people who will be able to afford it initially, so I am hoping that Apple figures out ways to make it cheaper. People in assisted living facilities or senior living could really find a new way to connect with their families.
Also think could be a game changer for education industry and how students in future might learn about engineering and biology concepts. My cousin in Ahmedabad already use VR to showcase how their house would look before they begin construction and interiors. They say the #1 thing that sways people with their choices is when they put a VR set on and visually see how their remodel or house interiors would look. Imagine now doing that with high end VR like Apple? There are tons of possibilities of this going ahead.
But one thing I dont think will happen in our lifetime is people being in VR whole day long from dawn to night like a hellish Black Mirrorish episode. The pandemic has convinced me that humans are at heart social animals and even the most advanced technology is not going to change that fundamental need to connect with other people.
Catching a cold is one of the most terrorizing feelings for me honestly. I go all out to try and either control symptoms initially or avoid getting it – zinc tablets, vicks, advil you name it. Coz more often than not a full blown cold for me eventually results in me taking antibiotics after several weeks to get rid of the cold and eventual infection. I should’ve been more careful. Since it was summerish I was like it should be ok not wearing masks, but back to masks it is because motherfuckers around me are still out even if they sick.