> the early universe was building them in parallel with — or before — galaxies

Reminds me of the "blowtorch theory"[0] discussed here on HN a while ago.

[0]: https://theeggandtherock.com/p/the-blowtorch-theory-a-new-mo...

It doesnt let you change to chatgpt, thats my biggest issue with the Gemini integration.

I switched to the previous google phones (9) for the folding phone, even though I'm not too much of a fan of the android experience I cannot switch back to Apple right now because:

* the AI integration on google phones is just amazing

* the folding phone has insane screen estate on-demand anywhere any time, I wouldn't be able to go back to a single screen

I'm surprised that there are no mentions of uncontacted tribes (ctrl-f of 'uncon' and 'native' yields no matches). It seems that violence and extreme xenophobia is the cultural norm, not the exception from a few psychopaths. And the methodology seems dubious, trying to estimate social behavior, norms and statistics based of people long gone and whose remains are scattered far and wide both in place and time.

I steal a bunch of candybars from a convenience store. What am I going to do, sell them for $1-2/ea just like the bodega? The high-margin goods like beer and wine require licenses to sell; I lose any benefit of plausible deniability in where I got these goods when I try and fence these on the street or online. Selling them without proper license is always a crime and practically impossible online.

Meanwhile I steal a bunch of vitamins and OTC drugs I can sell at $10-20/bottle, packs of underwear at $10-20 a package. A lot of this can even be sold through Amazon at full retail pricing, I don't even have to try and sell it on the street.

Here in Seattle, all the worst-for-shoplifting stores are still open.

Mysteriously, a bunch of locations that were not bad for shoplifting, but were bad for overall sales (because of shitty layouts, small footprints, limited selection) ended up closed.

Perhaps shoplifting was just the excuse regional management gave for why they closed badly ran locations.

Why does cycling have such a reputation for this kind of thing?

Is it just that we see it more there? Or is there actually more cheating in that sport than others?

Anyone else sometimes get more sucked in to perfectly typing stuff instead of writing code.

I guess working in the pure logic and formalism of types is just addictive.

I love it.

I found the same thing with "Fall, or Dodge in Hell" - the first part was great, the second awful. I'm wondering if Stephenson just can't handle multi-act stories.