Thailand felt very foreign, but at the same time there would randomly be things that felt very American to me there.

You pick up languages much more easily when you live somewhere

Thailand is my backup

During covid, having like 2 months’ worth of food was enough for me. I was able to avoid the chaos at the grocery stores, and by May of 2020, instacart had cleared up enough that I could get food delivered to me.

This is different, obviously, but having 2 months of food to avoid the initial chaos and supply shocks of a disaster is still valuable

Microsoft’s development tools are first in class IMO, but not much else

So the author was fine with every other fucked up, privacy invading, monopolistic practice from Google, but it was a tenuous relationship with Israel that they can’t forgive?

Gonna answer my own question with “spirit in the sky”

It’s AI

I’d call myself a liberal but not left wing

Thailand

Sure I don’t see why adoption ot being a godfather to someone shouldn’t count. I just think that anyone not engaged in raising children or making the world a better place for them is just using the world and giving nothing back

I believe antinatalism is a dire mistake, and the highest thing someone can aspire to be is a parent