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@dlakelan @ngaylinn

OMG I should ask my husband to write a paragraph about ants. It would cause a whole book.

@frankashwood

Will there be an audiobook?

Can't wait to check this out!

@sinituulia

What if we just got off the treadmill? Can't find the "it" style? Find something else, or repair and celebrate what you have that is already durable, beautiful, and that makes your day better?

I want to be clear I'm not saying I don't care about design or trends-- I love design and trends. But... I want more people to start them rather than follow. It's more fun and less expensive.

@sinituulia

I have a knee-jerk negative reaction to "art deco" lately because it feels like its going through this cheapification process I've seen before that is depressing to watch.

It starts with authentic materials and craftsmanship, hard to find examples of high quality design. Then this get copied with a few corners cut. Then there is a design short-hand for the trend. A few colors and shapes ... Then you are in Target looking at an "art deco" lamp made of plastic.

@superflippy

And cats need more feed.
The circle of life!

@ngaylinn

I guess that's why doing that for an email to a boss seems less offensive than doing it for an email to a friend.

That said, I don't even really think the tech is very good at this type of thing. You will always need to proof-read and edit, and edit and edit.

By the time you are done it's the same process.

Unless you close your eyes and hit "send" and hope no one notices you sound like a creepy overly friendly creature from an advertisement. And some people are doing this.

@ngaylinn

I know of some one who asks AI things like "my co-worker asked me to cover for them, how do I say no without making them mad?"

It might be OK advice, but by using it one is avoiding the friction and danger of human interactions.

I get it. Social interactions are terrifying. But, if I use a machine to help me never make a "mistake" will anyone even know who I am anymore? I am an annoying person. That would be lost.

@ngaylinn

People are scared that people look down on them for leaning on this tech, he may have been using it much more in ways you don't know about.

I think that there is an impulse to hide the use kind of says everything. The shame isn't coming from other people, it's ones own self-respect saying that this is lazy, inconsiderate, hollow.

AI use guilt is real. And justified.

@ngaylinn

It will only make him more annoyed if after you do (not saying you should) you are still not impressed.

I have tried it.

In good faith too. Let me see if I can make this work. Can it save me any time?

But the time savings are an illusion. I tried it for feedback on a poem and it was very flattering but then on reflection that felt hollow and I didn't want to trust the advice since... well I didn't write the poem for machine validation I write a poem to impress my friends.

@nazokiyoubinbou @alexwild

The feeling of leaning around some god awful project and your shirt pulling up but you don't care because by god it's almost WORKING.

@korenchkin

The RPG might be nice. I've been avoiding the other stuff since just looking at the images gives me so many ideas and I don't really want to know "what it is officially."

I like the way his painting raise all of these tantalizing questions about the world that they imply. "Could this be OUR world? Our future? Our past?"

It's wonderful.

To be fair Stålenhag writes his own stories mostly through images. I think there is a movie or mini series out... But, I love to look at the books for inspiration on the mood and tone I'm going for with "The Novel I Can't Talk About Until It Is Done"

This week I made a big breakthrough on a major plot point in the story. I have a mystery in my story. And I didn't know what the mystery was. I was so scared to pin it down to be one thing. But, now I know: it feels great.

#WordWeavers 22/11: If any artist, dead or alive, could create your cover, who would you choose?

Simon Stålenhag after studying reference photos from @alexwild

@flipper

Exactly. You get it.

@rzeta0

OK I can't prove there was an "offer" but the reasons she gives don't make sense?

She says she's tired basically of getting attacked from the right and not being given any credit for how loyal she's been to Trump.

She may try to run for president or something. But I think quitting always looks very bad. It's so weak.

@rzeta0

Someone made her an offer and she's stepping down in Jan.

@simon_lucy

It becomes "classic" when it's not associated with being too poor to update it, but rather rich enough to have "restored" it.

I really think it's THAT shallow.

@chu

But there is a lot to talk about in the world of design that has nothing to do with capitalism. It's about creativity, self expression and art.

I love that aspect and will not stop.

Conservative girlies love to quit their job and act like it's a sacrifice.

Do. Your. Work.

(MTG, Sarah Palin... same thing, I wonder what consulting job MTG has lined up?)

@gbargoud

Is there carpet that has lasted in a bathroom that long without becoming a kind of ... "natural flooring" in the worst possible way.

I file that under "not functional"