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Do other moms pass up getting things for yourself because you see how expensive it is? Hub wanted subs for dinner tonight so I get them for kids and him and just 3 little ones is already $18.. his is $10.. plus tax. I say no thanks, I’ll eat leftovers. So I don’t get a sub sandwich because I don’t think I should be wasting money like that. (Even though it’s my husband’s money) 🫤 which then makes me feel left out but really it’s my own choice, but I feel like we really shouldn’t be paying to eat out at all so I’m the one sacrificing and being financially responsible. Am I alone in this? What would you do?

Frequent sex is a monogamous relationship would boost "happiness" (fake term) way more than 50K. It's pretty much priceless. A billionaire in a sexless marriage is living a terrible life. Having a great wife would more than 10x his "happiness."

This is pretty bleak.

Netflix just paid $587 million in cash for Ben Affleck's AI startup. 16 people. Built in stealth since 2022. Here's what it actually does. It's called InterPositive. And it's not what most people think when they hear "AI in Hollywood." → It doesn't generate new footage from text prompts. It trains a custom AI model on a specific film's own raw footage the lighting, lenses, camera angles, color, style. Then it helps fix and enhance that footage in post-production. → Relighting shots. Fixing continuity errors. Removing wires. Replacing backgrounds. Color grading. All while matching the exact visual language of the film it was trained on. → Each project gets its own model. No training on internet data. No training on other studios' footage. No copyright issues. No deepfake risks. → Affleck built it because existing AI tools didn't understand how real films are made. They didn't respect lenses, light behavior, or editorial consistency. InterPositive does. → Netflix says it's already been used across roughly 300 titles this year. One documentary was produced twice as fast at half the cost. → $587 million for 16 people and a patent that teaches AI to understand focal length, camera movement, depth of field, and parallax. A filmmaker built an AI tool for filmmakers. And the biggest streaming company on earth just bet half a billion dollars in cash that this is how Hollywood adopts AI not by replacing creators, but by giving them better tools.

If I had 6 months to become an Agentic AI Engineer. I'd do this. Stage 1: Python + Async Foundations asyncio, FastAPI, event-driven architecture, error handling, API integration patterns. Stage 2: LLM Fundamentals for Agents Context management, model routing, token economics, latency tradeoffs, failure modes. Stage 3: Tool Calling + Structured Outputs Pydantic validation, function calling schemas, error recovery, dynamic tool discovery. Stage 4: Memory + State Management Short-term buffers, long-term vector recall, context compression, cross-session sync. Stage 5: Single Agent Workflows ReAct loops, plan-and-execute, self-reflection, iteration limits, graceful degradation. Stage 6: Multi-Agent Orchestration LangGraph/CrewAI, supervisor patterns, message passing, conflict resolution, handoffs. Stage 7: Human-in-the-Loop Systems Uncertainty detection, approval gates, audit trails, resume logic, intervention points. Stage 8: Evaluation + Quality Assurance Automated eval harnesses, LLM-as-a-judge, regression testing, hallucination metrics. Stage 9: Observability + Tracing Distributed tracing (LangSmith/Arize), cost dashboards, latency monitoring, alerting. Stage 10: Security + Guardrails Prompt injection defense, output filtering, PII redaction, sandboxed execution, compliance. Stage 11: Production Deployment vLLM/SGLang, Kubernetes scaling, CI/CD for agents, canary releases, rollback strategies. Stage 12: Open Source + Portfolio Ship autonomous agents publicly, write architecture docs, record demos, contribute to libs. Most people stay stuck watching tutorials. Builders get hired. (Bookmark it)

Jesus is talking about France & how its pension is funded is the biggest problem it faces now. In contrary to the US, France has an unfunded pension scheme. Unfunded. It means to pay for retirees, they take out from working people. And it isn’t just out of salaries, they take it out from other budgets too to hide the fact that this is a big problem. An aging society will have elderly people making selfish decisions that benefit them vs helping the new generation or job creation etc. Japan is an example where the elderly consistently vote against daycare centers nearby as they are noisy etc.

I grew up poor, raised by a man with an Ivy League degree. 3 luxuries matter: Home-cooked meals. A car that starts every time you turn the key. Two weeks of vacation each year. Everything else is BE. And yes, I said luxuries. We ate at one reasonably priced restaurant maybe six times a year. I didn’t even taste sushi until I was in college. Even those luxuries were limited. Every meal was made with store-brand groceries. The cars were reliable used cars. Ask AI for “the most reliable used car with the lowest resale value.” Vacations = free museums, state parks, beaches, battlefields, and camping. No Disney. Hershey or Six Flags maybe once a year. The essentials? Clothes: Salvation Army. Honestly, this one sucked, but today Walmart & Target make it easier. Fixer-upper: I’m talking serious problems. You need a solid foundation, walls & a roof. Everything else can be fixed with Harbor Freight tools, YouTube, and sweat equity. We literally bought an abandoned house in a good neighborhood. I live in rural Massachusetts. My neighborhood has $1 million homes. I bought an abandoned house and restored it, but just outside my neighborhood there are still homes for $300,000. Medical: Before settling down, one of you should get a government job with benefits or join the military before having kids. Time: This is the hardest part. My dad was a firefighter, so he’d work double shifts, then spend his days off repairing the house. Activities: Boy Scouts, Civil Air Patrol, church choir, church camp, etc. Sign your kids up for free or cheap activities. Education: Teach your kids everything you know. Read to them for an hour every night. DAD INTEL: This is the big one. Build a network. Know where to get discounted building materials, who has tools, who’ll loan you a trailer or skid steer. Firefighters, cops, National Guard members, tradesmen & church communities have always been great for this, but those networks are disappearing. Family: Live within three hours of relatives if you can. Someday you’ll need emergency babysitting or another guy to help lift something heavy. What to avoid like the plague: NO COSTCO: Unless you’re extremely disciplined, you’ll buy more than you need. NO HOME DEPOT: Lumber isn’t always the best value, tools are overpriced, and those marble countertops start looking “necessary.” Formica from a local building supply works just fine. NO FLIGHTS. We won a trip to London when I was five. It nearly bankrupted us. No flights anywhere. Fast food. This was my dad’s biggest weakness because it was cheap and easy. Again: NO RESTAURANTS. They add up fast, and you’re paying for convenience more than nutrition. No drinking or drugs. Bad decisions usually start with small compromises. No expensive hobbies. Your hobby is fixing the house, improving the yard, and coaching your kid’s Little League team. Fish from shore if you want a hobby. Dig for worms. You don’t need $15 lures. No subscriptions. You don’t need Netflix. I have plenty of money now and didn’t even own a TV until recently. You don’t need home security cameras if you own an inexpensive firearm. You don’t need Uber or constant Amazon deliveries. Now the big one: You’ll feel like shit. You’ll think you’ve failed as a dad. You’ll envy the families with nicer houses, newer cars, and bigger vacations. Don’t. This is not a competition. Your job is to be a great father, love your wife, raise capable kids, and become a productive member of society. The antidote is gratitude. Go to church. Every Sunday, thank God for what you have. Gratitude is critical. It also helps if your work serves the public: firefighter, police officer, teacher, construction worker, sanitation worker, military. Mental health problems? Start with the basics. Stay physically active, journal for 30 minutes a day & pray a full rosary. “But John, that’s extreme.” Maybe. But you’ll still be better off than 80% of Europoors.

There are going to be riots when this is eaten by the taxpayers. Riots.

The government stopped monitoring this because someone / DOGE thought public health and safety was a waste of money.

The German economy is stagnant, so they're considering a radical solution: allow Sunday shopping. A store owner has to pay a $2,500 Euro fine for selling nonperishable food on Sunday, but does it anyway because it's worth it. It's funny Germans are so authoritarian that they've managed to maintain a theocracy without believing in God.