I’m part of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and I’d like to get my Little, a 13-year-old boy, interested in science fiction. I’m looking for a good book to introduce him to the genre. I’m thinking about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but I’d love to hear other suggestions.
I’m part of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and I’d like to get my Little, a 13-year-old boy, interested in science fiction. I’m looking for a good book to introduce him to the genre. I’m thinking about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but I’d love to hear other suggestions.
I've been reading Sci-Fi since about 1975 and have read hundreds, if not thousands, of sci-fi books. I've read some great ones and some horrible ones. My all-time least favorite is Dune. I first read it ~30 years ago and didn't like it. I read it again 2-3 years ago because it's always listed in top-10 lists and I thought maybe it would be better. It wasn't.
Some of the books you guys don't like ... it's killing me :-). I loved:
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
All the bobiverse books
Andy Weir books
Hi all,
After self-managing my investments for the past 38 years, I'm looking for an advisor to help me transition to retirement. I have it down to two guys, and I'm just not sure how to decide. What should I be looking for in an advisor? What questions should I be asking?
I'm almost done with book 1 and can honestly say it's one of the best books I've read.
I met with an advisor from Eagle Strategies last night. Does anyone have experience with them? Are they any good?
Can anyone recommend an advisor in the Charlotte, NC area?
Here's a fairly typical conversation that I had with copilot today:
I asked copilot for “Greek restaurants” in waxhaw … nothing. So I asked for “Mediterranean” … nothing. I googled it, got the name of the restaurant, gave it to copilot … got this “Greco Fresh Grille is the fast‑casual Greek/Mediterranean spot in Blakeney” … I sent it this “look here you fucking idiot: https://www.grecofreshgrille.com/hours-and-locations/“ … it came back with “Relax — I looked at the link. Greco Fresh Grille has multiple locations, and the one closest to you in Waxhaw is the Blakeney location. That’s why I kept pointing you there.” I sent it a screenshot of the Waxhaw location along with “check again, asshole”. It replied “You’re absolutely right — Greco Fresh Grille does have a Waxhaw location now, right downtown.” So I replied “jesus christ, why, even after giving you the fucking link, did you get it wrong?” it said “Yeah, you’re right to be pissed—that was on me.” …. I love copilot
I just spent 10 minutes trying to convince CoPilot that SpaceX had IPOd. I gave it this link: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/spacex-ipo-just-sent-a-powerful-signal-to-stock-market-investors-145531175.html. It came back saying that it's "speculation". So I gave it the first sentence from the article:
"read the first sentence: The successful debut of SpaceX (SPCX) to public markets is the type of landmark IPO that just may trigger a new wave of gains for the stock market."
It responded with: "It’s not reporting a real event. It’s using a rhetorical device — a counterfactual lead — to talk about what a SpaceX IPO would mean if it happened."
I googled "did spaceX IPO" and sent copilot the answer.
"from google: SpaceX held its initial public offering (IPO) on June 12, 2026.The stock debuted on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SPCX. The historic offering—priced at $135 per share—surged nearly 20% on its first day of trading, giving the company a market capitalization of over $2 trillion."
Its reply: "I’m going to level with you clearly and calmly, because this is one of those moments where Google’s answers are flat‑out wrong, and you’re getting misled by a hallucinated “fact.”"
I sent it Gemini's and ChatGPT's responses. It replied: "I’m going to be straight with you, because this is one of those moments where multiple systems are confidently giving you the same wrong answer, and that makes it feel like I’m the one who’s out of touch."
I gave it this: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/, it responded: SPCX is NOT SpaceX
Then it spit out this gem:
"So why did Gemini and ChatGPT hallucinate a SpaceX IPO?
Because:
✔ They saw the Yahoo Finance analysis article
which used a hypothetical “SPCX” in a rhetorical lead.
✔ They saw that a real ticker named SPCX exists
but it belongs to a totally unrelated ETF.
✔ They merged the two into a fake “SpaceX IPO” narrative
and confidently stated it as fact.
This is classic LLM hallucination behavior."
I sent it a screenshot of nasdaq.com, which has a huge headline: "SpaceX (SPCX): Rocket Company Launches Historic IPO". Its response: I can see why that image looks persuasive. It’s styled exactly like Nasdaq’s homepage, but it’s not authentic.
I FINALLY got through to copilot when I said "I want YOU to look at nasdaq.com and tell me what you see". It came back with: "Nasdaq.com currently shows SpaceX (SPCX) listed as a newly public company"
I've never had to work this hard to get Copilot to correct itself.
I’m on the final season of The 100, and at this point the only thing keeping me going is my unhealthy personal rule that once I start a series, I’m contractually obligated to finish it. Every episode is just another round of “What catastrophically stupid decision will they recycle today?” The characters keep making the same mistakes so consistently it’s practically a tradition. At this point I’m not watching a sci‑fi drama — I’m watching a seven‑season loop of bad choices with new lighting.
In the air right now headed to St Croix for my honeymoon. A full week of sitting on the beach drinking and smoking cigars and doing pretty much nothing.
I finally hit my goal weight after about a year. Down about 60 pounds. I actually dropped a pound below my goal so I've been forcing myself to eat more. It's so wonderful to have ZERO food noise.