Here's one insight into tech builders I've come to understand as I experience nothing working as it should: They can't fathom anyone thinking or doing things differently than they design their systems for. Example: I create a Zon account. But then I don't use it for a while

What's even more interesting is, the fact there exists so many overlooked and forgotten films from the 90s that are actually pretty solid movies just shows how many great ones were coming out at that time.

Have you seen these? They're another example of fake data. They aren't really saving that many water bottles, because they're assuming all the people using these would have bought real water bottles instead. Most of us wouldn't have.

Surprise invite to a private outdoor pool today. Both kids had 2 hours of pool fun. I wish we could do that sort of thing more often. It was great.

Guess what? It's Saturday, and the Zon still sucks at the most basic aspect of their service.

You can't get more insultingly ironic than this. Here's the email KDP just sent me - about a book I can't access because they locked me out of my account and can't re-verify me because they're stupid. The ineptitude of all these automated systems is mind-boggling.

It just occurred to me that the workers at Kindle Direct Publishing are my employees. Without authors, none of them have jobs. We are their bosses. You'd think they'd care about shutting their own source of income out of his author account.

Inception Point AI podcast 'creator' Jeanine Wright called people like me "lazy Luddites" for calling her content AI slop. That's funny, considering the fact your entire company is built on NOT making your own content. Who's the lazy one here?

Re-watched Alien. It's basically a perfect film. Acting, narrative, set design, tension, character, surprises, shock value, great ending, and even the score - one of Jerry Goldsmith's best.

This is the sort of thing that only happens when you're filming for real, on location, with real sets and real props. Things happen you don't expect, and it makes the movie better.

Well, the zon guy emailed me after my latest attempt to get my account unlocked, after a chat session with another person. But since my reply, haven't heard back.

Movies were better before CGI.

What a delightful reply. All this fandom attaching meaning to every little detail...where none actually exists. This is why Galaxy Quest is so funny.

Key phrase: "through home video" Today, that kind of post-release success is virtually impossible. In the last era, it happened regularly.

They tell us self-promotion doesn't work. They tell us hashtags don't work. This author has 584 followers. And she gets 8000 views for this post. And congrats to her. Great achievement. But TwiX is a joke right now.

I'd like to welcome all my newest followers from the past few weeks. I am the funniest guy on the entire internet, and it's not close. See? You're already laughing...🤔🤨