Six people and a baby stand in front of the coach house. Pictured are the owner, mother in law, child, state reps LaPointe and Mah, and Ben and Steven are on the right.
This coach house was built in 2023 by the couple who own the property to have a place for their mother in law to live in and help take care of their newborn child.
The “granny flat” is real.
Of course, this isn't the main plot, but I find it fascinating how the `stonks` guy has been sitting on the meme bench for this round of stock drama.
Does he have a new hobby? Is he contemplating the terribly short half life of memes? I wish I knew!
Totally agree. It's way more like a colleague, in that you both can have your own preferred ways of working.
Claude Code fucking rules. It makes Cursor look sort of manic and sloppy. Like, totally unexpected side effect is that it's driven me back to VSCode.
Like, I just kept dropping screenshots of Quickbooks into Claude and asking, "Okay, which category should I use?"
Essentially, I had Claude balance my books. This should be a native function.
I just setup Quickbooks for my freelancing business, and I am shocked at my own feelings about it. My intuition keeps repeating, "This is pre-AI software." Very quickly, stuff like this is going to feel as dated as a DOS terminal.
The Ruby on Rails ecosystem feel have small, but real, benefits if somewhere were to create a new version of `rails_real_favicon`
Dunkelman’s Why Nothing Works is such an incredibly well timed book. Plus, it’s a gripping read.
This seems like a generally bad thing for homeowners in California: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/c...
Just spent a delightful few minutes reading all the little labels on this map.
Love the density on Western, but having lived a block from there, I can tell you that no matter how many times you walk past that building, whenever you see it, you will always say to yourself, "Damn that's ugly."
As a rubyist, when I code in python, it feels like someone trying to turn english into spanish with "el's" and "o's." As in, "open el csv-reader-o, por favor".
This is great to read/watch and all, but it does leave me with one huge question:
When did Ezra Klein start to dress like a magician? Specifically, the sort of late 90s magician who you'd find in a bar doing cigarette tricks?
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"....this method of soliciting neighborhood input has failed to accurately represent the attitudes of the full community, especially among the demographic who’s going to be impacted by these decisions for the longest amount of time.”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/17/s...
Fantastic - thank you
Is it alright to arrive late at the meeting? As in, is there any benefit in showing up, if I can't make it until 7:00? I really want to support this housing!
A board that reads "Today's specials" and under it "it's crushing dystopian sadness $2.55"
$2.55 is actually pretty cheap
I feel like the true announcement from OpenAI was that they're struggling to raise more money.
I went into a Micro Center today (long story, poor choices), and I simply didn’t think a store could be so hostile to its customers
The Chicago public school calendar is straight up ridiculous. It’s like they asked a fifth grader who hates geography to decide on the frequency and duration of their holidays
I’ve found that the tech accounts I followed on Twitter are only just now really starting to migrate over. My bet is that it’ll pick up more after new years.
I saw one flying over Hamlin Park about 3 weeks ago. Truly shocking to see when unprepared
You're a member of a species that reproduces by having children. Hope this clarifies things!
Seems like they’re ignoring some large, possible insurance-themed issue that may also be influencing this coverage
I swear to god the Christmas tree drinks more water than I do.
“Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet” sounds more and more menacing every year
No way! Thank you! I’m a loyal Volts listener (as well as paid subscriber). One of my fav podcasts
Just listened to the @volts.wtf interview with Cory Doctorow. It was a delightful surprise to hear hear someone outside the area of expertise nevertheless deliver a fantastic interview.
I can believe that San Francisco appropriated tornados from the Midwest. How would they feel if all of sudden Chicago stole their thing and became unaffordable?
What do you like about them?
