Introduced my son to Scratch yonks ago. He found the graphics editor and dove in - he never developed any interest in programming, and now he’s third year in law school.

So maybe his Scratch experience will result in a fulfilling career far from high tech :)

When you say “inherent property” I think “immutable” as in “cannot be changed from one chirality/spin to another”.

Is that a useful line to draw?

Not a physicist. Never played one on TV.

Always reminds me of the forces that shape the mechanisms around the exchange of genetic information that powers evolution.

See: Red Queen by Matt Ridley.

I ask gpt a lot of questions about plants and gardening - I’m happy that it remembers where I live and understands the implications. I could remind it in every question, but this is convenient.

I joined DG in their last days, largely due to kidders book.

Also, I really liked DG/UX, for reasons I no longer recall.

My mother in law asked for help with her computer. I went in dreading the whole windows mess - only to find somebody had set her up with Linux Mint - I was actually able to help her with her internet issue, and am so happy for that unsung hero.

I’m not an SME here and would love to hear more about this.

I paid full boat 20+ years ago but I’ve spent more time in that chair than my car and bed combined, and it’s always got my back. Best purchase ever.

Same. Whether an Aeron or another high quality chair, it's hard to not find value in something we use for huge chunks of our days.

I seem to remember something like that in DG/UX too.

Absolutely this.