The cat has her knickers in a twist because you're anthropomorphizing coffee makers.

UKistas, stay inside!!

Holy crap I just talked to my brother, he's near Leeds and he said they are getting 90 mph winds! YIKES!! Stay safe UKistas!

He also laughed at me because I was complaining about how cold it is here in LA - I mean this morning there was frost ON the dock. Brrrr!

My boss is Super-Agreeable and Keep Client Happy Man. Which sucks, because next week he wants me to go see all my clients and tell them I'm leaving and who's taking over for me.

Doesn't he know I have important things to do like have farewell lunches, bitch about the company, and clean out my office? (Also probably work on this report which is never going to be ready in time omg.)

Holy crap I just talked to my brother, he's near Leeds and he said they are getting 90 mph winds! YIKES!! Stay safe UKistas!

True story: When I was at work today, I could hear very loud laughter from the other side of the office. I went to investigate, and it was about 40 people who had abandoned their work, and were stood laughing at people getting BLOWN OVER outside. And I mean, they were literally hanging on to lamp posts. And falling on the floor. And bouncing down the street. I work right by the River Mersey, so it's great air flow between one bit of the building.

Anyway, what did I do? I joined and started laughing. It was, to be honest, hilarious. But then I saw a woman with a pram and I went back to my desk and tried to ignore the world.

A drain pipe came through the roof (glass) of the building. I left the office at 4pm today, and it took me 2 hours to get home. Buses, all full. Trains, cancelled. I eventually got to the hospital, and queued in their taxi rank to get home. That cost me karma points. I got home and my current flat building is cornered off with red tape, as the concrete tiles on the roof have been falling off to the ground below. I dunno if they have hit anybody.

Cindy totally beat me to it. Wouldn't a pleasure feedback loop in machines imply that machines have feelings? Therefore anthropomorphizing machines = good but animals = bad? Confusing.

Cindy totally beat me to it.

But you beat her in terms of quantity.

We can give machines feelings. You don't have to anthropomorphise them anymore.

Dammit! Can people really remember when they had moving violations? I'm trying to get a new insurance quote, and I'm too forgetful.

Also, should I put in a claim for the broken windshield?

Decisions, decisions.

My friend's girlfriend was trying to make it from London to Oxford, today. She got about six miles in an hour, turned around and went home.

Wouldn't a pleasure feedback loop in machines imply that machines have feelings?

Hmmm.... I read an article on robotics that made that claim, but others disagree. (The article was about a hypothetical robot being programmed to not walk over a ledge - that "don't go over the ledge" programming had to take precedence over other stuff. The author argued that this would be functionally identical to the robot having fear of falling, which would prevent it from going over the edge even if its regular programming directed it there.)

Therefore anthropomorphizing machines = good but animals = bad? Confusing.

Doesn't anthropomorphizing mean ascribing human thoughts and behaviors, instead of just emotions?

But you beat her in terms of quantity.

And that takes some doing.