Weird, I just encountered Kolmogorov and Shannon complexity while reading Exordia last night.

“Shannon entropy is how much information you need to describe a thing. Kolomogorov entropy is how much information you need to write down instructions to make that thing.”

Sounds like The Roads Must Roll by Heinlein.

He produces a consistent product, like late night mediocre pizza. It’s not great, but it is consistent. If you want to see a “former spec ops” type take out a bunch of bad guys you can count on a Jason Statham movie to deliver.

I will second this. After college I realized I needed to expand my social circle. I agonized for weeks about even asking to join a few local Meetup groups. Eventually I did, and I convinced myself to go to a few events. I started framing social outings as exercise. It wasn’t always fun, but I usually felt good about making myself go.

I still get anxious about social stuff. I still loath job interviews. I don’t like packed bars or events with thousands of people, but I can handle them better now. I can now give myself permission to fuck up a bit.

"Was that social encounter my best work? No.

Was I actually a jerk and everyone hates me now? Also no.

Cool then. A ‘C+’ is still passing!"

“What’s the worse that can happen (socially)?” is now a helpful question. “What if strangers think I’m weird?” IDK, then they do. That’s their problem. And if they remain strangers then I probably won’t need to deal with them again. If they think I’m weird and they still invite me back then at least my weirdness was within acceptable limits. And that’s how I met my wife :)

Same here. I tried a couple Ioniqs and some KIA’s. Went with a 2024 Kona. It’s been great!

The Bloodline has been on my list for a while. I haven’t grabbed it yet due to time, but it looks fun.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159290/The_Bloodline/