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Thu Apr 9 10:00:02 UTC 2026 ======================================== Slept from eleven to eight. Woke up briefly around four. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain until late afternoon, then partly cloudy in the late afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. # Work * 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GrowHub sprint 7 review * 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM GrowHub diagrams, workflows # Home * [x] 12:00 PM grocery delivery * [x] walk * [x] go to bed before ten * [ ] confirm that Dr. Lipson takes my new health insurance (Priority Health). If so, schedule appointment? Read more of You Are Not A Gadget. Lanier argues against the Wisdom of Crowds and the creativity of crowds. And, especially, against the Silicon Valley belief that a large enough crowd scales up to a super intelligence. Fifteen-minute walk after work. Sunny and warm. Lots of swallows and robins. Saw on the news that Detroit restaurants are now eligible for Michelin stars, that the city is accredited. What does that mean? It never occurred to me that a city would be ineligible. Apparently, Michelin only covers some areas. Cities have to pay an annual fee — Denver reportedly pays $100,000 a year — for their restaurants to be eligible. Refusing to evaluate resaurants unless a tourism board pays up smells like extortion. It certainly undercuts the prestige of the award to some degree. Servings: grains 3/4, vegetables+fruit 4/5, dairy+meat 1/4, nuts+beans 1/0.5 Brunch: coffee, tomato, pasta and beans Afternoon snack: banana, coffee, carrots Dinner: rice with chicken, carrots, and potatoes

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