Funny thing I went down a rabbit hole, cause I first scanned the open PRs and saw a PR to enable universal builds to support intel macs but the whole thing was pure AI slop and someone commented that codexbar already supports intel, and sure enough v.15 added it (the AI slop PR completely missed that), I then looked into the cask script and it has a hardcoded dependency on arm which prevents brew from installing v.17 even if it's already an universal binary since v.15.
From my very brief experience writing a technical book (a few chapters, many years ago), I think one danger that the author might have run into is having a mental progress bar that covers writing the draft. And then when the edits start to come in and they go far beyond rephrasing or typos, prospective authors realise that their progress bar is far from realistic, and things risk being derailed.
I rewatched it in recent weeks and enjoyed all the bits that I enjoyed years ago during the first watch. The stories I found a bit tedious first time (High Sparrow plotline, Arya and faceless men) weren't as miserable; I think I was expecting them to drag on even more. My biggest grievance on the rewatch was just how poorly it's all tied up. I again enjoyed The Long Night through the lens of 'spectacle over military documentary'. The last season just felt like they wrote themselves into a corner and didn't have time and patience to see it through. By that point, actors were ready to move on, etc.
I don't really view this as the show runners fault. GRRM was unable to complete his own work. The show worked best when it drew from the authors own material (GRRM was a screenwriter himself and knew how to write great dialog/scenes).
It's absolutely the producer's fault. They actively choose to release the product they did instead of making more episodes, taking long, bringing other people in to help, etc.
Martin has claimed he flew to HBO to convince them to do 10 seasons of 10 episodes instead of the 8 seasons with just 8 episodes in the final one [1]. It was straight up just D.B. Weiss and David Benioff call how the series ended.
Just started watching this, but if anyone has seen similar material used for some form of retaining wall (even 1-4' high), I'd be happy to hear about it. Got a lot of slope to deal with, and materials for attractive retaining walls add up.
I've been there several times including one memorable time after the fires, and like you said, the colour of the new undergrowth was remarkable - quite lurid and alien even. The fire prompted the grass trees to almost all throw up their flower spikes simultaneously which was stunning.
"The measure does not allocate any initial city dollars, a move that may have helped secure support from the board's moderates after repeated years of city budget shortfalls. Instead, the ordinance establishes a framework to receive future contributions - whether through city appropriations or private donations."
"Walton acknowledged funding remains the central challenge, but expressed optimism about tapping foundations, corporations, and individuals to support the effort."
A friend has a robot vac and just puts it in a room, closes the door, and leaves it for a couple of hours. Avoids the issue of worrying about which areas don't have kids' toys around, Lego, cords, etc. Higher touch than is ideal, but if you're already working from home and the kids are at school, it can work.
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