Big Bend is treasured by Texans across the political spectrum. I know nobody who is happy about this, regardless of how they vote. Environmentalists, ranchers, locals in general, strongly oppose this action by the Federal gov't.

The destruction in Big Bend is at the direction of folks who have never set foot there. It is not necessary. Just staying alive in that environment is difficult enough to deter mass migration. The existing River Road provides enough access, and probably some good vantage points (I'm not a border security expert).

The biggest win is not caring if I get the reader back on the charger before I drift off, which is a thing I need to do with my phone.

Zero competition. No fiber. No cable. 5G coverage isn't sufficient for my daily needs, but okay for a failover.

It seems to me that having a powerful Fable layer for the planning, coordination, orchestration-type work and delegating to a suitable model for the actual execution of "coding tasks" is perfectly appropriate, if that is the case.

With a canonical source of truth, and set input/output expectations, the potential blast radius is quite small.

In the past, say 5-ish years, I've been shocked to realize this isn't universal, or at least broadly applicable. Probably more of a result of whatever societal bubble I was born into. I don't know.

The result has been a growing uneasy feeling for me, at work mainly, when discussing just about anything. I have to pause and understand for myself: "Has this person thought through what they are saying?" That's actually become a friction point with me. And it isn't generational from what I've seen.

I instantly get a quick, functional-appearing view of the offering. I can picture how I might interact with it and what mental gymnastics stand between right now and me pulling out a credit card.

I don't see marketing fluff that bring up more questions than it provides answers. I can be pretty certain I won't wind up in a sales funnel from hell, also.

A curious person or two poking around is one thing.

A few hundred, or thousands, of "AI enthusiasts," or however you'd like to imagine OpenClaw users, could likely approach the scale of "a problem."

You are well within reason to work to survive, tuck a little away, and use the rest (of both time and money) to explore unrelated interests and passions. I really enjoy gardening.

The cross-pollination of interests, passions and professional experience may well lead to a fun and interesting project where your $DAY_JOB skills come into their own in a way you’d not expect.

Work to live, not live to work and all that.

There’s a bar and grill near where I live, I pop in frequently and almost always see someone I know. There’s a coffee shop next door that is about the same.

Something about a handshake, a hug, a “How was your day,” etc. goes quite a long way. That’s especially true for one living alone, as I do.

I'd use that regularly while working on my truck. It'd be a lot easier than stopping during every disassembly step to snap a picture with my phone.

For trickier situations, though, there’s a lot to be said for having a human driver to make decisions, and with whom you can communicate.

There are plenty of tricky driving situations in Austin.

Aside from a janky customer app on iPhone, I'm quite pleased. That said, I've never been to a physical location.