Sony Does it Again

Sony IER-EX15C USB-C IEM

Sony’s latest wired USB-C DAC/amp IEM, with mic, only $17 $16 on Prime Day. Ignore the negative Amazon reviews. These are super duper.* I didn’t even need to dig through my collection of silicone tips. The largest of the three pairs that came with the set fits perfectly.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMLMMZQT

* Note: I don’t make money from promoting products. As stated on my Contact page, “This is a self-hosted, ad-free hobby blog. It isn’t a source of income in any way.”

Ayn’s Acolyte

The Today Show remembers longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, dead at 100. No mention is made of Greenspan’s misguided devotion to the tortured obsessions of Ayn Rand, the Anti-Communist author of romantic fantasy novels. It can be inferred from his admission that he was wrong about financial markets being self-regulating.

Princess Leia, Protocol Droid

Somehow, I’d never seen this interview video before now, despite it being posted almost ten years ago. From 1977, in France, it’s a surprise in several ways.

First, they’re so young! Which shouldn’t be a surprise, but it is nonetheless. Second, Harrison was a smoker. I didn’t know that. Third, the way Carrie answers questions is something I didn’t know about her.

Producer Gary Kurtz can be seen briefly to the left. The music gets to be too much in spots.

Waiting for Oliver or Someone Like Him

This post from last September is currently receiving more views than any other. Comments for it continue to be submitted for approval.

Is This Guy For Real?

So, what the heck. I entered a comment on the latest Substack post by the alleged human lifeform who calls himself Oliver Kornetzke.

Last September, on my blog I wondered if you are an AI construct. My site doesn’t get a significant number of views, but that post receives the largest number of them. Why? Because others share my doubts.

The first sentence of your essay here doesn’t sway me from the possibility that I am reading something generated by AI, or at least someone needing help writing and relying upon AI:

[“It’s illegal to sleep in your car but the dealership down the road can leave forty cars idling unsold in a lot for a decade and that’s just “inventory,”]

It is not true that sleeping in your car, in and of itself, is illegal. Car dealers don’t leave cars “idling.” That implies the engines are running. Rather, the cars are sitting idle. No dealer would ever leave a car unsold for a decade.

Based on those nonsensical assertions, I see no point in reading past that opening sentence. So, my question to you is, are you real? If so, where is there some biographical information about you?

If you are inclined to indulge this request, I can provide the link to my post. Or you can simply search for yourself, and look for, “Is This Guy for Real?”

As a former broadcast journalist, I am looking for facts, and seeking to have my doubts confirmed or refuted. Thank you.

https://substack.com/profile/42576373-doug-pratt/note/c-280309485?r=pck51&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

Follow-up:

Oliver Blocked Me!