Aaron Lariviere
@aaronlariviere.bsky.social
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No bueno. You shouldn’t have to do it, but I’d probably check firm bios and hit up other partners / counsel / senior associates until you get someone competent to help.
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
No bueno. You shouldn’t have to do it, but I’d probably check firm bios and hit up other partners / counsel / senior associates until you get someone competent to help.
Oof, sorry that happened. People can be shit sometimes. If it‘s any small comfort, they’re wrong about your writing. I read Come Tomorrow almost 5 years ago and it’s stuck with me.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Oof, sorry that happened. People can be shit sometimes. If it‘s any small comfort, they’re wrong about your writing. I read Come Tomorrow almost 5 years ago and it’s stuck with me.
Well deserved.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Well deserved.
Agreed. Two are stationed outside my office full time (few blocks from the shooting). They're just kids in their early 20s, tasked with standing around. Occasionally see them at McDonalds on a break, but there's nothing to do downtown besides stand around and draw attention. Awful to see this.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Agreed. Two are stationed outside my office full time (few blocks from the shooting). They're just kids in their early 20s, tasked with standing around. Occasionally see them at McDonalds on a break, but there's nothing to do downtown besides stand around and draw attention. Awful to see this.
there are days I convince myself this is their best song. definitely my favorite Cure bass line to play. unreal
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
there are days I convince myself this is their best song. definitely my favorite Cure bass line to play. unreal
Still can't bring myself to switch from Goodreads, which I've been using for almost 20 years. It's bad, and it feels like the developers / owners are trying to starve it until it finally dies, but everything else seems worse or just not usable for the core personal logging function.
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Still can't bring myself to switch from Goodreads, which I've been using for almost 20 years. It's bad, and it feels like the developers / owners are trying to starve it until it finally dies, but everything else seems worse or just not usable for the core personal logging function.
we've seen so many entranced by the wolfshook
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
we've seen so many entranced by the wolfshook
been planning a renovation for several years - impossible to budget at this point, but we assume our starting number will jump somewhere between 30-75% between tariffs, inflation, and lack of construction labor. now cabinets, furniture, lumber on top. shit aint happening
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
been planning a renovation for several years - impossible to budget at this point, but we assume our starting number will jump somewhere between 30-75% between tariffs, inflation, and lack of construction labor. now cabinets, furniture, lumber on top. shit aint happening
Such a gorgeous copy! weirdly enough, my dad got me this one when I was 5 - different illustrated version, also gorgeous - and read it to me shortly after. (I read it to my daughter last year!)
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September 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Such a gorgeous copy! weirdly enough, my dad got me this one when I was 5 - different illustrated version, also gorgeous - and read it to me shortly after. (I read it to my daughter last year!)
www.reddit.com/r/lotr/s/iPQ...
www.reddit.com/r/lotr/s/iPQ...
Such a miserable, dying site. Yet I’ll never leave
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Such a miserable, dying site. Yet I’ll never leave
Had a lovely chat with Brian Cox about Guy de Maupassant, randomly, and how much he was enjoying prestige TV work over film (this was circa Deadwood). Still kicking myself for not asking about Super Troopers
September 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Had a lovely chat with Brian Cox about Guy de Maupassant, randomly, and how much he was enjoying prestige TV work over film (this was circa Deadwood). Still kicking myself for not asking about Super Troopers
Not arguing with the sentiment of your post, but the article is explicit that this is NOT billable hours. Billable requirement is 1950, fairly standard. This is 2400 "productive hours", so billables + admin, BD, pro bono, firm events, etc. (still gross)
September 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Not arguing with the sentiment of your post, but the article is explicit that this is NOT billable hours. Billable requirement is 1950, fairly standard. This is 2400 "productive hours", so billables + admin, BD, pro bono, firm events, etc. (still gross)
Realistically this is just how they're going to trim headcount as we head into a recession. Other firms are doing more aggressive back to office initiatives. Goal is the same: thin the herd, cull the less invested, survive the bad times to come
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Realistically this is just how they're going to trim headcount as we head into a recession. Other firms are doing more aggressive back to office initiatives. Goal is the same: thin the herd, cull the less invested, survive the bad times to come
Still seems aggressive to make this mandatory. The 2400 number sounds like the "all in" requirements lots of firms have for partners - but partners have much lower billable requirements (and have the potential to make $$$), so it sort of balances out
September 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Still seems aggressive to make this mandatory. The 2400 number sounds like the "all in" requirements lots of firms have for partners - but partners have much lower billable requirements (and have the potential to make $$$), so it sort of balances out
Just to be clear this is not 2400 "billable" hours as the quoted post suggests. They require a baseline 1950 billable hours, in line with other firms (but still means you work constantly). Associates are supposed to hit 2400 "productive" hours, meaning admin time, BD, pro bono, firm activities, etc.
September 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just to be clear this is not 2400 "billable" hours as the quoted post suggests. They require a baseline 1950 billable hours, in line with other firms (but still means you work constantly). Associates are supposed to hit 2400 "productive" hours, meaning admin time, BD, pro bono, firm activities, etc.
Started the audiobook yesterday!
September 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Started the audiobook yesterday!
week one tribunals
September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
week one tribunals
somehow big firms have entirely different pressures but lead to the same types of saturdays :-/
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
somehow big firms have entirely different pressures but lead to the same types of saturdays :-/
There have been some videos circulating in the online guitar influencer circuit (Rick Beato, Rhett Shull) highlighting how YouTube is doing some kind of undisclosed / weirdly aggressive AI upscaling of shorts. Everything looks like AI slop and creators are getting pissed. Weird time to be alive
August 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There have been some videos circulating in the online guitar influencer circuit (Rick Beato, Rhett Shull) highlighting how YouTube is doing some kind of undisclosed / weirdly aggressive AI upscaling of shorts. Everything looks like AI slop and creators are getting pissed. Weird time to be alive
Dimly recall one law school course giving a take home midterm exam over spring break. Midterms in law school are rare; doing it over spring break really twisted the knife
August 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dimly recall one law school course giving a take home midterm exam over spring break. Midterms in law school are rare; doing it over spring break really twisted the knife
To be clear, I don’t use either for legal analysis at all - I just like to test new models to see what they’re capable of. (They are still terrible at understanding applicability thresholds and statutory exemptions, which makes them functionally useless if used unsupervised)
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
To be clear, I don’t use either for legal analysis at all - I just like to test new models to see what they’re capable of. (They are still terrible at understanding applicability thresholds and statutory exemptions, which makes them functionally useless if used unsupervised)
I’ve only dabbled with GPT5, but as a lawyer, I’ve found it disturbingly good at legal nuance in a way that none of the earlier iterations could match. Also agree that I prefer the writing style of Claude by a lot, but it’s not as sharp on the actual analysis.
August 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’ve only dabbled with GPT5, but as a lawyer, I’ve found it disturbingly good at legal nuance in a way that none of the earlier iterations could match. Also agree that I prefer the writing style of Claude by a lot, but it’s not as sharp on the actual analysis.
Coppola is the king of this, of course
August 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Coppola is the king of this, of course
Threatening will get much faster results but both are satisfying
August 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Threatening will get much faster results but both are satisfying
Fascinating, madcap band. Chill Out was the album before the White Room; it’s an album length ambient suite built around found sounds and samples, meant as a transcendental comedown. Magical stuff.
August 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fascinating, madcap band. Chill Out was the album before the White Room; it’s an album length ambient suite built around found sounds and samples, meant as a transcendental comedown. Magical stuff.