Nick LaLone
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Nick LaLone
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Geospatial computing, user studies, continuity planning, workforce development, and vintage tech.

I sit between ideas, products, and disciplines to find an answer that most would not.
That’s nuts that HEB doesn’t do east texas. Seems like it’d be a good issue to pressure them on given how much good press they get.

I’ve been mega interested in seeing how Toledo’s ProMedica system’s grocery store has fared: nextcity.org/urbanist-new....

Might be a good model.
Why Health-Care Systems Are Funding (Or Building) Grocery Stores
Access to healthy food can support not only personal health but neighborhood health.
nextcity.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’ve tried to say that AI has gone from Johnny 5 to a bot that asks you if you want to buy pants since you bought a shirt, but folks don’t know Johnny 5 anymore…
a blurry picture of people walking down the street
ALT: a blurry picture of people walking down the street
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
You can find this behavior in any online game ever made.

“They nerfed the super unfair thing I was dominating with!”

“Ugh, these guys don’t get their design.”

”this is so unbalanced.”

It is such an online approach to life.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What market? What currency? Why are tacos so complicated?
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The movie isn’t that bad, actually. And yeah, it was written too early but if it was written at the later time it would’ve been too late. It is a paradox
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There’s a whole timeline here.

Basic Bot Girl: Face the North and Enjoy Your Uggly Prompts

Fall into Bot Girl: A Kaleidoscope of Color as we Fall into Info

Bot Girl Winter: Cozying up to the Warmth of Data Center Operations

Spring into Bot Girl Action: It’s too Wet Outside for Anything But Games
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hey. at least you learned something. You could have not learned something and played some Virtual Boy for an equivalent experience.
a red light is shining in the dark
ALT: a red light is shining in the dark
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I think about this board game almost every day: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35...
Survival of the Witless
Teach as little as possible, publish as much as you can, and maybe you'll win tenure!
boardgamegeek.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's ok, I won't say anything at all.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM