*yes I'm aware base64 isn't a super cool obfuscation but it's like 10:30 and I didn't feel like putting in any serious brainpower

Gets BIS pants Doesn't use them Warrior brainpower going strong

It’s not that different from other areas of human endeavor — it requires no brainpower to pour money into things that look similar to successful things. When it’s superhero time, everyone’s gotta have a superhero movie. It’s AI time, the deranged billionaires are gonna jam AI everywhere.

Once I’ve seen a lizard there’s absolutely zero chance of me paying attention to anything else going on. It’s all lizard mode, 100% of my brainpower is spent looking for more lizards

I have. So much to do. That needs brainpower. But I'm so exhausted 24/7 that I can't... But I really gotta... and sooner rather than later...

Almost like international relationships are complicated and require more investment and brainpower than "supplies go in, supplies go out, you can't explain that." Read up, or shut up.

well see preventative effort takes brainpower and doing several times as much work in the moment saves me brainpower

I teach (writing- and reading-intensive) a lot, and that eats up so much brainpower. In ON WRITING Stephen King mentions how being a HS English teacher when he was young before CARRIE was published just ate up so much of his energy, a bit that resonated deeply with me.

I can't believe I wasted that much brainpower on a really dumb joke about one of the weirdest parts of "Dune."

Imagine if there were some doors that, when opened, close or switch the states of other nearby doors within a short range within your line of sight, forcing you to put even more brainpower towards keeping track of the number while also opening and closing doors to be able to progress