David P McLaughlin

Disciple of Jesus Christ.
Child of the Covenant

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Fixed sprinkler valve these last two weeks. I must admit I thought of Mario and Luigi. I think I'm now a plumber.

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Had a goal this week of replacing everything I do with AI. A few hours into Monday I realized it wasn't going to happen in one week. But I'm getting closer and I made some progress.

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

On track to become a billionaire. I've almost spent 1 billion AI tokens.

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Google's closed RCS chats are painful. I wish they opened up and I could have access to my own messages!

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Software stack and complexity are pretty much irrelevant in the day of AI.

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

📖 Studying the OT this week for #ComeFollowMe — built a new tab: interactive map of the 40-year wilderness journey. 17 camps with miles, time at each (Sinai 11 mo, Kadesh 38 yrs 📷https://t.co/VAi9K6nZLL 📷 _Written with Claude AI assistance (Opus 4.7)_🤖

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Expressing my gratitude for my Mother and all mothers this day. Mothers love; they sacrifice; they encourage—sometimes with little appreciation.

[Cindy K @MAGAMAHACindy]

Hypothetically…….. We are being taxed on money we never made.

Let that sink in.

If I bought my property outright for $160,000 in 2009
Now the county says it’s worth $446,000.
Did I sell it? No.
Did I make a profit? No.
Did I get a check for $446,000? No.
But my taxes jumped like I did.
That’s the problem.
This isn’t income.
This isn’t cash.
This is a number someone decided on paper and now I’m being billed for it.

If my stock portfolio doubles, I don’t pay taxes until I sell.

If my income doesn’t increase, I don’t magically owe more income tax.

So why does owning a home work differently?

Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains?

A house isn’t just an investment, it’s where people live. And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money.

You don’t truly own something if you can be taxed out of it.

This isn’t about “services” or “inflation.” It’s about being charged for value you never received.
It’s time people start to notice.

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Worshiping at the Provo City Center Temple

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Enjoying Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Day 91 of using AI for pretty much everything. Coining a metric: PPD — Prompts Per Day.

Too few? You're doing it the hard way.
Too many? You're a prompt slot machine — no thinking, no taste.

🤖 _Written with Claude (Opus 4.7)_

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

"We don't serve only those we already love. Rather, we come to love people as we serve them."

— Elder Gerald Caussé

#GeneralConference

[Hunter Kallay @lazukars]

🚨BREAKING: You can now run Claude Code for FREE.

No API costs. No rate limits. 100% local on your machine.

Here's how to run Claude Code locally (100% free & fully private):

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

A Unique Normal: 12 Mistakes We Made While Raising Autistic Kids https://t.co/x1NcrY3B5j #Amazon via @Amazon
Super great book. I know the authors and children in the book. This book can help any parent of an autistic child and any of the rest of us who love them.

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

Security is riding the breaks.

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

🚨🚨INSANE FOOTAGE🚨🚨

A TIGER MAULED A GUY DURING HALFTIME OF SAN FRANCISCO #49ERS VS LOS ANGELES #RAMS GAME AT CANDLESTICK PARK

46 years ago today.

November 25th: The year: 1979

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Bambi L Strauss — November 12th, 1953 to July 16th, 2025 #Obituary https://t.co/4ho6TiyW48 via @PollockRandall

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Bambi L Strauss — November 12th, 1953 to July 16th, 2025 #Obituary https://t.co/4ho6TiyW48 via @PollockRandall

[David P McLaughlin @davidpmclaughli]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 ha. This shows that AI is not perfect.

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