Happy New Year You Surly Bastards!
Everything posted by Bozo_Casanova
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RFK Jr. off the chain and off his rocker
Avocado oil is fantastic and has become the default for all uses in my kitchen that involve cooking with unsaturated fat except for those that specifically require others, eg sesame.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
As branding exercises go, this wasn’t terribly expensive and I don’t get bent out of shape by small potatoes expenses but the result here is absurd and somebody in the CM’s office should have redirected this or better yet, done it in-house. This bears all the marks of overthinking engagement and feedback during the process. The firms involved should have insisted on a better outcome.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
I love Mazda’s commitment to impractical ideas Mazda just patented a 6 stroke engine that makes its own hydrogen from gasoline
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Trump puts Washington police under federal control, National Guard to be deployed
Gotta stay away from le figaro, man. It’s just a whole different game of pétanque in there.
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
340/369 is disappointing to you? In a Mazda CX-90? I mean…those are tuned N54 numbers.
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
What’s a 15 yr jumbo fixed going for today?
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The Democratic Party
He’s good at holding the caucus together and whipping a vote. That’s the job. Nancy Pelosi was a below average communicator and she’s the GOAT. Jeffries’ limitations are only important because the party has a number of would-be national leaders gearing up for a presidential run and they are all at the state level.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
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Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
Not as long as <CR>
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What is your biggest business regret?
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Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
It wont be utilized at all because the legislature, the governor, and their party won’t let it happen. If you think the government should stop private industry from taking a risk on a product the market says it wants, you’re winning, because that’s what they are doing. But for the record every legitimate piece of market research that’s been done on this and every point of comparison where high speed rail exists makes the argument that it be popular in Texas.
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Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
Exactly. If an air route between two places is viable, HSR is almost certain to thrive.
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All Encompassing Investment and Financial Planning Thread for the Surly 99.5%
Lol, that was not my takeaway so much, and I actually thought that was a bit of a flaw in the book. The combination of concentrated risk and ownership of assets that scale and appreciate exponentially to the investment of time and money you put in is what gets a person from level 4 to level 5. And, it’s true that most people who achieve it through small business ownership. But I thought he pressed that path a little too strongly, compared to other paths, such as early stage equity in startups that do well. That brings up something I really liked about the later parts of the book. Making that move from 4-5 comes with a ton of risk, a shitload of stress, and has limited upside unless you REALLY want the things that ONLY come with that level of wealth, and are willing to make the trade.
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All Encompassing Investment and Financial Planning Thread for the Surly 99.5%
This book is as good a big-picture framework for understanding levels of wealth and how we move from one to another that I have seen. However- it is strategic, not tactical, so it’s more about how to think about and approach the questions we face than it is specific guidance.
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Who's been covid vaxxed? Stand up and be counted.
Yes
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Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
But those reasons are just your preferences. My counterpoint is the fact that they do use it everywhere it does exist. But that’s manifestly untrue, based on the business travel by air between the three big Texas cities despite the fact that there is minimal time advantage. it’s fine that you prefer to drive, and many will, but right now the law and policy environment of the State of Texas and United States is what’s stopping high speed rail development, not the free market. The demand signal from business travelers is incredibly strong. I’m a weekly business traveler also, by the way.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
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RFK Jr. off the chain and off his rocker
So it is- probably renaming it “Department of War” which wouldn’t rustle my jimmies as much as most things.
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RFK Jr. off the chain and off his rocker
Apparently Trump Is having a presser today to talk about the CDC. @Anastasis will this be about 85% stuff or the 15%?
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
I’ve had to figure out who got laid off twice in my career. It’s unpleasant work. I would love to say the exercise involves matching the skills the company needs to the go-forward strategy, but it’s usually just determined by where people wind up on a spreadsheet.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Neither requires it. However, that executive from the article *may* have a fiduciary duty to reduce costs. Or not. It depends on their situation.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
That’s true.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Neither of you are fully correct about this. The question is situational, and we don’t have the facts of that company’s situation.