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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Another dropped ball for Biden was the failure to hold that AI announcement that Trump had the other day. It’s already been set for a while but Trump walks in and spikes the football. Of course, I’m not sure Biden could have held a press conference about AI not to mention that he and his staff pretty much sulked the last 6 months.
  2. For a small amount of $, you could add an uninterruptible power supply to keep the WiFi running as the generator kicks on.
  3. I couldn’t make it far with the movie. Whole premise made no sense to me and it wasn’t difficult to guess how it would end. Maybe it would end differently, but I’ve never know.
  4. Exactly. Poland was necessary for German defense against the Russian Bolsheviks.
  5. Great points that I hadn’t thought about. Sleeping is supposed to be one of the greatest sins for an innie so Lumon may be worried that the dream mind can cross between the two worlds. I assume that Irv is talking to the former employee who helped Petey re-integrate and later killed the security lead while with Mark. It would seem too complicated to introduce another outside group. She probably had ideas on how to get a message to innie irv perhaps she did the same with petey.
  6. I don’t watch tv news but rather read news online. Why is Project 2025 rarely mentioned even though Trump is effectively following the game plan as predicted by these same news sources a few months ago. are they all backing off from Trump because they need access to the WH?
  7. As far as Irv/Burt, we don’t yet know what happened after innie Irv was banging on Burt’s door. He flipped back to outie Irv, and who knows what their conversation was after that. It’s very possible that they spoke about lumon and it piqued Burt’s interest. I assume that part of the story will play out in the next episode.
  8. ChatGPT. Just tell it you want it to write an obituary and to interview you for all of the information. you will most likely want to edit it at the end but it will get you 90% of the way. FYI. Claude.ai is a better writer than ChatGPT but there are tighter hourly limits on the interactions. It might take longer.
  9. FEMA has issues like any organization but I find that there problems mainly fall on incorrect aid expectations and the requirement to watch their budgets. in any disaster, some (many?) Americans expect FEMA to make them whole. Rebuild my house, cover lost income, buy me new shit even though I have limited if not zero insurance. And Congress forces FEMA to ensure that residents are not fleecing or lying to the US govt., so some of the recovery funds are slow. then politics gets involved and people start complaining about Ukraine aid which has zero impact on FEMA.
  10. Given that Presidents are given wide latitude in dealing with emergencies, are we just going to have one emergency declaration after another in the next 4 years? We know the GOP congress will unlikely go against Trump, so would the courts have any ability to call bs on everything being an emergency?
  11. I've gone from a decade plus season ticket holder to rarely watching the NFL. I maybe catch 2-3 games per year including the Super Bowl. I find it so inferior to college football that I would rather use Sunday to catch up on non-football crap.
  12. I assumed that they were saying Casey was her last name. Like Ms. Cobel, Mr. Milchick, and Ms. Huang. Wasn’t the security guy, Mr. Something? Hence why they’re saying Casey is her last name in the severed world.
  13. If people are going to focus on missing WH web pages, they need to take a break. Indirectly the President can do whatever they want with the WH website. No court is going to stop them. Focus on what matters not getting distracted by every slight. But you're welcome to get triggered by every tweet and news story if you want.
  14. A friend of mine has been waiting for bitcoin to drop below $10K to buy in. There was a recent point where that amount was potentially going to be hit. I haven't asked him in a while about his new buy-in point but I imagine he would now just say that it's overpriced. Layer 2 networks that sit on ethereum go fast. I believe Polygon confirms in 2-5 seconds. On par with easier transactions like credit card purchase approvals AND it settles within seconds unlike credit cards that take a couple of days. And the transaction fee is under a $0.01 at most times. In theory it could be more depending on volume. You may say that you would never want to transact in Polygon, and you're 100% correct. Systems can be configured to where funds are being transferred and the users don't need to know the intricacies. I don't know the exact details of what occurs when I tap or enter my credit card on a terminal. I just know it works. I also agree that there haven't been widespread adopted usage because banks have been forbidden to handle crypto payments or at best the regulations are murky. Allow retail banks to enter crypto and why wouldn't they want to break the VISA and MC duopoly.
  15. I’m not overly bothered that the WH is taking down pages. Honesty, I think the WH website should be a single page with info about tour hours and tickets. We don’t need to spend govt resources on all of the other crap they post on there. Fine, maybe there is a page for press releases. Two pages, and no more web development needed. if web site visitor wants to translate a page into other languages there are resources to do that for them. does anyone use the WH website as a govt resource that helps them with their job or everyday life?
  16. Sure voters would agree to many issues on the ballot hence why only legislators can put a referendum on ballots.
  17. Tim Cook may have decide what battles are worth fighting. He and Apple are obviously about as high profile as it comes and failing to humor Trump can have negative impact to Apple. Trump could decide to place a 100% tariff on iPhones produced anywhere but America. It would plummet Apple revenue and stock vs or you can change the name of the gulf in your map program. It sucks but it’s where we are.
  18. Just cancelled Sling since football season is over. Feels good to be cord cutting again.
  19. My TV is fairly bright and I struggled to see what was going on in the new Silo.
  20. Not really. I've been needing to lose 10-15 lbs for at least 5 years and allowed my cardio go to hell. My BP is probably down to 115-75 now. Maybe 120-75. After taking the daily meds, it drops further.
  21. what a POS. Sounds like he was hoping that she wouldn't change her will in case she went first. But he was too much of a coward to tell her what he did. I hope your mom doesn't waste a minute thinking of him except in the worst of terms.
  22. Anything pledged by Masayoshi Son should be viewed with skepticism. He pledged $50B to investing in America and creating 50,000 jobs. This was either in 2017 or 2018. Big press conference with Trump. Then he proceeded to spend a large chunk of this in his propping up WeWork and losing most of it. He claimed the 50,000 jobs successful by counting the WeWork customers as job creation. Zero sense. Son, Altman and Ellison do not have $500B to invest in this unless they use some creative accounting like when Trump estimates his net worth. While I hate agreeing with Musk, he's right about this being a false announcement at least with these investment levels. Not to mention that the right used to complain when the federal govt attempted to pick winners in an industry.
  23. Trump's team looks to have done their homework this time around. They have their enemies and policy list that they want to get rid of. I don't believe Trump has any idea what he's signing except what the non-elected officials are telling him. The good news is that any action that he takes via executive order can be fully rescinded if we are allowed to a nonTrump President in the future.
  24. Not a lawyer but dying without a will is inexcusable. you can even handwrite a will especially if it's very simple. I'm sure there is preferred language but I would guess even a few sentences and signed can help a judge understand your wishes.
  25. sounds legit. The Bible Belt has documented success with praying away the diabetes. Of course the cure is dying but it is what it is.
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