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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 7h

And that will cost you $25...Had not played in a while and went last weekend and that will be the last I buy. I won't win either way, but I want my 10 chances for $20 so I can pretend like there is some chance. The 5 row $25 ticket just feels sad.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 8h

Kavanaugh stops...

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 9h

2028 should be a battle between taxing them out of existence or tar and feathering them. America hates taxes so I'm looking forward to seeing the later.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 9h

Each CEO needs to brought in by the new House in 2027 and grilled to either admit they were either engaged in bribery (we thought we'd curry favor with the med dictator) or in waste of shareholder assets. Make each of the CEOs cough the money up themselves.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 9h

Definitely, but she didn't and I think that just reinforces the deep skepticism that any of the old guard are going to be willing to really rise to the current moment instead of assuming we'll go back to 1989 politics any moment here where you can cut deals with Strom Thurmond.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 11h

In fairness, you are also supposed to die around 30 and several of those kids won't make it past their 3rd birthday. We are making American great again like it is 1845!

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 11h

Well unless they are innocent young boys caught up in a racist group chat....

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 12h

Volvo cars brand is owned by China, do they own the heavy equipment side to? CCP machinery literally tearing down the White House...

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 16h

It should signal to the market of potential candidates in Maine and nationwide that there is somehow an active discussion on if being a septegenarian is on our with SS tats. Not the same, but voters also REALLY want the old geezers to just get out of the way finally.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 19h

Sad reality that there are lots of WWII games where you are liberating Europe but shocking few where you liberate a plantation, which could be pretty wild. Playing games where you shoot up Nazis unfortunately didn't stop basement bros from turning into them though.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 20h

Also why people generally run for state office or at least House seat before going to the Senate or Governor. Shake all the skeletons out of the closet (or off your chest) before the light gets too bright. Feels like a pretty bog standard Icarus story here of flying too high, too fast.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 20h

The short sellers just can't catch a break.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 23h

Pretty sure all of this..waves arms around...can be explained by the bad habit of giving the average American WAY too much credit in terms of thinking coherently about anything.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

That is all home and auto (bundle and save!), not the health insurance guys. Health insurance has no consumer choice and no real competition, so they dont need to advertise.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

"Be like Mike" - no, no, no, not the little whiney liar one! Well, actually, yhea, that will be much easier to achieve. Just remember to share your pornhub history.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

I'll probably give up on my s22 when the 26 ones come out, but I abuse the battery. Samsung still runs on Android, but about the best you can do to avoid funding Google or Apple. And you can shut off most the Gemini junk for now at least.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

Also if I recall right the 16 sold fairly poorly. So probably a lot of people who just waited bc their 12-14s were fine and now you have those sales compared against a lower baseline. All the tech news right now is mostly empty hype.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

Auto defaults are at record highs. Soon people will be paying $0 for gas every month. Winning!

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

It works for the MAGA folks and journalists who both don't give a crap about reality as long as the numbers make them feel good. The bots are a feature not a bug.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

Charging for check and ACH deserves to be illegal. Charging for credit card isnt unreasonable, but has a positive side effect that it is less commonly offered. That is a good thing since paying 25% interest on rent is dumb and you don't need points if you are just paying it off monthly.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

The Lumia was quality, just lacked an app store, which was a good thing in concept. Except the world got stuffed into this outcome that everything needs its own separate app instead of mobile optimized pages.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

You should not be paying rent with a credit card. The landlord should really not accept it, but if you want to create a bunch of fees collected by the banks to earn points you absolutely should pay for that. ACH, debit or old school check all should be free, but credit card fees are actually fair.

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carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

Mass data analysis where getting 90% right out of a pool of data that a human would take years to process is not a bad outcome. Then a human can spend a few months to comb what the AI identified and refine from that. I will trash generative AI slop all day, but mass set data mining is a real use.

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 1d

That last week of October is colored in, but they are highly unlikely to finally show up. Don't count it till it happens....

carbonriver.bsky.social @carbonriver.bsky.social · 2d

It is all fake money on top of fake money. There is no real revenue beyond the core business revenues that MSFT Google and Meta are willing to light on fire. If/when that stops Nvidia will come back to reality, and then all the others it is propping up now will crash out.