@jon-nyc said in $1.17T.: So to the company I looked like someone who has 40k of credit card debt. I had a similar experience. I pay my estimated income tax and real estate tax using a credit card. Of course, there's a fee for using a card as opposed to check, but the credit card reward (cash back) exceeds the fee by a couple of bucks. It's not a big difference, but enough to buy a pizza (or four) a couple of times a year. My credit score dropped 10 points - for a while. [image: 1734614635567-screenshot-2024-12-19-at-7.23.16-am.png]

Anything to change the subject.

That’s commitment. Seriously though, this struck me as odd: Activities I used to enjoy, like playing guitar and learning piano, are ... harder now that I'm blind, Those are two hobbies she has that blind people can master.

I have one and recently bought the repeater. But yeah, if it’s a security risk I’ll switch without a thought.

Yeah, but I told it better.

It probably feels more efficient and easier to them. Like we would naturally walk on the grass rather than the beach right next to it.

Very normal dish there. Not really different than whole fish except people feel funnier about mammals.

He’s too beholden to China to have the Top Secret clearance I suspect. My dad had ‘top secret code word’ clearances. The colloquial description of compartmentalized clearances. Analogous clearances for Israel, EU, and Kuwait. He worked on all of their defence communication systems in the 70s and 80s.

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of 25 years ago….: You were probably in high school? I was 31. Yeah I was a senior in high school

Good.

It was years ago that I read a biography of the Wright brothers ("To Conquer The Air"). I don't remember much, but one of the highlights was how they realized that the ability to "twist" or "warp" the wing, much in the way a bird does, made flight attainable by controlling airflow over the wings. It led to the development of ailerons. Another innovation was "three-axis" control - roll, pitch and yaw.

@LuFins-Dad said in Nissan on the ropes: I’d try a transmission that isn’t crap. Honda makes the best CVT on the market.

I drive in both of the worst two states pretty much every day. I wish I could say I disagreed with findings, although to be fair Rhode Island isn’t that bad once you get away from Providence, which if anything is worse than Boston

It could save money because there is price competition in these markets. But now it’s on fake prices.

Whoever posted it, it still speaks to the tyranny of the minority that has been fed over the last 3 decades.

Holy shit.

https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1869488223799701649?s=46

Always good to see new posters. I think it is @Doctor-Phibes who always greets them with, "So, tell us a bit about yourself."