@jon-nyc to quote FDR, “He may be a bastard, but he's our bastard“

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Cool. Say hi to RFK for me.

By definition, mediocrities are not horrible. They are mediocre.

Should have let his kids inherit it so they could sell it.

Good news. I'll read the opinions for giggles. Or maybe feed them to an AI for a summary.

So here’s the kicker. The 35K engine has a timing belt, but they are recommending that we go ahead and replace it now, and it will allow them to go in and double check the new engine for leaks and such, plus it’s $1K cheaper to do it now while the engine is out rather than waiting two years to replace it. I’m of 2 minds… The assurance of a new belt and the engine being checked is appealing, but I also dislike giving up the two years left on that belt AND the engine is still warranted… Thoughts?

Thanks again! The knee is progressing nicely. Still swollen and shrinking slower than I thought it would. I have full range of motion and even broke/shattered the record of the PT facility for bend and hypertension angles.

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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting: It’s more weird that in 1500 there were zero potatoes in Europe and now we think of it as ‘traditional’ food in Germany, Eastern Europe, Ireland, etc. Take that even further. Even through the starvation during 30 Years War, Germans wouldn’t touch the things. They used them to feed livestock but wouldn’t eat them themselves.

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lol

Just a joke. No pizzas were harmed in the making of this thread.

Well darn, I should've listened to myself. Both were over 3,000% up since late 2024! Now down to just 2,000% up, wow. Nice job! The closest I could find to my reference of quantum is here btw... the timing lines up but I was not smart enough to think about stocks. https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/305940

Hahaha Ben Shaprio did exactly that when he covered this blooper by AOC.

Yeah and we're still in the infancy years of it. Admittedly I was stubborn and refused to embrace AI for a year or two, but not only have I started to integrate it into my work (mostly summarizing content, identifying the best big data queries to use) but now I have a post-it note on my desk to get into Claude. It seems it's easy to create a digital robot to perform so many tasks now. I hope to retire in 10-12 years and hope I can dodge the AI hammer until then.

US Trade Deficit Hits Record High Despite Tariffs US goods imports continued to outpace its exports last year, sending the country's trade deficit to a new high despite sweeping tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump. The gap between the value of goods imported into the US and American products sold to other countries widened by 2.1% compared to 2024, hitting roughly $1.2 trillion (£890bn), official figures show. The rise emerged despite a sharp drop in trade with China, one of the earliest targets of the tariffs. The gap runs counter to one of the White House's key aims which is to reduce the deficit, arguing that US reliance on overseas goods has hollowed out the country's production abilities and put national security at risk.

Corny. So corny. Think Broadway meets Hee Haw.

Wonder if he uses the joke or a variety of it Link to video