I cannot imagine designing such a system without simple trend checking. Unless, of course….

Yeah gambling is destructive. It’s mostly illegal here in Minnesota but I did find an app where you could place parlay bets on sports. I did it for golf and some baseball this past year and deleted the app after losing more times than I would win. Just not fun, but yes addictive!

@jon-nyc said in Where's TG?: She does disappear for longish periods of time then bump 100 threads at 3am Eastern time. Haha spot on! And yes, just yesterday I was wondering where she has been. @taiwan_girl where are youuuuuuu

God bless ‘em. https://x.com/jameslucasit/status/1998762537199059159?s=46

White men are bring held accountable for what other white men do. That's what "reparations" are all about. Walz has always flown under the radar (at least to me--just another random blue governor of some cold state) I guess we can thank Kamala for bring his antics to the fore.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/world/asia/north-korea-soldiers-russia-ukraine.html North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, welcomed home specialized soldiers this week after a deployment in Russia’s war against Ukraine, honoring nine killed in action with his country’s highest medal, state media reported on Saturday. The event was North Korea’s first public acknowledgment that it had sent specialized troops, combat engineers tasked with mine-clearing operations, to aid Russia in the war.

@blondie said in 89th - because of you…: I counted shoes in bins at the front door. I’m under 45 . I ditched 2 pairs of sad slippers, and some boots.

I am really surprised. Also, the phone? https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone

@blondie Really great advice. Wish I could reply to all, but a few ones> 3: Procrastination. Not me, I'll donate something in a snap if I can. My dad is a bit of a hoarder, less with volume but more with dressers (plural) that he keeps in storage because they've been in the family forever. They've also been in musty storage basements for 40 years. 4-5: Dirty little secrets. Ha, I'll ask one day! The little cleanings I do are a thankless job. We'd have 300 happy meal toys all over if it weren't for my heroic efforts when folks are away, LOL. 6-7: Elders. No they aren't the source of the clutter at all. And very good point about not being their avenue to downsize as they minimalize things, too. 10: Booze. Yeah that was becoming a problem. Not in a "can't stop" (I could stop for weeks) way, but more of a way at night to numb out the stress of the normal day plus stuff on top, like clutter. As I slowly get back in shape, I've learned staying disciplined at night and not snacking/drinking is 2-3x better (caloric, even!) than a 30 minute jog!

Here's an idea. Ellison buys Netflix. Ellison makes Netflix change to use Oracle Cloud (from AWS) as its cloud provider. Oracle uses these funds to build a bigger rocket than Bezos' AWS, the two rockets fight in the air. Meanwhile Elon has already deployed 10,000 starlink satellites making him "bro, totally ABOVE the cloud, amirite". And finally, a white man becomes rich.

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US booze for the most part, remained on the shelves here. To my knowledge it has stayed on the shelves and has been collecting dust.

@Mik said in Hay Lufin: I've had relatively good experiences with chiropractors. But none of them have ever wanted to get invasive. There are chiropractors and then there are Chiropractors…

That's a far cry from what chatGPT said. It did acknowledge that in certain contexts it can carry the implication of antisemitism, but that was a corner usage. Perhaps not so corner in certain places in punditry.

Dropped the car off at the Silver Rock approved car place yesterday. They had given me 4 different places to choose from. There were not highly regarded, but one is considered an above average shop, so I took it there. They need to keep the car for a few days but have started the claims process. Carvana approved extending my guaranteed return date by 3 days to match. The guy at the shop said they’ve had decent success with Silver Rock approving the claims overall, and he only recalled one that he felt Silver Rock hadn’t treated the consumer well… So we will see.

Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye and Rekeya Lionesha Lee Frazier Down goes Bamigboye!

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Cool she’s into group play.