And how to get the most out of AI queries/instructions.

Will this never go away? Based on Kirk I had some hope for TPUSA. Now they just look like another reactionary group trying to milk the tragedy of his murder.

I'm not sure when we peaked as a society. Sometimes I think it's July 20, 1969, other times I think maybe it's when Amazon.com used to just sell books. But certainly it was before we learned how to spread hate and misinformation so quickly, so anonymously, and at the same time expect to mentally ingest 24/7/365 negative news from the entire globe. Can we party like it's 1999 again?

@Mik said in The Epstein File: One is Leslie Wexner who I know for a fact is* as gay as they come Wow you know for a fact? GEIGH!

Jan. 2026 jobs report: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Wow those are some big numbers. I started a thread about prediction markets a few days ago. https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39163/prediction-markets They are really taking off, and I think will be very commonplace soon since they democratize (or whatever the word would be) public sentiment. Almost like real-time polls everywhere for everything. I dabbled with a sports betting app last year but found it too addicting so I deleted it. I don't think I net won anything. After listening to a podcast I did download Kalshi and made a few bets (like $100 that Vance will be the nominee) and they do make sports betting much simpler. "Yes or no" about whether something will happen along with the % chance (based on what everyone is picking) to determine how much you win. For example, during the superbowl I had the seahawks in a few small bets that paid out early so at half time the score was I think 9-0 or 12-0 and it asked if I thought the "over" (total points) for the game would be 31.5 so I said yes and made like 4x on that money. So I'm sitting with a nice balance in Kalshi now but don't plan to use it unless there are current events where we (like here in TNCR) like to predict what will happen and I'll do that from time to time. There is a bet that SpaceX will dock two rockets together in space before 2028 which I very much doubt but the markets say it's more likely yes than no, so maybe there's information there I'm not aware of. It is very easy to insider game this thing right now btw... if you're at SpaceX for example and know of specific plans, you could make a lot of money betting on rocket timing predictions.

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I used to cross country in my late 20's. It's pretty tough.

I don't usually use that abbreviation, but regarding the chatgpt transcripts: tl;dr

This is what populism gets us. He's not really a socialist, but a populist.

This is ridiculous. The Ambassador Bridge has been inadequate for decades.

Amazon has trimmed off it's Amazon Express Stores. We had one near our house that opened 2-3 years ago. They spent a fortune to purchase the building and expand. Business was a fraction of the store that it replaced. I'm wondering if Bezos is anticipating a hit to the economy and trimming sails in advance of the apocalypse downturn.

FDA flatly declines to even review Moderna’s new flu vaccine citing vague concerns about the control arm which they previously approved. https://x.com/moderna_tx/status/2021359870474064087?s=46

Equity FTW!

I think congress would fix it. Seniors with reduced checks will become single issue voters pretty fast.

Obviously I didn't read the article, but if I get a better paying job will I be less short of money?

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@Axtremus said in Department of Education: So ... still better than the alternative? Why do you keep setting yourself up like this? Even I roll my eyes when you post this.