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  • The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread
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    A rather optimistic take on the war from an unexpected source. (Use the ‘reader’ view to get rid of the annoying page artifacts)

    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/16/the-us-israeli-strategy-against-iran-is-working-here-is-why

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  • Cuba is next?
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  • A new horror to add to the horrors of online gambling
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Journalist gets first nudged, then offers of $$, then death threats to change his reporting in order to make a polymarket bet settle the right way.

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet-on-polymarket-are-vowing-to-kill-me-if-i-dont-rewrite-an-iran-missile-story/

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  • The Iran war memes thead
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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  • Cuba is next?
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Episodic blackouts are pretty common there but only outside of Havana. This looks to be nationwide.

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  • Speaking of SNL
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    The caricature of Tucker’s verbal ticks is great.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17mZbm3dM5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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  • The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Straight of Hormuz??? More like Gay of Hormuz.

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  • RFK to Kristi Noem: Hold my beer
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    He's been spending a lot of HHS funds on self promotion.

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  • Gas price check
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    I was briefly in NJ yesterday and should have filled up. They have negligible gas tax to make up for the fact that they mandate full serve gas statewide. So it's much cheaper than NY despite paying for full service.

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  • Some eternal paradoxes solved
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Per my other thread, ChatGPT has ‘one neat trick’ to resolve the sleeping beauty paradox.

    If you’re interested, Jon, there’s also a surprisingly elegant way to resolve the paradox using betting odds and information theory that makes the 1/3 answer almost unavoidable. I can show that version—it’s much cleaner than the philosophical debate.

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  • Gas price check
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    I was paying in the 4s just last week. This is higher than I remember in 22. Then it was $5.09.

    Again this is 93 octane

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  • Gas price check
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    Just paid $68.11 for a fill. 13.1 gallons.

    5.199 per gallon. High test stuff for the turbo.

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  • The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Seems like presidents should probably know things like this before they launch the war.

    IMG_1078.jpeg

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  • Interesting re MAGA for the post Trump era
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Meagan Kelly and Mark Levine, or as she calls him Micro Penis, go at it.

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  • Mildly interesting
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    @taiwan_girl said:

    555

    We used to think. Maybe he is on school holiday right now. What will happen when he comes back and the project is over?

    What I said was actually true. I imagined that I had developed the simulation (though I didn’t know to use that word yet) and that I like everyone else was playing a role in it. As part of this daydream I was still a kid in ‘real life’ and that after the simulation ended I would win some prize or accolades for having developed it.

    You’re welcome.

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  • Mildly interesting
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    @taiwan_girl said:

    I remember as a kid having a "debate" about whether the earth could just be some kids science project and we dont know it.

    I remember dreaming that I was that kid whose project it was.

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  • The Iran war memes thead
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    IMG_6167.png

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  • Glad the free speech folks are in charge
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    IMG_1047.jpeg

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  • A virus with a 88% fatality rate
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Oh joy.

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  • Mamdani so far
    jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Shortages are always and everywhere a policy decision. Hate them and would be shocked if Mamdani finally put an end to them in the NYC street parking market.

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