What I hope is that fewer people, not more, lose money in a Ponzi.

And it’s just a straight up fact that the US economy has been doing better than any peer country economically. Everyone suffered...

What’s the inflation adjusted come of the typical Subway customer?

Asking for a friend.

And Bitcoin will only defund the bad parts of government, or the whole thing?

And buying bitcoin solves the issue I guess?

“Since the start of 2023, the price of food has increased 1.2%. Average earnings have gone up 4.3%.Inflation in groceries has been close to zero for over a year and has been negative for the past two...

My apologies, I hadn’t realized the ‘B’ in BDS stood for Bitcoin.

But it hasn’t actually ‘crushed’ the whole time, right?

Wasn’t happy that my new road bike didn’t come with tubeless valves. Just went to install the ones I bought and found out that the bike came with Aerothan tubes, so at least I have some light spares...

If you’re really need a ‘store of value’ that’s inflation protected, how about just buying some TIPS?

Inflation doesn’t seem out of control, even if it hasn’t gotten back to the 2% target yet?

https://jabberwocking.com/inflation-slows-in-march/

And recall that wages are outpacing inflation. And...

“Go back 10 years and ask people whether they’d rather hold dollars or buy the winning lottery ticket numbers I happen to have”

GTFO.

The nuance is in the use of the word ‘net’.

I’m sure everything is on the up-and-up, and this is just a coincidence:

https://x.com/ben_mckenzie/status/1781284107885891591?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg

‘Building’ isn’t always a net good. We’re getting really good at building synthetic opioids, and it fucking sucks.

This value of this ‘store of value’ seems to pretty unstable, as per usual.

Dropped below 60. Hope this train keeps rolling downhill.

Report that Israel targeted the drone facility from which Iran launched their attack.

https://x.com/ywnreporter/status/1781152751642087747?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg

My issue with the Aggressor was that the cornering knobs undercut really quickly, and they’re somewhat small to start with, so cornering traction became an issue with relatively low miles.

(This...

I have the 2.4 (older ones were 2.35). Just measured it at 60.5mm for the casing, 60mm at the tread.

Haven’t ridden yet this year, so not fully pumped up, though it does still feel fairly firm.

I’m currently running a Vittoria Martello as a faster rolling rear and am happy with it.

I did move to the enduro casing instead of trail for the extra protection - cut the trail casing that came...

Owner finding out he paid $100k for a mark of shame:

“I don’t know if others have similar experience, but as I drive around in CT, most reactions are good/fun, but I’ve had several teenagers flip...

Make that 68%+

Lost the ability to embed video again, so you’ll have to click the link:

https://youtu.be/uhG-vLZrb-g?si=37venZQg4oZ7ICMm

Unsurprisingly, the IDF was not actively working to prevent settler violence. That shit needs to change.

https://x.com/meirja/status/1779596115794362797?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg

Learned that one the expensive way.

That Syndicate method is what I’ve been doing for a few years now and I haven’t felt the need to change.

“Iran mission to the UN says after its attack against Israel tonight: “The matter can be deemed concluded.”

https://x.com/amichaistein1/status/1779276355995086977?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg
...

My understanding is that it doesn’t fall within the category of ‘car porn’:

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a43878817/2023-vinfast-vf8-by-the-numbers/

Would be nice to be able to post pics.

From Elon’s burner account that was outed during deposition:

https://bsky.app/profile/jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social/post/3kpsbugs7n32h

He’s so fucking...

Harmonized core inflation (the measure that European central banks use, due to issues with measuring ‘owners equivalent rent’ used in regular core CPI) is at 1.9% year-over-year.

Wow. That’s some genius level analysis there.

“Housing inflation - as modeled by CPI - is still near cycle highs. That's because OER has a 6 month (or longer) lag.

When we look at new rental lease prices, we see that inflation has already...

Hey, don’t know what day we’re on now, but did you ever get a chance to look into why the Fed targets core inflation?

I think he was referring to grease on the shaft of the thru axle, not the threads?

That’s what my Norco specs.

Time for another argument about the hidden costs of credit card swipe fees! :fmicon:

It’s happening….

Returned Ultimate w/ Dura-Ace showed up in clearance in XL for $6100.

Maybe a minor point, but he wrote it as ‘8/8’, not August 8th, so less of a stretch to claim an 88 reference.

There’s zero chance he’s never seen the 88 reference come across his Twitter feed.

I have the same R87 comps. They’re much stiffer, and longer radius than enforcer free (at least the 186). They take way more effort to get them to bend into a turn - higher edge angle, more speed,...

Maybe he’s seen some of those exploding Russian tank videos and thought “I need in on that action”?

NYC shop had shirts up for sale within 10 minutes of the quake:

https://x.com/jangelooff/status/1776360405763264671?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg

That’s half an hour before the city sent out...

Current R9 compared to current Camox: lighter, stiffer, shorter effective edge, shorter running length, slightly shorter overall length.

None of that screams ‘more damp and composed’ to me.
...

“Will take awhile before everyone understands, but this is Tesla quitting, basically, whether Elon knows it or not.

April 5 (Reuters) - Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that...

We had all Koehler in our old place without issue. New place is mostly Koehler, but the kids bath has Moen. Feels like junk compared to the Koehler and I don’t think there was a significant price...

I’d guess it has something to do with the fired CEO claiming that he wasn’t fired.

Was excited to see that quoting posts was working again, and the toolbar is back!

But went to attach a picture and can only provide a URL, not upload a picture? That’s annoying.

Benny Gantz called for early elections in Israel today. Good.

“I spoke to an Israeli reserve officer, who was in the same unit as those soldiers who shot those hostages. I remember him telling me that the orders are basically, from the commanders on the ground,...

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-sources-gaza-aid-workers-killed-because-officers-on-the-ground-do-what-they-want/0000018e-a06e-d9c2-afbe-a8fe319b0000

“Okay, so, what you have here is technically known as "a warlord situation", not an army”https://bsky.app/profile/swolecialism.bsky.social/post/3kpa4bsv4ds25

An international law expert at the US state department said they had “never remotely heard of a one to 15 ratio being deemed acceptable, especially for lower-level combatants. There’s a lot of...

I had never seen 10 pin bowling in person until I moved to the States.

There was a bar back home that had a lane with those string pins but never seen them in a proper bowling alley before (not that I’ve been to a huge number of bowling alleys).