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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
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Owner finding out he paid $100k for a mark of...
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... -
Yesterday, 11:33 AM
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Make that 68%+
Make that 68%+
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Yesterday, 10:08 AM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Lost the ability to embed video again, so you’ll...
Lost the ability to embed video again, so you’ll have to click the link:
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04-14-2024, 09:10 PM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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Unsurprisingly, the IDF was not actively working...
Unsurprisingly, the IDF was not actively working to prevent settler violence. That shit needs to change.
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04-14-2024, 09:00 PM
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Learned that one the expensive way. That...
Learned that one the expensive way.
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04-13-2024, 10:04 PM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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“Iran mission to the UN says after its attack...
“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
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04-10-2024, 02:38 PM
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My understanding is that it doesn’t fall within...
My understanding is that it doesn’t fall within the category of ‘car porn’:
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04-10-2024, 01:40 PM
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Would be nice to be able to post pics. From...
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
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04-10-2024, 10:45 AM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Harmonized core inflation (the measure that...
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.
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04-10-2024, 10:32 AM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Wow. That’s some genius level analysis there.
Wow. That’s some genius level analysis there.
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04-10-2024, 09:43 AM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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“Housing inflation - as modeled by CPI - is still...
“Housing inflation - as modeled by CPI - is still near cycle highs. That's because OER has a 6 month (or longer) lag.
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04-10-2024, 09:39 AM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Hey, don’t know what day we’re on now, but did...
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?
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04-10-2024, 09:15 AM
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I think he was referring to grease on the shaft...
I think he was referring to grease on the shaft of the thru axle, not the threads?
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04-09-2024, 11:27 AM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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Time for another argument about the hidden costs...
Time for another argument about the hidden costs of credit card swipe fees! :fmicon:
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04-08-2024, 01:10 PM
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It’s happening…. Returned Ultimate w/ Dura-Ace...
It’s happening….
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04-08-2024, 12:53 PM
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Maybe a minor point, but he wrote it as ‘8/8’,...
Maybe a minor point, but he wrote it as ‘8/8’, not August 8th, so less of a stretch to claim an 88 reference.
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04-07-2024, 04:06 PM
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I have the same R87 comps. They’re much stiffer,...
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,...
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04-05-2024, 04:24 PM
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Maybe he’s seen some of those exploding Russian...
Maybe he’s seen some of those exploding Russian tank videos and thought “I need in on that action”?
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04-05-2024, 03:38 PM
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NYC shop had shirts up for sale within 10 minutes...
NYC shop had shirts up for sale within 10 minutes of the quake:
https://x.com/jangelooff/status/1776360405763264671?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg
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04-05-2024, 02:35 PM
Thread: What's Blizzard up to?
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Current R9 compared to current Camox: lighter,...
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.
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04-05-2024, 12:16 PM
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“Will take awhile before everyone understands,...
“Will take awhile before everyone understands, but this is Tesla quitting, basically, whether Elon knows it or not.
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04-04-2024, 04:28 PM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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We had all Koehler in our old place without...
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...
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04-04-2024, 12:02 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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I’d guess it has something to do with the fired...
I’d guess it has something to do with the fired CEO claiming that he wasn’t fired.
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04-04-2024, 10:28 AM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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Was excited to see that quoting posts was working...
Was excited to see that quoting posts was working again, and the toolbar is back!
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04-03-2024, 12:11 PM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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Benny Gantz called for early elections in Israel...
Benny Gantz called for early elections in Israel today. Good.
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04-03-2024, 12:08 PM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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“I spoke to an Israeli reserve officer, who was...
“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,...
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04-03-2024, 12:05 PM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-...
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
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04-03-2024, 12:03 PM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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“Okay, so, what you have here is technically...
“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
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04-03-2024, 10:38 AM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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An international law expert at the US state...
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...
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04-03-2024, 09:52 AM
Thread: Things That Amuse You
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I had never seen 10 pin bowling in person until I...
I had never seen 10 pin bowling in person until I moved to the States.
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04-02-2024, 09:59 PM
Thread: Things That Amuse You
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There was a bar back home that had a lane with...
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).
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04-02-2024, 11:42 AM
Thread: Police Behaving Badly
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https://bsky.app/profile/nobodyinteresting.bsky.so...
https://bsky.app/profile/nobodyinteresting.bsky.social/post/3kp43zqo2sk2v
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04-02-2024, 11:20 AM
Thread: Police Behaving Badly
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?Father kills mother, kidnaps daughter. Police...
?Father kills mother, kidnaps daughter. Police chase father. His car is stopped. The daughter crawls towards police on the order of a police officer. Deputies start shooting at her and don't stop...
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03-28-2024, 09:35 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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When my new-to-me bike arrived like that I asked...
When my new-to-me bike arrived like that I asked the same question here. Dee said to get a longer bolt, so I did, and it’s held up fine so far.
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03-28-2024, 09:26 PM
Thread: This week in Canada.
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They are… not good. Maybe the new owner can...
They are… not good.
Maybe the new owner can turn things around, but the ‘rebuild’ has been a fucking failure so far.
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03-28-2024, 08:42 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Oh sure, sure. Whatever you say. 492337 ...
Oh sure, sure. Whatever you say.
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https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/02/03/crypto-collapse-ftx-is-liquidating-and-getting-an-examiner-tethers-q4-attestation-more-etfs-coming/
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03-28-2024, 03:43 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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What’s you guess as to where all the new Tether...
What’s you guess as to where all the new Tether being minted - very likely without full backing - is going? Not into Bitcoin?
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03-28-2024, 03:11 PM
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There was a podcast where Ligety said he was...
There was a podcast where Ligety said he was bending tip rocker into his 35m GS skis to make them turnier. (Like putting a permanent bend into them himself after he received them from the factory.)
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03-28-2024, 02:42 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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03-28-2024, 12:43 PM
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Free speech absolutism means the freedom to...
Free speech absolutism means the freedom to frivolously sue people to keep them from speaking freely:
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03-27-2024, 03:34 PM
Thread: Car search advices
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I said earlier that I’d only get a body-on-frame...
I said earlier that I’d only get a body-on-frame SUV if I really needed it. I think towing over 50 miles of washboard probably warrants it.
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03-27-2024, 01:05 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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They build the wheel off-center? JFC.
They build the wheel <0.2mm> off-center?
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03-26-2024, 06:49 PM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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Had a long back and forth here about swipe fees a...
Had a long back and forth here about swipe fees a good while back.
Update, I’m still annoyed:
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03-25-2024, 08:29 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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??? I’m fine, thanks.
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I’m fine, thanks. -
03-25-2024, 07:41 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Sorry, but this is now the bashing on the Mises...
Sorry, but this is now the bashing on the Mises Institute thread.
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03-25-2024, 03:05 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Am I right in seeing that this company has a...
Am I right in seeing that this company has a stock price of less than two cents, and a market cap of less than 5 million?
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03-25-2024, 01:14 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Way to once again argue a point I did not in fact...
Way to once again argue a point I did not in fact make, and assume I don’t know things I do.
Nothing you say here is anything I don’t know. Nothing you say here is a contradiction to what I said.... -
03-24-2024, 09:04 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Government spending is fine: 491753 Taxes...
Government spending is fine:
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Taxes need to be increased to pay for it. Try focusing on real problems.
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03-24-2024, 05:26 PM
Thread: Bitcoin....who's gotten into it?
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Nothing. It means nothing. Even the...
Nothing. It means nothing.
Even the politicians who complain about it don’t actually believe there’s much there.
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03-24-2024, 08:53 AM
Thread: 50 years to the day
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491647 ...
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https://x.com/john_hudson/status/1771901311425884637?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg
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https://x.com/normornstein/status/1771684884353843452?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg
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