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  1. If you're not from a town small enough that getting married "in suburban Seguin" wasn't aspirational, then dammit you're not from a small town.
  2. Amazon has everyone by the short hairs and they absolutely don't give a fuck. A couple months ago I posted a 1 star review for a shitty, defective product from a 3rd party seller that shipped directly from amazon. For some reason amazon gave the seller my contact information (even though they say they don't and it's against their policy to do so) and the seller has been emailing me nonstop with offers of an amazon gift card if I'll delete the review. It's a $13 product and they've offered $40 for me to delete the review. Thus far I've ignored them. I emailed customer support at amazon a month ago alerting them to the problem and the seller's extracurricular activities, and amazon apparently doesn't give a flying fuck. Searching for a product on amazon is so fucking painful. Results are filled with grifters and shady sellers. Even making a search ultra specific doesn't help. If anything it just makes the search more painful. Here's a search for a wifi extender I just ran and sorted by average customer review. Somehow each and every product has the equivalent: 2,813 5 star reviews. If you've read the elon musk thread you've seen me link this recent article by Cory Doctorow, about the 'enshittification of the internet'. Amazon is example #1. I have walmart+ for free through a credit card, but their website sucks even worse than amazon's, and they don't have anywhere near the inventory or delivery capability - unless it's something in-stock at a nearby store. I've gotta cancel fucking amazon though. I hate 'em. Can't do that until I get my wife to ditch her kindle e-reader though.
  3. The Boring Company Original promise - 2016. A "hyperloop" within large cities with multiple "off ramps" or "tributaries", enabling new rapid transportation at low cost, with the ability to entice millions onto public transport because it would be much more efficient and convenient. It would allow anyone to drive their own electric vehicle to the tunnel, turn off the engine, and let the tunnel do the work of moving the vehicle. Boring Co. had designed a new a new tunnel borer which would be able to bore wide tunnels at faster speeds than all of their competition. Amended promise - a tunnel with extra smooth concrete to enable high speed travel by electric vehicles beneath cities. They bought a borer from a competitor. Reality - a poorly designed 1.3 mile long, very narrow, single-lane tunnel between the convention center and a hotel in Las Vegas designed for chauffeured Tesla vehicles only. The trip takes 4 minutes if there's no tunnel traffic, apparently 20 minutes during times of peak demand. That compares to a 5 minute drive on surface streets and a 19 minute walk on area surface streets that are highly unfriendly to pedestrians. The tunnel and chauffeurs work only on days when there's a scheduled convention.
  4. SIAP Happened across this in New York Magazine and saw the thread title, so thought I'd post. A diabetes drug has become an off-label appetite suppressant, changing the definition of being thin and what it takes to get there.
  5. Are you familiar with the story about the guy who went to the police to tell them he Definitely Did Not intentionally download child porn? Or was that some other dude?
  6. Chatgpt wants to tell you about the storied history of running backs at tamu. Who was the best ever running back at Texas A&M University and why? As an AI language model, I cannot provide an opinion as to who the best ever running back at Texas A&M University is, as opinions are subjective ...However... One of the most notable running backs in Texas A&M University history is Darren Lewis, who played for the Aggies from 1987 to 1990. During his career, Lewis rushed for 5,012 yards and 44 touchdowns, both of which are school records. He was also a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection and a two-time All-American. Another notable running back for the Aggies is Johnny Manziel... Which running back who played college football at Texas A&M went on to have the most successful NFL career, measured in terms of yards gained? The Texas A&M University running back who went on to have the most successful NFL career, measured in terms of yards gained, is John David Crow. Crow played for Texas A&M from 1955 to 1957 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1957 as a senior. He was then selected second overall in the 1958 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals. In his NFL career, Crow played for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers from 1958 to 1968. He rushed for a total of 4,963 yards and 38 touchdowns in his career, and he was a four-time Pro Bowl selection. Crow also won the NFL's Most Valuable Player award in 1960, which was the first time the award was given to a player from a losing team. Other notable Texas A&M running backs who had successful NFL careers include Curtis Dickey, who rushed for 4,451 yards and 28 touchdowns from 1980 to 1985, and Johnny Hector, who rushed for 4,033 yards and 27 touchdowns from 1983 to 1992.
  7. When I first encountered it, I thought that account was probably a parody/subtle troll. Sadly I was wrong.
  8. The clip above with Anna Karenina Musk talking about AI. Dude had no energy and his brain is mush - assuming he ever had one. "I have a lot of concerns about AI. It's very dangerous. We need government regulation of AI. On the other hand Tesla's AI is really excellent."
  9. The attorney who's lined up 2,000 plus ex-twitter employees for arbitration TBT the term "stack" because I came across possibly the dumbest, most bro use of the term ever
  10. fwiw podcast that just ran on 2/8 "All the Hacks" by Chris Hutchins had a travel writer on who lived in Japan for years. They talked for almost 2 hours. Mainly discussed Tokyo and Kyoto but some other areas, as well. Super informative. Website linked above has an outline of the discussion.
  11. It was the most basic stuff that was totally wrong on its face, too. They made zero effort in obfuscation, let alone coming up with a plausible way to make it appear possibly legit. They went straight to, a) make it tax deductible, b) make it accrue loyalty points (and other benefits from the University's 12th Man Foundation), and put it all in black and white so even the dumbest of aggy could understand the enticement.
  12. "I don't know what kind of place this is but I thought there was some kind of aggy loyalty around here." goes on to talk about how weird they are
  13. Are you able to give more detail? Source wasn't supposed to give it but was identifiable? The fine print may have negated some of the meaning?
  14. I wonder for much longer espn has their existing obligations to the cable/sat providers. They're really trying to walk a tightrope with making their product the most attractive it can be on cable, but also having content for espn+. With the speed at which the RSN model is disintegrating, along with paid subscribers to cable and satellite, I wonder if the exiting contracts might see something shake loose along with negotiations over a 9th SEC conference game, or whether they're too locked in for the short-term for anything signficant to change (like a hulu tie-in, or better SEC content to espn+ only).
  15. edit tldr - aggy is claiming tax benefits that don't seem legal, and giving benefits that belong to a public university in exchange for gifts to a supposedly "non-associated" entity Do I understand correctly - The 12th Man is the aggy official sports "organization" The 12th Man Foundation runs donor activities around athletics and sells the tickets, and is part of tamu. The 12th Man+ fund is not part of the 12th Man Foundation, per aggy, and is set up to collect charitable donations from donors for NIL activities for atm athaleets. In return for donations to the 12th Man+ Fund donors will receive "priority points" from the 12th Man Foundation, which enable you to receive benefit for your donation in the form of donor priority and the distribution of benefits to donors. So why is the 12th Man+ website run through the 12th Man Foundation website? https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/12th-man-plus/ How can donations to 12th Man+ fund be considered a charitable donation when there are benefits to the donor that would be illegal to claim if given directly to the 12th Man Foundation in return for donor benefits? Why is the 12th Man+ Fund, supposedly a private endeavor, able to use what must be trademarked material (12th Man name and logo), in addition to a website belonging to a public university? This con they're running doesn't even pass the sniff test. On the other hand, assuming the ncaa doesn't let their nonsense slide, it will eventually give them something to cry about and add to their collection of things that have turned them into the biggest victims the world has ever known.
  16. I guess since Anna Karenina Holmes Musk endorsed the "it's okay to be white" racist troll it's okay to post this here. The matter had previously bypassed my attention. Not surprised to find out it's a 4 chan thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white
  17. Were you scouting it out as a possible retirement or remote work destination?
  18. This and also shroomery.org, which someone on surly recommended. I tried one grow but fucked it up because let's just say I'm not a stickler for details. I haven't tried a second because I discovered how far $100 goes, at least here in CO, just for the raw product and microdoses.
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