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  1. Wordle 643 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 424 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I stared at bottom right far too long before I saw it. Blossom Puzzle, March 24 Letters: A C E T O R V My score: 272 points My longest word: 9 letters 🌸 🌻 🌺 💮 💐 🌼 🌹 🌷 🏵 I feel like I got a bit impatient with Blossom this morning and rushed it a bit.
  2. Forum friend on another forum scored 382... And she has a neurological condition. Sometimes life just really humbles you, you know?
  3. Good evening sir. I see that you are interested in your own private money. I can assure you that this is a very popular subject! Allow me to introduce you to BolivarBucks, backed by the full faith and credit of me, yours truly, SimonBolivar. Would you like to hear a full presentation on the wonderful benefits of owning BolivarBucks?
  4. The problem is that smart people like yourself are not always going to be able to maintain policy within rational boundaries. People are dumb and they will overwhelm the system eventually. Our system allows for soft/rational boundaries but when they get abused, we set upon a path to find out what the hard boundaries are. Of course, when we get there, everything explodes/implodes. System design is fun. Faith in dumb people to do smart things is dumb.
  5. The Fed was created to give govco unrestrained spending flexibility. It's working as designed. It's a feature, not a bug. At least, that's what folks tell me when I posit that our monetary system is insane and will always Chaos Theory itself to this outcome because people are dumb.
  6. The API integration that I'm using is using the gpt-3.5 model which does not allow customizations. They have other models and I seem to recall seeing that you could pay for access to models that you can seed yourself, but I can't recall what page I saw that on. Some context here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/models
  7. Wordle 642 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thanks Wordle. Thanks a lot. Daily Quordle 423 5️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 23 Letters: E G H T O S U My score: 348 points My longest word: 11 letters 🏵 🌷 💮 🌸 🌺 🌻 💐 🌹 🌼 🏵 🌷
  8. Also, Kraken announced suspension of ACH processing for US customers. Choke Point 2.0 continues
  9. * bump * I added a ChatGPT integration to a site I own and have been playing around with it this morning. The quality of the output is definitely a function of the quality of the question, but it can put out some insightful responses.
  10. I predict 25bp and future guidance that another 25 bp hike next go 'round is likely pending data
  11. ^ I had 3 pengrams and 11 words that were 7+ characters
  12. Blossom Puzzle, March 22 Letters: A E N V R S T My score: 276 points My longest word: 10 letters 💮 🌺 🌹 💐 🌸 🌻 🌷 🌼 🏵 💮 Play Blossom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game I didn't notice how the scoring worked with the bonus/gold letter until I'd already played a few words.
  13. Wordle 641 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The clues from my guesses didn't help much. Daily Quordle 422 7️⃣8️⃣ 5️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Top row was tricky for me. I knew top left was one of two words, so I tried a wild guess on top right to use one of the two possible letters. My guess failed, but gave me the info I needed to complete the puzzle.
  14. Fraud should be defined by statute and policed accordingly. Entire industries should not be nuked because of the actions of a few bad actors or because POTUS wants to persecute them. Fret not. I'm sure some asshat Republican will win the White House in the future and enjoy this new power the Dems have built and target industries on their shit list (dispensaries, abortion clinics, etc.). I'll still be bitching about it then if I'm still around.
  15. Why didn't someone create a new thread for TOC 4? Can we change the thread title? Chefs last episode were multitasking like crazy. Working 8 things at once (or so it seemed). The judges were really critical. While I can respect bringing in accomplished chefs to judge, if they have never tried their hand at competition cooking, I don't think they really have the proper perspective/framework to appreciate how much the clock limits chefs from concept to execution to plating.
  16. Anyone here using this? https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-crazy-retirement-portfolio-has-just-beaten-wall-street-for-50-years-11672945313 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-idiot-proof-portfolio-has-beaten-traditional-stocks-and-bonds-over-50-years-11652463679
  17. The Eye of Sauron isn't a Republican or Dem issue. That's just the lens you choose to see it with Wildcat09. The architecture of financial armageddon might one day target an industry (or many for that matter) that you care about. The financial system should not be a tool for the Executive Branch to effect political persecution. I guess folks won't care about this until CBDCs have replaced the existing system and the debanking folks or the threat of it to coerce behavior becomes trivial.
  18. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/21/banking-crisis-young-yet-brace-long-hot-summer-financial-accidents/
  19. Not sure why the Credit Suisse story isn't being discussed here, but... https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/credit-suisse-tells-staff-plans-investment-banking-be-informed-later-memo-2023-03-20/ I mean, it's like they want to spark a bank run.
  20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point Operation Choke Point is a weapon used by the Executive Branch to debank any industry they don't like. It's antithetical to the American ethos. And it's going to get much, much worse when we move into the new world order of CBDCs (central bank digital currencies). The wiki page above talks about Operation Choke Point in the past tense as if it's a done deal, but Federal regulators are working hard right now to debank crypto markets in the USA. The Eye of Sauron lives on. https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-03-10/Senators-say-regulators-are-de-banking-the-crypto-sector-in-America.html Letter: https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hagerty-Chokepoint-Letter-FINAL.pdf https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-03-15/Rep-Emmer-accuses-the-U-S-government-of-colluding-to-cut-off-crypto-from-the-banking-industry.html https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23021.html FDIC has split off and debanked Signature's crypto clients. Operation Choke Point is in full effect. Even the WSJ has noticed... https://www.wsj.com/articles/signature-bank-new-york-community-bancorp-flagstar-bank-crypto-barney-frank-fdic-9b825e2e?st=7evtxstxygcgs0w
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