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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Customs and Border Protection can search your phone including going thru your social media. If you refuse to unlock it, the worse scenario for a citizen could be some hassle and confiscation of your phone. They can’t deny you entry to the US based on your refusal and they can’t arrest you for that lack of action. If you’re a non-citizen or other categories, they may tell you to return to the country you came from. if I was a non-citizen, I wouldn’t leave the US unless I was prepared to never return.
  2. Just as Trump is purging the govt of disloyal people, why wouldn’t they want to extend their goal to the entire country. Even MAGA leaders realize it’s not easy to identify/purge disloyal folks so the next best action is to make life as bad as possible for them. disband FEMA, and then Trump decides which states he will dole out emergency assistance dollars and how much. How did the state or the impacted counties vote? Reward loyalty and punish others.
  3. Trump and FIFA are made for each other. Not only will FIFA not push back on Trump, I bet Trump finds a way to pull a billion from FIFA. edit: to be clear, a billion for trump, not for the US.
  4. People crave views, likes, follows and potentially money by being the first to post a tragedy.
  5. I’m not worried about what’s on my phone but I would consider taking a burner phone or erasing my phone as I landed in the US. Then restore the backup once I’m out of the airport. I would have to consider any immediate downsides to having apps and data off the phone. of course the trump admin may interpret a wiped phone as suspicious. ”anyone who runs is a VC. Anyone is stands still is a well disciplined VC”
  6. I’m not saying this action is the end of the US. I’m not into hyperbole. But countries can eventually cease to exist when they fail, intentionally or unintentionally, to provide services and safety to their citizens. i realize a counter argument to this is pointing out fema didn’t always exist. 100% true but Americans have now agreed that we pay into the govt to cover services and emergencies. We used to have hurricanes wipe out communities, and I don’t mean a week without power.
  7. And he will go out of his way to support 95% of trumps policies and demands.
  8. If you watch movies or TV series with heavy CGI, is there really a difference?
  9. The interview that I saw the following exchange: Q: Is that a wedding ring? A: Yes, it is. Q: When did that happen? A: A few months ago. He didn't say that he got married. Reminds me when asked if he was vaccinated and he responded that he was fully immunized. Then the reporters interpreted that as yes he was vaccinated when he 100% was not. The guy refuses to answer a direct question, and fails to correct people when they make a logical assumption based on his replies. He acts like a lawyer when eventually called out on it. It wouldn't shock me a bit that he's not married and is giggling at reporters today. He's a child.
  10. Finished season 2 this weekend and followed it immediately with a Rogue One rewatch. Obviously a few points that didn’t entirely match but they could be explained. I do wish they had shown us a few seconds of Kino Loy and Cassian’s sister if only to tie up those loose ends. I can understand not having cassian know their fates but why not the viewer since we learned about them along the way. In rewatching Rogue One, my favorite SW movie, it now pales in comparison to Andor. It’s also strange watching Andor/Rogue One knowing that Andor ends a week or so before Luke blows up the Death Star. They probably hadn’t cleaned out Cassians locker by the time Luke was suiting up on Yavin.
  11. In large enough samples, every possible result occurs. As @Texas Jeff writes I bet that top level coders will recognize AI as a tool to improve their work or efficiency. Lower skilled or lower productivity developers will start recognizing that AI is duplicating their basic work, which puts pressure on them to actually deliver something of value that works. And their sweet $250K job is at risk.
  12. the small govt side wants to limit the ability for individuals to have any say in how their investments are run. Very nice of them. I've assumed that Abbott is willing to do whatever Elon wants because SpaceX and Tesla would be big wins for Abbott's planned Texas Stock Exchange. Remember how poorly the Texas Gold Depository has performed, and how Abbott promised how that would change how people/orgs store their gold, silver, etc. Spoiler alert, from all sources the Texas Bullion Depository has been an unmitigated disaster for the state with less than 10% of expected reserves deposited.
  13. Fair enough. I'm not unhealthy but there is always room for improvement. I also would prefer a doctor to be blunt and more open about what they would do. My PCP comes across more passive (to me) and perhaps he and I are not a good match. As an example, I'm quickly approaching the age where my father died of an unexpected heart attack. On a 2023 checkup, my BP and cholesterol were slightly elevated into a category of time to do something. My doc was more like, eat better and exercise more and I will see you in a year. I raised the point of why not take meds AND follow a healthier lifestyle. And I strongly dislike taking meds but I didn't want to wait. I didn't pressure him but he agreed to prescribe low dosage which has greatly lowered the #s. I've read that some cardiologists and PCPs believe that you should aggressively attack even slightly elevated numbers as why wait for it to become a problem that may have caused unreversible damage. I feel better around this approach.
  14. As I wrote about earlier in this thread, I have slightly elevated BP and cholesterol #s which are controlled via meds. I would describe my PCP as not into uncommon tests or numbers for which he says that there is little to be done. I like him but that aspect bothers me a bit. I have a family history of heart problems so I interested in learning more even if its just understanding the genetic component. This week I signed up, on my own, for more health tests at Labcorp: LP(a), and their Heart Health Test including ApoB. Is there anyone else into testing on their own? My PCP has rightfully indicated that if I'm that concerned about my heart health, then I should follow as healthy of a diet and exercise regime as possible and then not worry about anything. I don't disagree with that advice but I'm also a numbers guy. I also wouldn't describe myself as worrying about my health as I can be fairly unemotional about it.
  15. Ha. Zaslov basically ran the Warner Bros/Discovery merged company into the ground (while paying himself $100s of millions from shareholder value), and now he's effectively spinning off the pieces that are dragging down the company. And keeping the profitable areas for himself to run. Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two public companies by next year I don't hate him for putting so much money in his pocket but rather pointing out how boards fail to protect shareholders against strong CEOs. It's a big flaw in the public company space. Regardless good news for shareholders that a good portion of their holdings will be separated from him.
  16. thanks for posting. I will check out the podcast. Like you hit on, it's easy to point out there's a problem. And its cool to identify and/or vent about a problem. We all do it. But what are possible and realistic solutions. It's like when I hear about a young person vent how it was so easy for boomer and gen x to buy their dream house at age 24 (spoiler, it wasn't easy or possible for most) but the person offers zero solutions to help younger people today with home buying. I agree there's a problem today but I don't know the solution either.
  17. Elon's immediate threat to dismantle the Dragon capsule, potentially stranding Americans in space, proves the point that he shouldn't have control of SpaceX. A reasonable CEO of SpaceX could over time decide that they don't want to be in the business of ferrying NASA astronauts but that would be a long term decision with years of notice. Instead Elon is making that decision between snorting line 3 and 4 of ketamine. given the national security implications of SpaceX & Starlink, the US govt should force him out of SpaceX leadership as well as prevent him from seeing some information. He can still own a large percentage but he shouldn't have day to day control.
  18. Can’t stand elon as much as Trump but truly scary that we have a president having an internet fight with a business person and threatening to ruin that persons business because of their disagreement. It’s just one more demonstration that Trump is a wanna-be autocrat who governs by fear. im hopeful that elon does continue to stand up to trump because of the worlds richest man caves, maybe we’re not far off from 2015 Trump saying that he could get away with murdering someone on 5th avenue.
  19. I would have bet anything that Trump and team never paid a dime, and have ignored any invoice that was received. Like some poor intern has the invoice on her desk and no on in the WH will respond to her request on what to do with it. However if Trump didn't pay for it, I would have thought Elon would have brought this up yesterday, if he knows.
  20. Assuming that he still had some of his Cheers money, he really shouldn't have been in that bad of shape. Then again you don't normally see many men his age at that weight. Maybe his money kept him alive.
  21. A couple of years back I listened to the All-in podcast. 4 Silicon Valley tech bros, each ~50. Very wealthy. To me, they became unbearable as the 2024 election approached because even the "liberal" of the group went full on MAGA, and one of them is now in the Trump admin. They're also very aligned with Musk. I may have to listen in this week but I bet they refuse to discuss other than perhaps saying they hope trump-elon work it out. But maybe they will say something.
  22. No Truths. Is that really a glitch?
  23. I don't have a problem punishing parents when they're criminally negligent. I don't care if they're punishing themselves more than society can. We can do both. I'm talking in generalities. I would need to know more about this tragedy.
  24. my sentiment wasn't that people shouldn't celebrate or acknowledge whatever they want. I'm supportive of they should do what they want, whenever they want. Go for it. However it's turned into you're taking a month, then I'm taking one as well. And so on. And I think that white Americans, especially conservatives are complete snowflakes they get riled up by all of it.
  25. for all intensive purposes, it's a blessing in the skies that a map has many blimps.
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