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Vegas64

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  1. In-n-Out vs Whataburger in the finals for me. Which checks out to the cultural argument, I guess.
  2. you are responsible for literally my two favorite posts on surly ever, the last two days. Thanks for bringing some joy to this old dog's heart.
  3. I mean, you want the “true believer who won’t do politics and put up with the BS”. Actually, if you are talking about democracy / representative democracy and the ideal purpose and application, “crazy” might actually be what you want if it’s the will of the people to vote and elect “crazy”, so long as the “crazy” is always and was always transparent and authentic. Remaining “crazy” might actually be the most honest outcome in the sense of what Bozo was saying.
  4. @sidis can we get a musical breakdown (similar to your exegesis on the mo bamba thread) on how Mr. bright side became a stadium staple at sports events?
  5. Which really if you think about it is what you want in a representative. Good bad or indifferent, there is an integrity and honesty in having a POV and being ride or die with it and not weaseling and opportunistically dancing as the drums switch beats.
  6. It does feel like the bubble is bubbling in this report.
  7. It feels like Israel is finally backed into it and it would be a precarious situation for them to go against their own, and their allies and the west who are urging them behind the scenes, to go ain’t their own word and plan. And Trump sees this as his moment and he’s not going to happy and keep pressure on.
  8. I think that's the fallacy. Visiting and vacationing and even a longer term sabbatical, you can romanticize the life. But having to live with standardized medicine (especially if you have a chronic or serious disease or illness) and the day to day isn't for the faint of heart (for most Americans). And I agree, I have an American bias to what you called out. I'm an unabahsed capitalist, I guess, from years of indonctrination and the guise of value creation that has allowed me to build a little bit of wealth. So I think of Europe as inferior in a lot of ways:
  9. I wonder if these are retail apes (dumb) or sharps (smart): A perspective of shut downs:
  10. The guy (Elmo) keeps winning somehow: How much is a $20bn raise and $2bn directly from Jensen going to pad his net worth? Sheesh.
  11. From what I've read, Trump and others have supported the rebuilding of Gaza. In other news, here are some more details: Leaders across the world are pouring in praising Trump for the ceasefire and first phase of peace. That's interesting and forming a narrative above and beyond the MAGAT echo chamber. Also I've read that Hamas seems pleased which likely means they won't be fully disarmed/disbanded once the full details emerge. Lastly, it appears that Israel bombing Qatar during those negotiations ticked off everyone, even Trump, and backfired on Israel. I know we talked a lot about it at the time, but it was probably the biggest strategic blunder Israel had and they flew too close to the sun and ended up isolating everyone and losing Trump. Good for peace; bad for Israel's attempts at total domination.
  12. We need to get a head of lettuce and make it viral like the Brits did. It's been like 8 days already and feels like it's not even close to being over.
  13. Trump is getting his Nobel Peace Prize isn't he? https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-israel-hamas-trump-peace-plan-rcna236552
  14. [closing the Austin ISD consolidation thread]....uh, Austin ISD. Maybe call these guys and get some best practices?
  15. The real hard hitting legislation that the people are asking for! Kidding, it's actually a good law I think. Also, wins like this are no-regrets-- nobody has a problem or can reasonably take issue with this. It's as bipartisan as it gets and is one micrometer closer to bringing America back together.
  16. Think of a 20 year timeline, not a 2 year timeline IMO. There will be a bust and people will fail, but the gains from the bubble will be what fuels the AI industrial revolution (the most important and long lasting being the power generation build out). I agree that a lot of people and companies are going to go bankrupt, but some will survive, and many who will thrive aren't even incorporated today. That's my thesis at least, which suggests AI is more akin to electricity and the internet than other bubbles.
  17. I'm with you. and LOL at Europe. Europe is having it's own governing meltdowns (Germany, Italy, France, and even EU proper with Ursula all facing some sort of government issues and crisis) and their economy, even having like 1.5 or even 2x the population of the U.S, does a poor job of building and growing businesses and creating value and wealth comparitively. So yea we suck and are not living up to our own hype but let's not romanticize Europe as some north star to aspire to.
  18. I mean, zero argument from me that we dont' have the sustainabile business models yet to support the investments and we are likely in a bubble-- but a productive bubble as not all bubbles are created equally. I think there is zero doubt that there will be a route to effective monetization at some point, but yea, for now my sora 2 video I created of a tupac coming out of the WWE tunnel to Hail Mary is probably a waste of everyone's time except my four friends who thought it was funny.
  19. To be fair, the rapture is stupid and not biblical.
  20. Didn’t know this site was full of AI doomers. Ewwww
  21. I had the odd thought… In some ways you can argue once things have been attempted to be equalized and brought together in equity, there are no pressure valves (historically there have been abused and taken advantage groups that allow for the pressure release) and the whole engine was always destined to blow without a way to manage the full scale tension of everything being equal. It’s a flaw in the design of the machine more than anything. Our society literally wasn’t built for equality and equity and inclusion and fairness (white male landowners out front shoulda told you). We actually probably need a new model and to redesign the hardware from first principles rather than keep trying to configure and customize the system we have that isn’t built for the purpose we are trying to bend it towards.
  22. Thought this was about the lovable rascal from Queensbridge.
  23. Apparently this guy has lost 5 PM’s recently and his job is now almost toast. Anyone following this? Snap elections can have negative unintended consequence I guess is the lesson here?
  24. Sora app! Bitcoin! AI!
  25. Your post was like 40hz to the nards. Great stuff.
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