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  1. If you didn’t have an 8-13 year old boy in your life during the technoblade death, it’s hard to explain.
  2. ‘Minecraft’ Will Double Its Box Office Projections, May Pass Mario https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/04/05/minecraft-will-double-its-box-office-projections-may-pass-mario/
  3. Congrats on the internal move and finding a job-- any port in a storm. But, word to the wise, I'd keep interviewing and looking externally because being a Federal Seller probably ain't gonna be that great for the next few years with DOGE, severe cost cutting, an administration that doesn't value investment, contracts, software or professional services, etc. Read today Deloitte is cutting from their Federal teams. I know most PubSec and Fed sellers I know are sweating it.
  4. SIAP:
  5. Make sure to add actual relevant and quantifiable, actionable contributions you've made that you can tell a story about. And most importantly make sure to include your favorite dead comedian.
  6. I can beat that. My BONUS for 2024 is high 5 figures of RSU's. They are priced from an average of months ago. So I'm immediately 40% underwater on them when I recieved them yesterday and my Bonus was severely NERF'ed in the short term.
  7. You only had like 175k in your 401k? What are you, a child under 30? Just kidding, I hope it will come back quickly for all of us who have lost a ton of money.
  8. I'm not saying you do, but what I've noticed IRL/real life convos, a ton of people either have forgotton or not realized just how elite Kawhi's defense was in his peak too. He was a monster on offense and equally beastly on D. It really was fun to watch (I get that a lot of Spurs fans had a well earned bias and might not feel the same way).
  9. the young ones went on Thursday and are going again tomorrow. I think it will do decent to good numbers and be profitable. Nice palate cleanser from Snow White.
  10. Brother? I was there too. Ski Santa Fe. Meow Wolf. It was a great time...until it wasn't. I know you can infer via the rep you've been getting, but just want to say you've been really funny lately. Keep up the good work.
  11. Frisco ISD track meet stabbing suspect said it was self-defense, police report says: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2025/04/04/frisco-isd-track-meet-stabbing-suspect-said-it-was-self-defense-police-report-says/ Witnesses told police Karmelo Anthony, 17, fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf, 17, after being either grabbed or shoved. The teen suspect in a fatal stabbing at a Frisco ISD track meet told police he stabbed Austin Metcalf after the other teen grabbed him during an altercation, according to an arrest report obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Karmelo remained in Collin County jail Friday in lieu of a $1 million bond, according to jail records. He faces a murder charge. An attorney listed as representing him did not immediately return messages seeking comment Friday morning. Witnesses told police the altercation began when Karmelo sat under Memorial High’s assigned tent. Austin’s twin brother, Hunter, told The News that students were sitting under the tents due to a rain delay at the track meet. Austin told Karmelo he needed to move, the report said. Karmelo reached inside his bag and said to Austin “Touch me and see what happens,” the report said. Austin then touched Karmelo, who then said “Punch me and see what happens.” Austin then grabbed Karmelo to tell him to move, and Karmelo pulled out a knife, stabbed Austin once in the chest and ran away, the witness told police. Another witness told police Austin shoved Karmelo before he was stabbed. After being stabbed, Austin grabbed his chest and told bystanders to call for help, the report says. Athletic trainers reportedly tended to him before first responders arrived. Austin was a junior at Frisco Memorial High School. He was a football player who was voted MVP of his school’s team and named a second-team all-district linebacker. His father told The News that Austin was being recruited to play college football. Karmelo is a student at Frisco Centennial High School, and according to his Instagram account, is also a football player at his school and received college football offers. Whether the incident was captured on camera was unclear Friday. Officer Grant Cottingham, a police spokesperson, declined to say in response to an inquiry from The News, citing the ongoing investigation. According to the Frisco police report, police were called at about 10 a.m. A witness pointed out Karmelo to a school resource officer as the suspect. As the officer approached Karmelo, he told the officer “I was defending myself,” and “he put his hands on me,” according to the report. The officer handcuffed Karmelo, and as another officer approached, the arresting officer said he had the alleged suspect in custody. According to the report, Karmelo said “I’m not alleged, I did it.” As the officer walked Karmelo to his patrol car, the teen reportedly began “crying hysterically” and said “he put his hands on me, I told him not to.” Another officer wrote in the report that Karmelo asked if what happened could be considered self-defense.
  12. The woman and kids have to work at a pizza hut to make ends meet. Karmelo Anthony with a knife. Is Frisco poor or middle class these days? What are the house prices like there these days? Where has everyone "flighted" to? Prosper? Celina?
  13. I get that. I saw an interview yesterday where the interviewer actually asked the dad directly about a gofundme and he said "I haven't thougth about it, I'm sure somebody will set one up" which made me think this one is fishy as it was set up by the dad.
  14. Regarding the GoFundMe conversation, why does it matter if the family is going to use it for funerals or therapy or if they are going to use it for food or enjoying time with their family or whatever. The parents experienced a horrible loss, if making their life easier by providing some financial gifts (even if it was already relatively easy in your eyes) is something an individual or a community wants to do, what's it matter to you? It's not your money.
  15. I know you are kidding and I’m no lawyer, but I would be there is a law and criminal repercussions for that. Unless you can say you felt physically threatened of course.
  16. It seems legit, but also, I’m leery of scammers.
  17. I have no idea how this would work but I'm assuming whomever sets it up would direct the funds, like it could it go to the family directly? The funeral costs? A charity or donation in the boys honor? The remaining family? I just watched some interviews of the dad and family and it's pretty tragic and heart-tugging and would toss a few shekels their way in memory of the kiddo. FWIW, the dad while obviously heartbroken seemed to really be mature and thoughtful in that he has already forgiven the alleged murderer and sees it as a stupid tragedy all the way around.
  18. When/If a GoFundMe is released, someone post it here please?
  19. I think it’s even simpler than that. “What’s in it for PA, OH, MI, WI and GA”. The swing states are the ones you need to win.
  20. Solid
  21. I hoped it would be good because I really like Jack black. My kids texted me pics of the grandkids at the cinema, they went today.
  22. Because they won. The goal is to figure out how to beat them. Hopefully they don’t move and stay the same because I think we can beat them in 2026 if they remain pat.
  23. Which makes sense actually (and credit to you, you are the first I've heard suss this out and say this) because my first gut response to the question of "how can I manage my life and navigate this crap in an optimal way" was to land on the answer of tightening up my consumption and making my family tighten up on consumption in the short term as things go to hell. When you don't have an income tax what you have is a de facto consumption tax. I've got some of that bad "I don't wanna pay taxes" blood in me that goes generations deep so I like the idea in some ways, but also it's unrealistic and too simplified in a very complex reality for this to work.
  24. Yesterday a kid was stabbed in the heart for confronting someone about moving/being in the wrong place at a track meet in Frisco, Texas. I think Derka has a point and it's the similiar point I made with my kids as they were sowing their wild oats-- you never know what kind of pscyho or loser with nothing else to lose the other person is you might confront or who is having road rage or wants to fight. Be the bigger man and walk away (or look away).
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