Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
12hr ago
That's what, not even a single VPS- mod VIRGINIA class submarine? Which, granted, the US needs more of, but the big bottleneck isn't money, it's shipyard capacity and throughput, and for some reason that doesn't seem to be a problem that the US government is able/willing to solve with money.
Mantergeistmann
12hr ago
Depends on your definition of "significant portion". I'd say there were certainly more than there should have been, but a "significant" portion of UNRWA staff? Unless there's new information, I'd say not.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Mr. Beast
The YouTuber?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
I prefer I nice mosey myself.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Semi-finance-related, but if anyone is having trouble with FT's paywall and wants to read a specific article, let me know -- I get 20 "single non-subscriber shares"/month. I've also got a WSJ and Atlantic subscription for gift articles.
Trying to take advantage of all my complimentary subscriptions, but I just can't seem to be bothered to read the news in depth every day.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Yes. 10k per individual. There is also a "gift box" loophole, where you can buy an unlimited amount to be gifted, then gift them to yourself.
I've seen that limit be the basis for an argument that they're designed specifically for the upper-middle-class: people for whom 10k/year matters, but who can afford to save 10k/year (or 20k/couple) after 401ks/IRAs. Not sure how well that argument takes into account that the limit hasn't been increased in... a decade? Two?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
switch from the Stupid Party to vote for the candidate of the Evil Party!
The people who made that ad presumably think that the Stupid Party is also the Evil Party. The old line about one party thinking the other is stupid, the other party thinking the first is evil is obsolete, I feel. Now both sides think the other is both stupid and evil.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
I always forget that peanut butter M&Ms exist. Usually because they don't exist within 10 feet of me for more than 30 seconds.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
The entirety of human history also established the precedent that shipping is only as good as a flag nation's own ability to protect and escort the ships, but outside of the Hormuz, it's important to everyone that we don't return to that state of history.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Ethics how? As in, AI-related, company related, leadership related?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Reese's is top tier. York and Butterfinger are also excellent. I'd actually put Heath bars pretty near the top, but nobody tends to buy those.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
It's either world class financial engineering or a hell of a coincidence
What odds it involved Claude? Obviously not without significant human oversight, but still.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Anybody out there use a trackball? Any advice on brands, essential features, designs?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
For whatever reason, Israeli ground troops don't seem capable of forcing the issue, their military doctrine is a little like the English chevauchee in the Hundred Years War. They go into Gaza and blow things up, they go into Lebanon and blow up bridges, buildings. But they don't establish a proper, stable occupation government.
They have a delicate balancing act they're constrained by: they can't entirely become an international pariah on the level of Iran or NK, and an occupation (and the stories that would come out of a Hamas-influenced Gaza in the middle of an actual occupation and pacification campaign) would be far, far more harmful to public opinion of them in the democracies that matter than a ground offensive and bombing campaign that has, ultimately, killed fewer than one person per bomb dropped.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Yes. Buying on the 30th (as long as the transaction goes through on time; I think it's a "next business day" situation) gives you the exact same payout as buying on the 1st. So you won't earn much more leaving it in a savings account or MMF up until that point, but "less than a month of interest" is still more than "zero".
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
They have to wait 3 weeks by law (at least) between filing the S1 and formally launching the IPO, don't they?
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
As mostly expected, fixed I-bond rate is rising to 1.4% as of November 1, composite rate will be 5.51% for the next six months.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Cafe au lait. As far as lattes and cappuccinos go, I tend to go for whatever's being offered as a seasonal special. I'm not there to give a damn about anyone who might snoot their cocks at me, I'm there to have an enjoyable caffienated beverage. I will say that a Sweater Weather is superior over a PSL, though, IMO.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
I thought it was put out by a supporter, but he's stated the ad does not speak for him (although did not outright condemn it, or say where he differed in stance. Standard politician stuff).
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
Or, as German general Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord put it,
I distinguish four types [of officers]. There are clever, hardworking, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and hardworking; their place is the General Staff. The next ones are stupid and lazy; they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the mental clarity and strength of nerve necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is both stupid and hardworking; he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always only cause damage.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
120k/yr which is a decent entry-level or mid-level white-collar salary, depending on the specific field.
Don't forget overhead... although perhaps with corporate tax breaks it evens out back near 120k.
AI is not just doubling or tripling performance but for some workers makes them an order of magnitude more powerful than they were before
The hope I'm sure is that it's the senior folks, who are themselves worth far more than that $120k/year.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
I'm approaching this as someone who is trying to build a mental model of a phenomenon that is deeply foreign to me. I am fantastically in love with life and fantastically afraid of losing it
That's fascinating to me. Perhaps I need to get checked for depression, but aside from dangerous situations where instinct takes over (say, car swerved a bit in bad weather), I have no interest in life outside of what it means I can provide for my wife and family (both materially and emotionally), and can't actually remember the last time that was different.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
Similarily, I learned at a young age that "I forgot" received much less pushback from parents & teachers than "I though this assignment was stupid and boring and so I didn't bother to do it."
My understanding is that the wizarding world a) encourages separation from all things muggle, culturally, and b) has a massive police and surveilance org keeping track of these things and preventing them.
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