Create artificial scarcity to drive up prices thanks to foolish venture capitalists dumping money into GPU- and RAM-hungry AI vaporware. Free money.

Consumers get hosed due to high prices, major investors make bank on overinflated stock value, eventual crash, everyday consumers and investors get hosed, companies get bailouts while employees get laid off.

Aww man. One in a million. Tearjerker of a story.

To do the math;

$75 x 25 years at (a conservative) 5% = ~$253

@7% it’s over $400.

Probably not worth your time to wait 25 years for that.

However,

$10/mo at 7% is much more interesting: $8,200

And $10/week: $34,500

Over 25 years this isn’t huge, but it’s *something.”

I used a very conservative % because past gains do not guarantee future performance, and one should not put all their eggs on one basket…But VOO over 30 years averaged 10%, so $10/week with $75 start @ 10% for 25 years is just under $55,000. Double it to $20/wk and you’ve got $108,000.

IDK what’s in store for the world, but for now, people should invest early and regularly. If it all goes to shit even money under the mattress won’t help, so go for the % IMO.

I’m more concerned with PCI slots blocked by massive GPUs, especially on smaller form factor boards. You’ll need PCI/e extension cables to install an additional card.

The Turing Test has shown its weakness.

Sesame Street, Muppets, The Electric Company.

Completely dated, but these older shows introduced a white kid in whitesville to a completely different world. Plus fun, educational in a way that kids don’t mind.

Worst part is you can remember that you were remembering something and you can’t even remember what led to remembering.

Lol, nsfw that link. Didn’t expect a porn ad up front.

Huh. That might be a possibility. The stuff I taken is in capsules, so no sweetener.

I’m not having a problem with it?

IDK why anyone says this gives them the shits. Too much fiber slows things down. I take this stuff once a day and it just makes for less wiping and more cohesive shits. A minor improvement with no negative side effects.

Yeah. The live/work/shop complexes are profitable. Especially when you can charge for parking, too.

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Dominion?

I can’t remember if it was C-64 or DOS, but there was a sidescroll game where your character was on a quest in a forest where there were tree houses. They were called the “Grund” or something. Can’t find it anywhere.

Edit: I may have found it: “Below The Root” Gotta see if I can find it abandonware somewhere and try it again.

There have been several. I think mostly all little things. Someone not making you fish for the last bit of change for a purchase. An rare cup of coffee. One somewhat recent one was I went to grab food at an ethnic restaurant. Real basic place, not a chain. After I’d ordered and they were handing me the food to go, I realized I’d left my debit card behind. I only had $5 on me. He must’ve seen the surprise on my face. Dude behind the counter was “Just take the food, don’t worry about it.” I was really surprised. I tried to refuse the food, it wasn’t like I couldn’t find some cash, but he insisted. So I gave plenty of thanks, took the food, and made myself a promise that I’d pay it back and then some if I could. Funny thing, I used to go to the city the restaurant was in probably every other month or so for work. Never been back for years.

Edit: Just took a quick look and it looks like the place is closed. Shit. Really wanted to pay the guy back.

I feel like there’s a bunch of choosing beggars in here. Grabbed a crapload of free games, games they didn’t pay for, and complaining about how they’re delivered.

And if they watch liberal or spanish-language programming.

Absolutely. Like daddy, they’ve gotten away with everything except being the face of their little mafia. When the fat orange Don is gone, they figure they’ll just step up and keep doing what they’ve always done.

You are not responsible. Even if you argued with someone, you couldn’t have known what the outcome would be. Heart attack or they spent a bunch of time pissed and got in a fistfight later that resulted in someone’s death. You cannot control what they choose to do as long as your actions weren’t intentionally leading the other person to make those choices.