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Kid gets a 67% on his course work and 17% on the final. That kind of shit bugs me - Reagen Jan 28, 07:20 2
- what's the mark split? 60/40? 50/50? -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 07:39 1
  - 80/20. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 08:29
So the new Tesla S/X doesn't have a gear shifter. The car will "guess" which way you want to go and have an override if wrong. - spamlet Jan 28, 07:19 16
- thats just stupid. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 07:39
- I'll want to see this in action. I expect it works as advertised, but the edge cases seem numerous. - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 28, 07:32 3
  - Here's a good image of the steering wheel, showing the two scroll wheels and touch controls. - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 28, 07:37
  - It's "wouldn't this be cool" engineering vs "solves a problem" engineering. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:35 1
    - I guess it depends how close FSD is to full release. Once FSD works/is approved, the steering wheel itself is superfluous. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 28, 07:39
- that's just stupid - decline Jan 28, 07:24 1
  - Yeah! What if I want to go sideways? -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 07:25
- what possible improvement is that? -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:21 7
  - Shifters are annoying -- (link) - spamlet Jan 28, 07:22 6
    - Car go forward, car go backward, car no go. This is frustrating some people? - Reagen Jan 28, 07:26 4
      - Cargo space? No. Car no do that. Car go road. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 07:28 3
        
        I prefer the “...car no fly.” ending -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 07:32
        
        I’m with Reagen. This one never fails to make me laugh. -- nm* - Will Hunting Jan 28, 07:32
        
        I love that stupid joke. My latest is that my daughter loses all her arguments because she doesn't have a leg to stand on. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:31
    - how is this not a fancy automatic transmission? -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 07:23
- *looks over right shoulder to reverse, guns it into the garage* -- nm - YouTube Videos Jan 28, 07:20
Netflix Sandman project has a cast - TWuG Jan 28, 07:18 2
- IM: ooooOOOoo! Me too. - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 07:38 1
  - Was recently listening to her in a Gaiman adaptation -- (link) - LMS Jan 28, 07:44
Challenger was 35 years ago today -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:17 5
- was at a Portrait Marketing seminar in Santa Cruz, in the bar trying to get a cup of coffee and it was on the 19" tv mounted in the corner... -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 11:42
- I was on my 3rd grade field trip. -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 07:43
- I was in 9th grade French when they announced it over the PA. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 07:42
- My personal Mandela Effect is that I saw this happen live at a school assembly in grade school, but the dates don't work out. -- nm* - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 07:24 1
  - Mine that seems too good to be true is that we were off that day, and the TV went from a Smurfs episode where they pretended to send a Smurf to space - Reagen Jan 28, 07:27
Thousand of virus deaths in nursing homes were likely not recorded, the NYS AG said. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 28, 07:12
Masahiro Tanaka returning to Japan after 7 seasons with New York Yankees -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 28, 07:11
Anyway, when I can I short GME? -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:10 6
- Once it's obvious the ride is over. You can make your 100% from any price point. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 07:16 5
  - I'm kidding, I don't have the nerve to short (a non-HSX stock) even *prior* to all this -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:17 4
    - Like the use of options, it's an advanced tool most investors don't need and probably shouldn't use. - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 07:28 3
      - Ironically these jackass hedge funds could have protected themselves 100% from this with options. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:38 1
        
        True, some cheap out of the money calls would've done the trick. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 07:42
      - Especially if you don’t understand the tax implications of investing. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 07:30
Squeeze still goin', which is evidence this isn't really retail driven, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:59 2
- I'm sure it was originally, but yeah, you know institutional jumped on -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:02 1
  - I'm thinking big money from the start, tbh. They need someone to get effed when they get out of the playing field. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 28, 07:04
WHY IS MY APPLE STOCK DOWN -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 06:57 7
- Reddit short sellers! Look out! -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 07:11
- You should short some to make it go up. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 07:06
- Because they posted record earnings and beat expectations for Q4, duh. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 28, 06:58
- I was hungry and "borrowed" two Fujis -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 06:58 1
  - Gonna squeeze it to make cider. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:00
- All money is GME now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:58
- Buy on the rumor, sell on the news. Duh. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 06:58
Deshaun Watson officially has requested a trade from the Houston Texans -- (link) - budice Jan 28, 06:55 2
- 🤞 I want him here but I don't want the Jets giving up a ton of picks and Quinnen Williams for him. That's just too much. -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 07:10
- The story of the off-season. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 28, 07:08
Fidelity is currently unable to provide brokerage, mutual fund, or stock plan account information. Please try again later. - znufrii Jan 28, 06:48 14
- Has the squeezing evolved into cyber attacks on some of the better known mutual funds? -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 07:43
- I just got in the app so seems to be back. But vanguard may be having issues. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:54 9
  - App is up, looks like website is still down. - znufrii Jan 28, 07:15 3
    - I was on Fidelity's site like 10 minutes ago -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:19 2
      - Huh. It’s up on my personal computer, but not on my work laptop. Wonder if the VPN is causing the issue. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 07:23 1
        
        Blocking the competition? -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:27
  - Yeah I'm in as well. Roller coaster indeed. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 28, 07:03
  - From the alert I got, looks like Vanguard failed to price the NAV for some of their funds as of yesterday’s close, which is a pretty big deal. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 28, 06:58 3
    - yeah, hasn't happened in awhile - decline Jan 28, 07:02
    - H..Wha.....HOW -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 06:59 1
      - Math is hard, basically. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 28, 07:03
- FIX IT ZNU! -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 06:49 2
  - TDAmeritrade seems to be up and running though. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 06:51 1
    - Somebody will want those Hood trades -- nm - budice Jan 28, 06:53
Of note for Jax: SPCE is the *2nd* most shorted stock by % right now, which is probably why it got squozen yesterday. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:45 3
- He who controls the SPCE controls the UNIV -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 06:59 1
  - I make this joke in my head everytime I see the ticker. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:00
- interesting -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 06:57
Bridgerton is now Netflix's biggest hit ever -- (link) - decline Jan 28, 06:43 3
- Based on if 2 minutes of the show was viewed. -- nm - LMS Jan 28, 07:22
- Me after 3 episodes: “they spent a lot of money on this, I wonder why they didn’t get any big names?” *starts 4th episode* -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 07:13
- wife loved it as has every one of her family and friends who has watched it -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 06:44
Was glad to find out last night that my in-laws will be getting their vaccinations on Feb 4th (barring a supply problem). No word yet on my parents - oblique Jan 28, 06:42 5
- My mom in BC is slated for April/May. Australia hasn’t started yet. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 07:14
- That's what your parents get for living in Wisconsin, though. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:43 3
  - Luckily they are SO remote that their ability to isolate is simple. Shoot anyone that comes on the property :) -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 06:45 2
    - where in WI are they? I don't think I know; sorry. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 28, 07:15
    - My parents have gone maybe on 2-3 total trips to the store since March. I cannot imagine. - Dark Callisto Jan 28, 06:54
I love political humor that people of all political stripes can laugh at. This one disabled me for a solid minute. -- (link) - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:34 2
- that is great -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 07:09
- When the Bee hits, they knock it out. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:40
New York Post Front Page -- (link*) - budice Jan 28, 06:32 2
- That's an insane conclusion to make - Reagen Jan 28, 06:35 1
  - I mean it *is* the Post. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:50
The Twenty returns tomorrow with another jam packed list of new tunes. But for today, this Once in a Lifetime hit is Qale's Moment of RetroPleasure. -- (link) - Qale Jan 28, 06:25 [youtube]
I mean, if anyone needed (further?) proof that our society runs everything for the rich, the reaction to this GME provides that proof. - ty97 Jan 28, 06:25 11
- Semi?-related: I see how networked and powerful Gen Z can be. I hope they find some cause and harness that power for an amazing benefit to humanity -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 06:32 10
  - I see a whole lot of "this is the millennials"/"this is gen z" and I've seen no proof. - ty97 Jan 28, 06:46 5
    - There has to be a lot of money involved. It may have started there, but once the stock started moving, I think it spread across classes/groups. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 07:01
    - Who do you think uses "wallstreetbets" on reddit? haha -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 06:58 3
      - Sure, but there's a lot of "we did it, reddit!" -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 07:09
      - All kinda of people? -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 07:09
      - More that they're along for the ride much more than they are driving it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 07:02
  - Remember when when TikTok'ers ( I assume they were Gen Z) banded together to reserve tickets to a Trump rally so the small crowd would be embarrassing - zunkskunk+ Jan 28, 06:36 3
    - FWIW I don't think they stopped a single person from going to the rally. - Reagen Jan 28, 06:50 1
      - Yeah, but they at least thought there was going to be one and scaled for it. So at the very least they were embarrassed. -- nm - pmb Jan 28, 07:10
    - BTS fans iirc -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 06:42
So people are "stealing" money from the rich and a company named *Robin Hood* is "oh ho ho we can't have that" -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:24 2
- LOL -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 07:02
- hahahahaha -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 06:24
Research Shows that Shorter Movie Release Windows Boost Revenue, Not Piracy -- (link) - oblique Jan 28, 06:22
Unemployment: 847k new Claims -- nm - budice Jan 28, 06:16
News of the Day: This coffee is good. - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:16 15
- MUG approved -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 06:18 4
  - MUG is charging now. MUG dedicated 8 to 915 am to my needs, so am dedicating the next apx 35 minutes to MUG's happiness. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 28, 06:26 3
    - Does MUG ever mean mug you? -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 06:28
    - *happy selfie* -- nm - MUG Jan 28, 06:27
    - this needs to stand for something. "mandy's usual..." something. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:27
- unpopz opin: I don't like dark roast coffee. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 28, 06:18 8
  - Like wine or spirits, I feel there are appropriate times for different roasts. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 06:29 1
    - I find most blonde roasts to be sour and tasteless. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:32
  - medium roast is ideal. Starbucks Guatemala is a top shelf roast. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:24
  - unpopz opin: I don't like coffee. -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 06:19 4
    - Agreed. I don't drink it. -- nm - jnine Jan 28, 06:36
    - This -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:22
    - crazy-pants -- nm - decline Jan 28, 06:19 1
      - I've told this story before, but I didn't start drinking coffee until I saw the movie Hateful Eight. - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:21
- nice -- nm - budice Jan 28, 06:16
My first finished punch needle piece. I haven't learned how to whip stitch or do the backing yet. 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- (pic) - Krusty Jan 28, 06:15 [Attachment] 10
- nice, but sad too - tRuMaN Jan 28, 06:44 3
  - :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 06:57 2
    - i have no clue how you ddi that, nor do I think I could manage to learn it. - tRuMaN Jan 28, 07:00 1
      - Heh. :-) It's basically like coloring with yarn. The needle does all the work and once you learn the basics it's not that difficult. - Krusty Jan 28, 07:08
- Nice! -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:42
- Very crafty! -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:32
- VERY nice. - Andie Jan 28, 06:25 3
  - I saw that yesterday and couldn't believe how great that looks. That's some skillful work. - Krusty Jan 28, 06:33 2
    - Cool. I plan to give it a shot. - Andie Jan 28, 06:42 1
      - Ooh, that sounds like a fun project. Share some pics when you're finished. -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 06:58
pop quiz. you are a chubby siamese cat. you are dissatisfied with the level of water in your lady's drinking glass; it is not high enough for you to - amanda jeans Jan 28, 06:15 6
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 06:20
- this gave me the giggle. -- nm - Diva Jan 28, 06:19
- E -- nm - decline Jan 28, 06:19
- E. Always E -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 06:17 2
  - you are correct! you win one chubby, destructive siamese cat. please provide your address for shipping. I will include a water glass! -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 28, 06:27 1
    - Um... - oblique Jan 28, 06:29
Xbox Series X/S people: The Medium is out today. It's on Game Pass as well. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 06:12
I pay about $5 per trade (ETF buys are free). I actually don't mind because it's enough of a brake that it makes me think about each move. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:05 2
- also, every time I think about selling stock ("oh I could buy an electric car now!"), I am like "ugh I don't to deal with cap gains. - amanda jeans Jan 28, 06:16
- Yeah. I don't want to play the real stock market like I played HSX. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 06:11
So a friend posted this concept for taxing capital gains and I think I like it, but change my mind. - ty97 Jan 28, 06:03 18
- I sort of like it if the goal is stability. This debacle is proving that there are too many easy - Will Hunting Jan 28, 06:13 4
  - For me, this isn't even meant to target WSB/GME stuff, but the ongoing stuff that *Wall Street* does -- nm* - ty97 Jan 28, 06:18 1
    - Oh, I don’t disagree on the macro...but I also see a micro-benefit to intelligent model trading - Will Hunting Jan 28, 06:26
  - Fundamentals is why I want nothing to do with owning this. But I'm laughing at the "BUT FUNDAMENTALS" people caught shorting a stock at more than 100% - Reagen Jan 28, 06:15 1
    - The money is nice but I’d imagine most short sellers value being right more. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:27
- Classify them as gambling winnings. Done. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:08 5
  - Isn’t that only 10%? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 06:10 4
    - My cursory googling said 24%. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:12 3
      - Damn, I’ve *really* been stiffing the IRS then. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 06:16 2
        
        They're going to shut down your Bingo Cartel. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:24 1
        
        O-69! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 06:28
- trade tax is simpler and gets to the heart of it faster, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 06:06 3
  - But I'm selfish and don't want a new tax that *I* have to pay! -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 06:07 2
    - Ok, boomer. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 06:38
    - Then run for Congress so you can exempt yourself! -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 28, 06:13
- so you want to kill the daytraders? -- nm - decline Jan 28, 06:05 2
  - Yes. And those computer systems that are buying and selling multiple times a day to make fractional gains each time. -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 06:06 1
    - Liquidity? What’s that? -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 06:28

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