Recent content by thegock

Let's focus on tariffs.

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I like Vizio. The 43" Toshiba second screen is getting glitchy, so Bezos is delivering a new one Wednesday for 60% less than 8 years ago.

OK. 67% of the 2024 operating income is from AWS. Invoice to follow.

I will have to read the Business Segment FN and get back to you.

Finishing the third trip to double cut a 23" behemoth, when the strongest guy I know shows up on his bike to help with the heavy stuff. IJDGABTT, doe it actually did...

Solid vid. For further reading "Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)" by Tavris and Aronson or, if you have infinite time and focus for twice the word count, "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Kahneman. I prefer memes, doe.

Just finished "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver. Excellent book on the science of predictions with chapters on baseball, political polling, weather forecasting, poker, etc.

At the end of July, I passed the minutes old Ebike accident scene on Rt. 28 in front of the train station. Bike was one of those mini motorcycles with 20" fat tires. There are quite a few kids on them in town. More than half without helmets. The bike was half under the driver's side behind...

I have used the G-Shock, POC, idp7, and others. The G-Shock are weak and two different (expensive) models tore after <18 rides. I wouldn't buy them again. Their elbow/forearm pads are what I use now, doe. The idp7 knee pads are the best. I use a mid weight flavor, but have some DH stuff in the...

Peter Thiel, 2-0 v. the second best chess player I know, but can't touch Fedorowicz.

Nelson was 8:43 on Strava, so, yeah, impressive. My first impression of him was making up 30 minutes in the second 25 miles of Mooch North to win Lucky's Revenge 2019 by 20' ( @xc62701 ). Damn, it feels good to be a gangster. I did notice that he acclimated to altitude for a week before race...