Saadiq

@saadiq

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This encapsulates why it’s so hard to build in crypto. Zeneca is at least in touch with what he truly wants. Most people really think they are into the art, the innovation, the decentralization, etc but they just chase what’s pumping.

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Could you finish the thought?

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Disagree. Companies raise prices as much as they can independent of their tax situation. The constraint on them is if they have pricing power in their space. A tax on their inputs is a more direct contributor to raised prices because it would affect all players evenly. A tariff, for instance. Corp tax rate only affects their profits, right. So I think less direct contribution to prices.

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The other challenge is that while that’s true, most are also fooling themselves about it. They think they are here for the art or the community or the whatever… And they give feedback and complain along that narrative… Complaints oddly silent when number is going up and ever present on the down.

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So, if I understand it, you're saying the fact that it is so rare isn't the point. The fact that it could ever happen even once is the point. Is that correct? Ok, sure. Far be it from me to tell someone else what they should worry about. However, frequently the solutions to this "problem" cause more harm than the actual "problem". We haven't gotten there in this conversation but anti-voter fraud policies disenfranchise orders of magnitude more voters than there have ever been cases of voter fraud. That's a thing I find horrifying.

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Left: A toss-up. We’re hoping our VP, a former DA and congressperson, pulls through, but it’s beyond our control. Right: This is ours. If our sexual assault perpetrator, Nazi-endorsed ex-president with multiple convictions loses, we’ll burn this country down.

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Terrifying why? Voter fraud is EXTREMELY rare. It’s interesting how bad we are as humans at judging risk. Most of us are terrified of sharks because those big teeth could saw through us (10 fatalities a year globally.) However we think nothing of jumping in our car every day (over 40k deaths / yr in the US). But still, imagine! 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Underrated comment. 😂

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No group is a monolith but it speaks to such a different world view that someone organizing thought this was a good move. I heard they had the content on the prompter. Somebody knew what was going to be said. Just wow. In a different age, this would be campaign ending if not also career ending.

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Lucky you. I will continue to panic donate until morale improves.

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Y’all are really going to make me fire this vpn up for this coin flip?! Ugh!

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Ah. Ok. I think the point is that Trump doesn't deserve the credit, not that Obama deserves credit. 1. Congress is responsible for checks. 2. Checks went out during other presidencies. 3. Nobody else was so narcissistic as to try and put their own name on it. As written.

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How are you interpreting it? Here is ChatGPT's interpretation: https://chatgpt.com/share/6720db16-9a24-8013-9721-589da2fb255b The distinction made here is about which branch of government has the authority over federal spending. Stimulus payments during the pandemic were authorized and funded by Congress, which has the constitutional power over budget decisions. When people say “Trump sent a check” or “Biden sent a check,” it’s shorthand for these presidents signing into law the relief bills passed by Congress. While presidents sign legislation to make it official, the actual authority to allocate and approve spending rests with Congress, not the president. The writer is emphasizing that these checks were the result of legislative action rather than executive initiative, and they note that neither they nor Biden branded the checks with their names, contrasting with how Trump had his name added to the checks.

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Are you saying that Harris caused inflation? For context, there’s a global inflation problem coming out of the pandemic. The US has handled it the best having the lowest rate. Which doesn’t mean things aren’t expensive but it does seem to mean our govt has managed it relatively well. So she may be saying more of that.

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Social media length constraints don’t help here. I’d read that as clarifying a President doesn’t send the checks. But if you want to attribute checks to Presidents, attribute all the checks to Presidents including Biden’s. It’s the “Joe Biden ALSO sent a check…” Are you interpreting it differently?

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We got this amber necklace. Nothing says desperation like that. Did it work? I don’t see how it could. But hope is important.

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🫡 After kids, it’s funny how any travel without them, regardless of delay or conditions feels like emirates first class.

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Trying to resume a workout practice is just such nasty work. My only objective is to avoid injury. But so much ouch.

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I don’t need to tell people on the internet they are wrong. I don’t need to tell people on the internet they are wrong. I don’t need to tell people on the internet… 🧘🏽‍♂️

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I don't know if Raycast has it natively. For anyone else looking, this is what I use. https://github.com/gskril/raycast-commands Thank you, @greg!

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