Post Race!

[homer13j]

Wasn't there a movie that portrayed some teenagers laying in the middle of a busy road in order to prove bravery or stupidity or something like that?

In my high school days (early-'80s) a classmate got blotto on Halloween, laid down on a busy set of train tracks and was ground into hamburger by a passing freight. Nobody knows to this day whether he did it on purpose or not. And yes, there were some serious substance abuse issues involved.

[homer13j]

On a lighter note there have only been two snow events here in NEOH so far and nothing shovelable. Unlike in Idaho this is a good thing.

[homer13j]

I now own two 3-D printers. The resin-type printer has been going non-stop making details for my HO scale model train layout. Fire hydrants, mail boxes, trash cans, park benches & picnic tables, beer kegs, 10-gallon milk cans (I model the early-to-mid-1930s), crates/barrels/drums, signal heads, etc. Lots of fun...

[dday9]

I found out that she and her boyfriend were arguing (while high on meth) and she laid in the middle of the road because she thought he didn’t love her anymore.

Being in a town of 2,100 people, gossip travels fast.

[Shaggy Hiker]

On a lighter note there have only been two snow events here in NEOH so far and nothing shovelable. Unlike in Idaho this is a good thing.

Yeah, I can understand that. So far, I've only shoveled the sidewalk twice, and one time it really didn't need it. I knew it was going to warm up later on. I just wasn't sure whether the snow would all melt by afternoon or not, without help. As it turns out, it would all have been gone.

Fortunately, the mountains are getting slammed, which is just what we want.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I seem to remember some kid dying that way when I was young. It might have been the plot to a movie, or it might have actually happened. That part I don't remember.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I now own two 3-D printers. The resin-type printer has been going non-stop making details for my HO scale model train layout. Fire hydrants, mail boxes, trash cans, park benches & picnic tables, beer kegs, 10-gallon milk cans (I model the early-to-mid-1930s), crates/barrels/drums, signal heads, etc. Lots of fun...

Have you printed a dog to glue to the hydrant? It could be one of those heart-warming winter scenes.

[dday9]

It's amazing what you can do with 3D printing now.

I remember when I owned my '78 Mustang II and many people searched for the dome light cover because they don't make that piece anymore or the pegs that go behind the dashboard that tended to break. Now you could literally just print one out.

[homer13j]

Have you printed a dog to glue to the hydrant? It could be one of those heart-warming winter scenes.

No, but that's a great idea! I downloaded a bunch of animal models from Thingiverse including dogs. I'll have to modify one so he's lifting his leg.

[Shaggy Hiker]

You'd think that would already exist. It's a terribly iconic pose.

[wes4dbt]

Anyone buy the new Trump digital cards? Him dressed like a super hero is awesome. lol

[Peter Porter]

Anyone buy the new Trump digital cards? Him dressed like a super hero is awesome. lol

Trump is late to this game, but I'm sure some of his supporters will buy one in hope they'll win a golf game with him, but I highly doubt he will golf with a stranger for $99.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I'm not going to look up what a digital card is, or why it would cost $99, but I'm happy to make fun of it anyways. Is it a non-fungible asset of a different type?

[dday9]

Holy crap, I just looked it up. That is hilarious!

[Shaggy Hiker]

He raised the cow, now he's milking it. Still, there's lots of fun to be had, there. If you buy 45 of the cards, you get a ticket to a gala. That would be about $4,500 for a ticket. I would expect that if you gave him that kind of cash, he'd probably let you in even without the ticket....or the cards.

[Shaggy Hiker]

On a somewhat more serious note, I thought the point behind NFTs were that they were unique. If you can buy 45 of these cards, does it mean that there are 45 (or more) of these things? Or is he just selling copies. If he's selling copies, is that really an NFT? It certainly isn't in the spirit of NFTs, as those were supposed to have value because of their uniqueness.

[dday9]

Let's face it. Nobody really understands NFTs

[Shaggy Hiker]

They say that buyers will be entered into a sweepstake to win one of thousands of prizes. Presumably, that would mean that they expect more than a thousand buyers, which would mean that they'd need more than a thousand cards, as each would get one.

Those don't sound like NFTs, to me.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I also thought NFTs were dead, but you're right, nobody understands them. I could never figure out the point behind them. Conspicuous consumption, I suppose.

[dday9]

My basic understanding is that you purchase the exclusive right to electronic art.

The issue is that I don't believe in intellectual property "rights" to begin with.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Money is a fiction that we all believe in. A dollar has no particular intrinsic value. A similar case could be made for gold, which is mostly useful because it's so inert. For that reason, an NFT could be cash just as much as a lump of metal or a piece of paper, but only if it is, as you say, "exclusive right" to that NFT.

These don't sound like anything exclusive. They sound as exclusive as any other electronic file.

[Shaggy Hiker]

This is one of the odder, though Trump cards top it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones

[dday9]

The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises is an excellent book, especially on the creation of money as we know it.

[wes4dbt]

He raised the cow, now he's milking it. Still, there's lots of fun to be had, there. If you buy 45 of the cards, you get a ticket to a gala. That would be about $4,500 for a ticket. I would expect that if you gave him that kind of cash, he'd probably let you in even without the ticket....or the cards.

He's been milking that cow pretty hard for a long time. He is relentless in asking for donations.

I seem to remember another scheme where the winner got a dinner in La. with Trump, the dinner never happened.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I heard that, at least some of the pictures, are Google stock photos. His face was just photoshopped onto them.

If he makes money with this, it seems like somebody else should be able to. If the picture is a stock photo, and photoshop is just a program, and the picture of an ex president is not exactly a copyrighted thing, then shouldn't others be able to make the same cards and sell them at a steep discount?

If I were to sell the same thing for $49.99, it would be half the price, and your odds of winning anything of value would be exactly the same.

[wes4dbt]

If I were to sell the same thing for $49.99, it would be half the price, and your odds of winning anything of value would be exactly the same.

that's funny

[wes4dbt]

Just saw an article that says Trump's cards have sold out.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/...143902988.html

Amazing!!!

[Shaggy Hiker]

The law of large numbers is in effect. Once you have a few hundred million people, or a few billion, then a probability of 0.01% is still a very large number.

[Shaggy Hiker]

That picture looks more like a younger Biden than it does of a slimmer Trump.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Is Trump just Biden in a fat suit?

[dday9]

I mean their policies are hardly distinguishable, but their rhetoric is too far apart.

[szlamany]

You guys are ruining Post Race - sad...

[Shaggy Hiker]

Is that even possible? Post Race has survived some pretty strange stuff. It even went fairly dead for a few years.

[dday9]

You’ve done ruint it.

[wes4dbt]

Well, it had a good run. If it was a dog it would be 154yrs old.

[dclamp]

I went skiing this week. Now I am back and bored. What do people do when they aren't on vacation?

[dday9]

Work I guess.

[wes4dbt]

I like to organize my socks.

[2kaud]

What's a 'vacation'?

[Shaggy Hiker]

I have yet to go skiing. There's too much to do for another week.