Chet Collins

Local Man Burns 13,000 Calories Installing Car Seat - The Babylon Bee

Studies have shown that car seat installation is the main reason most parents stop having kids after only one or two.

Not satire. Some studies actually do.

Forget Myanmar: Here Are 12 Other Countries Biden Should Invade RIGHT NOW - The Babylon Bee

Canada: They gave us Seth Rogan. Time to MAKE THEM PAY.

Strong agree.

England: Two centuries after the War of 1812, it’s time for REVENGE.

4D chess.

Lincoln Distances Self From Lincoln Project - The Babylon Bee

“I usually just trust God to sovereignly guide America, but even I had to chime in on this one. These guys have nothing to do with me or my values.”

Why Brokers Had to Restrain Trading in GameStop Shares - WSJ

Brokers facing liquidity crunches have two options: raise capital (which Robinhood apparently did) or reduce clients’ risky trading.

Harkens back to the advice, “don’t invest in anything you can’t explain.” All of these people piling in to get rich quick, but can’t articulate how the transaction is actually executed.

Google Deletes 100,000 Negative Reviews of Robinhood App From Angry Users

A Google spokesperson confirmed the tech giant has deleted the reviews and defended the move overnight, telling Gizmodo over email that it has rules against “coordinated or inorganic reviews.” Gizmodo asked how negative reviews could be deemed “inorganic” when people seem reasonably upset about Robinhood’s actions in recent days. Google stopped responding to Gizmodo’s emails after that inquiry.

Seems pretty organic to me.

Facebook’s New App Prompt Will Encourage Users to Accept App and Website Tracking - MacRumors

Agreeing to these prompts doesn’t result in Facebook collecting new types of data.

Because we already collect every type of data on you.

1 mortgage payment down, 359 to go!

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Whew! Got the monitor working.

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Don’t Bank on Covid-19 Killing off Cash Just Yet - WSJ

fears of infection have driven an increase in contactless payments—electronic payments like Apple Pay and tap-to-pay offerings that avoid even swiping or inserting cards

Except too many retailers still require you to agree to the amount, sign, or enter your PIN.

The parallels between climate change adherents and a fanatical religious sect are striking.

Banks Brace for Tougher Rules Under Biden on Consumer Protection, Fair Lending - WSJ

Biden’s team will also push to establish a government-backed consumer credit firm as an alternative to the companies that create credit reports

Strong dislike.

Oof! New LG monitor doesn’t work property with MacBook Pro.

Back to the drawing board.

This is my last post from my iMac.

Thank you for your 6 years of service!

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There’s something quite romantic and very human about walking under the stars at night and pondering creation.

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Robot Throws Away A Banana Peel

Benedict (2021)

France’s Macron Calls for Regulation of Social Media to Stem ‘Threat to Democracy’ - WSJ

“Political correctness has today endangered the primacy of the citizen over the believer.”

Glad I’m not French. The citizen and the believer are one in the same person. Asserting that they mutually exclusive is farcical.

FBI Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty to Altering Document Sentenced to Probation - WSJ

At sentencing, the judge said he believed that Mr. Clinesmith wasn’t lying to the court, but trying to save time and work for himself.

Usually its the defendant or their attorney that tries to minimize their conduct. Even more outrageous that the presiding judge is also the chief judge of the FISA court.

This action, lying on an application for a warrant to conduct invasive surveillance of a US citizen, to a secret court in which the target has no representation, is deeply disconcerting in a free and democratic nation.

McCarthy Tries to Mend Fences With Trump - WSJ

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told reporters on Thursday that it was inappropriate that Mrs. Greene was named to the House Education Committee

Fair criticism of a new GOP rep who had bizarre conspiracy theory posts on her Facebook page.

I wish the Speaker was as consistent when it came to light that Rep. Swalwell, who sits on the House Intel Committee, had extensive contacts with a Chinese spy.

More Than a Dozen Apps With ‘Misleading or Flat-Out Inaccurate’ Privacy Labels Found on App Store - MacRumors

Apple introduced privacy labels on the App Store, providing users with a broad overview of the data types an app may collect, and whether the information is used to track them or is linked to their identity or device.

These labels are useless. I see the same categories listed multiple times under different parts of the same label.

Repeal of State-Tax Deduction Cap Pitched for Covid-19 Relief Bill - WSJ

“Folks have been moving away in droves since our state and local tax deduction was gutted,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D., N.J.) said

1. This has nothing to do with COVID.

2. I don’t think a few thousand dollars a year in extra taxes was all that it took to push people over the edge.