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byMobileTatsu-NJG
nuary 07, 2026 @08:26PM
(#65909323)
Attached to: JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card
Who says I didn't have the money to do so? I didn't go into that at all. But since you're curious I'll explain: Yes I had the money to buy one outright, but an interest-free loan was available and I took advantage of it. Had I purchased it outright, then had an expense outside of that like a car-repair, THAT would have had to come out of my interest-charging credit card and ... while I didn't actually check on it, I'm pretty sure Apple/Goldman would not have given me a similar payment plan for the car repair.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
nuary 07, 2026 @06:39PM
(#65909145)
Attached to: JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card
I went to an Apple Store purchase an iPad with an Apple Card last year, I wanted to take advantage of paying it off within a year no interest. At the moment of checkout Goldman declined me and wouldn't tell me why. After two days and several scattered phone calls they claimed that it was unusual activity on my account. I pointed out to them that I had successfully purchased and paid off 3 other items on the same payment plan, and that their assertion that my activity was unusual was absurd.
I'll spare you the blow by blow because I know it's boring, but ultimately Goldman Sachs held to their position that they did the right thing, and Apple had to come to the rescue. They talked to each other a bit and I finally got my device on the payment plan I wanted.
I'm greatly looking forward to Goldman getting out of the picture. They really did try to spin it to me like the inconvenience they caused me was somehow something I should be happy about. "This happens because we're diligent about catching fraud!" "But, you didn't."
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
t 15, 2025 @11:12AM
(#65592124)
Attached to: Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel
And I'll bloody well keep voting for fascists as long as they're running against leftards!
Even when their motivation to suddenly redraw electoral maps is to distract from shielding high-ranking sex-traffickers from justice? Okay, Groomer.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
y 17, 2025 @12:01PM
(#65527232)
Attached to: Cancer Death Rates Fall One-Third in US Since 1990s as Prevention Efforts Take Hold
But the general positive trend over time is substantial and impossible to ignore.
I'm not. I'm saying it's being sabotaged. You've acknowledged that, too, so it's not like we're in disagreement. Am I supposed to appreciate what hasn't been damaged/destroyed, or should I be advocating against doing that damage?
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
y 17, 2025 @11:15AM
(#65527114)
Attached to: Cancer Death Rates Fall One-Third in US Since 1990s as Prevention Efforts Take Hold
We need to be thankful for the work that prior generations did that are truly amazing and have improved our lives immensely.
Have you been paying attention to the news this year?
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
15, 2025 @10:10AM
(#65522320)
Attached to: US Defense Department Awards Contracts To Google, xAI
xAI is the only one opening admitting it happens and trying to resolve it.
Heh. Admitting.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
15, 2025 @10:07AM
(#65522314)
Attached to: US Defense Department Awards Contracts To Google, xAI
1. Make normal, well functioning LLM
2. It says a bunch of liberal stuff
3. "Fix" it so it says conservative stuff
4. It starts spewing antisemitism and rape threats
5. Loop back to 1
Not really sure why this was -1, it's a pretty good play-by-play of what happened. Was it a day out of date, perhaps? Maybe they should have added an extra step: "...announce AI girlfriends to distract the news cycle from MechaHitler...."
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
15, 2025 @09:58AM
(#65522292)
Attached to: US Defense Department Awards Contracts To Google, xAI
according to the Dramacrats Musk was in his back pocket...
guess he wasn't, as everyone with a brain, knew.
Um, kay, you have a brain. Please continue to surpass us with your super-human Elon-assessing powers.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
13, 2025 @02:37PM
(#65517742)
Attached to: Underwater Turbine Spins 6.5 Years Off Scotland's Coast, Proving Viability of Tidal Energy
It will definitely attract protesters, just like every other energy source.
My FB feed is full of anti-solar, pro-petroleum memes. "Wind Turbines use oil, that somehow means they're worse than gas-cars!", "Solar panels give babies cancer!", "Mining vehicles destroy entire mountains to produce a sugar-cube's worth of rare earths!"...that sort of thing. A lot of the memes are fairly obvious trolls, but lots of dum dums fall for them anyway. I wouldn't go as far as to say these are protestors like you're thinking of, but are there those that oppose anything? Yep, just like you said. I'm pretty certain this is the sort of thing that has affected how people vote.
My favorite troll-meme on this topic features an EV on the side of the road being recharged by a gas-powered generator. Sure enough people come along, pointing and laughing at the EV needing gas to proceed. Then the trolls come out asking those peeps if their car is diesel, like the generator. Heh. I'm not saying it's never happened, but I personally haven't seen anybody go "yes, my car is diesel" yet. Again, this is FB, not the best-of-the-best at attracting reasoned debate.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
11, 2025 @02:48PM
(#65513534)
Attached to: Prime Day Loses Its Spark As Sales Nosedive 41%
Utterly false.
You know what, I'll grant you that. I was thinking "post" and not "assertion", but that's not what I wrote so you can have that. Note that the sky didn't fall on me when I admitted to being wrong and that I didn't need to blame you or Biden for it. ;)
I'll correct my remark: "You made an assertion about Biden causing 'real damage' and used a claim from Alberta to support it. Yadda yadda yadda.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
11, 2025 @02:26PM
(#65513426)
Attached to: Prime Day Loses Its Spark As Sales Nosedive 41%
You made an assertion about "the 51st state" and used a claim from Alberta to support it. That claim fell apart under scrutiny. Your assertion is still unsupported. If anybody should be calling Alberta for help, it's YOU. Heh.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
11, 2025 @02:14PM
(#65513356)
Attached to: Prime Day Loses Its Spark As Sales Nosedive 41%
Claim being the operative word. There are claims that dispute it. You got nothin.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
11, 2025 @02:02PM
(#65513310)
Attached to: Prime Day Loses Its Spark As Sales Nosedive 41%
No, your original point needed to show significant damage. That's why you got yourself in trouble with throwing out unsubstantiatable numbers.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
11, 2025 @01:54PM
(#65513274)
Attached to: Prime Day Loses Its Spark As Sales Nosedive 41%
Nope. I don't care to indulge your goal post move.
Good because the challenge was for you to support your claim. Still waiting for that.
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byMobileTatsu-NJG
11, 2025 @01:45PM
(#65513248)
Attached to: Prime Day Loses Its Spark As Sales Nosedive 41%
You're dodging the question because you know the numbers don't jive. They don't include environmental cleanup, or take into account the oil's being sold anyway. You might have had a case that the stop/start of construction caused actual calculable losses, but since they don't add up to the eleventy-billion in perpetuity you're trying to claim you're now clamming up.
Don't blame me for your fuckup, I refer you to the government of Alberta for failing to support your strawman.
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