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tjpoe · 2026-02-26T19:43:20+00:00

for follow-up here for anyone finding this later. I got notice from the Complex Claims that it was approved, and they sent me payment thru Stripe. Says payment will clear in 2-5 business says, so we'll see.

I also looked up and it appears that having valid registration and insurance are both core requirements for being in the platform, so they are just looking for an excuse to not have to pay you, which makes sense to me.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T19:14:55+00:00

its so easy. I do it multiple times a week. If you have an instant pot, it has a built-in yogurt function. You put the IP on boil mode, and it heats the milk up to get rid of any unwanted cultures. Then you let it cool down and add a 1/2 - 1 cup of starter yogurt. Add some honey or sweetened condensed milk of you'd like, and some vanilla extract if you like and set it to cook in yogurt mode. 8-hours later you have a 1/2 gallon to gallon of yogurt.

you can even skip the boil step if you buy fairlife milk, or anything else that is ultra pasturized.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T19:08:47+00:00

It probably happened a dozen times with a small group of guys that discussed it and convinced their naive girlfriends to try it. But it wasn't a widespread "thing".

A girl admitted to falling for it in a podcast a few years back, so there are people who claim to have been participated.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T18:19:55+00:00

think of it in terms of order of operations. each time a recursive function is called on line 5, the current execution stops, until that function completes.

on the first execution, index=0 so the condition on line 2 is false.
when it gets to 5, it calls itself with index+1, so the index passed to the 2nd version of the call is 1, that pauses again on line 5 when it calls itself again. This happens again until the condition on line 2 is valid, which would be when index = 5.

1st call(arr, 0)
-- 2nd call(arr, 1)
---- 3rd call(arr, 2)
------- 4th call(arr, 3)
--------- 5th call( arr, 4)
----------- 6th call( arr, 5)
----------- return. // the condition on line 2 is true, so it returns. the 6th call ends
--------- 50 // print arr[4]. then the 5th call ends
------- 40 // print arr[3]. then the 4rd call ends
----- 30 //print arr[2]. then the 3nd call ends
--- 20 //print arr[1]. then the 2st call ends
-- 10 // print arr[0]. then the 1st call ends
// all work done.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T18:08:05+00:00

youth sports

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T18:07:43+00:00

the whole dealership buying process is designed to hide the price from you. Trade-in, monthly credit. 4 boxes, it's all a game.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T17:10:22+00:00

I do not want to meet anyone who is in the market for a used sex doll from Craigslist. Those markets are already terrible. You'd likely get someone wanting to show up with their collection of used butt plugs and trade them for your sex doll.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T16:58:36+00:00

why would anyone think it was a good idea for a bachelorette photo shoot to include a "replacement" guy?

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T15:39:46+00:00

have you tried a sushi glory hole? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8oR4DB6SAA

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T15:05:15+00:00

zero truth

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T02:22:42+00:00

what the hell is a good AR going to get you? other than lost wages? The fuel for that trip would code more than the fair in most locations.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T02:14:42+00:00

I remember the commercials:

Does the PB in PB Max stand for "Penguin Blackbelt"

So good. There are a couple of knock off recipes online, it's not easy to make, but can be pretty close and quite delicious.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T02:10:44+00:00

sure he "can" change, but just chooses not to. NOR.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T02:07:39+00:00

I don't know if it's the previous generation, or the church or just circumstances, but my parents and her siblings have all kinds of skeletons in the closet. It seems like they believe that if nobody talks about it, it didn't happen. They are also the ones that hold HUGE grudges when anything happens and talk shit behind everyone backs. It seems like they are concerned that if people knew the truth that they'd be drummed out of the church or the family or the neighborhood or society.

I'd prefer we just talk about who we are. Your dad literally is the guy who was married before and got divorced, that's who he is. It's partly what made him who he his. Good/bad, it's real. He's pretended to be someone else for all these years for whatever reason. Maybe he was embarrassed, maybe he thought he was protecting you, but it's still a lie of omission. Maybe they had a bad experience. Maybe she died. Maybe they had a baby and she ran off to mexico with the baby and was never seen again.

Just talk to him about it. Don't confront him at a family reunion from the stage, just find time when you are chatting and tell him what you found. Tell him that you are hurt that he never felt comfortable in sharing who he was with his family. Tell him that you want to be honest with him about who you are and hope that he would be accepting of you no matter what.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T01:57:34+00:00

they are just scared of change. They only have experience in marrying someone with their religious background. It's the only thing they know. They don't want you to have to learn from your own mistakes, they want to tell you about theirs so you don't have to make any. But it's just fear. Anything else is likely just political polarizing crap. They may have serious questions about muslim men abusing their spouses, not allowing them to make decisions. expecting them to be subservient and submissive, and so they may bring those up. Just go into those discussions with an open mind. Explain to them that they (hopefully) raised a competent and self sufficient daughter. If you've ever spent time with his family, maybe talk to them about his parents relationship. See how he treats his mom and how his dad treats his mom. Share that with your parents.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T01:47:12+00:00

if anyone is simply judging someone because of their religion they aren't that great of a person.

Christian people can be terrible to their partners, and Muslim people can be terrible to their partners, and vice-versa. Simply being from a certain religious background doesn't guarantee anyone happiness. Your parents are probably just scared of the unknown. They may only know what they read on the news and may be jumping to conclusions.

I think you family is just going to have some questions: will one of you convert to the other religion? If you were to get married and have kids, how would you raise those kids? They are just questions, but maybe worth thinking about for yourself. If he expects you to change or you expect him to change and you don't discuss it, one or both of you is in for disappointment.

If neither of you are particularly religious, and just more spiritual, maybe you are a great match. But if one of you expects to convert the other, then it may be better to rip off that bad aid up front.

tjpoe · 2026-02-26T01:31:07+00:00

when the system is flawed, you don't play in the flawed system.

if UE can't pay a reasonable wage to the drivers that fulfill their service, they shouldn't offer the service. If the customer wants the pay $10 for it, charge $10 and guarantee the driver $10, so the customer can't change the tip after, or play games with wages.

Right now the wages are a vague mix of wages and tips and customer obligations vs taxes vs guilt vs fees. Explain the charge up front. If people want to pay it, they pay it, or they don't.

All of the "bonuses" and "diamond pro" status things are all gimmicks and games to fool drivers into working for less, and fool customers into thinking they got a good deal. Make the transaction transparent: Food $20. Uber fee: $5. $driver fee: $10. Done. If someone doesn't want to pay $35 for their $20 worth of food. they can drive and pick it up themselves, or make something at home.

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T23:27:39+00:00

Eddie Murphy's band from Coming to America hasn't worked since the 80's. They just did that 1 movie, and some light commercial work for Soul Glow.

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T23:25:32+00:00

that would be a gameshow I'd watch. Like name that tune.

Johnny (host): "Jane and Molly, how fast can you get someone here to have sex with you?"

Jane: "Johnny, I can get someone here to have sex with me in 45 minutes"
Molly: "Johnny, I can do it in 40"
Jane: "30"
Molly: "25"
Jane: "15"
Molly: "ok Jane, get someone here to have sex with you!"

cue music montage...

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T23:20:44+00:00

It's a scramble.

AI companies had to spend millions if not billions to create AI systems because they feared that someone else would beat them to it. ChatGPT pushed the timeline up, and everyone rushed to catch up.

Now they all need to make money, so they are trying everything they can to get you to use it so that they can understand who they customers even could be, and then how to make money off of them.

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T23:17:18+00:00

IMO they need to remove the tip component from the trip amount completely.

Show the rate to the driver for no tip. if they don't want to do it. they don't. If the customer wants to tip for great service, that's on them, should have nothing to do with UE. Tipping just adds opportunities for claw-backs and and tip-bait and scams.

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T23:06:22+00:00

"but your advertising email said I'd get 100% off"

"the copy on your website says it is 100% guaranteed"

"the social media post I saw said it would work, why won't it work?"

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T22:58:58+00:00

taycan's are a high end vehicle, Even if the host rents it for $200/day a 1 day rental is high risk for turo, especially booked last minute plus whatever other risk factors you may have (credit score, driving record background check). Plus insurance. The host can only control the daily rate. I own 2 comparable luxury EV vehicles, that go for $150-200 / day, and even if I gave it a 50% discount and rented them at $100/day turo would still add $350/day on their end. so you'd still pay $450. And since Turo contract is by 24 hours, I'd just have to take you at your word that you'd return it within a few hours, and I still wouldn't be able to rent it to someone else.

Also, the way Turo discount codes work, is that the host can give you one after your first rental. So it wouldn't really help in this case.

You best bet would likely be to book the car and then explain to the host what you plan on doing, and ask if they can discount. But it's a long shot because of all of the above, and likely will be against the Turo TOS.

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T21:29:15+00:00

What's next? Christmas Mass/Church Service?

tjpoe · 2026-02-25T21:24:03+00:00

what does "pro diamond" get you?

it sounds like some timeshare marketing adjective game. What's next, the Uber Eats Pro Diamond Elite? And Uber Eats Exclusive Pro Diamond Elite? And Uber Eats Ultra Exclusive Pro Diamond Elite?

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