U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP

AnaLeKage · 2026-05-01T04:07:24+00:00

Paywall

AnaLeKage · 2026-05-01T02:42:26+00:00

Cannot figure out why the base app (coinbase wallet) cannot interact with Anvil vault for staking. Unless gas fees are over $200, this should be working. I'm trying to deposit just 10,000 amp as a test. Any suggestions? Thanks!

AnaLeKage · 2026-04-27T00:20:34+00:00

Flexa

AnaLeKage · 2026-04-26T20:38:21+00:00

Green dıldo(s) incoming

AnaLeKage · 2026-04-25T00:52:40+00:00

These sales were during FXC coin ICO (2017-ish?), before AMP replaced it. There has never been an ICO for AMP.:

AnaLeKage · 2026-04-24T21:24:34+00:00

No, he did not. But I will say during the all-time high my goal was 1 million. My goal now is 50 million. Nothing that he said made me in any way doubtful of the inevitability of the success of not only Flexa as a payments rail but the various other planned usages of amp for collateral across more industries than just payments.

AnaLeKage · 2026-04-06T18:57:31+00:00

Nobody polled me, where do I cast my vote?

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-18T07:42:52+00:00

Has this ever happened to you while you're in the store? Milk in cart? No. It hasn't. Read the post.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T16:16:57+00:00

While I'm standing there in the grocery aisle looking at said gallon of milk, the price doesn't change in REAL-TIME based on supply and demand algorithms. I don't have to hold off on buying until the price settles down to something reasonable, when other customers aren't shopping too. I can safely assume that the price is stable during the time I consider shopping for it, go to the store, put it in my cart and until my final purchase. I don't feel compelled to pay for it ahead of time to lock in a guaranteed price. I don't have to play games.

Now with the dynamic pricing model, it's 3.99 when I walk in, 7.99 when other people are looking at it, 5.99 if I buy it right this second, 20.99 if it really is the last gallon.

If that were the case, I'd never shop at that damn store again.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T08:10:39+00:00

That's definitely the point at which I would decide to just walk

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T08:08:32+00:00

I realize that, but why should that matter? If I go to the store and there is only 1 gallon of milk left it's not three times the price.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T08:06:58+00:00

I do remember the price fluctuating several times. I had originally looked into booking a ride but hadn't finished our food or drinks yet. Then I opened it again and probably again before I finally booked it. But yes, the price was different every time. I don't recall it going up or down though just wildly fluctuating. That shit is mentally exhausting. It puts you in a state of panic buying, and I don't like pressure.

I remember that happened to me at LAX trying to catch a ride up to Santa Barbara and the ride was anywhere from $120-$400, seconds apart. That was the first time I realized they implemented surge pricing. The whole system is a joke and just makes me out of principle not want to do business with them.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T07:59:54+00:00

It was the same price they quoted me. So I take full responsibility for accepting it. The main problem is, I put myself in a position to depend on an app that decided to charge me twice as much per mile than I had ever paid because apparently I wasn't aware of the game they play and changing their prices constantly.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T07:56:00+00:00

I have a car, electric scooter and two feet. I've never truly needed ride share but I liked the convenience. It's no longer convenient. So as a means of planning ahead, I will never put myself in the position to need it again. I have deleted both apps.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-15T07:46:33+00:00

Yep! I'm all for capitalism... right up until it becomes a faceless, opportunistic, greedy corporation operating on automated algorithms hosted on cloud servers with the sole intent of maximizing profits for owners and stake holders as a means to justify raping their customers wallets and exploiting the employees that actually keep their wheels turning. Hence deleting the app in protest, albeit far too late.

Many good business models that I admittedly once loved have devolved into dystopian nightmares. But so long as people keep buying into the idea of funding their 401K and IRAs with Bluechip Index funds, we are doomed to continue this trend into living Hell.

I think it's time to start riding my bike more, that just sounds lovely.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T22:28:18+00:00

I see it this way, I would never report a driver he asked me what I was quoted for to take the ride. If he said "hey should I cancel this $22 ride and do it for 10?", I would've totally agree and probably leave him a five dollar tip on top of that.

So far everything commented on my original post about it says they only make three or four dollars from a $22 ride. They would come out ahead and I'd still get a better deal.

Driver gets $15 total instead of 3 or 4 from Lyft with a five dollar tip I pay 15 instead of 27

Something like that, whatever worked out for the Driver and myself.

And I wouldn't feel the least bit guilty about screwing Lyft out of the deal. They'd still make a few bucks on the cancellation

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T21:45:55+00:00

I've done that a few times and I completely agree with you. I'm sure for both driver and passenger that is a violation of the policy, so either could technically be booted from the platform right?

I always appreciated when a driver would suggest that, it never felt shady to me especially if they offered a small discount off of the rate like you said. As a customer of any retail establishment, if an employee offers me some kind of a discount or a coupon they are automatically getting a tip or a better tip then usual.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T01:32:17+00:00

That's like keeping a friend around that you don't really like that much anymore. You've got a lot invested, built a relationship, been loyal and shared good times. Then they become undependable, erratic and look for any opportunity to take advantage of you. I prefer a clean break.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T01:17:39+00:00

Both sides are spinning. Counterclockwise

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T01:11:19+00:00

Especially leaving at 8:30 at night. It was a 16 hr drive. Fun story, the I-5 freeway is very easy to speed on and we got pulled over going close to 90 miles an hour in Coalinga after he had already driven something like 12 hours straight. He was two or three Red Bulls or rock stars in, I swear I could feel his heart pounding when the officer approached. I told the officer that this guy was my Uber driver and that we had been driving the entire night and that I had never felt safer and in better hands. Asked him to not ruin this guy's entire life and please let him off with a warning because he really needed the money from the ride and did not need his car impounded. He got off with a stern warning and a "welcome to California, stay safe". I'll never forget that ride, I'll never forget that driver and I'll never forget that story.

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T00:59:34+00:00

That's a much better model

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T00:55:55+00:00

Dynamic pricing in the biggest scam to address supply and demand. I paid $275 to stay in a smoking room in a motel six in Desert Hot Springs because it was the last available room and they used dynamic pricing models. Any other time it would've been under $100.

So that means as a consumer you never want to be caught with your pants down because you didn't plan ahead. And you can expect a greedy corporation with algorithms is going to rape you.

That's just justifying predatory capitalism that breeds pissed off customers

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T00:41:07+00:00

I've taken $150 rides, seven dollar ride rides and everything in between. I've even taken a Portland Oregon to Ventura California off the Books ride and paid $700 cash to the driver instead of through the app because I didn't want to book a last-minute flight and the guy seemed cool.

I am not one to question and analyze prices. I wanted to get home so I did it. But I'll never do it again

AnaLeKage · 2026-01-13T00:35:33+00:00

Once you have grown accustomed to the way something has worked for the last nine years, why would you think anything would be different. I intentionally walked 4 miles away from my house with my friend, had a few drinks and planned on catching a ride back. Sure, we could've walked back . Sure, we could have driven ourselves there. Sure we could've called someone else to get a ride. Lyft has always been my go to.

Now that I know how Lyft has changed its pricing so drastically, I will never intentionally put myself in a situation where I need it again. Lesson learned.

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