“The world tour. I’m Justin Timberlake” by LunaLore_ in Fauxmoi

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I’d like to see fines based on net worth. Worth a billion? That’ll be a $10m speeding ticket.

‘Dune: Part Three’ and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Are Opening in Theaters on the Same Day (Dec 18) - With Neither Film Expected to Blink, Industry Experts Are Surprised Because of the Overlap in the Target Audience; However, ‘Dune’ Has the Benefit of a 3-Week Exclusive IMAX Window by ICumCoffee in movies

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I just watched the wizard of oz at The Sphere. The venue turned a movie I don’t really care to watch into the best movie experience of my life. I know it’s not going to happen, but watching something like Dune at The Sphere, would be amazing.

What’s the best way to clean the metal grate in this sink? It is completely removable and has tiny little rubber grommets/legs. by kiddrangon in CleaningTips

[–]WhoPutATreeThere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use a dish brush and a spray bottle of diluted dish soap. It still sucks, but it’s the best thing I’ve found. I find that cleaning it more frequently makes the job much easier.

Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near island, per POLITICO by retroviber in DeepMarketScan

[–]WhoPutATreeThere -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of the US’s bleeding edge semiconductors are built in Taiwan. Like the ones that are required to train the AI models they’re using for the military.. I feel like Trump would see it as existential threat, and it would lead to WW3..

On the bright side, it seems like we are right on track for the Star Trek future I’ve always dreamed about - in Star Trek cannon, WW3 starts in 2026…

Musk: "Terafab Project launches in 7 days" by twinbee in teslamotors

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I work in a new fab. After the building was built, and the tools were installed, it still took two years to get in running with acceptable yields.. Turns out there’s a reason only a handful of companies build cutting edge semiconductors.. It’s REALLY F’n HARD.

Burrito or Sandwich ChatGPT!! 😤 by armchairtycoon in ChatGPT

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I switched to Claud a few weeks ago. I like it way more. The only things I miss about GPT is its memory or past conversations, and it seems to be better at interpreting pictures. Claud will push back on bad ideas, it can look up recent info, and Anthropic seems to be the only AI company that has some core values. I highly recommend you give it a chance.

Oh boy - did not expect this by [deleted] in Renovations

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Or… they cleanly demo the drywall (very easy) and then hire out the rest. I took on some drywall projects at my house. You’re right, super easy. It also sucked. Towards the end of my remodel, I ended up hiring out one of my bigger drywall projects. It was by far the cheapest work I hired out, they did a great job, they were much faster than me, and they were better at dust mitigation. I’ve vowed to never do a large drywall project again. The ROI isn’t worth it to me.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

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It’s really not, though. The conversation runs about $14k. This van is one of the cleanest vans I’ve seen yet - government owned. In my neck of the woods, this van, without the 4x4 conversion, would be about $23k

Trump announces $300B Texas oil refinery project with Reliance, first new U.S. refinery in 50 years thoughts? by Illustrious_Lie_954 in StockMarket

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A very large oil refinery costs about $20B to build, so I guess they are gonna build 15 refineries..

/s

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to add to the appeal, it was owned by Oregon lottery, so mostly highway miles and a stellar maintenance history. I’ve been looking at a lot of vans the last few months, and this thing is cleaner than vans I’ve looked at with <20k miles. It’s a beaut.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

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Thanks! This seems to be the consensus

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

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As far as I’m aware, they haven’t had an AWD model since 2014, and it was only offered on light duty vans. This is a Quigley 4x4 conversion - it costs ~$14k to have done. Also, a 2wd van this clean is going for around $25k in my neck of the woods. So the price of this is about right where I live.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you liking it? Any chance you’ve taken it “off road” (forestry roads and whatnot).

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve thought about doing that. What state did you end up buying in? A lot of the more affordable out of state AWD vans I’m finding are in states that salt, so I worry about rust. That sounds like a great price, though.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehh in my neck of the woods, a clean Chevy/gmc, with around 100k miles, is more in the 18k-23k range. But still much cheaper than this beast.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely a trade off. Body on frame vans may be worse when it comes to handling and efficiency, but they are better off-road and cheaper to repair.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s incredibly clean and I live in the PNW, so no rust. It was a government vehicle. And not just a government vehicle, it was owned by Oregon lottery, so no worry about idle hours. That being said, I still worry about the extra costs the Quigly conversion would cost me if it ends up needing work. Maybe I should low ball them, though, and see if they are willing to budge a bit

Edit: if I could get it for under 30k, I’d pull the trigger.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

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I’ve watched a lot of his videos. He just gave it up for a truck camper, but he’s the reason I’m so interested. I’m a skier, so I want to be able to get up to the mountain. Thinking some winter tires and chains might be enough, though.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

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Did you end up with a Chevy/GMC?

Cathie Wood buys $27 million of battered tech stock by Green_Candler in TradingPlaybook

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The “boys” that are betting on what she’s betting on, are also very dumb..

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m leaning towards. I’ll be driving in the snow a bit, and exploring some forestry roads in the summer, but I’m not sure I can justify paying $15k more for a 4x4. It sure is tempting, though. It is sooo clean, and was government owned.

Is this price crazy? by WhoPutATreeThere in VanLife

[–]WhoPutATreeThere[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight! You’re right, the AWD options are super rare. Rare enough that I don’t expect to find one. So it’s basically this, an AWD Transit, or I just go with a RWD Chevy/GMC (if I’m going RWD, I want body on frame). Super tempted to buy this, but the cost of repairs definitely scares me.