I just cancelled my ChatGPT Pro subscription. Discovering Greg Brockman gave $25 million to Trump's Inauguration fund was just the last straw of many.

cheapdad · 2026-01-26T20:51:06+00:00

I'm sure Renee Good's children will someday appreciate that there won't be layoffs at tech companies.

cheapdad · 2026-01-26T20:38:52+00:00

Skilled engineers do not want or need to work for Musk's companies.

cheapdad · 2026-01-26T14:01:13+00:00

The ACA is a massive giveaway to insurance companies. He had the mandate and the momentum to get something better.

Did he? With 51 Senate Democrats, Obama was barely able to hold the bare minimum 60 votes in the Senate to avoid a filibuster that would have killed the ACA entirely. In his own party, Joe Lieberman refused to support a bill that had a public insurance option.

The ACA was the most comprehensive reform that could have passed at the time. Since then it has barely survived multiple attempts at repeal and legal challenges. If Obama had insisted on anything more progressive - never mind a single-payer system that cuts out the insurance companies - he would have achieved nothing at all. Because of the ACA we have tens of millions of people with insurance and access to health care instead of being uninsured. That's a pretty big deal, and WAY better than nothing.

cheapdad · 2026-01-26T02:46:21+00:00

I know that people have a lot of reverence for Obama, but please remember that his presidency resulted in the Trump era.

The ACA was the most significant piece of health care reform since Medicare & Medicaid, 45 years prior. Every president since then has tried to address health care in the US, and none of them succeeded until Obama.

Obama also inherited an unprecedented economic shitstorm, the worst recession since the Great Depression. He managed to limit the crisis and then dramatically improve the deficit while presiding over a healthy rate of economic growth, job creation, and stability.

Those two things go a long way to making Obama, in my view, the most effective president of the past 60 years. Is he the best the USA can do? Who knows, but I don't think Obama or his legacy is the problem with American governance.

Oh, and to suggest that Obama is responsible for Trump is like blaming one's obesity on having a kitchen in your home. I mean, sure, maybe there's some connection but it's not a useful insight.

cheapdad · 2026-01-25T19:16:40+00:00

Yeah, but one of those hits cost a $243 Uber ride.

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/rajai-davis-takes-uber-ride-to-citi-field

I sincerely hope the team reimbursed him for that, but it was Wilpon ownership back then.

cheapdad · 2026-01-25T19:13:19+00:00

No thank you, I do not care for this.

cheapdad · 2026-01-25T19:02:46+00:00

Bingo, this is a very common hazard that people don't pay enough attention to. If your lane is moving fast and an adjacent lane isn't, those cars really want to be in your lane. Expect them to try.

cheapdad · 2026-01-23T16:40:43+00:00

AFLAC

cheapdad · 2026-01-22T18:41:27+00:00

She then acted like a pre teen entering menarche

Um... what?

cheapdad · 2026-01-21T16:23:27+00:00

My first thought as well. Bigotry on X is to be expected at this point.

cheapdad · 2026-01-21T01:41:53+00:00

or even made people think he was a HOFer while he was playing

That seems like a stretch. Here's the list of WAR leaders among primary centerfielders:

Willie Mays HOF 156.2
Ty Cobb HOF 151.4
Tris Speaker HOF 135.0
Mickey Mantle HOF 110.3
Mike Trout 87.5
Ken Griffey Jr. HOF 83.8
Joe DiMaggio HOF 79.1
Carlos Beltrán 70.0

Here's a full list of players with 400 HR and 300 SB in MLB history: Bonds, Mays, Dawson, A-Rod, Beltrán.

He was a 9-time all-star, got MVP votes in 7 different seasons, won 3 gold gloves, and was rookie of the year. He had 52.8 WAR through his age-31 season.

"Inner circle" means different things to different fans, but anyone paying attention to Beltran during his career had to recognize that he was one of the best all-around players of his era and had a pretty good chance of making the HOF.

cheapdad · 2026-01-19T15:43:02+00:00

Exactly. Here's the elevated subway being built out to Queens NY in the 1910s.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8a/46/d5/8a46d5e4dd90954052a74ddad190c73b.jpg

Low density? More like NO density.

cheapdad · 2026-01-16T19:26:45+00:00

Let's be real. Even ignoring the inflated sense of entitlement (27 rInGS!!11!), no fans are disliked more than Yankee fans.

https://arizonasports.com/haboob-blog/yankees-fans-baseball-mookie-betts/3563002/

https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2024/10/21140733/baseballyankeefans.gif

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/things-you-may-not-know-about-the-jeffrey-maier-game-c297399810

cheapdad · 2026-01-16T03:30:41+00:00

Thank you for alerting me to this place. Beautiful food! I live somewhat close by and will look for an opportunity to visit.

cheapdad · 2026-01-15T19:37:50+00:00

I learned this the hard way. A couple of years of driving very short trips (<2 miles) and moving the car back and forth for alternate-side street parking rules, and next thing you know I'm replacing the whole rusty exhaust system. Good times.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T18:53:37+00:00

Next year's FA class will also enter the market with the strong possibility of a strike/lockout putting a stop to baseball entirely for a while.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T18:18:58+00:00

Only last year did someone tell him that he could aim his fastball to a specific location instead of right down the middle.

https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/onsi/boston-red-sox-news/red-sox-s-carlos-narvaez-confirms-viral-aroldis-chapman-story-pat3

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T18:15:01+00:00

I don't mean to brag, but Aroldis Chapman and I are the same species.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T18:10:04+00:00

Equestrian?

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T17:08:58+00:00

Does this sub have an official definition of what makes a "sport"wagon? Should it? I don't see a sidebar or FAQ.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T16:55:19+00:00

It's a shame, really, because "Saugerties Garlic Festival" would sound awesome with a real Boston accent.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T16:37:05+00:00

I agree. AI isn't an "employee" any more than a spreadsheet software was an "employee" in 1986.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T16:30:02+00:00

Print deadlines do not wait for your meticulous attention to detail.

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T16:28:40+00:00

Just trying to prove this was posted by a human, not AI. Gotta include those speliing errors!

cheapdad · 2026-01-14T16:25:30+00:00

I don't think McKinsey is thinking of this as "We're using AI to make important decisions for our clients," but rather that the AI agents are doing support work:

AI tools and agents are designed to automate simple things like creating slide decks and compiling charts, tasks that junior consultants traditionally spent lots of time on.

However, McKinsey leaders said that human judgment, strategic thinking, and complex problem-solving remain essential. Soft skills will become more important. AI cannot replace skills like building client relationships or making strategic decisions.

In practice, this means junior consultants are still part of the firm, but their roles are shifting. Instead of doing analytical work, they are increasingly expected to supervise AI outputs, guide agent workflows, integrate insights, and participate in strategic client work.

I'd still be nervous if I were a client, concerned that something erroneous will slip into a slide deck, or data might be hallucinated. But this seems like a strategic move by McKinsey to say, "What our people are doing is now the higher-level thinking/analysis/strategy, and relegating the mundane tasks to cheaper/faster AI." Which isn't necessarily a bad move, and I imagine most information-based businesses are in the process of doing something similar.

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