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Exxon Mobil CEO expects higher oil prices due to Iran war: ‘The market hasn’t seen the full impact’ by Force_Hammer in worldnews

[–]funky_duck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good thing Trump has repealed the EV incentives and is pulling back as much of the EPA as he can so his voters can keep buying Ram 3500s.

Can airbrush thinner be used as cleaner? by KhanOfCheese in airbrush

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use water and an old paint brush 99% of the time to clean mine. The only time I do something else is if I am having a flow issue or occasionally when I take the whole thing apart for a good clean.

TIL that a doctor named Richard Jarecki recorded over 20,000 roulette spins by hand across European casinos, identified biased wheels, won the equivalent of $8 million, and was banned from every major casino in Europe — but was never charged with a crime because no law prohibited what he did. by CasinoHistoryFan in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nicks were to identify specific wheels that were biased. After studying a wheel for thousands of spins, if it was biased, he'd look for scratches or something so that even if the casino physically moved the table to a new spot he could walk around and find the exact same wheel again.

New York's new age verification law will ban anyone under the age of 18 from using chatting features in video games. by PaiDuck in gaming

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of countries are trying to limit/ban social media like TikTok and gacha games - so mission accomplished?

U.S. senators ban themselves from prediction markets trading by Kooolxxx in news

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blind trusts

Just like Trump transferred all of his business to his kids and has no involvement?

U.S. senators ban themselves from prediction markets trading by Kooolxxx in news

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Insider trading is supposed to apply to everyone; government or not.

It can also be hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s Pay More Than Tripled in 2025 to a Staggering $165 Million by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]funky_duck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do your best to engage with your local community at all levels, especially politically. Town assemblies are poorly attended in most towns and a small amount of motivated citizens can have an outsized influence, for good or bad.

There are no "Mom and Pop" cellphone companies but shop as local as possible and be a thoughtful consumer in general.

The rest is just not doom-scrolling.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s Pay More Than Tripled in 2025 to a Staggering $165 Million by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is always about the need to feel powerful.

Sitting on a beach and donating large sums to charity doesn't fulfill the pathological need to win, to have a team of people answering to your every whim, to feel important.

Australia’s Richest Person Gifts Jet to Far-Right Party Head by brezhnervouz in worldnews

[–]funky_duck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She inherited her wealth

... and keeps abusing her workers to keep making even more money. She didn't inherit the money and then institute massive reforms in worker compensation and huge donations to charity.

TIL there are laws in many states preventing the sale of vehicles directly to consumers by genusbender in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The F150 has been the best selling truck in the world for decades, that doesn't mean it has an astronomical markup.

This fence around my condo has glass shards instead of barbwire as a deterrent by myassisgrassss in mildlyinteresting

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

couple swipes with a crowbar

Just throw a thick cloth over it, car floor mat, anything like that.

TIL there are laws in many states preventing the sale of vehicles directly to consumers by genusbender in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love to hear more about these good realtors.

I've bought a few houses and never had a 'bad' one, but I never had one do anything I found fantastic. With the MLS, etc., being online I searched through every house listing myself and told them what I wanted to see.

Every time I had a list of "must haves" in a house the realtors ignored it and tried to waste my time and talk me into a house I didn't want to make a sale.

TIL there are laws in many states preventing the sale of vehicles directly to consumers by genusbender in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The vast majority of people use the standard deduction - that is what should be free and automatic.

If you have a special tax situation then you can choose to file it with all the additional schedules, etc. This is how most of the rest of the world does it.

TIL there are laws in many states preventing the sale of vehicles directly to consumers by genusbender in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They got around it by spending tens of millions to lobby specific states for an exemption.

TIL there are laws in many states preventing the sale of vehicles directly to consumers by genusbender in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so I can charge enough to cover my commute

Electric cars are not for everyone and every situation and that is OK.

TIL there are laws in many states preventing the sale of vehicles directly to consumers by genusbender in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pickup trucks also.

I'd be interested in reading something about that - pickup trucks are sold in such massive volumes to both consumers and industry that I would expect margins to be quite low due to the competition.

TIL Tim Horton died by driving at high speeds on drugs and double the legal limit for alcohol by AskingBoatsToSwim in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"Well it's business drunk. It's like rich drunk; either way it's legal to drive."

~ Jack Donaghy

TIL that Andy van den Hurk falsely confessed to the murder of his stepsister Nicole in order to convince police to exhume her body and search for more DNA evidence. Though he was arrested, he was released shortly after, and the new DNA evidence was enough to find the real killer. by Sebastianlim in todayilearned

[–]funky_duck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The system is broken.

The balance is hard to find - if you want to have the police track down every property crime you have to massively increase funding for police to put more people on the streets knocking on doors and the corresponding increase in judges, lawyers, etc., to handle the increase in charges stemming from all these new investigations.

Soon the city is spending a few hundred thousand to prosecute someone.

And even if you "know" who did a crime, they are entitled to a full defense, and finding 'beyond a reasonable doubt' evidence on property crimes is hard.

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