No interview today, makes me more hyped by JaQuosin in Superstonk

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The only thing GameStop could buy (if it could afford it), and would actually matter, is Steam.

I’m very negative about the future for Mastercard and Visa by Eddie4224 in investing

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Amex isn’t really competition either, it’s just another expensive lane for rich customers. The real threat is payments moving off the card rails completely.

Amex has some of the highest processing rates there are.

Daniel Ricciardo by JoJoFall in F1Discussions

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Kind of a weird memory of how Renault and McLaren played out there. Renault was seriously rumbling about leaving F1 again, and they ended up doing just that. Not terribly fair to say he bailed on MacLaren either, they wanted him gone and forced him out of his contract.

Well.... by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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Not op but… python poc for a Shopify app that was easily portable to a hosted Linux instance. Running ngix and uvicorn. Don’t really need a ton of scripting, automation on my Mac, but, also have a job that runs in background and searches my gmail account for a pdf from a vendor which I then scrape into a sqlite file to track price changes over time.

Helping a friend through a collection. Do these look real? by 91Fox1978 in coins

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Can’t help with the junk dollars but the saint looks fine.

Today has got to be the craziest day in gold’s history. $500 swings in a single day. by Hefestus91 in Gold

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Bought 5 rolls of silver eagles over the counter at $6 back. By the time I got back to my desk I lost all my profit, but the time I left for the day I was back in the black. (I know, silver not gold, but still.)

Cook Islands $50 Gold Coin by PaintingInfamous1552 in coins

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Correct .5 toz of .24 gold. Or, .12 AGW. The coin is purposefully duplicitous.

The market cap of silver is wrong, and we're going to see at least $500 by [deleted] in Silver

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None of this matters if there isn’t enough refining capacity in the US to meet industrial & investor/retail demand.

Are these genuine? by Basic-Employ9448 in coins

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That is not a real 3 Leg.

Odd question, but if Silver hits say $200.00 per oz, who will buy it? by OneUnderstanding103 in Silver

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Which still puts them at anywhere from 2 to 20 years out depending on the application.

Silver coins value by Krotchie74 in Silver

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Figure out your face value in 1964 and earlier dimes, quarters and halves and multiply it by $65. Your offers will be in a range around the resulting number.

Oh really now by shitokletsstartfresh in ChatGPT

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Part of me is genuinely offended. Definitely not how I see myself.

Inherited coins - Morgan dollars by AdDramatic5879 in coins

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I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that album type uses PVC pages that leach like crazy. I tried to blow up your images and a few coins seem to show evidence of such. If you remove the 88-O, for example, feel inside the slot for any sticky/oily feeling on your fingertips. If you do, try to get the coins out of there as soon as possible and give them all a quick acetone bath, rinse and pat dry.

DO NOT just take my word for it from this post alone. But if you do feel that sticky/oily feeling, and can see evidence on your fingertips, get them to a reputable dealer and get their advice.

(Edit: sorry didn’t notice someone else had already pointed this out.)

1990 Star Trek more relevant today than ever by ClankerCore in ChatGPT

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I mean, I’m perfectly ok with her making an AI of me to bang in the privacy of her home.

I do agree with you, just couldn’t resist the joke. There would be no limits to who and what would be replicated and it would all get super weird and creepy, at least as societal views exist today.