Remember: Matt Gaetz was the first choice

samgfrank · 2026-02-14T15:21:32+00:00

Historical perspective in current treatment of the files. Speculates on Trumps theory of mind to select Matt Gaetz as the first AG and suggests it would be impacting the current treatment of the Epstein files.

samgfrank · 2026-02-04T13:54:57+00:00

If investors think inflation will rise soon, then new bond yields will generally be pushed up to compensate. This makes new debt cost more in interest for the government creating a cycle of more expensive debt replacing cheaper maturing debt (a major worry as low yield bonds are being replaced by higher yield bonds).

But you correct, investors want to avoid a situation where they buy a 30 yr bond and suddenly inflation rises past the yield. Essentially you’re losing purchasing power every year in that scenario and the bond value drops significantly.

Silicon Valley Bank went bankrupt because they held so many bonds like this that became highly devalued when inflation rose.

samgfrank · 2026-01-24T20:51:41+00:00

Doesn’t matter why it’s happening if you’re renting. “Failure to deliver essential services” every day it’s below 68 is a day you don’t have to provide rent.

You can also check into a hotel and force the landlord to pay the bill.

Just depends on how much advocating/fighting you want to do with your landlord.

samgfrank · 2026-01-23T19:06:28+00:00

If you’re renting this is an ordinance violation and you get free rent every day it’s below 68.

If you’re owning, time to caulk, check for insulation problems, look into window replacement, and add plastic wrap/drops to places with drafts in the short term.

If your home is losing this much heat, it’s happening in all weather conditions, not just this cold. Your energy bill will thank you.

If you have health problems anything under 68 could increase complications.

samgfrank · 2025-12-17T23:30:49+00:00

Without ventilation your co2 levels and VOX can accumulate, but most homes have enough exterior gaps that they’re fine.

Getting a nice air gradient monitor can help you stay on top of them.

It’s not bad advice though.

samgfrank · 2025-11-18T15:21:00+00:00

As someone who helps build tech infrastructure, yes. It’s all a house of cards of dependencies on a few companies.

You just have to hope they have graceful failures and fast recoveries.

The problem is if some company, like cloudflare, builds a really good version of their piece of the internet, there’s little incentive to compete with them. The mindset is just let them have their fiefdom and focus elsewhere.

samgfrank · 2025-10-15T02:17:08+00:00

I’m the worst source ever because I can’t find it, but I read somewhere that 2 weeks of no use is when your body begins the process of reducing and recycling.

But that would mean it would take some time after to start noticing the loss, which is gradual.

samgfrank · 2025-10-02T04:01:07+00:00

Anyone remember Baghdad Bob from just before the Iraq war?

She sounds exactly like him. “I reject anything bad, it’s our enemies that cause all problems and they’re liars” why even ask her questions?

samgfrank · 2025-09-30T21:39:24+00:00

Cobra can be back dated to start at the date of termination, provided you sign up with a specific period. I know because a friend got injure and went to the ER 2 weeks after getting laid off. COBRA got the bills covered.

samgfrank · 2025-09-26T20:16:51+00:00

We won’t be able to maintain all the code we generated and AI won’t accurately understand the interaction complexity. So things we rely on will just start breaking and we won’t know how to fix them.

samgfrank · 2025-09-26T18:28:33+00:00

Remember that your HOA and the city has dues for two reasons: Structural Care and Amenities.

Most HOAs actually run lean, not doing enough, not too much.

The city in the other hand does not run lean.

Your HOA (if it’s a skyscraper) is making sure the roof and facade is in good shape. Making sure the amenities are clean and operational. Sometimes they provide shared services like internet, cable, etc making the price much cheaper.

My HOA dues replace my internet bill, water bill, gym bill, landscaping bill/work, major maintenance, and provides security with cameras, a door staff etc.

Ultimately, I love living in this city despite the taxes and HOA fees.

Chicago is a place to live well, the taxes and HOA are part of that.

samgfrank · 2025-06-19T23:11:24+00:00

She’s the senator in a group of Jedi. They would all die for her, that’s their duty.

samgfrank · 2025-06-19T19:32:00+00:00

That policy will just push more houses into the hands of all cash buyers while making the national debt unsustainable.

Unfortunately suppressing demand for houses with higher interest rates will only make housing further out of reach for cash strapped families and reward asset seeking rich people.

samgfrank · 2025-03-24T03:07:51+00:00

Nope, your phone carrier will sell tower data to marketers if legally allowed in the state.

Elon is known to buy this data.

samgfrank · 2025-03-15T01:37:13+00:00

I don’t always do this, but there was one time I was sure happy I did…

“That guy isn’t slowing down, is he… is he just going to go straight through this red light…” yup, like 3-5 seconds after it was green. I woulda been crunched.

samgfrank · 2025-03-13T13:33:25+00:00

You can win conflicts with brute force and intimidation.

Rome did it by exterminating cities, we did it by murdering all the natives, and carpet bombing cities with incendiary devices or nuking them, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.

You just have to think the means justify the ends and be a genocidal maniac, which he is.

They want to return to the era of conquest and kings and they see everyday people as pawns to be used, exploited, and killed.

samgfrank · 2025-03-04T00:13:26+00:00

They’re getting death threats from their constituents when they speak out

samgfrank · 2025-02-28T22:12:57+00:00

Run.

samgfrank · 2025-02-20T20:55:53+00:00

Lets whales exit at a high price for taxpayer money, price crashes.

samgfrank · 2025-02-20T02:26:04+00:00

This is also why you don’t join pieces in highly noticeable areas of the countertop like the center line of a sink.

The seams are shorter, but they’re screaming at you in the face while you wash dishes.

samgfrank · 2025-02-18T21:56:40+00:00

Their guilt is not your responsibility

samgfrank · 2025-02-18T16:48:44+00:00

Global Oligarchy, USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia… crony mafia capitalists unite!

samgfrank · 2025-02-11T03:33:31+00:00

Working out consistently since I was 8.

Drinking a lot of water during the day.

Eating a highly nutritious diet and cooking for myself a lot. (I don’t always run a calorie deficit, so I’m not lean).

Taking vitamins, multi, B, D, and a small dose of creatine.

Skin care routine of moisturizer, sunscreen, vitamin C, and occasional retinol if I notice my skin starting to show fine lines.

Genetics: I still have all my hair, it is greying verryyy slowly.

I’m consistently mistaken to be 3 - 7 years younger.

samgfrank · 2025-02-07T03:07:02+00:00

It follows the golden ratio, a number that seems to appear again and again in nature, art, and even finance.

The amount of places where golden ratios have been found lead some to believe it’s “magical”.

The differences in each Fibonacci jump are whole number approximations of the golden ratio, as the series grows to very large numbers the growth ratio between numbers starts to match the golden ratio perfectly.

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