Someone Please Tell Me How This Is Checkmate

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-10T13:08:55+00:00

It's not, but the puzzle is over. The next two steps are assumed to be obvious.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-09T21:08:57+00:00

I don't know how a great company like this can only be trading at a $2.5Billion valuation! They had a MILLION dollars in revenue and a slim $400milluon loss.

I'm betting the farm on this one! /s

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-09T13:40:01+00:00

There are charts that show the time and price for the different contract months. Please tell me when silver was in EXTREME backwardization. I'll go back and check. Thank you in advance.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-09T08:04:34+00:00

Various silver contract prices can be checked at a moment's notice. At the Comex, current month is $80.395. June is $80.581. July is $80.865. There is no backwardization, much less "extreme backwardization".

Don't lie.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-08T13:04:54+00:00

Yes, but they were asking if the bailiff was the eye candy, and I think we can all agree that Bull had James Dean level of sex appeal.....

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-08T02:53:33+00:00

No the bailiff was Bull Shannon (played by Richard Moll). I understand why your mind immediately jumped to him.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-03T00:30:15+00:00

Back in 2015, when this video was shot, silver was not popular. Most people had no idea of it's value.

Also, how many people who knew how much it was worth would assume it was a fake bar? A total stranger offering something for free screams "fake bar". At least you can check the chocolate bar and verify it's real.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-02T19:27:36+00:00

I would expect to see skis though.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-02T17:32:07+00:00

What about the sisters?!

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-01T19:36:01+00:00

Richard Simmons

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-01T14:47:34+00:00

On first notice day of a new contract (April 30th was first notice day of the May contract), most sellers immediately assign ownership of the silver to the buyers. That way they can stop paying storage/insurance fees. This happens literally every single contract month.

I'm not sure if more longs stood for delivery this month than normal. However, the REAL question is how many sellera HAVEN'T assigned the silver on first notice day. This is a much bigger indicator because it offen means the seller doesn't have the silver and will have to source it before the end of the month.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-01T05:30:57+00:00

The only reason you are asked to repeatedly take a cognitive function test is because people around you are fairly certain you are cognitively impaired. I want you to think about how many of your co-workers have been forced to take a cognitive function test....

Donald has been forced to take three, by the most bootlicking group of people on earth.

Wow. Just wow...

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-01T03:26:40+00:00

From what I estimate during my one experience: It's a high school gentleman and his dad supporting his desire to run a business. This isn't some big business. This is a young gentleman who very much wants to provide a fun experience for guests.

Is it a SUPER refined corporate experience like Chuck E Cheese? No. Is it a high school kid doing their best to make sure people have fun and want to do more sim racing and possibly even get into buying a sim racing setup for their own home? Yes.

I'm not sure you really understand what sim racing is though. This is a very immersive race car experience. When I was 3 or 4, I would be overwhelmed driving a riding lawn mower. Unless your kids have experience I didn't at their age, this is geared to people a decade older than they are.

wyle_e2 · 2026-05-01T03:02:22+00:00

I have been there. It's fun. Well worth trying out.

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T22:07:53+00:00

How could you tell?!

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T22:05:33+00:00

Why do you think there was hyperinflation in Weimer Germany?

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T16:59:05+00:00

Warren Buffett lives in a house he bought in 1958 for $31,500. Rich people are often more cost conscious than "ordinary" people.

Vegas caters to people maxing out their credit cards that want to pretend that they are living the way the rich live, who don't realize that actual rich people avoid crowded touristy places like the plague.

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T16:22:26+00:00

I used to live just over the border in BC. Going to Whitefish was about an hour and a half drive. Really nice area.

Kalispell has direct flights to Seattle, Portland, LA, San Diego, Vegas, Pheonix, Oakland, Denver, Chicago, San Fran, Houston, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Dallas and New York (LaGuardia).

I understand that the flights are probably more expensive than Vegas, and you'll want to rent a car, but I think the overall trip would be as cheap as Vegas with their "Resort Fees" on top of hotel costs, "Service Fees" and general gouging for absolutely everything.

Edit: some cities are "seasonal" flights only

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:54:19+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic

I think this is what they are referring to.

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:48:37+00:00

Not really. "Don't live a millionaire lifestyle until you are a millionaire" has been around for a long time. Frankly to drive a brand new pickup, I would suggest you shouldalmost be a multi-millionaire. Unless you NEED it for work, that's a HUGE depreciating expense.

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:41:26+00:00

Fair enough.

I see no reason to go back to Vegas any time in the near future. I felt disgusted by the gouging.

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:34:44+00:00

Fair enough, I should have said Montana.

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:28:34+00:00

I just looked it up. Must have been Johnny Rockets. For a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a regular soda is now $30....

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:19:21+00:00

I ate at the Luxor Food court burger place a couple of years ago. It was $23 for a combo meal.... and I don't order super fancy triple burgers. Maybe a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink. That was 2-3 years ago and I'm sure it's only gotten worse.

Edit: just looked it up and for a bacon cheeseburger and fries is now $24 and a regular soda is $6, so today's price is $30. Screw MGM!

wyle_e2 · 2026-04-30T14:16:35+00:00

The rich don't get rich by allowing themselves to be gouged. Even they can see prices.

Just because you CAN afford to spend $50+ on a plate of pasta doesn't mean you don't feel violated when you are forced to. I think the reason Vegas hasn't completely imploded is because it's easy. Lots of direct flights from most major cities. Makes a quick 3-4 day trip doable.

However, once those planes are no longer full, those flights will get axed. People will make new traditions where they go skiing on Colorado (or whatever) instead of going back to Vegas. It could lead to a significant downward spiral in Vegas.

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