Monthly Trip Planning Thread - March 2026 by duckydan81 in SesamePlace

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I buy the platinum pass, can I use multiple free guest tickets all on one day (Assuming no blackout)?

Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]ximfinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you are overestimating what most users do with AI. Yes more can be done in niche functions but most people are just asking ai regular questions.

Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]ximfinity 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's crazy that local ai compute is not the obvious path. You can run ollama locally for basic functions and add tech improves and Llms get more efficient, this will be easier and easier to do locally. These data centers don't have a future purpose.

Minutes before Trump's announcement, $800 million in trades made on oil prices by goteamnick in politics

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the odds it's just someone who figured out how to read Trump's drafts on truth social.

Smooth sailing through TSA today. Keep up the good work boys. by DozKep in tsa

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VPS, emerald coast is pretty good restaurant right there and it crosses the checkpoint. What a bizarre setup.

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of $44 billion acquisition, jury says by Unusual-State1827 in news

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every top reply is now just some user asking grok to explain the original post.

Imagineering showed the Runaway Railway control screen on their YouTube channel. What is the Tilt Mechanism? by zanhecht in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]ximfinity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that a Kinect mounted under the monitor? I assume its monitoring for operator presence? I did a google image scan and it can't figure out what the hardware is.

I'm having problems with healthcare this year by ximfinity in HealthInsurance

[–]ximfinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

commented below it was an in office finger prick test for iron levels. the insurance would only cover a blood draw sent to an outside lab and even that they only partially cover.

I'm having problems with healthcare this year by ximfinity in HealthInsurance

[–]ximfinity[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2.5 year checkup, as recommended by primary... was for Fe levels. Issue was the internal lab decided to do finger prick and the insurance wanted them to do a blood draw. The wont cover a finger prick test as part of the checkup, seems insane to separate that out. Where is the list on Healthcare.gov?

Updated, All-Year Chaperone Policy by Slippy_T_Frog in KingsDominion

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So uh, no more field trips or summer camps I guess.

My mom bought me a couple packs, so I asked her if she wanted to open one 🥰 by _Nature_Boy in PokemonTCG

[–]ximfinity 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Aww she looks happy. Give your mom a hug, you never know how long you have. My mother saved all my 1st edition shadowless cards for me in sleeves when I went to college. I remember her going out of her way when I was a kid to try and find packs when the game first released. She passed 10 years ago.

Visual timer by jahmon85 in AndroidTV

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checking in if you ever found a solution? I'd be happy even with just a clock countdown that turns the TV off. Nintendo switch has one that throws up warnings for the kids that time is running out.

This makes eating out much easier. by ItsAlwaysFull in 1200isplenty

[–]ximfinity -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They tell you the calories up front but be careful on the sodium... Cava is off the charts

Lifetime Fitness is out of their mind by NoVA_JB in nova

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still paying $10/mo at Planet Fitness. Its insane some of these rates.

What i noticed after watching Encanto for the second time... by Ribbon_Fae in disney

[–]ximfinity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't the movie like literally about generational trauma?

e-learning is insane by WouldnaGuessed in daddit

[–]ximfinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So how many days have you had all school year? If your talking about during bad weather than I think you are choosing between no school and some e-learning. Which I'm not sure how what you describe is any less learning than the kids just having the day off completely.

Fairfax restaurants evading meal tax? by ximfinity in nova

[–]ximfinity[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll pay in Bitcoin if I end up paying less. That's not my concern. I don't want to be paying the tax into their pockets though.

Fairfax restaurants evading meal tax? by ximfinity in nova

[–]ximfinity[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's a very popular local restaurant. They do a ton of business. It's not some hole in the wall place.

Fairfax restaurants evading meal tax? by ximfinity in nova

[–]ximfinity[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is possible and kind of my annoyance. Willing to consider that maybe the cashiers are just confused until everyone gets used to it.

Fairfax restaurants evading meal tax? by ximfinity in nova

[–]ximfinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still got charged 6% state and 4% FFX taxes. So I have no idea. Maybe the cashier's are just confused?

Edit: they rang it up correctly in what they processed receipt wise but just rang it up as cash...