WTF-Beta

I reduced costs by cancelling my Spectrum Internet account.

No landline.

That would be equivalent giving back 25% if what I just saved.

Hard no.

My mobile phone is Verizon via (Walmart) Straight Talk. $50

My phone was locked to Straight Talk but I think there was a limited period Straight Talk could keep it lock.

I don't think it's locked no. I have to double check.

So my next step is to lower my mobile bill.

I don't know. Tello looks like a possibility. I have to read more.

I paid my phone bill today and my goal is to change the carrier before this billing cycle ends.

He asked for $5,000. I laughed in his face.

Ok, I bought a Bells Systems type handset, without an actual phone, that connects to where you plug the power cord into a cellphone.

$17

Whimsical!

It might be broken out of the box. It might be a gimmick. Well see.

@axtremus

2 answers-

1 If you're hanging an artwork, of course, it depends on the placement, and also the placement of other artworks at the same time, if any.

2 I'd turn it so the left side would be the bottom side.

I imagine the rectangular figure with a circle on top represents a lighthouse and the lines represent the sky.

@Bernard said:

@Daniel "Taste is a fashion" Yes. Art has no intrinsic value in the realm of money.

That's right!

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plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

I'm just wild about Harry.

@bernard See Harry give his AI opinion.

This is hysterical!

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This painting and the story behind it grabbed my attention.

It's a beautiful painting imo and it has an unusual history.

I want this thread to be about art you hang on the wall.

Any.

Any situation.

Just light hearted fun.

I love paintings and the more you look at them and learn about them the more interesting they get.

I like Victorian art.

Auto Union

@Rontuner said:

directives

Well, since they are projects of the military and the intelligence services conjoined with the tech corporations, yes.

@Bernard said:

OpenAI needs to be treated just as any other hacker. Jail time.

Do you mean the company or the founder?

Got the decals today from campus bookstore.

Cut them in two leaving the original seals unopened.

@andyd You might like this part.

Wrapped decals carefully in a few sandwich bags.

Archived them in my files.

$30 plus shipping for a few decals.

The invoice said - Thank you. Your purchase supports the campus community.

Ok, then!

Clusterfuck

AI Overview
U.S. President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that he faces a choice between making a peace deal with Iran or quickly "annihilating the Islamic Republic".

NPR

Play a record long enough and you'll wear it out.

One more. I promise.

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This generation gap (specifically) is a cultural phenomenon at this.

What made some of the younger ones so clueless, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant and entitled?

I don't know.

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Is there an instruction page showing how to do it?

Please point me in the right direction.

I was thinking a this yesterday and suddenly, today...

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Edited.

BTW-

This is a great example of the destruction of US education.

New College was a public school by the time I went there.

It's defacto privatized by now.

The money generating potential of New College made it stand out like a lighthouse.

The US public education system is generally wing starved of resources.

There are charter schools (de facto private) being aggressively supported by policy makers.

Then there is home schooling. I only know about home schooling in Florida.

The toddler stage of home schooled kids in Florida seems to end between 5 and 6.

"Is our children learning?"- George W Bush

This is what is great! Here's perspective about how time flies. Wow.

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@jon-nyc So we that in common too. But in reverse order. Lol.

Didn't know you went to school in Florida.