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05:52 <@Dolemite> mr0ning, be0tches and h0ez!
06:01 <@Dolemite> Mirage: The fact that Russia is asking China to jump in and help says a lot, in my opinion
06:49 < Evilpig> definitely
06:50 <@Dolemite> The fact that there is any resistance at all is embarassing for Putin
06:50 <@Dolemite> Given his claim that he is "saving the people of Ukraine"
06:55 < Evilpig> I see red hat has fixed the yum reboot glitch after nearly a year
06:55 < Evilpig> my systems have started rebooting again after patching.  the flag for yum has been broken
07:07 <@Dolemite> Damn, speaking of China.  80 Million people on lockdown right now due to Covid restrictions.   They definitely can't help out Putin.
07:07 <@Dolemite> I knew Hong Kong was dealing with a huge uptick in cases, but this is way beyond that
07:12 < Evilpig> I saw that pop up in my news feed a day or two ago.  sounds like that omicron strain that ripped through here finally got a foothold there
07:13 <@Dolemite> Well they keep trying to achieve Zero Covid there.   One case pops up and they lock everybody down.
07:13 <@Dolemite> They are resisting the premise that it has now become endemic.  Over 88% of their population is vaccinated.
07:14 <@Dolemite> Oh.   Finally decided to rip the band-aid off, yesterday.   I'm selling my Golden Age Comic Book collection.  Finally found someone here locally that specializes in them and has the capital to buy the lot.
07:15 <@Dolemite> Did a test sell with them yesterday to see how they treat me.  Took them my EC collection (Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, etc).  Felt they gave me a good enough price, so taking them the rest later this week.
07:16 <@Dolemite> Neither kid has any interest in the actual books.  Yeah, they'd love the money, but that's not the offer.
07:18 <@_NSAKEY> Probably as good of a time to sell as any, especially with a possible recession coming. There's also the fact that if you wait another 20 years, there might not be anyone who cares about them who is still alive. The bottom fell out of the antique furniture market several years back for similar reasons.
07:19 <@Dolemite> Yeah, Golden Age books are really taking off right now.   Both from an investment safe harbor standpoint (collectibles always fare well in high inflation and during recessions) and also from a collecting interest standpoint.  People who grew up collecting the modern stuff are now wanting to go back in time.
07:20 <@_NSAKEY> The same thing's been happening with video games, though the target demographic for that is a few decades younger, so those still have some runway.
07:20 <@Dolemite> So my EC books I had maybe $1K-$1200 in (I haven't bought a book in 20 years).   Sold them for $4500.
07:23 <@_NSAKEY> That's pretty good, and I'm hoping I get similar returns when I decide to offload my Famicom/Super Famicom stuff in 15 or so years.
07:23 <@Dolemite> Yep, the key is determining how long to sit on it before selling
07:24 <@_NSAKEY> And getting a good price initially
07:24 <@Dolemite> Well, yeah, I didn't buy any books at a bad price ;)
07:25 <@_NSAKEY> I've paid about what's considered fair market for some of my stuff, but I've also gotten some deals, like Recca complete in box for $400, when it normally sells for more than double that. Or my in box Sharp Twin Famicom that was $35 (minus shipping; I bulk shipped a bunch of stuff so didn't bother trying to calculate that) which, as of last summer, was selling for about 10x that on ebay
09:46 <@Mirage> I don't get why ppl make such a big deal about warzone reporters getting injured/killed.  As bold as a lot of them seem to be I'm suprised it doesn't happen more often..or maybe it does and being !Fox they chock it up to just being part of the job and move on.
09:47 < Evilpig> the only thing I see shocking there is the video from the car load of reporters getting shot at in their car and then getting chased down.  when this whole thing is supposed to be not an invasion but they're actively shooting at the unarmed press
09:48 <@Dolemite> and hospitals and day cares
09:48 < Evilpig> I get saying, you're in a warzone and you could be baiting troops or setting up an ambush, but they're clearly targetting civilians 
09:49 <@Mirage> The one that was killed went to SMU here in Dallas, so the 5 and 6 news had segments talking about him and interviewing old profs and classmates.  Making a really big deal of it.
09:50 <@Dolemite> Gov HVAC has "no definitive plans" to issue an EO for a gas tax moratorium.
09:50 <@Dolemite> So much for the Republican Party being the one trying to keep money in the hands of their constituents
09:51 <@Dolemite> I just don't understand the mentality of our TN legislature.   They won't spend the tax money on public services - we're sitting on a shitload of rainy day funds - and they won't lower the tax rates.
09:52 <@eryc> its obamas fault
09:52 <@_NSAKEY> they probably haven't figured out a way to steal the rainy day funds for themselves
09:53 <@_NSAKEY> and they're laser focused on pointless culture war stuff
09:53 <@Dolemite> _NSAKEY: This is TN.  All rainy day funds go to the TN Road Builders Association.
09:53 <@Dolemite> The only problem is that they've run out of gravel roads to convert.  There's not as much easy money in RE-paving roads that have already been paved.
09:53 <@_NSAKEY> I also have to wonder how long the pot holes in nashville are gonna last
09:54 <@Dolemite> Nashville is a blue city.   Pot holes will last forever.
09:54 <@_NSAKEY> Dodging pot holes on 40 around bellevue is like playing a bullet hell shmup
09:54 <@Dolemite> It's that unused stretch of road in Podunk County with 1 small pothole on it that will get priority for repaving.
09:58 <@_NSAKEY> yeah, because the people of podunk county agree that only fetuses, guns, and coronavirus strains deserve rights
10:00 <@Mirage> I got pulled over for suspected DUI back in high school driving on a road that was more pot hole than anything.  When the highway patrollman told me why he pulled me over I said. "If I were drunk would I be able to avoid all the potholes as well as I was doing?"
10:07 <@Mirage> lol... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lSgEJNW8B4&ab_channel=MSNBC
10:07 < PigBot> Kremlin Memo Names Tucker Carlson As 'Essential' To Its Propaganda Strategy - YouTube (at www.youtube.com) https://tinyurl.com/yaemg36f
11:12 <@Mirage> Evilpig: https://dell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Round-Rock-Texas-United-States/Principal-Engineer--Service-Delivery_R170594
11:12 < PigBot> Workday (at dell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com) https://tinyurl.com/ydbou4em
11:14 <@Mirage> Don't see that it says, but 100% remote
11:15 <@Mirage> oh, it does...just easy to overlook.  "Principal Engineer, Service Delivery, on our Professional Services team in Remote, US"
11:16 <@Mirage> "Remote, US" makes me giggle a bit because it's kind of dumb how they do the %site replacement when it normally would be a City,ST
12:47 <@Mirage> ppl are going a bit crazy on gas prices.  Reports of drilling gas tanks on cars and now this.. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/gas-station-thieves-use-trap-door-under-van-to-steal-diesel-manager-says/2914461/
12:47 < PigBot> Gas Station Thieves Use Trap Door Under Van to Steal Diesel, Manager Says – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (at www.nbcdfw.com) https://tinyurl.com/yc25ajcq
12:48 < Evilpig> the drilling the gas tanks has been going on a while.  it was really bad near my dad's house in cali the last few years
12:48 < Evilpig> he sent me more than one news story of people stopping to fill up to have their gas come spilling out at their feet
14:41 <@_NSAKEY> I remember when people started getting their tanks drained when we had the gas shortages from hurricane gustav years ago
16:15 <@Mirage> https://www.yahoo.com/now/nicholas-goldberg-pregnable-word-thats-110006382.html
16:15 < PigBot> Nicholas Goldberg: Is 'pregnable' a word? If so, that's what Trump's border wall is (at www.yahoo.com) https://tinyurl.com/yajw5j5s
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