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6stringmerc

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About 6stringmerc

GJSN

Peace out y’all

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    Comment #49220138

    Oh, another situation where a CEO makes an assertion that quantity is a more important metric than quality? I suppose the high level humor in this is considering the nature of the …

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    Comment #49139242

    Not going to click on any of the articles to avoid driving traffic to this…conflagration of poor judgment colliding head on with amorality…but there’s a part of me that wonders if …

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    Comment #49125057

    > And the reality is that even if you write your novel without any AI assistance, unless you have a hand-typed manuscript - better still, hand-written - you're in danger of being a…

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    Comment #49117736

    While I was incarcerated on a bogus Felony charge, a Corrections Officer made a false report to a neighboring Police Department that I had been “bragging about Swatting people” in …

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    Comment #49104727

    This is why I tend to write real letters using my IBM Selectric III and send them via physical mail. I enjoy writing. Writing with purpose is time well spent. 90% of the time I get…

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    Comment #49104701

    Because it’s a test that an LLM will fail by trying to obtain the advertised service I suppose.

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    Comment #49092537

    [R]age Board for the Elites represent! I still send the di clan video around every few months to the Zoomers I connect with in games. Halcyon days of HLDM and AG worldwide. RIP Neo…

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    Comment #49092515

    As an amateur treasure hunter in the US, briefly, I can easily pass on this because the legal implications are shockingly odious. Some of us do it more for the “love of the game” a…

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    Comment #49074204

    Okay, but what’s your counter argument to Jim Chanos? Oh, that’s right, you don’t have one because he’s a tried and true Wall Street heavy who speaks in plain English. Ed and Jim a…

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    Comment #49051507

    Thanks! Have you considered evaluating the “AppClose” platform in a similar fashion? It is used in family / civil cases to my knowledge. Perhaps another worthwhile avenue of study,…

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    Comment #49047926

    Are you making 10x more income for yourself?

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    Comment #49047914

    Enron was doing really well with creative accounting too. Non-GAAP numbers are out of control in 2026. The unwinds are going to be stunning eventually. Also, my small portfolio is …

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    Comment #49047889

    Well, you can say that all day long but realistically would your “small startup” even exist if your firm was charged Enterprise rates or the actual compute costs and denied access …

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    Comment #48996000

    As a former proposal specialist (B2B, B2G, non DoD) I looked into the Genesis Mission procurement site and process. Unless someone can correct me, the total amount of grant monies …

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    Comment #48949325

    Thanks for sharing. I’m currently dealing with Verizon Wireless and their “Jabronibot” claiming I have a fictional account balance due. It has been sent to collections, but still i…

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    Comment #48928254

    Better lesson: a LOT of people fancy themselves more creative than they are actually are, and rely on TROPES to the point of CLICHE which is shockingly obvious to actual practition…

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    Comment #48920596

    An admirable start down a self-discovery path. One of the major themes I pick up in this piece is an unfortunate, very common, misallocation of mental effort regarding the past-pre…

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    Comment #48816373

    “…without necessarily giving them the judgement or expertise to know whether the outcome is any good.” Ahem…this man is A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER how DARE you cast aspersions on hi…

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    Comment #48792676

    “I’m doing five things at once very effectively” …sure you are buddy, sure you are… Note to self: book appointment with Optometrist ASAP to correct how far my eyes have rolled back…

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    Comment #48675263

    What are these “adds” you are seeing? Are they “ads” as in the contraction slang form of “advertisements” akin to the British “adverts” or are you making a meta commentary on the “…