uhm, they need to proof thier article "This increased demand has in turn partly driven the current bull market in gold, with prices forecast to climb toward $4,000/oz by mid-2026."

Article is from July 2025, Gold was 3362 at that time

So gold is up 50% in six months? That's... quite a bit.

They were off, it is going so much faster.

How and why would someone tamper an Apple Gift Card?

princess comes first.

Likewise, the prince

I'm often on highways were the left lane, for many miles, is the only one without potholes and broken road.

Then when there's another person behind you, get over in the right and let them pass.

you would think that 100% of racoons that expose people to rabies have rabies.

mediaanalysisd has been consuming ~140% CPU since upgrading a few weeks ago. I just turned off Apple Intelligence and it dropped to 0%.

some "People suck."

Some people suck so much that the average works out to "suck".

It doesn't help that it's a weighted average. The people who don't suck tend to require fairly little time. (In fact, many of them may well suck, too, but you don't have time to notice.) The people who suck a lot always require a lot of your time.

As a teenager, I worked at a big box store that figured out how to monetize this: The department I worked in had a blank on the pricing form marked "Hand Placement Fee" that our company trainer taught us to call the "PIA Charge"

We were instructed to upcharge customers for being jerks, and use our own judgement to determine the fee.

Bottle Rocket is a charming film

The (film) camera dept, led by the cinematographer, encompasses the camera operators, the electricians led by the Gaffer, the grips led by the key grip, and the camera assistants which includes loaders and focus pullers.

... including the gently driven car that just got totaled.