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Comment on Amazon Blamed AI for 30,000 Layoffs. Its Workforce Grew by 20,000 Anyway. by AI Is Like Your Dreams. Sometimes It Makes Sense, and Sometimes Your Brain Took All the Drugs. | Scotts 2 Cents

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:13:01 +0000

[…] written about AI before, from the Amazon layoffs it got blamed for to the chatbot “friends” that aren’t helping anybody’s loneliness. The […]

Comment on Replay Was Supposed to Catch the Blown Call. Now It’s Hunting for Technicalities. by The Commanders Tied a Game They Could Have Won With a Field Goal. Why Can't NFL Coaches Manage the Clock? | Scotts 2 Cents

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:14:41 +0000

[…] podium, not just the head coach. Sunshine is cheap and it works. I wrote about the league’s overly busy replay system earlier this season, and it’s the same gripe: lots of machinery, and still nobody in the room […]

Comment on Trump Promised Every Adult $5,000. That’s $1.35 Trillion, and the Tariff Money Is Being Refunded. by Do the Democrats Have a Serious 2028 Candidate? The Polls Say One Name Leads, and It's Mostly Name Recognition | Scotts 2 Cents

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:12:32 +0000

[…] none can tell you how they’d stop the spending that nobody can explain. I wrote about the $1.35 trillion promise that came out of thin air, and the Democratic reply is mostly to promise something different. I […]

Comment on Video Game Grading – A New Option Is Coming by Somebody Will Grade Your Old NES Games Out of 100. Here's What That Costs. | Scotts 2 Cents

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:12:36 +0000

[…] brings me to Video Game Graders, a company I first flagged back in 2021 before it opened. By its own account it was formed that February and started taking orders that […]

Comment on NFL Preseason Was Bad on Purpose. Tomorrow You Find Out Why. by I Called Lamar Jackson Soft. Then I Counted, and Joe Burrow Has Missed More Games. | Scotts 2 Cents

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:14:52 +0000

[…] January than in October. I made a similar argument about the league’s weird incentives when I wrote about the preseason: the real games are the ones that count, and the ones you miss count […]

Comment on Tesla Isn’t Allowed to Sell You a Car in North Dakota. The Law Was Never About You. by The Libertarian Party Needed 72,679 Signatures in Georgia and Turned In a Few Hundred | Scotts 2 Cents

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:28:25 +0000

[…] at 15 percent before it will hand over a podium. It’s the same trick that keeps Tesla from selling you a car in North Dakota: incumbents write the rules, then point at the rules. But a party that can’t collect […]

Comment on A Judge Had to Order the Government to Stop Airing Trump Ads. The Defense: They Were Ending Anyway. by I Graded Ten of Trump's Biggest Hires on Résumé Alone. Eight Had a Big or Moderate Gap. | Scotts 2 Cents

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:21:42 +0000

[…] ads featuring her. Government ad money has been a running theme here, including the judge who ordered Trump ads off the air. A good résumé didn’t protect anyone, and a thin one didn’t stop anyone from getting […]

Comment on 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Low Number Case Fresh Foil Box by Scott

Scott — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:38:20 +0000

In reply to Jerry. In the lower right corner of the pack it will say Includes High Number Series. Apologies for the slow response.