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Happy go lucky :)

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@scottmelker About time!

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@BCBacker Ignore all the noise!
Stay true to who you are 💪🏻🙏🏻❤️

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@Crypto_TownHall Mortgage rates really need to come down! That would get the housing market moving again. At the moment, everyone is sitting on their hands.

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@juneslater17 I’ve been saying the same thing for years!
You hear the same story about climate change, but if the UK has millions more people living there than 50 years ago, and all paying water rates, they may need to spend some of that money on infrastructure to hold that rain water 🤷‍♂️

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@Budgetdog_ Go for the Wimbledon.! It will work well with a gold bracelet on the other wrist. Unless you wear copper?
Both nice examples though.

[Huff @Huff4Congress]

The prompts were simple.

First, I told ⁦@grok⁩ to look at every single Amelia meme on the Internet.

Second, I said: “Become Amelia, then make a video and tell the British people what you want them to know.”

Here’s the surprising result.

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Love this 💪🏻🙏🏻😜

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

My manager asked how long it would take to fix the bug.

I said two weeks.

It took forty minutes.

But now I have two weeks of buffer.

That's called experience.

Here's how it works.

Every estimate I give has a multiplier. The multiplier depends on who's asking.

My manager asks: multiply by 4.

A VP asks: multiply by 6.

The CEO asks: multiply by 10 and add "dependencies."

Dependencies are other teams. Other teams are always slow. Even when they're not involved. Especially when they're not involved.

Nobody checks.

The bug took forty minutes. I fixed it Monday morning.

I didn't tell anyone until Thursday afternoon.

That's three days of buffer.

Buffer is protection. Protection from the next ask.

Because the moment you finish something fast, they ask for something else.

Finish the bug in an hour? Great, can you also look at this other thing?

Finish it in two weeks? Great, take the afternoon off. You earned it.

I earned it by lying about how long things take.

That's not how they'd describe it.

They'd call it "managing expectations."

I'm managing expectations.

My expectations are that I don't want to work that hard.

When I was junior, I gave honest estimates.

"That'll take about two hours."

My reward? Four more tasks that day.

Then I watched the senior engineers.

They said "end of week" for everything.

Everything was "end of week."

A config change? End of week.

A one-line fix? End of week.

A meeting that could've been an email? End of week.

They were never stressed.

I was always stressed.

I learned.

Now I'm senior. Now everything is "end of week."

Or "end of sprint."

Sprint is two weeks. Two weeks is forever. Forever is comfortable.

Sometimes someone pushes back.

"Can we do it faster? This is urgent."

I pause. I look concerned.

"Let me see what I can do."

Then I deliver in three days instead of two weeks.

I'm a hero.

I wasn't faster. I was honest about the original timeline.

But the compression makes me look dedicated.

"He really hustled on this one."

I didn't hustle. I just stopped lying for a moment.

Strategic honesty. Delivered at the right time. After enough fake delays.

The best part is nobody tracks this.

Nobody says, "He estimated two weeks but finished in forty minutes."

They say, "He finished ahead of schedule."

Ahead of schedule.

I set the schedule.

I beat the schedule I invented.

That's exceeding expectations.

I'm exceeding expectations.

My performance review says I'm "highly reliable" and "consistently delivers."

I am reliable.

I reliably estimate 10x what things take.

And I consistently deliver.

Right before my fake deadline.

That's called being senior.

New engineers burn out because they're honest.

I padded my way to work-life balance.

My manager asked why I always seem so calm.

I said, "Experience."

Experience means I've learned to lie about time.

Professionally.

With a straight face.

And a buffer that could fit a vacation.

That's engineering.

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[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump orders the US government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds to drive mortgage rates down.

"We are bringing back the American dream," Trump says.

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Best video all day 😜

[Craig Brockie @CraigBrockie]

Scientists just cracked the multiple sclerosis code after decades of searching.

Two specific gut bacteria are triggering the disease, and they've proven it using identical twins and mice.

This changes everything we know about MS:

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@Budgetdog_ 5 out of 7 days a week 💪🏻🙏🏻❤️

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@Crypto_TownHall That’s one thing the UK is doing right!

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Well said!

[Kevin Cage @Kevin_Cage_]

People call crypto a scam yet ignore the system built on infinite money printing, being taxed on every purchase and sale, and insurance that rarely pays when it matters most.

The biggest scams have been normalized for decades.

[Kevin Cage @Kevin_Cage_]

People call crypto a scam yet ignore the system built on infinite money printing, being taxed on every purchase and sale, and insurance that rarely pays when it matters most.

The biggest scams have been normalized for decades.

[Benji1333 @Benj1333]

@Crypto_TownHall Sooo, what are we buying 😜

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Love this ❤️

[Lucy @TheLucyShow1]

What a great story!!! 😃🚘

In 1966, 22-year-old Kathleen bought a VW Beetle she named “Annie.”

57 years and 400k miles later, Kathleen (now 78) still drives her to work every day.

When VW heard her story, they fully restored Annie for free.

When Kathleen saw her again, she said, “She’s my family. She’s just old, not useless.”

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@Crypto_TownHall @scottmelker Why don’t you record these sessions so followers can catch up if they miss the start or listen at a later time.
Thanks,
Longtime listener 🙏🏻