Jason Boxman

@texasrunnerDFW "post pandemic" 🤷🏼‍♂️

I am astounded by the number of millennial families who moved to Dallas, bought a home, then turned around and sold the home to move out of Dallas, in less than a 5 year time span Is Dallas just super transient or is this a post-pandemic phenomenon happening everywhere?

@TfTHacker Wish it wasn't electron sigh.

Tiago loves to stir the pot. I'm not really sure where his beef with Obsidian is coming from. If you believe in Obsidian, make sure to comment on this thread with your support! Let us make the Obsidian team feel good about the work they are doing. I have tried many apps over many years. I have researched, tested, written about, and extended them with plugins. I finally settled on Obsidian. There is no perfect app; there are always compromises. Obsidian finds the right balance of functionality and freedom. What I like about Obsidian is that markdown has always been central to its core. I use many other tools with my markdown files, but Obsidian functions as the container for them all. While Obsidian does many other things, at its core, it is about markdown. It always has been, and it will always be. Having arm-wrestled with the Obsidian team for years, the one thing I have seen is that they have a clear vision: to remain a high-quality environment for working with markdown, and they won't deviate from it. I really respect their determination to stick to their vision, even when that might bring about some limitations. They choose to live with the limitations rather than compromise their markdown capabilities. I also like that it is cross-platform, as I use it on my Mac, Linux, and iOS devices. It's stable, fast, and I have all my functionality on all my devices. I have uninstalled all other Tools for Thought apps. I don't follow them, and I don't spend time thinking about them. I am focused on a solid environment with Obsidian at the core for managing markdown, and lots of other tools wrapped around those files (ex, Claude Code and Codex, VS Code, Unix command line). I've never felt more productive in my life. Combining Obsidian with LLMs, I've never had better insights into my captured knowledge. I feel the Tools for Thought dream has become a reality.

@GaryMarcus Just burning tokens gonna do that once pricing catches up to reality. 😆

wow, the backlash is growing fast

@fortelabs I don't know what any of that stuff is, I don't use it. I open my markdown and get markdown minus the h1 which is the filename. So it is portable, if you use no relevant Obsidian features. I sync abusing git annex agent between Macs. Been good enough.

I want to debunk the claim that I see a lot around here that Obsidian is "just plain text markdown files" which means "you can take them anywhere and open them with any app" That simply isn't true Yes, maybe the raw text of the notes is markdown, but many other parts cannot be moved elsewhere and opened by other apps: 1. The .obsidian/ directory contains your JSON config with plugins, settings, hotkeys, workspace state, link format, attachment paths – those can't be moved elsewhere 2. Plugin state files – Readwise's path-to-ID map, Templater's settings, Tasks plugin's database, Excalidraw's drawing data – even if plugins can be recreated, these settings cannot 3. .canvas files – JSON, not markdown. They reference notes by path and won't survive a move 4. .base files – JSON-based database/views over your notes. Same path-fragility 5. .excalidraw.md files – markdown wrapper around an Excalidraw JSON blob. Looks like markdown, isn't really 6. The link graph itself – backlinks, graph view, "linked mentions" – all computed from filenames and link references. They survive because the references are in the markdown, but they require Obsidian (or an Obsidian-aware tool) to materialize 7. Plugin-managed folders – Readwise output, Web Clipper output, Daily Notes location, Templates folder. Each is a folder whose contents are owned by an external system tracked in plugin state 8. Sync state – Obsidian Sync, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive each maintain their own state about what's where and what's been resolved. Move operations interfere with this state 9. Embedded query results – Dataview queries, Tasks queries, Bases queries. The query is in the markdown; the result is computed live and never persisted So technically you CAN move your files elsewhere, but you'd destroy most of what makes them valuable – the graph, the plugin state, the canvases, the embedded queries, the sync state, and any structural intent encoded in folder placement Which means you're just as locked in to Obsidian as any other "proprietary" app, it's just a hidden lock-in that's obscured by inaccurate marketing Saying "Obsidian is just markdown files" is like saying "your house is just bricks" The bricks are real and moveable – but the architecture, plumbing, and wiring aren't bricks, and those are most of what makes the house function

@MHTruthUltra Lol and someone can just read O'Neil or Minervini books and go win too. 🤷🏼‍♂️

If you made $200k last month trading, maybe just keep doing that. You don't need to sell me a course too.

@JoyfulGiri @markminervini Look for stocks above the 200d sma for 5+ months. Stocks that are out performing SPX.

Hi Mark, these are stocks I don't know your buy point but i am very sure these are the stocks exactly the way how you said in your first book - Trade like a stock market wizard. Nice structure. I have only one question - I am from India and started trading acively with Indian stocks, How do your filter the stocks from thousand of names to get into stage 2 that coming out of stage 1? Is that private access you developed for that reason ? To be honest, mine is a very small account, just 1 time of private access 1 year, so for now I cannot afford, that's why asking here... One example as below.

Nice surprise today. A handful of names we own are popping. We held some $GOOGL and $CAT into earnings. $WMT, $TKR, $JCI, $FDX are some names we added recently. My biggest position personally is $SPHR (already at a nice profit). $AEHR is another one of my best performers today. $MU is our worst performer today, but we have owned it for a while and have a decent profit. Let's hope this Honey Badger market continues to ignore oil and Mid-East turmoil. minervini.com

@ProfessorPape Sweet. We cooked! 🫠

Wall Street Journal reports, Trump preparing for a long blockade. This means: —Hormuz shut down for weeks — oil shortages rise — economic contraction starts And worse: Iran won’t buckle US pushing world economy over a cliff for no strategic gain

@JeromeAdamsMD True, some of it is just good old capitalist profit seeking.

I really wish we would stop framing everything wrong in our health system as corruption and fraud and malfeasance by scientists and doctors and public health workers. It destroys trust in the system, destroys the morale of the people actually out there on the front lines, and truly does nothing to actually make us healthier.

@cocomarvgrows I'm sorry for your loss.

My great uncle has died after contracting hospital acquired pneumonia leading to congestive heart failure. And people say ‘oh, well he was in his nineties and already unwell…’ When will we start cleaning the air, masking and giving a shit?

@exQUIZitely I never made it out of middle kingdom

Who was a fan of Pharaoh (1999), a city-building sim developed by Impressions Games? Deciding between this one and Caesar III (also by Impressions Games) was tough. I lean ever so slightly toward Pharaoh, but it’s very close. Maybe it’s just the setting - ancient Egypt instead of yet another “build an empire in Europe” variant. Pharaoh felt a bit more exciting and fresh with its different cultural background. Players guide a dynasty across 15 centuries of ancient Egypt, starting with a small village and rising to massive cities. Core gameplay revolves around resource management, housing evolution, farming, trade, and constructing monumental wonders like pyramids. In this sense the connection to Caesar III is noticeable, as the key focus is on micro-management. Your people need food, goods, healthcare, and a few more things to stay happy. You also prepare to defend against invaders or the occasional disaster, which increase in the later stages of the game. It was highly praised for its historical depth and atmospheric soundtrack (sometimes just watching your people go about their day and listening to all the sounds was almost hypnotic). If you were a fan of “build an empire” games, Impressions was really one of the kings of the 90s.

@adamdotdev It's almost like COVID is actually not over. 😷

I’m going through the craziest burnout I’ve experienced in my ~17 year career I’ve been sick for 16 days now, haven’t even been able to go for walks I kind of fucking hate AI I think all of these things are related

@astralopithekos Yep. Had this too. Publix.

So many stories about people going for novavax and being given/almost given a completely different injection. Malpractice. But super weird the prevalence of it. Don't pharmacists have procedures and regs that this would violate? How often do they give out random things?

@onechancefreedm @Michael_Yon The tell is everyone has been called a "consumer" for 30 years now.

Yes. When you step back and look at the world from a bird’s eye view, the uncomfortable reality is that ordinary people are increasingly treated less like citizens and more like inputs in a machine. Labor inputs, energy users, debt carriers, carbon emitters, data producers, voting blocs, compliance risks. Once human beings are reduced to variables on an institutional spreadsheet, famine becomes a supply chain problem, war becomes a geopolitical reset, displacement becomes labor reallocation, and hardship becomes acceptable collateral damage. The system does not have to hate people to sacrifice them. It only has to stop seeing them as fully human. That is the part most people refuse to confront.

The Beast openly views humans as obstacles and Human Resources— thus HUMAN RESOURCES departments.

@jpschroeder It's a public utility. It should be nationalized.

Uhhhg. I totally agree...and also kinda don't want to kill Github. I'm quite worried if we throw out Github we'll end up with a balkanized hellscape of half-used Mastadonish fiefdoms with reddit mod vibes — or worse, bluesky.

@bstaples Was always disappointed by the UI. GitHub was more intuitive. Figuring out npm repo hosting was pure pain. Oh well, not in that place anyone.

Tired of the pain yet? Come to GitLab and take back control of your destiny. I’ll even throw in the first year free for anyone switching from GitHub who signs a new three year agreement. DM me

@oldyzach Do you use tools to calculate bearings to target or just arcade it. I used the Fast 90 technique in SH3 someone posted 15+ years ago.

Commander Pete Zach greets you warmly from the deck of the USS Shark (SS-174) and wishes you a good night.

@onlineva_ Oh fuck me. Purity tests are one reason we're all fucked. 🤦🏼‍♂️

i can't speak on this persons knowledge of taylor's antics... but it does really sting to see her lauded as some CC hero when she sat on here earlier this month defending her casual and regular use of LLMs. The goal is clean AIR, which genAI threatens. our movements are connected

@ZdenekVrozina Lol like 6 feet.

Coughing into your elbow isn’t science. It’s a 20 year running joke that public health told with a straight face, because a hospital in Maine made a funny video in 2006 😀.

@dhe3g Always thought it was just me that hates that shit. 🙃

isn't it great how basically everyone agrees that car headlights are way too bright now but nothing is done about it

@shanaka86 Huh. Then they'd give Trump what he wants on nuclear.

JUST IN: On April 26, 2026, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported that Iran is no longer willing to negotiate any limits on its nuclear program in the Pakistani-mediated talks. Discussions are limited to ending the war, sanctions relief, war compensation, lifting the US blockade, and the legal status of the Strait of Hormuz. Nuclear, Tasnim reported, “could be addressed later in a separate agreement” only after the war has ended. The headlines are reading this as Iranian hardening. The structural reading is the opposite. Iran is not refusing nuclear because it has leverage. Iran is refusing because it has run out of time to negotiate anything else first. On April 21, Bessent stated publicly: “In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in.” Kharg handles ninety percent of Iranian crude exports. Spare onshore storage is roughly thirteen million barrels. Net inflows from continuing production minus suppressed exports run at one to one point one million barrels per day. Twelve to thirteen days from April 26. Saturation lands in early May. On April 24, satellite imagery showed the M/T NASHA, a thirty-year-old VLCC built in 1996 with two-million-barrel capacity, towed toward Kharg as emergency floating storage. The transit took four days against a normal one and a half. NASHA buys roughly forty-eight hours. Forced shut-ins are not a pause. They cause reservoir damage, water coning and fines migration documented in petroleum engineering literature, that reduces long-term recoverable output by percentage points that compound. A regime that cannot maintain its production base cannot fund its IRGC or sustain its currency. Lloyd’s List has documented at least twenty-six shadow fleet bypasses since the blockade began on April 13. CENTCOM has redirected thirty-seven vessels and intercepted the M/V Sevan in the Arabian Sea on April 26, the day after Treasury sanctioned it. The Goreh-Jask pipeline, Iran’s only Hormuz alternative, runs at three hundred thousand barrels per day against the one million that needs evacuation. The IRGC’s bargaining power is now measured in barrels of remaining onshore storage. Each barrel filled reduces leverage. Each NASHA hour expires. The strongest contrarian counter, from FGE NextantECA via Reuters, holds that Iran can sustain roughly two months without exports using full domestic storage and refining. That covers the system. Kharg is the chokepoint. Ninety percent of crude flows through one terminal whose tanks fill in twelve to thirteen days. The system buys weeks. The valve closes in days. This is why nuclear has been dropped from the table. Tehran cannot negotiate nuclear because Tehran cannot afford the diplomatic time the storage crisis no longer permits. The sequencing demand, war end first then nuclear later, is a confession of physical constraint dressed as posture. Trump understood this on April 25 when he texted New York Post reporter Caitlin Doornbos: “Come home!!!” The political escape route closed on the same forty-eight hours NASHA was buying. Three readings of April 26. Iranian hardening on nuclear under blockade pressure. Priced. Tactical IRGC sequencing to extract sanctions relief before nuclear concessions. Narrow. The first publicly verifiable demonstration that Iran’s bargaining power is now mathematically tied to onshore Kharg storage capacity, that NASHA is the visible signature of forty-eight remaining hours, and that the nuclear deferral is a confession of constraint dressed as posture. Tehran is pricing the first. The Kharg gauges are settling the third. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…