Ben Cohen

@airspeedswift
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Ben Cohen1d ago

lol, gasprices.aaa.com was down and now it has a "check you're human" page before you can access it (but it's still down after that)

what are the chances this is because some daytrader tried to rig an agent to poll it and it went haywire

Ben Cohen3d ago
A variant of Betteridge’s law is that the question mark at the end of headlines finishing “what does it mean for XYZ” is pronounced “NOTHING!”
Ben Cohen4d ago

In shocking turn of events, petrostate likes thing that made oil price go up, wants it to go up more.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/saudi-prince-iran-trump.html

Saudi Leader Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by U.S. officials on the conversations.

The New York Times
Ben Cohen4d ago
God bless those print news reading teenagers.
Ben Cohen6d ago

My incometence at this game is very consistent:

- I always overshoot onto short platforms
- I always undershoot when trying to get the 3rd perfect landing

https://100jumps.org

100 Jumps

Hold to charge, release to jump. Land on 100 platforms to win — but one miss and it's over. How many attempts will it take you?

Ben CohenMar 17
EV manufacturers could afford to dial back the “heavenly electronic chorus” in their engine replacement sounda a touch.
Ben CohenMar 11

Technical analysis is bullshit BUT…

just look at that perfectly rounding top.

Ben CohenMar 11

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/116210742429705491

I feel seen (and don’t like it, will avoid being seen again)

Show threadBen CohenMar 9
I rag on Nextdoor but it genuinely is a good way to shake yourself out of “surely 40% of people can’t still be on board with all this” complacency.
Ben CohenMar 9
Nextdoor thinks the real reason gas prices are rising this week is CA has fewer refineries. Gas is fungible, people! Artisanally produced locavore gas isn’t magically cheaper.