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    UC GPA Calculator

    The UC system calculates GPA in a very specific way. I put this calculator together for our planning: https://ucgpacalc.com/ Let me know if you have any feedback or questions or if you find it helpful.
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    When Haircuts Require More Education Than Justice

    Can some of you ChatGPT experts see if this is true? It sounds ridiculous. https://x.com/amuse/status/1965480694312042639
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    Could SpaceX potentially offer cell service directly (competing with T-mobile, Verizon, etc)?

    They offer some services in a partnership with T-mobile called T-Satellite. I wish I could ditch T-mobile completely and I don't think Verizon and AT&T (or any of the MVNOs) are any better. With the $17B purchase of spectrum from Echostar announced today, could we have an option to purchase...
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    Ukrainian Refugee Fatally Stabbed On Charlotte Train By Career Criminal

    I saw this story first on ZeroHedge (which btw linked to many IHB articles back in the early days, thank you!): https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ukrainian-refugee-fatally-stabbed-charlotte-train-career-criminal-another-casualty And when trying to explain that none of the legacy media was...
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    H.R.1340 and thoughts on impact to Irvine?

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1340/text Sounds like it basically increases the $500k gain exclusion to $1M for selling your primary home. The idea is that this will incent more people to sell their homes.
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    Captain Planet!

    I was just telling my kid about this ridiculous show that I grew up with. And surprise, Netflix is doing a reboot. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/netflix-reboot-1990s-globalist-propaganda-kids-show-captain-planet
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    Ferrero buying Kellogg

    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wk-kellogg-shares-surge-report-3-billion-ferrero-takeover
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    Orange County and non-citizens voting?

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    Dango and Mochi at Mitsuwa

    Saw this at Mitsuwa today. Samples were Yum!
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    Hilarious listings

    https://www.redfin.com/CA/Yorba-Linda/4067-Brown-St-92886/home/143914042
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    1/5 of OC voters in 2024 election?

    Is this legit?? https://joehoft.com/breaking-exclusive-shocking-report-results-indicate-that-one-fifth-of-the-voters-in-the-2024-election-in-orange-county-ca-were-non-citizens-invalid-or-phantom-voters/
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    College applications discussion

    A father posted this last week and recently the Reddit mods deleted the post - can't have people openly discussing these things I guess?? Fortunately I had an old tab open. There were some good comments here though many have been deleted around how the kid had applied to only top schools and UCs...
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    M4 Macbook Airs

    https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/apple-announces-new-macbook-air-with-m4-and-sky-blue-color-option/ These were just announced and will be available next Wed. They have the new M4 chips, a better camera and start with 16GB of memory and 256GB of storage. The 13" starts at $999 ($899 via...
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    TalkIrvine Mortgage Calculator

    I created a simple mortgage calculator since all the ones I could quickly google were full of ads Let me know if you find it helpful https://calc.talkirvine.com/
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    Any K-Pop Dance camps for the summer?

    M.A.D DANCE offers some during the summer for younger kids (4-6 years old and 7-12 years old). Anyone know of something for older kids?
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    Card shops for Pokemon?

    Are there any local gaming card shops that sell Pokemon singles? Alakazaam sells packs but doesn't really have singles. Bookoff has Japanese singles but there isn't anything good and everything is over priced Frank and Son is great but it is too far.
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    iPhone 16e

    Apple announced this a few days ago and it will be available on Friday, Feb 28. Anyone picking this up? https://www.apple.com/iphone-16e/ Pretty cool that they designed their own cellular modem, the C1. And it sounds like they are going to have their own Wifi chip in the iPhone 17...
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    Credit card and/or Apple Cash for teens?

    What do you all do with your teenagers?
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    Calculus based Physics course online?

    Any recommendations for a highschooler who wants to take a Calculus based Physics class online (that covers Mechanics and E&M)? AP or No AP is fine - mainly looking for an engaging class/teacher.
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