Ben Mangefrida
@mangefrida.com
Currently in Pittsburgh, formerly in DC.
I like making my coffee, reading my books, sometimes using my fireplace
I like making my coffee, reading my books, sometimes using my fireplace
My hottest take is that CMU should have a mandatory 'how to ride the bus' training for all incoming undergraduate and graduate students
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My hottest take is that CMU should have a mandatory 'how to ride the bus' training for all incoming undergraduate and graduate students
The way I think about it is: if you have Global Entry you also have Precheck but if you have Precheck you do not necessarily have Global Entry.
You don’t ‘need’ Global Entry to travel internationally but it does get you access to special, generally faster lanes on arrival, plus Precheck benefits
You don’t ‘need’ Global Entry to travel internationally but it does get you access to special, generally faster lanes on arrival, plus Precheck benefits
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The way I think about it is: if you have Global Entry you also have Precheck but if you have Precheck you do not necessarily have Global Entry.
You don’t ‘need’ Global Entry to travel internationally but it does get you access to special, generally faster lanes on arrival, plus Precheck benefits
You don’t ‘need’ Global Entry to travel internationally but it does get you access to special, generally faster lanes on arrival, plus Precheck benefits
You don’t need to apply for both. Global Entry gets you precheck benefits in addition to the special lane at passport control, but it costs $120 vs $78 for precheck alone.
October 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You don’t need to apply for both. Global Entry gets you precheck benefits in addition to the special lane at passport control, but it costs $120 vs $78 for precheck alone.
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
more concerning to me is that he was able to upload such a huge amount of data into the DOE network at all, I can't even plug a USB stick into a work laptop
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
more concerning to me is that he was able to upload such a huge amount of data into the DOE network at all, I can't even plug a USB stick into a work laptop
“Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy” is a doozy of a phrase
July 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy” is a doozy of a phrase
share price is not the same as market cap, they have different numbers of shares available. amazon has ~3x the market cap of tesla.
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
share price is not the same as market cap, they have different numbers of shares available. amazon has ~3x the market cap of tesla.
G/O Media always covering itself in glory
January 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
G/O Media always covering itself in glory
This is just cargo cult Strauss lmao
January 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is just cargo cult Strauss lmao
didn’t know Siegfried was caked up like that
January 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
didn’t know Siegfried was caked up like that
Ostensibly, but the day-trading meme-stock customer that they target is absolutely just gambling
December 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Ostensibly, but the day-trading meme-stock customer that they target is absolutely just gambling
www.nctv17.org/news/napervi...
this isn’t strictly gambling or crypto but I think it falls in the same category. Happened in the town I went to high school in.
this isn’t strictly gambling or crypto but I think it falls in the same category. Happened in the town I went to high school in.
Naperville Man Takes His Own Life Believing He Was $730K In Debt With Robinhood | NCTV17
Naperville native Alexander Kearns committed suicide after believing he was $730k in debt with Robinhood, an investment app.
www.nctv17.org
December 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
www.nctv17.org/news/napervi...
this isn’t strictly gambling or crypto but I think it falls in the same category. Happened in the town I went to high school in.
this isn’t strictly gambling or crypto but I think it falls in the same category. Happened in the town I went to high school in.