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by bkjelden 5y ago
Eh, I feel like Colorado draws more people from the east coast than from California. Winters here scare off a lot of lifelong Californians, but they will be a piece of cake for anyone coming from the northeast.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
The other explanation is that being a 'moderate' drinker correlates with being able to do things in moderation in general, which is predictive of longevity.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
Coloradoan here, my experience is that this law is pretty loosely enforced and many job postings don't comply, even for local, in-person positions (although it's getting better). Most "anywhere in the US" job postings do
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by bkjelden 5y ago
Still going to be cheaper than a site-built home in a rural, high cost of living area. The materials price increases that are causing factories to raise their prices are also hitting local contractors who do site-built homes. In fact, if an
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by bkjelden 5y ago
Yes. In factory built home parlance, generally, a 'mobile' home is built to HUD building codes (which are the same nationwide) and is not considered a permanent residence - often time it stays on wheels even when put in place, and
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by bkjelden 5y ago
> Look at nearly every 12v car or boat battery. You don't see those being replaced every 3-5 years. It is old reliable tech that just works. I actually do see this all of the time. In decades of owning multiple cars I've found
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by bkjelden 5y ago
I tend to think the abstinence rate would be much lower than with the vaccine. Cancer scares people in a way that COVID doesn't. Many of the anti-vaxxers do not perceive COVID as a credible risk, so they let their contrarian/anti-
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by bkjelden 5y ago
Make real estate purchasing decisions based on your own life situation, not whether or not you think you can successfully time the market.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
There are plenty of trees in Denver - and even more trees up in the mountains nearby where they can get 2x-4x that much snow in a year.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
We're at the point where residential solar is expensive not because it's solar, but just because hiring a contractor to do anything in any growing metro area is unreasonably expensive.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
If it's clear to both parties a new hire isn't going to work out, it's in the company's best interest (as well as the employee's) for the employee to move on ASAP rather than sticking around for a one year cliff.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
> Thiel showed that you do not need to invest in index funds in a Roth IRA, which is what most people have been saying investors should do for a long time. The thing that is blowing the personal finance world’s minds is the idea that peo
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by bkjelden 5y ago
Switching costs are very high, so the bar for keeping customers just happy enough to not switch is very low. In addition, the people buying the software are often not the ones using it, so optimizing end-user satisfaction is not a priority.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
Similarly, I've been putting Lutron Caseta smart switches on some of my more frequently used light switches, and I use the convenience of turning the lights on or off from the couch or bed _way_ more than I thought I would.
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by bkjelden 5y ago
I've been buying a lot of tools lately, and I've found myself in the spot where I trust Harbor Freight's supply chain more than Amazon's. Never thought I'd see the day where I was choosing Harbor Freight for quality
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by bkjelden 5y ago
The states will draw new district maps based on the new census data for each state, as well as accounting for any seat gains or loses. The rules for drawing those maps differ from state to state. In the states that lose a seat, it depends.
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by bkjelden 6y ago
For those just starting out, pork butt is _way_ more forgiving than brisket.
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by bkjelden 6y ago
I own maybe a couple dozen cookbooks and Meathead, the book written by the owner of AmazingRibs.com, is probably my favorite. Both on the website and in his book, he has a real gift for presenting cooking information in a way that is compre
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by bkjelden 6y ago
Yea, they are. If for example, you look at the Ford chassis that is the basis for a majority of Class C RVs, the engine tech is a good decade or two behind what Ford is putting in their new trucks and larger SUVs. Unfortunately the RV indus
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by bkjelden 6y ago
Couldn't agree more. A good cookbook is well laid out and organized in a logical manner, rather than organized to optimize search rankings. And while I'm grateful for youtube, blogs, reddit, etc for reducing the barriers for folks
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by bkjelden 6y ago
It's not mentioned in the article, but as someone who's taken up remodeling my house as something of a hobby, it's always amazing to me to think about the amount of labor that modern power tools have removed from construction
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by bkjelden 6y ago
Big box stores (Home Depot, Lowes, and Menards if you're in the midwest) are not generally great places to buy lumber. They're convenient if you're in a pinch and need a couple boards, but they're expensive, their framin
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by bkjelden 7y ago
This is why I've acquired most of the DIY home improvement skills I have. By the time I message 3 electricians, coordinate to let them in the house, get a bid and have someone do the job, and finally get it done, I could've just y
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by bkjelden 7y ago
Bathrooms are also a high margin item for homebuilders. Adding the rough-in plumbing for another bathroom takes minimal labor while a house is still being built, and builder-grade fixtures can probably be had for under $1000. But because ad
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by bkjelden 7y ago
There's a midwestern chain of home improvement stores, Menards, that will sell you all of the materials to build a house as well: https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/books-buildi... Though I don&#
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by bkjelden 7y ago
The actual building materials used to build a house - the lumber, drywall, shingles, etc - are really cheap relative to the cost of upgrading the finishes within the house, as well as the cost of acquiring the land and permits necessary to
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by bkjelden 7y ago
Most 'light' macro beers (Miller Light, Coors Light, etc) have 4%-4.5% ABV and 95-105 calories. So the difference is pretty negligible.
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by bkjelden 7y ago
What's crazy to me (also in the Denver area) is that the national brands (White Claw, Truly) are the same price as the local craft brewer's offerings (Upslope's Spiked Snowmelt, Oskar Blue's Wild Basin). The national bra
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by bkjelden 8y ago
Southwest also got FAA approval to start flights to Hawaii this week which is a more likely reason why their stock jumped.
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by bkjelden 8y ago
My biggest takeaway from this article is that Tesla's very aggressive, forward-looking growth plan could be absolutely destroyed by a recession in the US economy. Durant's companies ran fine with him as CEO until recession hit and

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