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511.
by bombcar 5mo ago
The "advantage" for pensions is that they get to "keep the principal" (unless it's setup even more insane than normally) whereas with a 401(k) the residual gets inherited.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Mikrotik is "quite low level" if you want it to be (it reminds me somewhat of old Cisco IOS) but it works great. And even if you're a bit scared of manual configurations, the web GUI and Claude understand it pretty well.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Latin (and other "old" languages) can still be found in various ways and places, though that starts to get deep into it, as the "New Catholic Mass" can be said in any language, one of which is Latin.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
I just wanted to use my CRS305-1G-4S+IN without spending more on SPF modules than I did on the cards/switch.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
WoW was a big part of it but times were changing without it - and in-person WoW raids showed up now and then (40 man raids with 40 people in one room is a site to see). The real killer is that many WoW players did NOT play with "local
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by bombcar 5mo ago
There's two LAN parties - the small group of friends (4 to 10, say) where you'd mostly be playing the same game, but as it progressed people would drop off or split up (we ended up with one small group playing a Heroes III comp-st
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Main advantage for me was saving the cost of the SPF (surprisingly pricey f ^ #%rs) on each end.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
I did similar with the Mikrotik CRS305-1G-4S+IN and some surplus eBay gear. The nice thing is the NAS and my MacBook dock both have 10G and are connected - and it’s noticeable.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
90% of the time I ask a question of a coworker that could be googled or clauded what I’m actually asking for is their confirmation that they agree with the answer. So use the AI, but at least read the reply and/or reword it so it’s cle
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by bombcar 5mo ago
The church Latin used in “the Latin Mass” is relatively simple and pretty easy to learn; and it’s very rare to find one that does the readings and homily in Latin; most of those are in English (or the local language) even at an FSSP parish.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
You can either do it where the safe areas are just super dark, raytracing be damned, or you can do it where even if there is light, and you're clearly "visible" as long as you stay below a certain light level, everything is f
522.
by bombcar 5mo ago
My kids tell me the proper response would be “lol get rekt noob”
523.
by bombcar 5mo ago
You can subscribe to uber for discounts, priority, upgrades and maybe cheaper Uber Eats? I’ve not bothered past one free trial but if you use it regularly maybe it’s worth it.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Day passes are there to make the monthly look good. And if the average user goes to the gym twice a month, they’re optimal for the average. But day passes force you to admit this and be sad, whereas if you have a monthly pass you can be hap
525.
by bombcar 5mo ago
You also basically have to assume any and all repairs and upgrades were done crappy, the absolute opposite of what you’d want, and probably didn’t fix anything, either. Which means that good deals are out there, if you’re willing to search
526.
by bombcar 5mo ago
The government should build simple cheap houses, and “rent to own” them to people, thereby instilling a baseline.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
The sweet spot is a landlord who used to live in the house and still considers it “theirs” and trusts you as a steward, so they repair quickly (or even trust you to get the repairs done and send them the bill) and don’t want to deal with va
528.
by bombcar 5mo ago
Basically, if you can rent in a place that landlords start suffering, you’re going to do well. And if you buy in a place where renters start suffering, you’ll do well. Every decision is easy when you have the future data now, which you neve
529.
by bombcar 5mo ago
Nothing, it’s a 5% bobcat problem. The card processors can force the merchants to eat it and there’s nothing you can do save not accepting cards, which loses you the other 95% of the market. https://xkcd.com/325/
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Much of the money is funny and doesn’t actually exist (yet).
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by bombcar 5mo ago
“A Few Notes on Book Design” is also worth a read. https://texdoc.org/serve/memdesign/0 If you have a decent TeX distribution installed you have a copy for long flights.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Evicting yourself and taking yourself to court could have fun Fogerty vs Fogerty vibes!
533.
by bombcar 5mo ago
It's somewhat sadly true, but I was also making a reference to DashCon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DashCon and its infamous "ball pit".
534.
by bombcar 5mo ago
I mean the quick and sarcastic answer (which has some truth to it) is that the "left" doesn't have kids for the bouncy castle, so why waste the money on it? Perhaps a ball pit?
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Let's say we own a company with 10 shares, I own one share, you own 4, and 5 are owned by others. Each share is worth $100 (to make it simple). The company has $100 "to spare" - they could pay a dividend (give me $10, you $40
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by bombcar 5mo ago
Zoom is great, but it's hard to argue for paying $x per user when you're already paying $x per user for email/office and "teams is free".
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by bombcar 5mo ago
There are, but they're often found in places where the rent pressure isn't so great (e.g., there are many options for renters). When demand is so high or prices are fixed, everything else goes out the window; because what are you
538.
by bombcar 5mo ago
Transaction costs are killer and never factored in correctly, I’ve found.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
You also have to factor out inflation over those periods of time, as often it turns out the return is relatively anemic, but the time periods are long.
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by bombcar 5mo ago
It is possible to find weird inversions where it never makes sense to buy - prices are too high and rents are too low. CA has these places, where property tax arbitrage by renters can be less than the new property tax would be if sold.

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