pnutjam

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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn for a neighbor who was a mechanic. He exclusively worked on Porsches. He claimed most luxury cars would break down if you bought one and tried to drive it across the country. He rattled off some known issu
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   that gameboy cartridge isn't working on a modern system either...
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   Just a quick link to alert people who may not realize who/what he promotes. I read all sorts of terrible stuff, and it probably influences me more then I'd like, but it's easy to jump in the middle of something that "see
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   Don't fall down that rabbit hole. https://www.unikumnett.no/2019/10/12-reasons-why-no-one-shou...
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   I joined tried out a new game afew months back, a Vietnam War based FPS that was free on Epic. I was treated to the most disgusting explanation of why Jews deserve everything that happened to them, among other choice horrible bigotry from o
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   Good point. I take a pretty hands off approach with my kids, but they know I'm not afraid to dig in and figure out what they've been doing. I dabble in digital forensics and have a networking background. This keeps them in line fo
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   Time4vps is EU. They have excellent prices for storage servers. I've been using one to backup for afew years. my affiliate link ( https://www.time4vps.com/?affid=1881 )
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   I'll let you know, but I'm pretty confident I'm safe.
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   by pnutjam 4y ago

   IRC, ebook highway.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    I found a book I've been looking for, but it was only an image scan pdf. I OCR'ed it, and I'm slowly fixing the errors and converting to epub. Tedious, but interesting.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Or use a credit union. https://www.lmcu.org/ I've been using LMCU for a couple decades living away from any branches. I use the app for cashing checks and there are ATM's in their free network at all the Speedway
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    https://goo.gl/maps/fzso3eAFVVKKtsZb7 Scroll all over the east side of Indianapolis. This is near where I grew up.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    2nd this, Linkedin. (Midwest / Linux Devop infrastructure) I was looking around $125k, up from the current $110k. Co-worker complained all his buddies were doing contracting for $130k so I bumped my ask to that when I got an offer and
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    This is simply not true, and it was less true in the 80's/90's.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    I believe "wary" is the work you're looking for. This means the are guarded and maybe suspicious. Weary means tired.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Truer words may never have been spoken. 8D
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    I had financing lined up and the dealer still blasted an app out to a dozen different companies and dinged my credit.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    I've been looking for a van and I was told that Chevy full size vans are done in the same plant as an SUV. They do a 2 month cycle of vans, then a 4 month cycle of SUV. So if you order at the wrong time, it could be over 4 months to wa
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    It's also hard to see all these problems when you are in the middle of them. Finance culture is toxic in ways you don't notice until you leave.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    If you're doing it right, it's pretty boring. Kids need to play and you're just kind of hanging around the playground. Good opportunity for reading, or sometimes I listen to a podcast with one ear and keep the other one free
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    My young kids are in bed by 8pm, if we don't eat at 6:30 or earlier they get indigestion from trying to sleep right after eating.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    No bluetooth? No Problem: https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/multiple-indiana-law-enfo...
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    How likely is it that those therapists don't have new jobs making more money?
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Classic "I got mine" libertarian thinking. You know the old saying, death and taxes. Your taxes are set, you're getting money back. Things you don't pay for, just a small list: 1. better dating pool, for you and your kid
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Hey, good news. We all do chip in for you mortgage via tax deductions. There are a ton of other ways you benefit from an educated and informed society.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Yeah, this is not the case in any of the colleges my kids looked at, dorms are the same they were 25 years ago.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Hah, my daughter is a state college student. She needs one class to avoid taking an extra semester with housing costs and all that fun stuff. It's some sort of pre-requisite and her advisor messed up. It's $600 to take it this sum
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    It's to your benefit to have educated people around you.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Thank you for the course in "how to lie with statistics": 64% of respondents collectively support at least some amount of student loan forgiveness. So most people support.
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    by pnutjam 4y ago

    Alot of marginalized people were terrified of another term for the last doofus. They didn't want to rock the boat with anyone who was not center of the road and well established.