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- Comment on Personal Responsibility 5 hours ago:
It’s still not the kid’s fault if they were brought up to tolerate and play emotional games against family members.
Having kids myself and listening to them describe their fellow students’ situations at home, or even how we observe acquaintance’s kids act and how it mirrors parental behaviors, you can bet your ass that they learn from how their parents are acting and what they’re allowed to get away with.
- Comment on Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket 7 hours ago:
Sounds like a recipe for Unpredictable Rewards and messing with loyalty systems. Hook people on a loyalty program, slowly jack up the price, then throw in some real deals to keep them gambling for more. Don’t think an AI is necessary to do this, but corporate loves AI.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 7 hours ago:
Interesting the cultural difference here. People arguing in favor of, or at least the reasonableness of, the law and its application. Americans regularly speed, 20+ mph over the limit is not uncommon. People would lose their shit over a driving ban in the US, and probably keep driving anyway. DUI repeat offenders and suspended license drivers are pretty common.
- Comment on Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy. 7 hours ago:
What are these games? Steam is littered with these and waifu porno stuff… Not kink shaming here but what’s the attraction?
- Comment on Thanks I hate it 1 day ago:
Lol, dude’s trying not to vomit.
- Comment on It’s the little things 1 day ago:
So you’re saying my floor needs to be water?
- Comment on We are living in the Pre-"Drone 9/11" era. 2 days ago:
Yeah, I didn’t need to envision every movie supervillain mastermind’s plot to create havoc and terror. You seriously underestimate the resources needed to pull off such a thing and keep it secret even if it’s technically possible. Why make “10,000” little drones when you can make a half-dozen bigger RC plane types that can do an incredible amount of destruction? The point is to start terror, which requires far less than your elaborate plot and conditions like “facial recognition”. You went off the deep end of a Marvel movie plot to wipe out a city. We all know that just a couple well-placed hits is enough to send the country into a spiral.
- Comment on We are living in the Pre-"Drone 9/11" era. 2 days ago:
The vehicle is almost irrelevant. They can be box trucks, planes, cars, suicide vests, backpacks, parcels, any number of things, including drones. Any mobile form can be brought close to an intended target.
Drones are more of an assassination weapon as far as FPV drones go. They can be built if you have the knowledge from available parts, but do require quite a bit of skill to fly. Their ability to only carry a small charge (yes, there are huge drones, buy flying one of those monsters around is a completely different animal) is probably only going to hurt a couple people or kill one person in particular.
I don’t disagree that they can be used as weapons of terror, however I just don’t see FPV as weapons of mass terror.
OTOH the large winged drones that can be launched from miles away that are essentially “cruise missile” drones could certainly be used as mass terror weapons, but those aren’t the kind used by regular people for fun or photography.
- Comment on Good morning to sovcit vanifestos, and only sovcit vanifestos. 3 days ago:
I’d bet local LEO are familiar with this guy.
- Comment on Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials 3 days ago:
Probably do the same thing most of the junk humans dump into the environment. Reduce average lifespan, cause diseases and reduced fertility.
- Comment on Every time 3 days ago:
Alabama was proof of how shitty things have to get before people start taking action.
- Comment on coping 6 days ago:
Right? Not everything has to be the worst of 4chan, Ogrish, or Xitter.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 week ago:
The biggest crime in AAA games is the tools paying top dollar for preorders and early access to games that have beta-level problems with gameplay.
Wait three or more months, they almost always go on sale and have had a patch or two. More playable, save $.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 1 week ago:
They all have a martyr complex. So yeah, they’ll believe him.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
I didn’t write this comment for investing at your level. This is investing for people who want to have a retirement and aren’t interested in stock investing as a job, because to correctly monitor markets and companies and successfully pick winners requires education and a time investment. I’ve done my fair share of picking winners out of companies that become movers, but I don’t have the risk tolerance for that anymore and this forum isn’t the place to teach people all of that. Because something works and requires minimum effort doesn’t make it rudimentary, that’s completely unfair, derogatory, and insinuates people should try more risky strategies. You completely missed the audience I wrote the comment for. Anyone at your skill and risk level doesn’t need this advice. The equivalent of me suggesting one buy a reliable Honda and here you jump in suggesting a Maserati. Not the same crowd.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
There’s no reason you can’t do both. This country had proven time and a gain it will put rich people first, the rich get rich because investments and holdings in stocks, so taking advantage of the shitty situation is fair game.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
Ah, sorry didn’t see the name change.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
I’m not continuing this discussion to change your mind. If you’re happy with what you’ve got you’ve no need to listen to me. Big consumer investment houses are there to make money off you. Everything you listed is exactly what I mentioned as being a reduction in your ROI and incurring fees and taxes. For instance, we’ve invested in QQQ (feel free to check it) for more than a decade using the strategy I mentioned first. Even over the last 5 years it’s had 110% return. $10k is now more than $20k without bothering to calculate DCA or returns investing. Now do that across more index funds. Even if averages 7% with gains/losses and no fees or capital gains you can see that this comes out far ahead.
All that said, good luck.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
IRAs are tied to stocks.
There’s no way to “avoid the stock market entirely” using this. Yes, you should balance how you want your tax burden to look in the future by deciding how you wish to invest in Roth or regular IRA. IRAs are also limited to how much you can contribute, whereas transitional stock investment does not.
I don’t want to get too deep in the weeds here for investing strategy. There’s pros, cons, and costs to each of these kinds of investment. People have to look at all of these, their personal capabilities, and risk tolerance. Personally, we’re (another key word here:) diversified across multiple investments and someone absolutely should take advantage of the same if they can.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
Actually just avoid the stock market entirely and pay someone else to manage your money.
This doesn’t make sense?
If someone is “managing” your money, they’re managing stocks and/or investments tied to stocks, even if it’s something like a direct deposit to a CMA.
High interest savings is pretty decent if you can find the right one, it’s a no-effort way to collect interest. Just make sure you can afford the bank’s rules like minimum amounts or any fees.
As far as someone else managing your money you left out a lot. Who and how? Money managers take fees one way or the other, they trade your money around based on whatever works for the business and not always what is best for the client. No matter what any trades will incur trade fees and capital gains taxes. Those gains and fees are losses that could have been avoided. I’ll stand by my original opinion.
- Comment on stock market 1 week ago:
Index funds. Avoid individual stocks. Don’t try to time the market, in or out. DCA. Don’t touch the money. Don’t touch the money. Don’t touch the money.
Pretty much all you need to know right there - assuming the market continues in some fashion we’re accustomed to.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 1 week ago:
The dude could literally have the hangman’s noose of judgement around his neck and still be ranting and blaming everyone but himself. He cannot operate any other way. It’s pathological.
- Comment on Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Guarantee Military Right to Repair Its Equipment 1 week ago:
So finally they’ve figured out that “privatization” is a shitty idea. Not only does it introduce another point of failure in logistics and operations, but the private sector doesn’t mind trying to make every contract on they can retire off of using taxpayer money.
- Comment on You can only bring back one. Which do you choose? 1 week ago:
And maybe bring them back with a good assortment of PC parts, too.
- Comment on Tesla loses $68 billion in value after Elon Musk says he is launching a political party 1 week ago:
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AmericaElon Musk Oligarchy Party. - Comment on Viewers like you 1 week ago:
Bundle of snakes for the intake? I had to look that one up. I figured it wasn’t a wax and shave for the engine bay. Good ECM choice, super customizable. Don’t stop looking. You never know when deals show up. I’m 2 years in and nowhere near finished, just got to keep waiting for the right prices. Better slow than never.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I can assure you that the flight attendant group is much more than these two categories.
- Comment on Viewers like you 1 week ago:
Straight six for the indestructible win.
- Comment on Viewers like you 1 week ago:
All whopping 90 hp of it. My first car was 85 hp, so I had to admire the 90 hp Chevy II.
- Comment on Viewers like you 1 week ago:
Gotta love that the battery is the same size as most of the visible engine.