MrEff
@MrEff@lemmy.world
- Comment on I feel like all current political debate is basically trying to choose between the three endings in the original Deus Ex. 2 days ago:
That’s actually pretty cool and I did not know. Also, I see people did not like my US presidency joke…
- Comment on I feel like all current political debate is basically trying to choose between the three endings in the original Deus Ex. 2 days ago:
US presidency: did you know this roll can be played by a range of colors? But yes, the default is white.
Isn’t his brother also white?
- Comment on Censored 2 days ago:
Also a good reference. Lol. I forgot about this one.
- Comment on Censored 2 days ago:
(Movie 43- in case you were wondering if this was real)
- Comment on I feel like all current political debate is basically trying to choose between the three endings in the original Deus Ex. 2 days ago:
And just like Deus Ex: None of your choices up to that point mattered. The choice is made by one white guy.
- Comment on Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago 1 week ago:
At the peak of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars the national guard and reserve (but mostly guard) made up over 75% of the troops deployed. More national guard units saw more combat than active duty units simply by sheer numbers. I did 8 years and 4 months in the guard and over half that time I was activated for two tours to Afghanistan. I did more overseas time than my active duty time equivalent. National guard units were also consistently being placed in shittier places than active duty units because the active duty commanders didn’t want difficult deployments to potentially get in the way of future promotions. So the guard also took the brunt of the casualties. My first tour was in the second worst area in the country at the time and out of all the US troops (we were with the Polish), all but one was national guard. We set the regional record for longest continuous direct fire firefight at the time and a Polish truck set the record for the largest IED hit (aprox. 550 lbs, all died).
The longest continuous deployment during the Global War on Terrorism was also done by a guard unit. The 34th BCT did 22 months in Iraq.
To say the guard only helps old people and with hurricanes is beyond an understatement. We provided the bulk of the boots on the ground and did the job and big army literally couldn’t do.
- Comment on hyperbaric oxygen chamber 3 weeks ago:
Those chambers are normally only done around 2 or 2.5 atmosphere, 3 tops. Not enough to kill anyone if it cracked. A small pop and rushing sound at most depending on the crack size.
- Comment on US Treasury chief Bessent accuses India of profiteering on Russian oil 1 month ago:
This guy is so dumb. India said they would do that when the war started. They had a whole moment where they came out and very publicly even layed out all the cards and said what they were going to do, and now he is mad that they have done and continue to do exactly what they said they would do. India has high energy needs with their billion plus people and transitioning to a more energized population. For as much green energy India is installing, they can’t keep up with the growing demand and see this as a cheap stopgap. And as much as he is trying to claim that India is just buying cheap Russian crude oil and simply reselling it at a markup as a middle man to skirt the sanctions, they are not. India runs one of the world’s largest refineries. They are raking Russia over the coals because they are now the only bulk buyer and have forced the lowest price because of it. The Indian PM is making smart moves for the good of his people, he doesn’t care about the war in Ukraine, if anything he wants it to drag out as long as possible.
- Comment on If everyone spontaneously became the same race the world would realize that the rich are the real problem 2 months ago:
- Comment on Cellebrite Dumps AI Into Its Cell Phone-Scraping Tool So Cops Can Hallucinate Evidence 6 months ago:
This article is written with some wild speculations by both the author of the article and the source they are quoting. When cell phones are cracked for evidence they have to use write blockers when they copy the phone. They do the analysis on the copy. The original is then re-copied in court to show what was found. This way the original is never tampered with and made inadmissible, and whatever analysis bullshit you did isn’t mixed in with your court room copy. What this also means is that your AI can hallucinate all it wants and make up any evidence you can imagine all day long, but when you get into the court room and have to then point to where the conclusions came from and you can’t-you will be standing there with a dick on your forehead and with a case being tossed out.
- Comment on Why can humans seemingly only imagine like 3 different forms of government in different flavors? 6 months ago:
Think of a more direct democracy. I will oversimplify enough to annoy those from Switzerland:
Differing levels of law require differing thresholds. Country votes on a law, the majority above the required threshold vote it in. It becomes a national law. That is easy. What about when it fails? Then look to the state level. Did it pass the threshold for your state? Yes? Then it is a state law. Failed state level? Let’s look at your county/city/local level. Passed threshold? Local law.
Again, over simplified, but general idea.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 11 months ago:
I recently looped back to rimworld.
I was playing a bunch of frostpunk 2, then a little frostpunk 1, and then bounced between the two of them. But in the end all gaming comes back to rimworld…
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 year ago:
When it is easy bull markets, I go heavy on growth stocks. When the market is bear, I go heavy on dividends. Right now though there is a high beta turmoil, so I have a mix of both. My IRA is also set up as more od a “leave this alone” investment. My etrade account has my “fuck around and find out” money. I mention this because it is hard to directly compare the two. So far my dividends have strongly out performed the growth stocks, but only in the last 3 months or so has the gap widened. I credit it to 2 specific ones that are getting me 30%-ish yields with stable prices. They are also new etf’s, so the hedge money is still strong before the stripping gets to its prices. I mentioned in a post lower that that my little under 30k is netting me 800/month. Honestly it is paying a higher yield than renting out my condo is getting me.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 year ago:
It is also called ‘dividend stripping’.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 year ago:
Also yes. More work, worth the pay off, do all you can to avoid commissions and fees.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 year ago:
Little under 30k. Bring in about 800 a month.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 year ago:
PETS, sorry, don’t know why my phone cut off the ‘S’.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 year ago:
$10,000 at 4% gives you $400 interest in one year.
Just about any decent dividend stock will outperform that. Look at PET for example. It is sitting at $3.65/share right now and offers a quarterly dividend of $0.30. That puts you at $1.20/share per year. 10k = 2739 shares = $3,286.80 dividend payout in one year.
Banks are the worst place to put investments. Money in bank accounts are only supposed to be there if you need it liquid, like an emergency fund or your checking account.
