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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
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Comment on 'Stop Killing Games' movement gains momentum: California Assembly passes game protection bill in ~games
snake_case Link ParentRight what they really needed to do was make it legal for others to try and preserve a game.Right what they really needed to do was make it legal for others to try and preserve a game.
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Comment on The last technical interview in ~life
snake_case LinkThe best tech interview I ever did was an on site interview on a desktop pc in a small window office with the whole stack live on it and the interviewer told me to figure out what variable “blah”...The best tech interview I ever did was an on site interview on a desktop pc in a small window office with the whole stack live on it and the interviewer told me to figure out what variable “blah” was for.
This was in like 2015 and I didn’t get the answer but i tried my best and talked through my thinking and I got the job.
The world had changed with these remote interviews. Way too easy to cheat and steal company code with remote interviews.
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Comment on Can we have the day off? in ~society
snake_case LinkHalf the time my team has to work weekends cause someone puts a 3 day deadline on us and expects we can do it cause we use Claude code. Id settle for a reliable 5 day work week.Half the time my team has to work weekends cause someone puts a 3 day deadline on us and expects we can do it cause we use Claude code.
Id settle for a reliable 5 day work week.
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Comment on Lost in a sea of HVAC in ~life.home_improvement
snake_case Link ParentRight exactly and idk where OP is but I had a house in northern PA for a while and it didn’t have central air at all, just electric heating units in each room. No duct work. We’d just open the...Right exactly and idk where OP is but I had a house in northern PA for a while and it didn’t have central air at all, just electric heating units in each room. No duct work.
We’d just open the windows at night and use fans during the day in aug-sept and that was totally fine about 5 years ago. It got hot but like, you acclimate a bit if you spend a lot of time outside and we were outside all the time.
I live in NC now and it gets sooo hot, we try to keep the house at 78 but some areas get to be like 80-82 in the afternoon and we cant open windows at night cause its hot and humid at night too. I miss being able to just open windows at night haha
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Comment on Lost in a sea of HVAC in ~life.home_improvement
snake_case Link ParentYeah, I had an oil furnace for a while and that thing was basically just like having a fire going in the fireplace with the amount of dust it generated. I still would try to save it though. Those...Yeah, I had an oil furnace for a while and that thing was basically just like having a fire going in the fireplace with the amount of dust it generated.
I still would try to save it though. Those things just work, all the time, and even if they don’t they’re easy to repair or at least mine was.
Ive installed a minisplit myself before a couple years ago by watching a youtube video and I think the unit itself was like 800 bucks rated for a 800 sqft. It took a whole weekend just because of running the lines, and that was only like 5ft through 1 wall. So you’re right about the labor costs, the minisplit lines were easy compared to actual ductwork.
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Comment on Lost in a sea of HVAC in ~life.home_improvement
snake_case Link ParentIt really depends on how hot it gets. Like, in my house, absolutely not, it gets to be over 100 degrees for months straight here a mini-split in the main room only would never cut it. But like, 80...It really depends on how hot it gets.
Like, in my house, absolutely not, it gets to be over 100 degrees for months straight here a mini-split in the main room only would never cut it.
But like, 80 for a month or so? Maybe.
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Comment on Lost in a sea of HVAC in ~life.home_improvement
snake_case Link ParentThe thing about OPs furnace is that its reliable. Like idk what part of the state they’re in but it probably gets you-risk-death-if-that-shit-breaks level of cold and the technicians are probably...The thing about OPs furnace is that its reliable.
Like idk what part of the state they’re in but it probably gets you-risk-death-if-that-shit-breaks level of cold and the technicians are probably way-too-nicely trying to tell that to OP without admitting that a heat pump is absolutely going to break when OP needs it the most cause they cant straight up ADMIT the product is not great, but they can steer the client in a direction.
Op doesn’t need a minisplit in every room in such a small house, I think is the thing they’re not considering. They obviously live just fine without one at all, why not just install one in the main area rated for 1100 sq ft and call it a day?
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Comment on What stock do you put in gut feelings? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentYeah I definitely don’t suffer from decision paralysis, if anything I often choose wrong and have to backtrack.Yeah I definitely don’t suffer from decision paralysis, if anything I often choose wrong and have to backtrack.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentHigh school was about that long ago for me too, and its a mixed bag. Of those that are left, a lot of the friends I was really close to are more or less the same. Some dropped religion, some were...High school was about that long ago for me too, and its a mixed bag.
Of those that are left, a lot of the friends I was really close to are more or less the same. Some dropped religion, some were straight edge and now they drink more than I do, most have had major life events like starting a family, a career, getting married, but they don’t seem all that different to me.
I feel like a totally different person, I really thought I would be dead by 30 and instead I went and finished college and etc etc. Maybe its just by comparison that it doesn’t seem like the people around me have changed much. Maybe they have changed a lot and I just don’t see it because we only talk twice a year now.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentI definitely hover that line with alcohol myself, its scary. I’m at a point in my career where I have to choose to keep learning new tech every couple years or pivot and go into management. I cant...I definitely hover that line with alcohol myself, its scary.
I’m at a point in my career where I have to choose to keep learning new tech every couple years or pivot and go into management. I cant decide so I’m just sitting, thinking the universe will push me in a direction like it always does.
It feels like I’m just getting older, but maybe its actually just the once a week binge drinking
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Comment on ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ reviews mixed: “Boring and lifeless” vs. “best Star Wars in years” in ~movies
snake_case Link ParentI really wanted them to leave him, have him become a real padawan, and then fast forward some 10-20 years and have them meet back up in the next season and instead of a main character he could be...I really wanted them to leave him, have him become a real padawan, and then fast forward some 10-20 years and have them meet back up in the next season and instead of a main character he could be a side who shows up now and then to help. Mando was a great main character and involving the kid arrested the development of mando.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentAlcoholism really is crazy. I know a good few people with really deep problems which could be fixed if they would just stop drinking instead of actually trying to fix the issue. I dated someone...Alcoholism really is crazy. I know a good few people with really deep problems which could be fixed if they would just stop drinking instead of actually trying to fix the issue.
I dated someone ages ago who would be a total asshole to me because instead of feeling any kind of remorse they just felt drunk.
Its like, why really take control of your life and get the things you want when you could be drunk instead of being happy? Insanity.
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Comment on What stock do you put in gut feelings? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentDefine long term? Even the mortgage on my house was sort of an impulse buy. I had the money, I know how to budget, the location made sense at the time with me and my spouses jobs but I never...Define long term?
Even the mortgage on my house was sort of an impulse buy. I had the money, I know how to budget, the location made sense at the time with me and my spouses jobs but I never really asked the question “is this where I want to live and who I want to live with for the foreseeable future?”
I do think about retirement and what that means and so I try my best to save what money I can and take care of my body but I don’t really have solid plans on where to live, what sort of end of life care my spouse and I will need, I just know we cant retire until the house is paid off.
Ive never taken a vacation outside of the country because I’m not capable of that level of planning and neither is my spouse.
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Comment on The 100 best novels of all time published in English in ~books
snake_case Link Parent1984 is one of those books where if you do actually finish it you will know that its not about what most people think its about. The real ending is SO dark. The absolute hopelessness of that...1984 is one of those books where if you do actually finish it you will know that its not about what most people think its about.
The real ending is SO dark. The absolute hopelessness of that reality is something thats definitely stuck in my head. I didn’t really get it until I read it again as an adult.
Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, all those hit different as an adult.
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Comment on What stock do you put in gut feelings? in ~talk
snake_case LinkI actually operate almost entirely on instinct. Everything from my job to my relationships, I’m flying by the seat of my pants on every single decision I make. I suffer from some variety of mental...I actually operate almost entirely on instinct. Everything from my job to my relationships, I’m flying by the seat of my pants on every single decision I make.
I suffer from some variety of mental illness due to the sensory weirdness of being autistic, or I might just actually be dumb and seriously just have less brain capacity than most people, but whatever the reason critical thinking is definitely not my strong suit and I pretty much just rely on luck for everything.
Ive gotten as far as I have in life only because people tend to like me.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentI always thought it was super weird that theres so many people out there who are more or less the same as they were in high school.I always thought it was super weird that theres so many people out there who are more or less the same as they were in high school.
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Comment on Why seven presidents is actually genius in ~society
snake_case Link Parent“When does terrorism become a rebel movement” is some Star Wars discussion hahaha“When does terrorism become a rebel movement” is some Star Wars discussion hahaha
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Comment on Why seven presidents is actually genius in ~society
snake_case Link ParentWhat kills me is we have so much more to lose before people begin to ready themselves to resort to violence en masse.What kills me is we have so much more to lose before people begin to ready themselves to resort to violence en masse.
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Comment on A fast and accurate tuberculosis test that doesn't need phlegm in ~health
snake_case Link ParentAt our school we had the same test, and the kids who had traveled out of the country and thus gotten a TB vaccine tested positive and then had to go in for a chest xrayAt our school we had the same test, and the kids who had traveled out of the country and thus gotten a TB vaccine tested positive and then had to go in for a chest xray
My partner has been out of work for almost a year and the recruiters started asking about the the gap last month. Its not great. Ageism also a factor for us too.
We’re lucky I make great money. Im saving what I can and cutting our costs but Im terrified. I never thought id be sole breadwinner, I’m a total fuckup.