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- Comment on Captions 1 day ago:
The caption changed the way i saw the expression. At first i saw attacking bear. Then i saw a concerned friend with his arms out trying to deescalate the situation
- Comment on women are the devil 1 day ago:
My wife’s better than me and im not afraid to admit it
- Comment on ripperoni pepperoni 1 week ago:
It really depends on what you specialized in and what you want to do. If youre in engineering and your university gets funding from a company, can be an easy path to employment.
That said, in general, the type of person who wants a phd doesn’t always have the same mindset as someone who doesnt. A big part of engineering in practice is realizing when you have enough information to make a decision and how to quickly and cheaply obtain that information, and that doesn’t always align with the work scope that gives the best information.
- Comment on Should I withdraw/stop putting into my 401k? 2 weeks ago:
In addition to the target date funds, there are some very basic funds through every broker. Some big ones like SPX and QQQ track directly with the s&p and NASDAQ. Every etf will have a theme (tech, biotech, industrial, energy, etc.) And should have a short description on them. Find something that fits your fancy if you have an industry you really believe in
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 3 weeks ago:
To freeze your credit means that you (or anyone inpersonating you) can do anything that requires your credit. Cant make large purchase, take out loans, etc. Its a good way to protect yourself from identity theft.
To unfreeze it, you need to go through a process with the credit union before you can use it again. Its generally a good practice to freeze your credit always if you can plan ahead for large financial purchase
- Comment on PROTEIN BRO 3 weeks ago:
My wife is one of these consumers. She shes all these influencers pushing working out products and she uses everything she can get her hands on. Then she wonders why when she trains for, and runs a full marathon, she doesnt lose any weight. Well you take thousands of calories of supplements… just run
- Comment on What is happening with Tesla (TSLA) stock currently? 📈 3 weeks ago:
But the comments do matter?
The stock market traded on speculation of future value, not current value. If tesla increases profit by $1M , their market cap doesnt increase by $1M. It increases or decreases by the speculative future value.
If protestors are going to be prosecuted, the perceived value of the company increases because theyre will be less negative press.
It also leads to, "what else is the president going to do to help musk’s company? " and that list is endless, and speculation runs wild.
- Comment on Never send a text message when drunk 3 weeks ago:
Maybe he’s only had 1 wife, so being the hottest wife means nothing. There were (presumably) other girlfriends. Man knew what he was saying
- Comment on the pain of knowing you have no girlfriend but THIS door does 3 weeks ago:
The tolerancing on this thing must be a nightmare. My engineering brain is upset
- Comment on Anon works from home 1 month ago:
I used to shoot fireworks professionally as a side gig, and the guy running the show was essentially working full time, but he had another full time job and i eventually asked him how the hell he did it.
It was this same story. He automated his shit, set up catches and only he would recwicer the alerts so he had time to be where he needed to be when they finally called him to fix it
- Comment on HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys?? 1 month ago:
My college gave them away for free. The wellness center just had a big bowl of them outside the door. Grab what ever when you walked by. They only had them out during school hours when they had someone working the desk, so it wasnt really a concern that people would be poking holes or some shit in them.
The wellness center would even come to any organization and give a free “safe sex” talk if you wanted them to, and that came with its own goody bag with more than just condoms. It was awesome
- Comment on What we all want deep down 2 months ago:
Id argue the real sense of worry is by living a life style below your means. As someone who has had to live pay check to paycheck, but has been fortunate enough to have a substantial increase in salary, dont spend all your money. If you dont change your habits with new money, the worry will fade away.
You can stop keeping strict budgets on things and make them more vague. As long as savings account keeps going up, the worry fades
- Comment on Keep warm, it's cold out. 2 months ago:
From the thumbnail, i was convinced this was a sun flower costume
- Comment on I got into the wrong career lol 3 months ago:
How old are you and where do you live that you think thats enough to retire comfortably?
- Comment on No one showed up to his party 4 months ago:
RSVPs are a thing
- Comment on Leonardo DiCaprio meets a woman 4 months ago:
I mean, back when, it wasnt uncommon to be marrying young. Cinderella came out in 1950, a time where women didnt go to college, and it wasnt uncommon to be married right after high school to someone who could provide for you, would could easily be 22. Thats for everyday people. I imagine being royalty, where you didnt really have to go to high school or college, shakes those ages up even more
I wouldnt go as far as to call it a conspiracy theory because that wasnt out of the ordinary at the time
- Comment on The Amish are onto smth 5 months ago:
I hate the, “make an appointment online!” Button that basically just turns into them calling you instead of you calling them. If I wanted to talk on the phone, I would have called you at my convenience. You calling me is way less convenient. Don’t put that I can make an appointment online if I can’t
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 5 months ago:
You think laws matter to the privileged?
- Comment on Stop whining. Do it yourself. 5 months ago:
Im sure youre right. My point is thats not even a niche topic. A quick Google estimates there are 21 million viewers PER GAME every week. There are literally hundreds of millions of fans of the nfl, but even a subject so popular can’t maintain a healthy community on lemmy, how are these niche topics supposed to stand a chance at survival?
- Comment on Stop whining. Do it yourself. 5 months ago:
I look at the nfl community here. It really only gets a handful of posts on Sunday and that’s it. It blows my mind that there isn’t more engagement
- Comment on Literally Nineteen Eighty-Four 5 months ago:
In your example tho, you want those numbers to stand out. The reason the affair was busy, was because of the numbers. You want the numbers to jump out, because that’s the important detail.
- Comment on Anon recommends a cast iron pan 6 months ago:
Exactly. Lodge agrees with you
- Comment on Better known for other work 6 months ago:
How does one get access to said manifesto without immediately being put on an FBI watch list?
- Comment on Can it get any more obvious 6 months ago:
Why exactly? The whole line is about how you can like each someone regardless of their background or interest.
- Comment on PS5 being used by scammers because it's so expensive 6 months ago:
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- Comment on how do I accept I'll never know why any employer rejected me? 7 months ago:
I’d like to know … how to be a more interesting candidate
Homie is just trying to be better and being frustrated they aren’t getting feedback on how to be better
- Comment on How to decide what kind of controller one should purchase? 7 months ago:
I don’t have a ton to add to this, but the Playstation controllers even pair with mobile devices with basically no setup. It’s impressive
- Comment on Average game chat censorship 7 months ago:
Probably “stupid.” Hence the weird spelling
- Comment on Many such cases 8 months ago:
Venmo usually, but many banks have built in cash payment apps too.
I’m 35 and never had a PayPal account and have never felt the need for one
- Comment on Tech CEOs are backtracking on RTO mandates—now, just 3% want workers in the office full-time 8 months ago:
There’s some of that. I know companies in my city were given tax breaks for hosting their office building there. The theory is, the business brings more people into the area who will be spending money on lunch/happy hour/gas/etc. The tax income of that is more than the tax benefit they offer the company.
Well, people stop coming to the office, and their tax benefit of the employees being in the city dries up. The city was threatening the companies tax benefit if the people didn’t come back, and thus, RTO (in my city, anyway).