boonhet

@boonhet@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Houses in my area increases 82% in just 4 years⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to devalue your point, but if you truly were spending (10 + 3*75 + 20)*30 + 150 per month (so a total of 7800 USD) and you invest it in an index fund getting back 5%, you’ll have your million in 10 years. 8 years at 10% which is the long-term growth rate of DJIA and S&P 500.

  You’ll still never be the richest person in the world, but if you truly were burning away that much money, you could make decent dough just from investing it passively. In 30 years you’d have like 15 million, more than enough to retire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That chicken's name? Joe Rogan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Great source of protein though. Just need to be more careful and creative

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most of the trick-or-treaters have been skipping my house, and I finally figured out why⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a knock last night. I had to apologize and say there’s no candy - I don’t live in the US. We have our own similar traditions on St. Martin’s day and St. Catherine’s day. The article for the latter even describes it: Wiki, though for either day you can click on the Estonian Wikipedia article to get a more complete description.

  I suppose in the coming years I’ll have to start stocking candy for Halloween too because I don’t really want to disappoint a bunch of kids. Though to be fair, I don’t think they did much trick or treating anyway, they mostly just opened their bag and asked for candy - so it felt kinda lazy. When I was a kid, I remember groups of kids would come knock on our door for either Mardipäev or Kadripäev and they’d usually have something like a song or dance prepared, or at least told us riddles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My little buddy (pack of 12)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And most of the rest have anti-stress boobs so it all works out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Summary⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Love the TL;DR on this one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Since when does a clock need a privacy policy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Would rather they just be sued to hell and skip the back part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tom Holland to Star in Christopher Nolan’s Latest Film⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good for him. There’s so much Marvel shit out there, the upcoming ones probably won’t be very memorable even if they’ll earn him a good amount of money. Nolan might at least make something awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Printer ink solution?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s funny because even the salesmen have said “Oh you have to print occasionally just to make sure it doesn’t dry and clog up” and yet our cheap-ass inkjets from well-hated companies have never given any such issues, even when they’ve been unused for years at a time. Over the span of 2 decades there’s been 2 of them. Canon and then later HP.

  Would I buy another one? Probably not. Would rather get a Brother laser these days if there’s ever need for a printer again. But I’m hoping that there won’t be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cool People Doing Cool Things⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just traits according to Dawkins. It’s also ideas or more broadly, information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which one is you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Was it created by Ian and Deb?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmm biocrust⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol expire? Specifically whiskey?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Explains that one time I had a bottle of disgusting whiskey, let it sit half-empty for a few weeks or even months, and then it was actually pretty good

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare coming to PC October 29⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No idea what their real reason was, but the specific R* studio that made it hadn’t ported a single game to PC in years at that point. Midnight Club II of 2003 was the last one and none of their subsequent releases got PC ports. Which sucks because I really sorta wanted to play Midnight Club LA back then.

  Past RDR, they haven’t done any games as a solo studio.

  Could just be that someone at R* San Diego REALLY hated PC gaming?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmm biocrust⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically no longer need to be married for that in modern society

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Raimi to direct ‘Doctor Strange 3'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just as I thought I was out… They pulled me back in with Doctor Strange 3

  Seriously, while MoM wasn’t as great, the original Strange was one of my favourite Marvel movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artifical Intelligence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People are in denial: AI is a good thing.

  Not in our broken ass system. First we need an economic system where people want to, but don’t need to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Megaflopolis⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tenet is pretty much about power and greed too. Sator’s greed for power. And hatred for the world we live in.

  The backstory of him being helped (and commanded) by people from the future who want to reverse time because we fucked up the planet and therefore life in the future is shit, is pretty much just about climate change.

  The movie wasn’t that deep tbh. Nolan throws in some time inversion stuff for the wow factor and because it looks cool, but tbh it’s just “let’s blow up the world to fix a big problem” (classic case of a villain with a relatable goal) vs the good guys with “the world has loads of people living in it, we can’t just blow it up”.

  Personally I liked it. Don’t think it was a cinematic masterpiece you need to be incredibly cultured to understand or anything though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No longer dating⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The other one is Ross, that was Mike’s last name in the show.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨International Woof⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The temple is on the side of the head I thought :) So you have the same gesture as we do I’d think.

  Basically it’s usually aimed at the part of your head where your chewing muscles are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scheiße!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not as round as 65536, but it’s still round enough for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨International Woof⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “he/she is intelligent” in Estonia would be making circles toward your temple with your index finger. What’s the gesture in Portugal?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scheiße!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now I’m just imagining a table or something with deceptive appearances where it seems narrow, but the legs sit wider, so you’re prone to hitting your little toe, called “FFFUCKING OWWWuh!”, but in Swedish of course

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scheiße!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbh I was thinking more about how I as an Estonian would pronounce it and what language that would sound closest to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “they” haven’t improved in that they still put out shit games; They’ve improved 76 yes, but they still put out crap too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On that note, how is Cyberpunk still 60 euros on Steam? I know it’s been getting better with the DLC and everything, but the game’s been out for ages.

  That said, I might have to buy Phantom Liberty. I bought and finished the base game like 2 or 3 years ago I think and I really enjoyed it even back then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scheiße!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FükkenScälden sounds more like Swedish to me tbh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scheiße!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean it IS a nice round number and you can’t tell me any different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More trustworthy than what's currently on the road⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They said “classic looking exterior” which the new beetle doesn’t have. But problem is, you can’t really have that, largely due to safety regulations, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who even buys a new phone every year?

  People usually clown on Apple users specifically for doing this, but every Apple user I know uses their phone for multiple years. In fact, Apple was giving users multiple years of software support while Samsung and others were only doing 2 major Android updates for flagships. Google was the one to FINALLY change the status quo in the Android world, so that’s good at least, others seem to be following suit. Previously, Android users I knew would just keep going without software updates. Luckily they mostly still receive security updates for a few years after the OS updates stop.

  None of the manufacturers gives you a compelling reason to upgrade every year anymore. 10-15 years ago the changes were big because the first smartphones were shit compared to what you had just a few years later. Between the original iPhone and roughly the 5 or 5s, every upgrade was pretty major. Same on the Android side.

  Now I think you’d have to go from an 11 Pro to 16 Pro to notice anything. And good news in that department, if you still have an 11 or 11 pro, that still got the iOS 18 update. Actually, so did the older XR and XS.

  The only reason to buy a new phone every year nowadays is because Apple, knowing EXACTLY what they’re doing, changes the camera arrangement every year so clout chasers would know you have last year’s model. It’s stupid as fuck, but luckily none of the people I know fall for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I make games and this literally happened to me this morning⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This might’ve changed but 10 years ago the small shop next to my school said they wouldn’t allow card payments of under 1 EUR because they’d be losing money. In Estonia