darkmarx

@darkmarx@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a person goes "missing" and never found. How long does it take for life insurance to kick in and bank accounts resort back to the family?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In US, life insurance will not pay outwithout a death certificate. Going missing will never allow one to pay out, until someone convinces a court the person who went missing is dead.

  Some policies, primarily Whole Life policies, have a Terminal Illness Rider. These allow up to 70% payout prior to death if someone has less than a year or two to live. Alzheimers is probably not on the list, but each company is different.

  Better option is to get a lawyer and put every asset you have in a trust with your beneficiaries as thr trustees. Set up power a of attorney as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a slow reader and have trouble sitting down with a book, though I will if the book is good enough. For folks like me, I’d recomend starting off with an audio book. You’ll get the story and it might get you interested enough to eventually pick up a book. It’s a good transition from movies or tv into reading. I know multiple people, along with myself, who’ve gotten into reading by starting with audio books.

  As far as books go, you might like one of these:

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl I recommend this book to everyone! If you like video games and humor, this is the book for you. It’a fantasy / sci-fi about a guy forced into a type of game with a sidekick (who I wont talk about due to spoilers). It’s fantastic. Quick paced and very funny. Highly recommend this in audio book format.

  • The Heist by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg FBI agent and con man forced to work together, buddy action style. Similar to Rush Hour in tone and silliness.

  • The Intern’s Handbook by Shane Kuhn An assassin beomes an intern in an office. It’s dark, but funny, especially if you work in an office type setting.

  • Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen Detective and con woman team up. It’s funny and fast, and kind of weird.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most likely it’s because you haven’t found the types of books you like, or at least the writing style you like to read. Modern writing is much more condensed than it was even 20 or 30 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lin-Manuel Miranda would be able to do it as a musical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers wins lawsuit against Colorado. Judge claims there is no evidence that gas stoves cause or contribute to health issues⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Source?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always with the red flags⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, as long as you’re a good coder, I don’t care how high you are. Though I’ll need to find a way to explain the new “Misc” category in my budget.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨United Way of Spokane County shutting down after century of giving⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are a middleman and do take a slight overhead, 1.1% last I saw, but it might have changed since then. The benefit is one of simplicity. Many people want to give to charity and aren’t sure which one. UW let’s them donate one place and it get distributed to many. They also have criteria that charities must meet to qualify. Also, like you mentioned, they do the paycheck deduction. All of what they do is about making it easier and hassle free as possible to donate, making it more likely that people will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too, but it has nothing to do with Facebook. Don’t kink shame me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oblivion Remastered - Bugs, Glitches, and Fixes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ran into a bug on xbox. When making a potion the game crashed. After repeating it multiple times, I figured out that it only happened when mixing a stolen and non stollen ingredient. I have not retested since the last update.

  Prior to the update, I could not create an enchanted item with a static effect at frostcrag spire. For example, a ring with nighteye. I could create one with detect life because it was a magnitude selector. This bug went away after the update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “The government” is multiple agencies and departments. There is no single computer system, database, mainframe, or file store that the entire US goverment uses. There is no standard programming language used. There is no standard server configuration. Each agency is different. Each software project is different.

  When someone says the government doesn’t use sql, they don’t know what they are talking about. It could be refering to the fact that many government systems are ancient mainframe applications that store everything in vsam. But it is patently false that the government doesn’t use sql. I’ve been on a number of government contracts over the years, spanning multiple agencies. MsSQL was used in all but one.

  Furthermore, some people share SSNs, they are not unique. It’s a common misconception that they are, but anyone working on a government software learns this pretty quickly. The fact that it seems to be a big shock goes to show that he doesn’t know what he is doing and neither do the people reporting to him.

  Not only is he failing to understand the technology, he is failing to understand the underlying data he is looking at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I run a development department, and nobody who reports to me comes to the office. We have been 100% remote since 2020… much to the chagrin of HR. Others in IT come in, but no developers. I see no reason to change it either. I question why I even come in most days.

  Without looking it up, I don’t know how many people I’ve interviewed over the last 4 years, but there’s been a few. I’ve only had one person who indicated he wanted to be in an office. Every other person wants fully remote. The most common comment I’ve heard from people is saying they will settle for hybrid if full-remote isn’t available.

  There’s some value to having people work together in-person, but I’d rather give my teams the flexibility to choose for themselves rather than force it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When investing your money, what is considered a good rate of return?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Over a lifetime, 7% to 8% is a good return. If you are safely building a portfolio, and looking at year over year, then anything between 8% and 12% is pretty good. If you are closer to retirement or just more risk averse, then around 5% to 7%. Really, anything above inflation means you are making money.

  Everyone is going to have different definitions of “good.” It all depends on your goals, risk aversion, and stage of life. Your best bet is to find a financial advisor who can tailor a plan to your needs.