Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
15hr ago
Many countries began as colonizing powers, as foreign invaders, with expulsion or subjugation of the previous inhabitants.
France, for instance, doesn't get its common name from the local Gauls, but instead a migrating tribe.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
As a current employee, the thing I most hated from my boss was "Areas to improve? Just keep up the good work". It's just... not helpful, especially when it's part of a conversation that's "What do I need to do to be at the next level either in terms of promotion or 'top-tier performer in annual assessments'?"
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Are there other areas in your company that you could transfer to that might have a different direct report? That happened to a coworker of mine—he absolutely did not get on with his direct manager, but was able to transfer to a similar unit, where he (and both his prior and new manager) were all very happy with the new arrangement.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
That's part of why I always thought that a really robust procgen setup could make for a fantastic game... then I encountered Bethesda's radiant quests.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Never heard of those, but I can definitely appreciate the concept.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
new cars costing between $40-$70k
You can get a brand new toyota or honda SUV for under that, to say nothing of a sedan.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
So you're saying the meaning has changed enough that the former explanation no longer works, since everyone should be familiar with the more commonly held opinion of it even if the bearer thinks differently?
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Iran, maybe, but Hamas has perfected the fine art of "shooting from behind their own children, and then when there's return fire displaying the dead body as Israel's fault."
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
That reminds me of an old complaint that "the Department of Energy's job shouldn't be to tell people to use less energy, it should be to provide energy".
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Your core gameplay is a day-night cycle of inventory management. During the day, business is open and customers come to your counter offering to buy or sell. You want to maximize margins by buying low and selling high. Modifiers are applied based on what a particular customer wants, station-wide economic issues like water shortages, or the five-finger discount of selling stolen goods. During the night, you can go to a few specialty stores, try to scavenge, or recover from previous wounds. At the end of every week you pay rent, which is always going up, so you need to make ever more money to stay afloat.
All I have to say, is, Capitalism, ho!
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
That's either awful luck with the stock picking, or a million dollar index fund portfolio. If it's the latter, I wouldn't be concerned.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Market update: hahaha welp.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
paycheck-to-paycheck
That's one of those metrics that gets thrown around, but is awfully defined. How does it reflect, say, automatic retirement plan contributions? If someone is putting (say) 15% of their salary into a 401k every month, but have basically nothing extra left over in their bank account at the end of each month (because they have a defined budget, and spend on luxuries and vacations everything beyond bills, needs, and retirement savings), is that "paycheck to paycheck"?
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
The survey also states that the "cash-poor" have a significantly lower rate of disability/chronic health issues than the general population (40% vs 75%), and is at odds with data that "the median American has $8,000 in transaction accounts (savings, checking, money market)".
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
If any of the nuclear companies could stop futzing around and get cracking, sure.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
I guess an Israeli apologist might say that comparing Gaza to Ukraine is an apple to orange comparison in any case
Yes, but not because of anything you said: the nature of the war environment in Gaza & the methods of Hamas are both significant drivers in the amount of civilian casualties.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Half of American households dont have $200 in savings,
That's one I'd like to see a bit more detail on, in terms of how it's calculated. There was a while where I didn't have "$200 in savings", having only about $25 in my "savings account", but I instead had about $5k in my checking account (at a similar interest rate but more convenient, same credit union), and a bunch more in a Cash Management Account stored in a MMF. Would I have counted as "not having $200 in savings"?
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
But that’s just not a lot of money to most workers. Like 5-10 a week. It’s copium to say the election swung on a minuscule expense. Gasoline just isn’t a big budget item like it use to be because of fuel efficiency.
It's a visible and ever-changing one, though, in a way that groceries (weekly list might change) or even a daily coffee (which tends to be pretty smooth) isnt. Every day, you drive past the price of gas, and notice when it changes. So it's an obvious sign of "prices are going up" in a way maybe everything else isn't.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Big new phone is really addicting and now I have to bring it to work so my screen time is really on the rise.
In hindsight, I really appreciate my former job where I was literally not allowed to have my cell phone with me. It had its annoyances, sure, but for the most part the benefits outweighed it (especially since I had a corporate cell for any emergencies/minimal family texting).
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
In revisiting, apparently not? Hence why I don't even try to time the markets.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
That's the most predictable thing that could have happened.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
October was bad for my 401k. But I'm not retiring any time soon regardless of how the markets do. It's a blip, it'll recover.
Sure, I'd have been happier if it happened before my paycheck auto-deposit rather than after, but hey, you win some, you lose some. I'm sure I won't be lucky enough that the markets will stay down until January when my company's stupid "once a year at the end of the year rather than throughout the year" retirement contribution gets deposited.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Wasn't Friday a worse drop?
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Personally? I don't think the Iran war was the wrong decision. Could and should have been prosecuted better, certainly, but I have no objections to the concept. Of course, I also have no objections to the Republican party in general taking a hiding, and Trump specifically, so...
That's almost certainly just people who are hostile to China (the nation-state) wanting to not be called racist.
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