Recent content by fris

I haven't read these, but got the audio based on this thread I found the first book a difficult listen. I'm not English major, but this came off as childish. Not the RPG part, but how the story was told. They dialog was overly informative? Like the writer didn't know how to the the story. By...

Beastmaster is (or was) on Amazon prime. Fantastic movie, I think my balls dropped when I was in the theater watching it. If you watch it on Amazon, their algorithm will suggest hundreds of 80s campy movies.

despite their best efforts, intel still sells a ton of chips. amd and qualcomm are increasing market share sure. but any other company in the world that executed like intel wouldn't still be #1 in their space. i can see intel regaining control of the wheel and pushing them out, again. intel...

There's a list of super wealthy who have crazy roths. Even if the money goes in, taxed at ~50%, they can buy these limited access stocks. I think Mitt Romney has one worth millions.

MMO players are all about min/maxing at their core. except those that play healers and get carried. I wouldn't be surprised if former MMO players are doing better than average

It's a spectrum. If you're making good money but still drowning in credit card debt, Dave Ramsey is right for you. If your only dept is maybe a mortgage and your savings rate is over 23%, Dave probably does sound crazy.

Like others said, very much yes. The biggest thing is living on less than you make. There's a bunch of good YouTube channels that might motivate you; Dave Ramsey, Graham Stepan, The Money Guys. Will give you a rounded view on how to think about money.

I grew up poor

The constant worry of being laid off appears to be the norm of the tech industry. Seems like since COVID, every day I think is today the day?

My grandmother died about 20 years before my grandfather. During those 20 years, he volunteered almost daily at the Hospice that my grandmother went through. My dad is 75 and still bills about 30 hours a week as a CPA, more in March and April. He plans to see off more of his accounts and...

I volunteer as tribute

I love fucking with spammers too, but I don't do it for very long. I read, again on the Internet so must be true, that a guy fucked with a spammer one day. Most spammers are spoofing the number they initially contact you with. So the spammer used that guys number the rest of the day. That...

Meet my first "pure blood Hunter" on bumble. Shame, we matched on just about everything else

Maybe Trump has then cooking the jobs numbers down to further pressure a rate cut.