Recent content by Pescador

Sold my house to OpenDoor in May (they offered as much as we could get by listing it), and they've since listed it and cut the price by about $80k. Sold at the right time, even though we probably overpaid on our new home that we bought around the same time.

We just got new carpet installed in a house we bought (removed 20 year old carpets, 1 story w/ concrete slab underneath). Each bedroom has carpet, and It transitions to tile in the connecting hallways. I can definitely feel the edge of the tile when I step between the two floors. Is this normal...

Question about flooring: we're replacing all the carpet in our new home with a combination of new carpet (bedrooms) + LVP (other rooms). Anyone have an idea of the going rate for LVP installation (demo+remove previous carpet, pour new concrete to everything level with existing tile, install...

Agonized a lot over the decision, but we ended up selling our house (3/2.5, small yard, 2k sqft) and buying to improve our commutes and kids school situation and also get more space (4/3.5 + office, 3.2k sqft, half acre, plus it's single story which was a nice bonus). Had to bid 200k over...

To be honest, I thought your initial essay was needlessly inflammatory, and I thought the instructor's first reply was pretty reasonable. But then the instructor's follow-up post... yikes. Sounds like someone trying hard to justify their job. Engineering and science disciplines provide...

I don't think the Chargers are playing for a playoff spot without the ballsy 4th down attempts all season. On both offense and defense they have zero depth outside of 2-3 star players, and are almost the perfect example of an average team, talent-wise. The only reason they were even in this game...

I really don't have much issue with Staley's playcalling, except the fourth down attempt from their own <20 as mentioned. Even that was not as egregious as it seemed. I think he had a few fourth down calls (before the final drive) that ended up paying off, so I feel like the chargers would have...

Strange to take the timeout there... Either way another play was happening, but it felt like the raiders were happy with the game just ending

This is insane

Just be humble, work hard, and keep work and personal interactions separate. When I promote someone I usually announce it to my team. It's better coming from the manager than the person who got promoted. I was in a position where I got promoted ahead of my peers and even though there was a bit...

If you bought NVAX two weeks ago when I said this, it hovered around $135 for a few days. It's $195 now. Easy 40% profit over 2 weeks if you were willing to risk it! Or a 300-400% profits if you were bold enough to buy calls (I was not, my conservative nature got me again).

Missed this post last month, guess I'll reply now. It was pretty much running 24/7, since most games I played didn't even require me to pause the mining. early April --> late Septemer = more than 5 months Mining was much more profitable back in spring / summer, so you were getting far more than...

For those with the stomach for higher-risk, higher-reward plays, I'll probably be buying more NVAX if they open down substantially tomorrow. There's a news article from Politico reporting that Novavax is struggling to hit purity requirements for their COVID vaccine and that it's leading to...

Amazing finals - the three best teams, by far, ended up in the top 3. We got to see another lower bracket underdog story, we got a 5-game final that ended in a nailbiter. I still think nothing can top the tension of the TI3 finals, but this one is probably in the top 3 for me. The whole...

Spirit deserve to win this so much, amazing how they will jump in headfirst to make plays over and over again, even after losing 2 games.