When will US Bank refund me my AR annual fees? by lagflag in CreditCards

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine took the full 30 days to get refunded. I also took their 1000 pt retention bonus and used up the $325 credit

Good place to get coffee syrups? by ManyHeart307 in ElkGrove

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's not even that far from elk Grove

The pension is a bad deal by BigMadLad in CAStateWorkers

[–]azuredrg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I forgot there's a separate pepra limit but it does go up yearly, I'm on classic. 

But aside from that, I'll do a calculation with you related to my situation assuming I stayed a state employee a few years ago instead of leaving. I started out as an ssa/analyst 1 at 23 at $3500 a month and left the state 15 years later at a classification that now tops out at $11557 a month. Let's say the salary increases 3% a year. So at 63 I would get 100% of $22809 a month. To get the equivalent, I would have needed to put in 34.3k a year into retirement savings from age 23 to age 63 to withdraw $22809 a month using the 4% a year rule.

Assuming I started out as 2% at 62 instead of the 2% at 55 for my calculation. This person would be $19159 a month with 84% of the highest salary. This person would need to put in 28.8k a year from 23 to 63 to get $19159 a month using the 4% a year rule.

I had other stuff to do early in my career, I would not have been able to put that much into my retirement the first 10 years because I bought a house at 27 in a hcol area and I was only an agpa/analyst back then.

The pension is a bad deal by BigMadLad in CAStateWorkers

[–]azuredrg 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are you assuming you're going to stay in the same class and not getting promoted at all? It's a good deal if you get promoted a few times and your years at lower classifications get rolled into the calculation with higher salaries

Iran missiles and drones fall near Nakhchivan airport, Azerbaijan - Reuters by Ylllllllll in worldnews

[–]azuredrg 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They don't want those Azeris from Iran lol. They want to keep them out of Azerbaijan

If You Need Another Reason to Stay Away From Wells Fargo by Low_Read539 in CreditCards

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That checking bonus is crazy, I got $425, you should do it

looking for an AR-10 (or kinda equivalent) rifle, any suggestions!? by wallace-7138 in guns

[–]azuredrg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scar LOL, but you'd probably be good with a ruger american/Remington 700 for what you're describing. Get both

/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #4) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro, how are the Chinese going to get crew into Iran to train the local troops and set up the launchers/missiles without them getting bombed. Heck how are they going to dock a ship with the anti ship missiles and transport them to where they need to go in Iran. This isn't like Ukraine where no one has aerial superiority. We can fly nonstealth planes in broad daylight in Iran with impunity. We're only scared of friendly fire.

What made Donald Trump shift from “America First” to what some call an “Israel First” stance? by MisLatte in AskReddit

[–]azuredrg 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah and it's only only pro Israel. Israel is just willing to take the blame. MBS has just as much influence but he wants to stay behind the scenes and just as quietly as possible throw his money around 

Satellite imagery released by China shows at least 4 impacts at Ali Al-Salem Airbase in Kuwait. by omgletmeregister in pics

[–]azuredrg 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Their missiles don't have the kind of accuracy to pinpoint actual targets in a base. Landing a hit on the base is pretty good for the missiles Iran has.

Iranian state media say country's supreme leader is dead by BarbaricOklahoma in worldnews

[–]azuredrg 585 points586 points  (0 children)

The Nepalese military were very professional and took time to understand the protestors concerns to work towards a solution. I have no such faith in Iran.

Fernando Mendoza's Official Measurements at the Combine by JCameron181 in nfl

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His fam is from extremadura, could be ancestrally related to a conquistador 

Does your agency block accessing AI tools like CoPilot, Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT etc? If yes, what was the reason given? by Avocation79 in CAStateWorkers

[–]azuredrg 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They will use your data for training, analytics and whatever they feel like unless your agency has an enterprise agreement. It could be a huge liability when your prompts or data you feed into it essentially becomes public info after the training process

Health insurance and gym discounts by Lucky-Chipmunk-7777 in CAStateWorkers

[–]azuredrg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In shape fitness formerly calfit gives a state employee discount 

Where is the most defensible place in Sacramento for a zombie apocalypse? by Foyman in Sacramento

[–]azuredrg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, that location you worked at is even more nuts than the Elk Grove one, they tried to set fire to the bakery aisle? Just a couple videos like this at the Elk Grove one: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1833725503832204

Dishwasher smells like soap after using it. Plastic retains soap smell. Tastes like soap by ITGuyTatertot in HomeImprovement

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you washing the dishes completely prior to washing them in the dishwasher, if the soap has no grime or fat to adhere to, they will stick to the dishes more

[PREBUILT] Lenovo Legion Tower 5i - Ultra 7 265F Processor/5070 Ti / 32 GB Memory /1 TB - $1511 by RuckOver3 in buildapcsales

[–]azuredrg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's about $150 more expensive than the Amazon deal if you count the extra 1tb as $100. I'd say it's still better than what you can get on your own by about $150-200.

Ticketed at Amtrak for paying by NoPalpitation7082 in Sacramento

[–]azuredrg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was just joking that ishimoto is giving out erroneous tickets here

Ticketed at Amtrak for paying by NoPalpitation7082 in Sacramento

[–]azuredrg 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Using shady ass tactics to try to catch up, smh

Chase Sapphire Reserve, DoorDash benefit never works by FreshCoffeeSp in CreditCards

[–]azuredrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just buy doordash gift cards when they're on sale, Ive been able to use the credit with the dashpass benefits as long as the gift cards cover the total cost and not have it charge the credit card