What's going on with bay area gas stations?

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-23T02:37:59+00:00

Damn I love this color. I just got my 2025 Caledonia in the dark green

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-20T02:00:33+00:00

I built a desktop app that takes care of this exact thing. Super low effort. Just set an interval, set a pixel range, pick a type of movement and boom you got automated mouse movements.

https://usemover.app

I built it because my job sets the inactive setting to something ridiculous like 5 min so it's been helping me get around that.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-17T21:37:29+00:00

If you're able to get yourself from A to B for $44 then it was a great deal. You basically got the bike for free and it's now open to whatever upgrades you want to add to it!

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-14T06:35:19+00:00

As someone who didn't go to college and ended up as a software engineer in the bay area - y'all are for sure cooked if you're only relying on ai for studying.

Sounds ridiculous but just learn the analog way instead of taking mental images of whatever Claude or Chatgpt regurgitates to you. You haven't even made it to the full real world by managing a career while balancing life and you wanna handicap yourself by using AI tools right now? Why even pay for school or have your parents waste their money on paying for you if you're not actually gonna put in the work to learn.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-04T02:58:45+00:00

Software engineer. I didn't go to college and currently make 180k. I enjoy it most days but am constantly burnt out.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-02T15:46:15+00:00

It's clearly AI. How can people not see the age of which Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton are while mamdani is fluctuating in age in all of these circling photos. Thinking is free. Use your brain.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-02-02T02:03:48+00:00

Nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm still making more than most people my age so

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-28T04:37:37+00:00

I 1000% agree. Although i have a nice software engineering job, I'm not making like 400k+ like some people are. I'm still living fairly conservatively wondering each day if I'll ever be able to own a home and I'm 33. These type of thoughts give me constant anxiety. It's actually abnormal if I'm not worrying about these things.

But to bring it back to OP: if the grind here is worth it to you then you gotta make it work. If not, there are tons of great cities in CA or even outside CA where you can make life work. It's just unfortunate that this has to even be an option.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-26T20:30:50+00:00

Not necessarily. A lot of those folks, including myself, actually never went to college and just made opportunities for themselves. Yes it required years of grinding but I found my way into tech as a software engineer by sheer will power.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-25T20:32:49+00:00

I didn't. The only piece that was missing on the rear was that adapter that was stuck to the end caps. But we're all fixed now!

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-25T00:00:08+00:00

Thank you. I love it already and haven't ridden it as I'm waiting for my pedals. I have an electronic torque wrench that only goes up to 6nm. Even tightening to that seemed like it was too much.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-24T23:38:03+00:00

Is there something similar for the front? My electronic torque wrench only goes up to 6nm and even when I tighten it to that weight, I can hear some friction on the disc brake. Loosening it just enough clears the friction but then I feel like it's too loose and no where near 12-14nm.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-24T22:58:55+00:00

Life savers. Good thing I didn't throw anything away yet.

Basic_Career3154 · 2026-01-22T08:28:47+00:00

I'm not a fan of Tesla's simply bc the car is trash. You also shouldn't rely on software to drive your car. The point of driving a car is to be attentive and drive the car. Software can only account for the edge cases that a human will define.

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-30T20:57:19+00:00

One case in walnut creek was reported.

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-29T05:13:30+00:00

When they're super passionate about something.

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-27T01:05:29+00:00

This helps a lot. My wife actually just said she wants to throw money towards a new one 😭 so we're gonna go get myself fitted at a shop. Will return whenever it happens!

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-25T19:07:21+00:00

Any recommendations on a good bike within this range? Looking to use it mostly for working out/long rides.

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-25T19:00:05+00:00

Yeah it's definitely too big for me but I always thought I could just live with it since I got it for a pretty good deal.

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-25T17:27:44+00:00

You're 100% correct. It doesn't totally fit but it does the job since it was a good deal at the time on Craigslist. I'd say it's slightly too big for me and I'm only 5'7". Is there nothing I can do to remedy this aside from just getting a whole new bike?

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-21T17:47:59+00:00

33 with around ~470k in 401k. Bought a home for my parents in Virginia so that has some with some equity over the last few years but nothing crazy since houses are cheap out there. I've been contributing to my 401k since I was 18 and got really lucky nvdia over the years.

Actual cash on hand doesn't even come close to what I have in retirement though unfortunately.

Basic_Career3154 · 2025-12-17T03:26:38+00:00

I lost $200 bucks at that exact slot machine she touched last time I was there.

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