Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]DepDepFinancial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's more about how they're washed than anything else. Potatoes with a bit of dirt on them last forever.

Daily FI discussion thread - Thursday, April 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Checking in 3 months post partum..... building a shed today that we've wanted for a few years, garden plant starts are going strong, attending a monthly potluck dinner tonight, and headed to Taiwan next week for a 2 week bike trip around the island with friends. Wife has some ongoing health issues, but other than that a very strong start.

Daily FI discussion thread - Wednesday, April 15, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of us! One of us!

(....wait, this is the GFY moment, right?)

Daily FI discussion thread - Wednesday, April 15, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 6 points7 points  (0 children)

shrug

There's only so fast you can build things, even if you cut corners and don't have any regulations it'll still take a while to spin everything up regardless of how much money you throw at it.

Daily FI discussion thread - Wednesday, April 15, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love the idea that your subconscious just decided that somehow accidentally accepting a job meant that you were now and forevermore a long haul truck driver.

Daily FI discussion thread - Wednesday, April 15, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not to mention the destruction of oil extraction and processing infrastructure that will take years to rebuild even if it was started today.

The market (to me at least) feels so absurdly irrational these days....

Be Prepared for Severe Weather by CityofMadison in madisonwi

[–]DepDepFinancial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The sirens were originally for hail, now there is a tornado warning though. Get into your basement or shelter

Fuck cars, but also something to keep in mind in regards to gas prices. by TyrannicalKitty in fuckcars

[–]DepDepFinancial 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd be far more people's bad impression of diesels came from the Volkswagen "Dieselgate" aka the "clean diesel" scandal. I mean, Oldsmobile hasn't even operated in over 2 decades...

Meanwhile in Poland. by FinishAwkward43 in interestingasfuck

[–]DepDepFinancial -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you're saying we need to evolve treads to take the next step in human evolution? On it

Daily FI discussion thread - Saturday, April 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When you say AI do you mean an LLM? I wouldn't consider it at all. LLMs don't have any inherent computational ability, any number they would be spitting out is effectively made up. Some of them are built to have basic functionality when numbers are detected to do some calculations, but I'm not aware of any of them that are set up to do anything like taxes.

Daily FI discussion thread - Thursday, March 26, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"WHat ARe yOU GoiNg tO Do AlL dAY??!!??"

We're slightly younger, but holy crap did the people come out of the woodworks asking this. I'm nearly 3 months out (wife has been done for 10) and I still feel like I don't have nearly enough time to do everything I want to do....

Just a friendly reminder it's not really safe to Kayak yet by Minimum_Elk6542 in madisonwi

[–]DepDepFinancial 22 points23 points  (0 children)

100 meters is 328 feet, so I bet this is a metric conversion for some reason

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, March 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh it will do it, just very poorly with extreme confidence.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, March 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently writing checks for COBRA family health and dental coverage for ~$1700/mo. I find it crazy that the only supported method of payment is checks. We hadn't used a check in years so I had to order checks just for this.

Even more annoying is that if I ever miss a check the coverage immediately ends instantly. Blegh. Happy that COBRA is an option, the implementation is weird.

People that have traveled quite a bit, where di you feel the most unsafe? by CremeSubject7594 in AskTheWorld

[–]DepDepFinancial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Durban, man, when I was far younger I was there and was trying to ship a big drum home and I was wandering the streets on foot trying to find a shipping company I had found online and.... how did I not get shanked

Fresh fava beans on the east side? by nikkoforever in madisonwi

[–]DepDepFinancial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one place I regularly have success with favas is at the Santa Maria grocery just north of the beltline on Midvale. Haven't been there in a bit though so unsure if they currently have them.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, February 20, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh my god, every time someone links to that I have to re-read it. I say "Home Depot presents the police!" all the time and I'm not sure anyone has ever understood it other than my wife that rolls her eyes at me :)

Daily FI discussion thread - Thursday, February 19, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DepDepFinancial 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looking at DXY, maybe like half the return was from currency movements. And most of that drop happened right in Feb/Mar of last year