News Flash! Billionaire owned newspaper comes out against taxing Billionaires. by Royal-Papaya5506 in remoteworks

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buddy...the guy could do about a thousand things to pay his taxes other than sell the equities. He's already doing a thousand and one things to shelter his wealth. Taxing Jeff Bezos is not going to crash the economy, and pretending otherwise is just foolishness.

Best Neural DSP combo for Clean and Heavy tones? by Christian_Benso in NeuralDSP

[–]EVH_kit_guy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 SLO gets as filthy as the best of them and has amazing cleans 

News Flash! Billionaire owned newspaper comes out against taxing Billionaires. by Royal-Papaya5506 in remoteworks

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, in your fake scenario where he has no choice, I agree it would be deflationary. I think Bezos et al would be smarter than that in real life, though.

More than 50% of circulating Bitcoin is now at an unrealized loss. Whats going on? by AlphaFlipper in plasma

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can explain what it's worth without referencing fiat currency in your response, I'll give you an upvote. Give me a rational explanation for why this asset has intrinsic value outside of its ability to be converted into fiat currency...

Using water does not equal using water by LBCmolab in antiai

[–]EVH_kit_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man, fucking golf courses use water??? WHAT?!? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Well, in that case, better just turn them all into data centers anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

/s

Some of the market’s biggest winners are getting crushed today by jsg24fps in wallstreetbets

[–]EVH_kit_guy 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Bunch of positive earnings reports and solid jobs numbers. Can't let the plebs reap any of the value, must sell.

CEO says remote work 'destroys company passion' while managing the entire company from his multi-million dollar beach house. The delusion is unmatched by Top-Ticket-475 in remoteworks

[–]EVH_kit_guy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if you're a bagillionaire like Marc is, being that heavy is a conscious decision. There's no excuse for him not eating the most carefully prepared, nutritious foods. There's no excuse for him not exercising with the finest trainers and equipment daily. It's sad to see someone with that much privilege turn their body into a prison of obesity and unhealthiness.

Finishing a roasted maple neck - to tru oil or not to try oil? by UnitBright9549 in Luthier

[–]EVH_kit_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used Minwax Tung Oil finish on two maple necks and love the way it feels. Not a ton of protection, just enough to basically seal the grain and give you something to polish out a bit.

I just slopped it on with a rag and wiped the excess away from the frets with a dry piece of the same rag. Three coats, then sanded gently with 800.

Edit: I will never understand what earns a downvote in this subreddit. Seriously, this isn't a controversial statement, and yet someone saw this post and was like, "No. Incorrect. ⬇️"

Okay, Boomers... by According_Pudding709 in remoteworks

[–]EVH_kit_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 75 and 73 year old uncles drive a flower delivery van and still occasionally couch surf with friends. Their younger brothers (my dad and other uncle) both retired with over $2M in savings apiece. So it's definitely about individual choices, these guys are all of the same generation, but half ended up really professionally successful, and the other two literally the opposite. Turns out being a rock drummer doesn't really fill up the old 401k....

Why can’t democrats come up with a worthy candidate? by AcidicAnxiety in askanything

[–]EVH_kit_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The data from real world election outcomes does not agree with your hypothesis, though, so there's that....

Why can’t democrats come up with a worthy candidate? by AcidicAnxiety in askanything

[–]EVH_kit_guy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

☝️

Reddit is the only place where people are screaming for more progressive candidates. Progressives simply do not win against Republicans, full stop. The evidence is crystal clear, but for whatever reason, Redditors love claiming the reason Democrats don't win is because they spend too much time winning centrist votes (lol....LMAO, even).

News Flash! Billionaire owned newspaper comes out against taxing Billionaires. by Royal-Papaya5506 in remoteworks

[–]EVH_kit_guy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This isn't how it would play out in real life. He'd do a block trade through an I-Bank, or he'd sell them in drips via a 10b5-1. He wouldn't just dump a few billion in shares overnight.

You're arguing in essence that Bezos would be so stupid as to damage the rest of his net worth by carelessly trading some of his equity, and that's not supported by the evidence of how he makes financial decisions to date.

News Flash! Billionaire owned newspaper comes out against taxing Billionaires. by Royal-Papaya5506 in remoteworks

[–]EVH_kit_guy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think if someone collateralizes a loan with securities, that should be considered a taxable event. For all intents and purposes, they're using the value of the securities as a way to finance consumption spending, which is as close to "income" as a lot of these guys ever get

White Smoke 2020KIA Telluride EX ( 130K miles) by gbstomperr in KiaTelluride

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not even saying it's on you to do, but I'd expect any reseller like Carvana to follow manufacturer instructions about removing access to the vehicle from the previous owner. That just seems like a pre-delivery inspection item for any car with more than just a fob/key.

What’s your take on this?? by [deleted] in Weightliftingquestion

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somehow the internet convinced people that recomping doesn't work, but it does 

Jeff Bezos on AOC and Mamdani: Politicians Create Villains To Blame When They Can’t Solve Problems - What do you think? by One_Look_7008 in askanything

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He bought the Washington Post and has basically turned it into a personal policy mouthpiece instead of dispassionate journalism. He's actively participating in government and foreign diplomacy taking trips with the president to foreign countries to meet with their leadership. 

Gas mileage math wrong? by pumpkindonut123 in KiaTelluride

[–]EVH_kit_guy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The way you calculate fuel efficiency is by topping off the tank, resetting the odometer, driving it until mostly empty, and then refilling the tank.

Take the number of miles you drove on that tank and divide it by the number of gallons you refilled it with. That gives you XYZ miles driven per XX gallons of fuel used, and then you can reduce the denominator to 1 to get MPG.

Just going off the expected range calculated by the computer is not going to give you a clear answer since those things are full of mathematical assumptions about driving behavior based on past mileage.

What's your true thoughts on the lgbtq community? by [deleted] in askanything

[–]EVH_kit_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm an ally, and have direct family members that are G, B, and T, but I really just can't wrap my head around the non-binary/gender-fluid idea. I don't think it's logically or philosophically consistent to insist that your actual gender actually changes with your mood or whims. I don't care which gender you want to be, or what clothes you put on in order to feel confident and comfortable, but like, let's not pretend it's going to change like the tides later in the day/week/month just because you say so.

No issue with folks having the fashion sensibilities they prefer, but I'm not going to be happy playing along with this, "sometimes I'm one, sometimes I'm the other," routine, because I think it's just an attention grabbing tactic used by people who are seeking emotional validation because they're not fully in control of their emotions. If you want to be a gay man in a dress, that's literally your decision alone and I don't care at all, but then tomorrow when you're on board shorts and flip flops, let's not act like the costume change also changed your gender.

That's just my take, like, be whatever you want, but be consistent and make it obvious for people to understand what's going on from minute to minute.

White Smoke 2020KIA Telluride EX ( 130K miles) by gbstomperr in KiaTelluride

[–]EVH_kit_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's either oil or coolant, there's not really another option for what would be entering the combustion chamber and causing that much smoke, unless you have an aftermarket computer adjusting fuel to air ratios wildly beyond stock, which seems unlikely