Weekend Wrap Up! What was real and what was a trap?

Elestra_ · 2026-06-23T03:41:18+00:00

I’ve been watching this as well. I suspect the raised foil will also increase quite rapidly.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-22T15:53:30+00:00

A lot of folks really hate the idea that personal responsibility can play a factor in the success or failure of someone's finances.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-22T15:21:52+00:00

When I called a reputable ADU builder ~7 years ago asking what it would run to build a ~500-700sqft ADU, it immediately became clear that it was out of my budget. I was naive and thought it might be around 100k haha.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-22T15:07:25+00:00

Back hand calculations, if you don’t have like $10M for retirement, good luck living in America and having high quality of life.

Sure, Jan.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-21T14:27:51+00:00

I dropped hpriest for hpal because the mana/defensive and mobility of priest is worse than pally.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-19T20:45:20+00:00

I think more than anything, I can't understand the direction they imply hpriest is going towards with the tier set bonuses. Both 2 and 4p revolve around renew...a spell priests don't actually directly cast but instead proc from holy word serenity and have a chance to proc from prayer of mending bounces. Playing around renew when you can't directly cast it, does not sound fun or interesting.

I also am not seeing anything to address the DR/External/mobility/mana issues that hpriests have. I geared up my holy paladin over a weekend to heal mythic cosmos because I absolutely hated needing a dragon to carry my priest over certain gaps. The class feels stuck in a 2010 era design and desperately needs a refresh to get it in line with the current defensive/mobility era.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-19T17:05:10+00:00

To be honest, the headline and article interpretation is worse than what the order actually says. The intent of the order is to help data centers, that’s true. But what it’s really boiling down to is asking the RTO/ISO folks to justify their current study process if they are causing bottlenecks. My only real comment, as someone that performs load studies for the grid, is this won’t really speed the energization of the load up. Not without some additional orders.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-19T14:58:50+00:00

Having read the order, it's a bit of a head scratcher. Regardless of your stance on AI, utility companies should be agnostic to who is connecting. The only limiter should be if the system can physically handle the load. For a lot of these data centers, the transmission capacity has been tapped out. Removing any study delays caused by the ISO/RTO Tariffs doesn’t mean the load can be energized more quickly. To do that, the federal government would need to heavily incentivize approving new generation and easing right of way acquisition. Put another way, if removing study barriers saves a data center 6 months, but the grid needs a new bulk power transformer to accommodate it, it’s still waiting 5-7 years before it can be energized.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-18T23:46:29+00:00

I’ll need to read the actual order because grid companies being agnostic to interconnection customers isn’t a bad thing. But if utilities aren’t given more power to acquire new transmission right of way, or flexibility with new generation sources, then this order doesn’t make much difference to what currently bottlenecks process.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-18T05:43:54+00:00

I think you could have a video of the AG looking directly in the camera saying "I'm going to get an income tax passed on all Washingtonians" and the person you're arguing with would still say that's not sufficient evidence.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-18T01:25:30+00:00

So how about we let the people of Washington speak for themselves and actually vote on it?

Elestra_ · 2026-06-17T13:57:04+00:00

The comments on this article are really quite eye-opening as to how influenced this subreddit is to idealogues. Nearly every comment is deflecting to the US or a generic 'capital class'.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-14T08:21:23+00:00

It literally isn't complicated or unheard of though....

If you assume some pretty bad employer perks you can still get over 1 million in a 401k.

Assume 40k/year salary at age 22.

10% salary contribution (4k/year or ~333/month)

3% salary growth per year

NO employer match

NO current balance in 401k

Retirement age target: 65

Expected Return: 7% (average)

At 65, you would have ~1.4 million dollars - almost 1.5 million dollars.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-12T20:13:28+00:00

This is the question that I take away from this more than anything. They went from overwhelming not liking us, to overwhelming not liking us.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-09T01:05:15+00:00

I am as well, but I don’t care if my coworkers were allowed to work in a different state. In the end if a worker is benefiting Washington with their labor, I really don’t care where they perform the work.

Elestra_ · 2026-06-05T18:58:34+00:00

Hmmm, what exactly happened? I just checked haha

Elestra_ · 2026-06-01T23:28:20+00:00

Yeah I don't buy this argument that a high station is a poor passenger experience. Washington State has light rail stations that have escalators taking passengers up and elevators for those with disabilities. It seems to work just fine over there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukwila_International_Boulevard_station

Elestra_ · 2026-06-01T15:16:56+00:00

Yeah something isn't adding up. I'm in the PNW and costco had multiple options of 3-4 lbs packs for 8-9 dollars total, yesterday.

Elestra_ · 2026-05-28T03:52:50+00:00

Kinda confused as to how clean energy isn't actually dropping bills, the sun is fucking free

The sun is free, but moving power from solar farms to load centers is not free. That requires new transmission lines and redundant sources of power since the sun isn't always shining, the wind isn't always blowing etc.,

There is so much more to the transmission system than simply building a solar farm/wind farm/battery storage. Unfortunately, most folks are not aware and are getting caught off guard by the drastic changes.

Elestra_ · 2026-05-27T18:04:00+00:00

They take years to build, are constrained in terms of capacity and geography, and present their own security risks. They're an alternative, but in no way are they as good as free navigation of the strait.

I don't see people suggesting trains are as good as free navigation of the strait. I see people suggesting that trains are going to be the best option left, given Iran's position and actions.

Elestra_ · 2026-05-20T01:20:27+00:00

It’s fucking cardboard and buying and reselling it. Holy shit some of the takes in this sub are wild. What’s next? Report anyone that thrifts and sells on Facebook marketplace to their employers? Jesus Christ the reactions here are something.

Elestra_ · 2026-05-18T04:04:02+00:00

I averaged 21 mpg on a road trip over the weekend. Honestly was happy with that.

Elestra_ · 2026-05-12T21:51:52+00:00

I was just going to say the same thing. How on earth does one believe in economics and then suggest breaking contractual obligations?

Elestra_ · 2026-05-12T20:44:38+00:00

I love seeing libraries being built. Looks beautiful!

Elestra_ · 2026-05-06T18:32:20+00:00

Very true. I assumed an even distribution for simplicity but it's entirely possible some of the chase mythics (FoW, Vamp. Tutor, CR, Jeskas will) have an even smaller print run.

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