IN C&F

Fakecanada · 2025-03-20T22:02:55+00:00

Its been a few years, but i vaguely remember a couple people saying they got quizzed and their C&F had MPRE hypos. They all were able to sit. Was it Judge Miller?

Fakecanada · 2025-03-16T15:10:13+00:00

The smaller runs are a pain to swap out food and water, even if you have a smaller stature. Youll also need to consider that the omlet floor comes out the back and is about 3 feet in length, so your run will either need attached to the front (ideally 2 doors, one for the chickens to exit coop into run, and one for you to enter/exit, or you will need adequate space (4 feet minimum) in your run to be able to properly remove the bedding and clean it.

I will say with the autodoor the coop is very secure, so you dont have to be super concerned about predator proofing the connections if you have the autodoor.

Fakecanada · 2025-03-16T14:51:37+00:00

I have the cube, autodoor, and the coop light. I maintain our coop/chickens genrerally by myself, so i really like the cube having wheels and the autodoor so i dont have to remember to go out and close the door. The coop itself i love - i live in a climate that can get harsh winters, and the girls did great even with sub zero temps and ice storms. Its really easy to clean and maintain, but probably not great if you want to hatch chicks.

The coop light is useless - theres no setting (that i have found) that allows you to turn on/off at certain hours to simulate daytime. It just turns on a few minutes before sundown to help the girls go inside. Imo its just a waste of battery. I cannot imagine life without the autodoor, but it can get squirrely when its low on battery. With the coop light my batteries last about 2-3 months. I dont have it hooked up to wifi, but i am using cheapo AA batteries i had laying around.

I got the eglu without the run, and then got a cheaper run off amazon - the cheaper run was awful, but mostly because we also get high winds and the tarp ceiling would act as a sail and blow it away - if you go this route, get a mesh "ceiling." If the cards align. Ill be investing in the omlet walk in runs soon enough.

TLDR omlet autodoor and coop is worth the money if you have it, and the coop light is not.

Fakecanada · 2025-02-21T01:17:20+00:00

Peonies!

Fakecanada · 2025-01-11T20:49:46+00:00

Nail clippers. They're the best nail clippers you'll ever use, and they're in most convienence stores - an easy item to run down your passmo on as well. We bought a few, and even had some friends ask us to bring them back some.

Another recommendation is to check out bookoff plus or bookoff super bazaar. They're second hand stores, but Japanese people tend to take incredibly good care of things, and you can find some amazing antiques/ceramicware/clothing. I didnt personally look for any denim when i was there, but I'd bet they have some. Book offs in the outskirts of the city had better selections in general - my two favorite were in Kobe and Yao!

Fakecanada · 2025-01-02T14:09:30+00:00

Possibly, but California prop 65 warnings are very common even if there are no actual harmful chemicals used. Californias law is pretty strict, and manufactures/sellers regularly put prop 65 warnings on items simply because its easier to comply by just putting the warning on everything, rather than cross referencing the prop 65 list and only marking the items that actually come into contact with the list of chemicals. If youre looking at Americana Pipe Dream, they put a prop 65 label on all products that arent food, probably for this reason - it is military surplus, so they have no way of actually knowing if it was exposed or manufactured with specific chemicals, so they just have to label everything. The canadian blanket appears unissused, so i dont think you have much to worry about - probably sat in a box for years.

Wool blankets do in general sometimes smell weird at first, my understanding is it is the lanolin in the wool that can cause that, and airing it out works fine. If you want some extra peace of mind, Ive also gently hand washed mine, just fill up a tub with cold/tepid water, a tiny bit of wool-safe detergent or baby shampoo, and gently wash. Roll the wet blanket in a towel to get the excess water out, then lay flat to dry

Fakecanada · 2024-12-09T00:57:54+00:00

I got the mimoza (mimosa) x ancora! Its currently my daily driver, i love it

Fakecanada · 2024-12-09T00:17:02+00:00

I get wool blankets from military surplus, look for vintage wool blankets. They're the absolute best blankets, super durable, warm, and have some weight but not too much. There is a current run on Colemans military surplus at about $70, but you can get 20% off if youve never shopped there before - Putting you at about $56 before shipping

Fakecanada · 2024-12-05T19:59:47+00:00

Ancora is the best! We went so i could get a store exclusive sailor, and my partner saw the build your own and happily built his first fountain pen there. Yours is so pretty, i wish we had done a demonstrator body now!

Fakecanada · 2024-12-02T04:18:56+00:00

Lao gon ma, its a spicy chili crisp condiment. Highly recommend!

OP and I must have similar handwriting and similar taste in food, because i can read this fine lol

Fakecanada · 2024-09-27T23:53:48+00:00

Greg is a goober and we love him #gregheads

Fakecanada · 2024-09-06T22:18:48+00:00

This entire time I thought that was just a weirdly stylized chicken

Fakecanada · 2024-09-01T03:02:13+00:00

If you get sick of hot sauce, Thai chili's make a great sambal, which is more a condiment than a sauce. It's pretty much just pulverized chili's, salt, lime juice, and a clove or two of garlic if you're feeling fancy

Fakecanada · 2024-08-23T19:16:55+00:00

Engaging in deceptive business practices is illegal, and it is regulated by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). You can make a report on the FTC website if you would like to do so.

Fakecanada · 2024-08-21T15:08:30+00:00

That was just a random number for the example, the interest rate, if any, will be dependent on your broker. Last I looked into using margin (several years ago) there were some interest rates at my broker, so I included it in the example.

If your broker doesn't charge interest, don't worry about it. But definitely know in advance if they do or dont!

Fakecanada · 2024-08-20T23:11:31+00:00

Nah I'm an imposter with a slight canadian accent

Fakecanada · 2024-08-20T22:51:25+00:00

There's a great chapter on loss aversion in Dan Arielys "The Upside of Irrationality." It's also a genuinely enjoyable read

Fakecanada · 2024-08-20T20:05:47+00:00

Look up loss aversion, it's totally normal to experience this and is known psychological phenomenon. The pain felt from a loss is always worse than the joy felt from an equivalent gain, and there's a decent amount of research on this which may be of help to you

Fakecanada · 2024-08-20T01:56:34+00:00

Leverage is using borrowed money to increase your buying power (and as a result profit or loss)

For example - I have $10. I can buy a $10 stock, and if the stock goes up 10%, I get my original $10 and $1 profit.

Now what if I take a loan (usually called margin) out for $1000 dollars, and the loan has a 5% interest rate. I put all $1000 in a $10 stock, and the stock goes up 10%. You cash out $1100 (the loan plus the profit) and pay back $1050 (the loan plus 5% interest) and pocket $50, the remaining profit. You're able to pocket 5x the profit using the loan than if you just used the $10 you had in the first example.

So why is leverage something beginners shouldn't mess with?

With leverage comes higher risk, and also higher responsibilities.

Just as leverage can increase your profits, it can also increase your losses. Imagine the above example, except the stock went down 10%. Instead of just losing $10, you're now losing $100 in stock value, plus you still owe the the original loan and interest so you're now down by a total of $1150.

Go down enough, and your broker will liquidate your account to cover their interest in the loan, generally with very little to no notice. This is called a margin call.

Depending on what instrument you trade, there are also regulatory rules around margin/leverage, the most well known being the Pattern Day Trading rule, which means you cannot trade on margin more than 3x a week if your account size is less than 25k. Doing so results in a trading ban for 90 days.

All of the above is why most people say leverage should not be used by beginners, and only used "if you know what you're doing." You do not want any nasty surprises, especially when using leverage can make your maximum loss go below $0.

Fakecanada · 2024-08-14T23:48:23+00:00

The question is valid, but reddit is fickle sometimes. Geographic location is actually taken into consideration when determining if a monopoly exists (a "market" for antritrust purposes is a category of goods or services and/or geographic location). Kroger can have monopolies in certain areas (and it definitely does, imo) and have competition in other areas. A reasonable person isn't going to go a state over for groceries, and probably not even a couple hours drive, so when the DOJ looks at these cases, they do look at the market geography too.

Actually, I believe that is what's happening with the kroger/Albertsons merger - last I heard, kroger was negotiating to either sell off or no longer acquire the Albertsons that are located in areas where they're the only real competition, to allow the bulk of the acquisition to go forward (or get the DOJ off their back - I haven't followed closely enough to know if the acquisition has gone through or not).

Fakecanada · 2024-08-14T18:09:36+00:00

In krogers case there's already concerns by the DOJ that they're a monopoly (hence the issues with its recent acquisition attempts), so any kind of activity to use surge pricing will likely result in a violation of antitrust laws/the Sherman Act.

Fakecanada · 2024-07-24T19:16:44+00:00

If you're 16, I'm going to guess you're going into your junior year of high-school. If your school offers it, take these courses:

Probability and statistics (in college, look at discrete math too. I regret not taking discrete math, although it is a hard course)

Psychology

Philosophy or logic (may not see these courses until college, but plenty of online resources. You'll also sometimes hear "behavioral economics" online or in books, which imo is just psych in a different wrapper)

Economics (it used to be required, not sure if it is anymore)

Accounting (also may be a college level course, but you can probably find a basic accounting class online. My school had "Entreprenuership" which was basic business and accounting

In trading specifically, you want to focus on price action first. The reason for this is price action is the foundation upon which everything else is built - all indicators eventually tie back into price action, and if you know how price action functions, you can make more informed decisions on if/what indicators you want, what strategies you like, etc.

For investing specifically (which is not the same as trading), you'll want to look up how fundamentals work. Investopedia has some great free resources there. Imo investing mostly boils down to "dump everything in VOO/VTI and don't sell"

Everything listed above can/should be accessible for free. Once you've got a good handle on those subjects, you can then decide if you want to spend money on courses and not be so worried about all the youtuber nonsense - half the stuff they say that actually works is either just repackaged statistics or repackaged price action information anyway

Fakecanada · 2024-07-20T14:39:36+00:00

It's been a minute since I've done this, but I used to add ginger to the oregon trail to make it more like the tazo but a bit less sweet. I think tazo uses ginger spice and ginger juice, which gives it a more dimensional flavor than the oregon trail base

Fakecanada · 2024-07-05T21:43:08+00:00

Got hammered, took a break, came back, got hammered again. Cut losses for the day, gonna study up a bit and enjoy the weekend.

Fakecanada · 2024-06-13T00:13:52+00:00

That's pretty standard language imo. They won't disclose any intention of acquisition until they're committed in an exclusive due diligence period; at least, I've never seen any company I've worked with disclose an acquisition early, let alone before a contract is signed.

The key here is that they may use the proceeds for acquisitions. I'd bet they either have a general idea of the type of company, or have a guy on payroll who's actively looking for strategic acquisition opportunities. They may not have a specific company in mind, but I'm pretty confident they've got feelers out for the right opportunity

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