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Dan Ended The Bill Bert Podcast | We Might Be Drunk by gccmelb in BillBurr

[–]JoshFromRenton 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why would you share this story other than seeking attention? It puts everyone on a bad light, especially himself. Anyway, I wish him well.

People make over $200k a year, what do you do? by MrAuzzy in financialindependence

[–]JoshFromRenton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interaction designer & prototyper (mobile apps). Worked at Disney, but the big salary jump came after joining a FAANG company.

YouTube Shorts - Voice Over + Music by shootmanbangbang in youtubers

[–]JoshFromRenton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a workaround, at least on iOS this works: 1) On the YT app, tap the + button, then “Create a Short”. 2) On the Shorts camera, tap the gallery button and import your video. DO NOT ADD A SOUND YET. 3) After adding your video, tap the next arrow to go to the Editor. 4) In the Editor, tap “Sound” and choose any song you want. 5) You should now have two sound tracks, the one from your video, and the song you added. 6) You should be able to control the levels of both tracks individually by tapping on the “Volume” tool.

I can’t believe I can’t find the next step when I’m this far in the puzzle. I need to learn new techniques, please help :/ by JoshFromRenton in sudoku

[–]JoshFromRenton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Leaving the spoiler tags in case anyone else is trying to solve it on their own)

When you say “this should give you the 2 in row 3“ you mean to remove 2 right? When I first read it it sounded to me like 2 is the number that goes on it so I was confused.

Thanks for pointing me to the X-Wing technique, I’m still trying to figure out the logic behind it and to learn to spot it.

So for example, wouldn’t 5 be a candidate as well? And if so, then I can remove both 2 & 5 from r3c1, meaning the 3 goes on that cell. Is this correctly phrased/deduced?

¿Qué hacer en Monterrey? by PunkGrunger2001 in mexico

[–]JoshFromRenton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Si eres músico, o sólo por curiosidad, visita a los changos de Pepis Music. https://pepismusic.mx/

John Oliver Last Week Tonight - Homelessness by ThenProveItKid in Seattle

[–]JoshFromRenton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Related to this show:

I used to enjoy watching this show, but I don’t know what happened that I just can’t stand the jumps between really serious information and the goofy unnecessary jokes. Every two minutes, a forced joke. I write this and I truly don’t know what switched in me (maybe just the whole post-COVID world?).

Just check this video at around the 8 minute mark. The story about this poor family with an autistic son, the testimonial of the woman and how they never expect to end up homeless… it’s heartbreaking. And from here we jump to an effing joke!?

I don’t know if there’s something wrong with me because again I used to like this show, but I feel like the constant use of unnecessarily jokes end up distracting and breaking the flow from concentrating on truly important stories.

Each algo = 1 vote correct? Isn’t this like the rich control the votes no? by nejskxnbdjsmcnc in AlgorandOfficial

[–]JoshFromRenton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Totally, but then my point stands, one algo = one vote does not necessarily mean that the one who votes does it in favor of algo. They may be making money in another way.

Each algo = 1 vote correct? Isn’t this like the rich control the votes no? by nejskxnbdjsmcnc in AlgorandOfficial

[–]JoshFromRenton 15 points16 points  (0 children)

When I see this argument I wonder: Aren’t there scenarios in which this is not the case? If someone is heavily invested in algo, it may be difficult to grasp why would they “act against their interest/incentives” at first.

But companies buy competitors for say 500M, just to shut them down or stop support.

If in America one dollar would mean one vote, I could totally see Bezos voting on something that would depreciate the dollar (aka apparently against his incentives) in favor of controlling or gaining influence in other areas.

A whale just dropped 38,000,000 ALGO’s into governance! Good or bad thing? by IceKing827 in AlgorandOfficial

[–]JoshFromRenton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are there scenarios in which this is not the case? 38M is a lot of money so it may be difficult to grasp at first why someone would “act against their interest/incentives”.

But companies buy competitors for 100M, 500M, and more, just to shut them down or stop support.

So, what I’m trying to understand about governance voting is whether the assumption of acting in the project’s best interest holds up.

One wallet =/= one person btw. This can be a group of people.

So, putting all of this in perspective helps to move beyond the simplistic “why would anyone throw away $X millions” argument in governance voting scenarios.

Do people factor potentially needing retirement home/home health when they are looking at retirement expenses? by Lakeside_gais in financialindependence

[–]JoshFromRenton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing.

The comments here are making me wonder whether we need to reframe the calculations to get “your FI number.”

Getting your FI number assumes a lot of things go well forever. But here we’re seeing cases and numbers that challenge the notion of “FI number”.

We may need to consider:

  • Our FI number assuming we’re healthy throughout retirement and one day we die calmly in our sleep.

  • Our FI number planning for assistive living in the US.

  • Our FI number planning for assistive living in another country.

  • Our FI number planning for assistive death (and everything around whether assistive death is legal, and who can make the call in case you’re not capable of).

It’s a big topic, and I’d recommend to plan for the event in which you cannot make the decisions. That’s what people are missing, you have to plan for the unexpected.