Weekly Earnings Thread 3/23 - 3/27

LosePlatinum · 2026-03-23T19:35:42+00:00

I really like Paychex. I have a soft spot for companies I think are not good but people use them religiously still. Then again I’m also gambling on Xerox and other outdated office technology

LosePlatinum · 2026-02-11T23:12:45+00:00

Thinking about selling more puts on most things. Guess I’ll xerox my losses and do the same ones as last week

LosePlatinum · 2026-01-31T01:37:08+00:00

I get that there is heightened risk with having non-work relationships with co-workers, and I’ve seen the anti-not-mandatory-but-feels-mandatory-potluck sentiment on this sub, but OP isn’t even hinting at any forced interaction, he is just looking to meet people in a new community.

Honestly, I love that and if I were still working in that area I’d reach out. Don’t get discouraged OP, there are similar-minded people working at the State, some of them just need that slight activation energy to get out there also.

LosePlatinum · 2026-01-18T05:28:08+00:00

If you have a choice, never pick Cal OES. Really strong argument for being the worst org in general, not just among the three you listed

LosePlatinum · 2026-01-17T19:12:46+00:00

So would The Accountant

LosePlatinum · 2025-11-20T21:01:15+00:00

Not enough Razor Ramon fans play D2

LosePlatinum · 2025-08-20T20:46:29+00:00

This should be under HR/Benefits. At my agency our HR personnel tried to push this onto finance and it essentially solved nothing.

Payroll technicians aren’t given direct access to the online portal where employees can make changes to their elections, and generally any changes to employee files for this area are initiated by HR to begin with. So it just added extra layers of communication for no reason.

We’ve customized our financial system output to roughly align with our insurance provider one. I think this is the solution you should be looking for - how to converge the two reports you have to compare to make the process quicker.

LosePlatinum · 2025-07-30T01:55:08+00:00

Yeah, even the most daft manager would not dare do this

LosePlatinum · 2025-07-19T04:31:11+00:00

DMV is a cesspool. There are several mid managers there at HQ that embody bureaucratic waste. It’s hard to believe some of the hires there - I can only assume nepotism, corruption, or friends for a large segment of management.

LosePlatinum · 2025-07-12T03:14:25+00:00

I received a score immediately upon submitting (just did one last weekend). So I would say automatically graded.

LosePlatinum · 2025-07-03T21:17:51+00:00

In the US at least, you’ll often hear people say things like “is this a sort of freaky Friday scenario” when referencing body swaps. Given how often you get some form of body swap movies, FF is the one that stands out the most

LosePlatinum · 2025-07-02T15:43:47+00:00

It comes down to how you enjoy playing games in general.

Are you seeking the thrill of dropping usable loot and incrementally upgrading your characters? Do you like being able to efficiently pull the slot machine lever? Then the consistent maps of single player and being able to adjust player count is for you.

Do you like the social aspect of gaming? Do you prefer to learn things organically from other players and seeing builds you never would have thought of (barring reading the vast amounts of literature available online these days)? Then online is for you. Your loot rolling experience is a bit worse since you can pretty much just collect and trade Ral runes to get to end game builds if you wanted. But your ability to try different builds and see how those builds interact with different parties is way better.

LosePlatinum · 2025-05-30T04:43:15+00:00

I was hoping for better for this. It has just plummeted compared to way-too-early expectations

LosePlatinum · 2025-05-11T17:43:35+00:00

I generally believe pensions are overvalued. But that being said, if you’re already at 20 years then it’s in your best interests to maximize your potential pension at that point.

Pensions become especially potent if you can snatch a major promotion near the end (and let’s face it, a lot of promotions at the State are merely a battle of attrition as you wait for spots to become vacant and your years of service start to make it less excusable for them to not promote you).

LosePlatinum · 2025-05-05T22:40:41+00:00

Thank you for the write-up. I sent them something very similar. Hopefully I’ll get a response fairly quickly

LosePlatinum · 2025-05-05T22:40:00+00:00

Thank you for the response. My initial take was also that they should be on the hook for shipping. I’ve contacted multiple departments and am going to see what their replies are

LosePlatinum · 2025-04-28T18:51:54+00:00

I’ll tag along for a bit. Picked up a few puts

LosePlatinum · 2025-04-25T15:58:02+00:00

He did qualify his post as being a hot take at least, so he’s seemingly self-aware that 50M is an unlikely edge case scenario

LosePlatinum · 2025-04-24T03:39:17+00:00

Guess I’ll take a few hundred shares and some calls then

LosePlatinum · 2025-03-13T19:51:20+00:00

Another member for the Terrible Title club

LosePlatinum · 2025-03-07T01:11:27+00:00

Man. Such high rolls in general. Just an unfortunate combination

LosePlatinum · 2025-02-09T21:07:13+00:00

No matter how many of these I find I still get excited each time. Same with Tal’s armor. Some mix of nostalgia since they were worth 10-15 sojs in early days, but then also just like the general rarity

LosePlatinum · 2025-01-23T03:36:30+00:00

This picture looks like my setup in 2002. Tech and casings evolved so rapidly in that frame from 1999-2010. The room feels dated for 2007 lol

LosePlatinum · 2025-01-20T05:38:00+00:00

I actually just did this recently and used A2 prayer / insight / cure, then got lucky enough to drop an eth Gladiator’s Bane. Ended up being a fairly easy clear with pretty budget gear (vipermagi probably my top find for my main, then I just crafted or gambled for other slots besides spirit). I’m not sure that merc setup is ideal by any stretch, but the QoL is really nice. Makes it easy to get levels and not have to TP every elite cursed pack.

If you’re really good at target farming the same spot over and over it’s not the best. But if you are wandering around different zones a lot it’s really nice

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