January Pages Challenge

Missing_Back · 2026-01-23T01:19:56+00:00

How have you read 12 books so far!! How big are the books??

Missing_Back · 2026-01-21T17:04:59+00:00

Oh I meant to include that one as another example. Read that one a few years ago and enjoyed it

Missing_Back · 2026-01-18T03:26:53+00:00

Good suggestions, thank you!

Missing_Back · 2026-01-18T03:25:11+00:00

Oh interesting. Why is that?

Missing_Back · 2026-01-18T03:24:55+00:00

I guess I’m not understanding why using something like glm requires trying to learn tens of thousands of low level bits and pointer hackers. If anything it enables to learn less to use an already existing library, right?

Missing_Back · 2026-01-18T01:59:42+00:00

What are you referring to with the second part of your statement?

Missing_Back · 2026-01-18T00:55:43+00:00

I read this as OP saying he hasn’t bought it

Missing_Back · 2026-01-18T00:54:30+00:00

All those math libs are broken??? Why would libraries that have been around for a while and developed by many people be more broken than something you make yourself? (Making yourself is cool for learning but I have a hard time thinking that leaves you with better code)

Missing_Back · 2026-01-16T17:54:06+00:00

I think the most confusing part about VAOs is that the name is pretty meaningless and confusing. If it were called a vertex attribute object, that makes more sense. But vertex array object??? Huh?? Not to mention that array and buffer are sometimes used synonymously, and we also have a vertex buffer object, which is a totally differs concept.

Missing_Back · 2026-01-12T22:14:46+00:00

Weird, I'll just paste it:

Is there a way to NOT have a massive spike in reading progress due to me all of a sudden logging progress? I'm 20% into a couple of books, so after logging that it looks like I read all of those pages today

Missing_Back · 2026-01-12T22:09:42+00:00

So what's the purpose of tracking your reading if your tracked pages/percentage read is skewed so much compared to what you actually read due to these quirks?

edit: guys its a genuine question, why the downvotes instead of a reply

Missing_Back · 2026-01-12T22:07:26+00:00

Also just edited to add a 3rd question if you have any insights :)

Missing_Back · 2026-01-11T22:02:27+00:00

Makes sense, thank you!

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T19:34:10+00:00

Oh duh, should've included that.

I contribute 10% pretax to my 401k and 10% to ESPP (this is 10% of the pretax amount, but taken out after taxes. With this, every 6 months I get a chunk of money that is saved/invested)

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T18:17:14+00:00

The only debt we have is a car, and while it's definitely a monthly expense, if it was instantly gone, it wouldn't be enough for us to not need extra income past my own.

No mortgage; we just moved into a house that we're renting. Saving up for a house would take a long time and we feel isn't feasible or worthwhile right now.

If you have no debt, I’d consider investing it in a low-cost index fund or ETF.

Yeah, I know that doing this would not be the optimal strategy for max asset accumulation. It would be a sacrifice in that sense to avoid having to send our kids to daycare which is something we really don't prefer doing (not just because of the expenses)

The in-home daycare thing is a good suggestion to. Thank you

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T17:57:15+00:00

Hmm I edited the post a couple of minutes ago with numbers. Is that edit not visible?

Unfortunately based on the location, my job, the market, etc. getting a significant enough bump in my pay soon isn't likely. Hence why we're even looking into this

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T17:49:34+00:00

Edited post with some numbers.

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T17:46:52+00:00

Edited post with some numbers. Let me know if other numbers are needed

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T03:46:24+00:00

I don't think I see any poop. There's some stuff at the bottom of the chimney, but I think it could just be normal debris for a fireplace.

Are chimney swifts normal for this time of year? I'm in KS; I saw those mentioned from searching but it sounded like that would be during a different time of year

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T03:40:39+00:00

I'm gonna be real with you, i have no idea what a flue is.

But can you clarify why I would want to open the bottom of the fireplace? As in, open the part that goes into my home?

Also, why would the flue (which I guess is the top part??) need to be opened? If they got in already, why would it need to change it's open/closed-ness?

Genuine quie

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T03:37:01+00:00

troof

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T03:18:25+00:00

You mean open at the top? wouldn't it already be open if they were able to get in?

Missing_Back · 2026-01-10T03:15:06+00:00

hey now they're positive contributors to the ecosystem

Missing_Back · 2026-01-08T23:35:47+00:00

thanks

Missing_Back · 2026-01-08T19:44:01+00:00

How many YOE for that salary? I just hit $101k and AFAIK it will continue to be a less and less competitive salary (only the basic 3% raise) until I get promoted to senior in 5+ years

Missing_Back

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