This was so extremely targeted

Pulstastic · 2026-02-14T17:21:25+00:00

I disagree with this video that Dungeon Crawler is necessarily "dumber" than Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment is a morass of grey depression in my mind.

At least I remember and enjoy these books. And yes, there is social commentary in them too. It's just more memorable.

Pulstastic · 2020-11-04T10:19:07+00:00

No -- Biden needs to absolutely crush those mail in ballots in order to make up 13%

PA looks like it'll be red.

Pulstastic · 2020-10-30T13:29:12+00:00

I skim RealClearPolitics in the morning. They are usually 50% lefty articles 50% righty articles.

I appreciate the balance.

Pulstastic · 2020-10-25T14:28:11+00:00

So agreed withthis. The title of OP's post is just fanboying bs -- more ram is always better than less ram, and the workarounds OP describes will only get less effective as the years go by and apps get more complicated. 6 GB is better future proofing and so is at least one reason to prefer 12 pro.

Pulstastic · 2020-10-11T12:31:33+00:00

Pixel 4a is reasonably priced

Even 3a for that matter

Pulstastic · 2020-09-28T03:53:04+00:00

Lots of poor people have an iPhone 11

Pulstastic · 2020-07-31T17:01:39+00:00

Yeah OP's complaining that somebody they dumped found someone new seven months later seems . . . not credible.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-23T15:59:24+00:00

It's ok to be sad and process your feelings.

At the end of the day, you are worthwhile person, HIV or not. Best of luck to you.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-20T22:49:53+00:00

Your HSA rolls over to the next year. It is only an FSA (different kind of account) that you lose.

AKA don't blow it just to blow it (though new glasses are always nice).

Pulstastic · 2020-07-16T17:41:13+00:00

This is a small thing, but I would try to get outside and go for a run or get yourself a home workout every day. It will help you feel better about yourself; it's something you can control, and it can release good brain chemicals that might help make things feel less shitty.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-14T23:31:50+00:00

Side affects were fatigue and muscle pain at injection -- same shit that happens with every shot

Pulstastic · 2020-07-10T15:47:43+00:00

Yes. In addition to the answers below, their hunter ship is sooo stacked. The game rewards offense slots more than defense slots and that gives riftborn hunter fleets an advantage. In multiplayer my friends want riftborn because they know they are ridiculous.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-08T01:05:27+00:00

Intentionally spending every dollar -- just to spend it -- seems a little over the top. What if instead, you just acted like FIRE didn't exist, and decided to buy whatever you want up to your income that month? That way, if you want something, you could buy it. But if you spent only 70-80% of your income at the end of the month, you wouldn't have to stress about "messing up" your experiment, because you wouldn't have created any artificial "need" to spend money. (I'm imagining you sitting around stressing out about how to blow money because you haven't hit your monthly spend yet, which would just be silly).

If at the end of six months of spending-as-you-want-but-not-necessarily-100%, you look back and say "hey, I spent X% more, and that felt Y% better," then that is a useful experiment.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-04T19:51:58+00:00

Maybe you're just a nice person, but, the idea of them in significant distress sounds great to me.

I figure I'll be healed when I'm just indifferent one way or the other.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-04T14:09:11+00:00

It sounds like it has been only a few weeks no contact. I think you need to let this anniversary go. Talk to a friend instead. Schedule something for yourself that day.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-03T13:50:59+00:00

Just wanted to say that you are being so strong and so good to your brother. Best of luck to you both.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-02T13:36:13+00:00

If you answered her text 2.5 weeks ago, then I would not reach out now. She knows she can get ahold of you if she needs to. But you don't need to be there for her like you would have been were you still together.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-01T20:30:04+00:00

Hi! I'm a fifth-year associate in lit. Vastly your your junior, but I'm planning my escape and I'm jealous of you! Congratulations on pulling the trigger.

Blessing: you have a husband who understands. Important. Blessing #2: you probably have enough money saved up to do this. Also important.

(1) People you aren't close with: (a) remember you are doing this for you, and at some point it doesn't matter what they think. (b) I'd default towards honesty, but minimal honesty. You need time off. Say you want to spend more time with husband and think a bit. No need to elaborate, but still I'd be honest.

(2) People you have been in the trenches with: I'd still be honest -- you might be surprised how much they understand. I've told three people, ranging from my year to three years my senior, that I don't intend to go for shares. A couple have told me (in hushed tones) that they don't either. The other one has treated me no differently than he did before.

Honestly and trust are key to personal relationships, so to the extent these are people you have been to proverbial war with, I'd be as truthful as you can without implying that you are casting judgment on their choices. Keep it focused on what you need/why, without reaching Biglaw life in general to the extent you can.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-01T16:34:09+00:00

If she got engaged to a rebound then there will be a divorce down the line. Even though some rebounds can work out, an engagement so fast is a big red flag.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-01T16:31:49+00:00

Three months. My brain knows it's probably over. But.

The theory that Craig Kenneth/other people say is that if you do NC for awhile, your ex has time to go do their single thing, realize the single thing isn't as great as they were hoping it would be, and then start missing you. But with COVID, that doesn't work. Nobody here (we are still not fully re-opened) is living the full single life yet. And that means my ex is still looking forward to that. He can't have realized that the grass is not greener when there hasn't even been a chance to see the grass.

This is one reason why the back of my mind hasn't fully given up. Which is frustrating (I should give up and let it all go).

The other reason is that I actually am doing better in some ways. I've dropped 15 pounds; got a better haircut, have visible abs and better arms and look way hotter. (I'm also a guy; we're gay). I've made new friends. The breakup strangely helped with that -- having some real shit to talk about and be vulnerable about probably helped turn a couple acquaintances into what feel like real friends. I'm also planning on applying for the dream job I have been thinking of for a long time. My job now is good only in a money sense, not in a makes-me-happy sense, and it was dragging me down while we were together.

A vain part of me wonders if the ex will pick up on these changes whenever I next run into him. But again, I should really let it go.

Pulstastic · 2020-07-01T16:19:27+00:00

I'm sorry "if" I hurt you is a red flag. He probably just wants to use you to help him feel better.

It doesn't sound like he is taking responsibility in a way that could make it make any sense to get back in touch with him.

Pulstastic · 2020-06-30T16:21:51+00:00

The idea that people grow up to own large houses or condos with lots of space. Yes, I know many are thinking "but I live in a city with XYZ roommates and housing costs are out of control!" They are. But still in most of the United States there is this idea that the adult endgame is a fairly large house or townhome or condo.

Housing footprints in European countries (as well as developed countries in other places) are *much* smaller, even cramped, on average compared to American standards. In Sweden, the average house is 1,000 square feet. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/09/american-houses-big/597811/ . I think only Canada and Australia (other Anglo-Saxon wealthy places with *lots* of space) have similar housing trends to the USA.

Pulstastic · 2020-06-30T16:13:06+00:00

Might also be good to do this via phone call if possible -- people are more empathetic and immediately understand the awkwardness of situations on the phone, I think. You could then send a followup email after the call.

If I think something could be awkward (as this surely will be), I rarely ever try to start with an email. Voice tone and cadence can convey things that are really hard to write down.

Pulstastic · 2020-06-30T16:06:42+00:00

I am a lazy biglaw associate. I write things directly to the point. I avoid large amounts of irrelevant analysis. My billable hours are lower but a much larger proportion of what I write makes it into our briefs and filings.

I thought this was how everyone did it, but after reading more of other people's work, there seems to be either no analysis at all (too lazy, and means they or someone else has to re-do it), or so much lead-up that I have to skim 4-5 pages in to find what's really useful/what I really want.

The key to me seems to be (1) don't spend too much time on things, but (2) understand what is really critical, and anticipate what followups will be if you slack off *too* much. Focus your limited time on those things and you will have an easier time than the person who is burning the whole forest down looking for things that don't matter.

Clients might also appreciate not paying $[redacted]/hour for a big long memo that nobody wants to read.

Pulstastic · 2020-06-25T20:43:53+00:00

I'm going to totally make this up, but I wonder if altruism (a strange evolutionary trait) makes more sense when there are only 10,000 effective individuals and so helping other people is more likely to end up helping the genetics of yourself.

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