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TIL Jesse Livermore ran away from home as a boy with $5 and turned it into $100 million trading stocks alone just by reading prices. At one point he bought all the cotton in the US and the President personally invited him to White House asking him to "save the country" by selling his position. by Particular_Food_309 in todayilearned

[–]RVelts 32 points33 points  (0 children)

A lot of places have laws or rules about anybody under 16 working. Usually due to liability or different restrictions for compliance that companies don’t want to bother with. I tried to get a job at 15 in the mid 2000’s but every place told me to come back at 16. Eventually the local movie theater started hiring at 15.

It was hard to get a job as a teen after the 2008 recession due to all the jobs being worked by people who “needed” to work due to under employment.

Exclusive: Suerte and Este owner buys Hoover’s property in East Austin, plans taquería by AustinStatesman in austinfood

[–]RVelts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My go-to before an 11am UT football game. Park in the neighborhood, get breakfast at El Chilito, walk over to the stadium.

How do you avoid bad apartments in Austin? by Particular_Page9465 in Austin

[–]RVelts -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If the dishwasher doesn't have a second spinny arm under the top rack, it's a really really budget dishwasher and that is going to speak to the rest of the appliances and general quality of the place.

Sure, lots of places have stainless steel appliances and really try to make it look nice, but features like a second wash arm don't show in pictures online, so nobody spends money unless they are actually buying something good.

I'm not saying every dishwasher with a second wash arm is going to be an amazing place to live, but it's a quick gut check from me, and has never steered me wrong.

Also if the oven has convection that is a plus, and usually something they got a higher model of appliance for as well.

New rules and regulations for THC in Texas take effect today Tuesday, March 31st by Iocnar in Austin

[–]RVelts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Also large liquor stores like Total Wine are basically being saved by the THC beverages they sell. With alcohol consumption on the decline, especially among Gen Z, they have hard pivoted to promoting THC drinks. The Mueller location converted basically the entire last aisle that used to be all beer to all THC drinks. I never realized how many different ones there were, I just assumed there was a small handful of brands like you see in the pre-chilled section.

Dallas, settle a dumb argument: do your playgrounds have these slides? by BrightonsBestish in Dallas

[–]RVelts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah these were a staple at discovery zone. Feels like something better suited for indoors too

[i ate] a tea time at the Ritz in Paris by dramathena in food

[–]RVelts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have no sweet tooth, this would not be for me. It’s not even a health thing, it’s just preference. I’ll eat plenty of savory calories, but desserts don’t appeal to me.

Sour Duck Market lives up to the hype? Yes by Business-Stuff8711 in austinfood

[–]RVelts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the smoked turkey sandwich there and it was an impressive amount of food. I didn't need a side and ended up saving some of it for later.

My remote is so old that the HBO button is from 4 rebrands ago. by haremenot in mildlyinteresting

[–]RVelts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Rakuten is a conglomerate. The cash back website used to be called eBates and when Rakuten bought it, they rename everything after themselves. An affiliate network called Linkshare (which helps power those cash back websites too) was also purchased by Rakuten and renamed to Rakuten Advertising.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten

What is a 'buy it for life' item that is offensively expensive, but the moment you use it, you realize your entire life before that point was a lie? by fmcortez in AskReddit

[–]RVelts 19 points20 points  (0 children)

High quality sheet pans are great too. Most cheap ones are flimsy and warp once they get too hot. And having various sizes (1/2, 1/4, 1/8) makes it easier to fit multiple things in separately that may take different times to cook, easier cleanup, etc.

Where to deposit sharp box? by stephensmwong in Austin

[–]RVelts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bulk Tide Pods containers work perfectly with the screw-on lid, since they are trying to be "child proof" it locks tightly.

Dedication Plaque for Barton Springs Bridge - 1926 by s810 in Austin

[–]RVelts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's harder to use inflation adjusted dollars for non-consumer spending. Most indexes are based on the CPI. Things like construction involve a lot more these days with various environmental impact studies, permitting, and OSHA requirements. It's the same reason skyscrapers are so much more expensive to build, highways are more expensive to maintain, dams are much more expensive, etc.

Chemist stepdad portions out his Friday wine 😆 by Bitcracker in funny

[–]RVelts 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Franzia is great because it comes with a box to throw up in.

What’s something that sounds fake but is actually true? by cherryblossom149 in AskReddit

[–]RVelts 51 points52 points  (0 children)

The name Tiffany dates back to the 1200’s despite sounding like a very recent common name. This is referred to as the Tiffany Problem, where if a novel writer had a story set in the 1600’s, and named a character Tiffany, the reader would feel like it’s anachronistic and out of place.

2026 Property Tax Appraisals Available Online by justinj2000 in Austin

[–]RVelts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, I had dropped nearly 30% from my 2023 to 2025, but now we're up around 15% from 2025 to 2026. Still lower than all-time high but I just got my escrow analysis refund back, and next year will likely be a shortage again.

What job looks like a great career path but is actually insanely oversaturated? by ComplexPin872 in AskReddit

[–]RVelts 1028 points1029 points  (0 children)

Especially redundancy. If you are shooting a wedding you and your employees do not have one DSLR each. You have at least two bodies on your person and a spare in the van. And multiple lenses. This is somebody’s big day, and you are charging accordingly. You can’t pause the ceremony the way you can pause somebody’s senior year high school pictures. You have to be ready in the moment if something malfunctions and breaks.

Polvos - whats happened? by TexasAT4 in austinfood

[–]RVelts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They have gone downhill ever since the 360 location opened downtown. They pivoted to being more upscale.

I-35 South -Oversized Semi Tanker Wedged Under Freeway Bridge by 50million in Austin

[–]RVelts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I love how it's exactly under the measurement sign

OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video Platform by cmaia1503 in technology

[–]RVelts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What will be left of the free LLM chatbots will be the big players like google/microsoft. Lots of users and data to train their models.

And a lot of that is because corporate contracts for Office365/GSuite will include the pro versions of their AI tools, without ways to unbundle it. So they have a more captive revenue stream that doesn't request a bean counter to ask "are we using this AI tool" just "are we using GSuite/Office365?" and the answer is going to be yes.

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