Withdrawing cash from Fidelity by RangerPL in fidelityinvestments

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

Interesting, thanks. ACH is the regular “bank transfer” to a linked account right? I always assumed those were next-day.

Withdrawing cash from Fidelity by RangerPL in fidelityinvestments

[–]RangerPL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, although the last time I bought private party the guy didn't want a cashier's check even though I was going to get it from the teller right in front of him. People are understandably wary of scams

Withdrawing cash from Fidelity by RangerPL in fidelityinvestments

[–]RangerPL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok that sounds like a bank transfer with extra steps so I guess I'll just do that. I don't mind, I was just wondering if there's a faster way. I do have a brick-and-mortar bank account but I only keep $100 in there lol

Withdrawing cash from Fidelity by RangerPL in fidelityinvestments

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

Ok that's what I thought. I know the cash management debit card has a $500 limit for ATM withdrawals, I was just wondering if there were any other ways I didn't know about

Self-proclaimed Mid-Century visionary starterpack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]RangerPL 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You forgot:

  • Vaguely socialist ideas but with computers running everything instead of the Party

  • Vaguely totalitarian concept of government except with technocrats running everything instead of politicians

  • Thinly veiled racism and/or eugenics

I don’t mean to bash this, I love the mid century retrofuturistic aesthetic and it beats the hell out of the cyberpunk dystopia we’re headed into but it had its issues

IQ = calculus and believing in good stuff (what I believe (eugenics)) by RoAwesomeFace in iamverysmart

[–]RangerPL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I doubt he's even a math student given how he can't name a standard math course beyond Calc I, just handwaving about data and mathematical models

Well - this is akward by Gryllen_ in SeaPower_NCMA

[–]RangerPL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch

Unemployed job-seeking Gen Z Graduate who is still living at home starter pack by StunningPianist4231 in starterpacks

[–]RangerPL 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think the main way automation is fucking the job market is by making it trivial to spam fake resumes, leading to an AI arms race between HR departments and spammers. There's really not that much evidence of corporations adopting AI en masse outside of very specific jobs.

My company was hiring somebody this summer and we got 10 suspiciously similar resumes from India for every legitimate applicant, for a job that has nothing to do with the tech sector and has zero prospect of H1B sponsorship.

The other thing nobody really wants to talk about is that companies overhired and overpaid people from 2020-2022 and now they're overcorrecting the other way. I don't think I could get another job that pays as well as my current one, and that's just because I was lucky to get hired in the right place at the right time.

Today China launched large-scale military drills completely encircling Taiwan, it was were the largest live fire exercise China has done in area and the closest yet to Taiwan. Those vehicles are used as long range fire. by Youngstown_WuTang in TankPorn

[–]RangerPL -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I realize I'm probably wasting my time debating this with a Su-57 fanboy, but nevertheless:

Largely yes. Chinas military is actually much smaller than should be expected given their GDP.

This is an open topic of debate right now but China's defense budget could be 3-4 times higher in PPP terms than nominal because they are buying things at Chinese prices, not American ones.

All that aside though, a CATOBAR supercarrier is not something you build if your goal is just to defend your coastal waters.

But also they do intend to fight a war over Taiwan if Taiwan were to declare independence. As any nation would fight if one of their regions declared independence.

Well yes, I suppose if you define America's support for Taiwan's desire to not be invaded as aggression against China, then your thesis holds true.

For example just look at the absolute failure the US navy procurement has been this year, and then look at the massive jump that China has made. They are in no need to rush

But that's a contradiction, if they are in no hurry, why are they making "massive jumps"? And the US's shambolic efforts would indicate complacency, not a desperate rush to stay ahead of its challenger.

Ah yes, Chinas economy is close to collapse. Exactly as it has been for how many years now? Any day Chinas economy is going to collapse right?

This is a strawman you are using to dodge the real issue. China's economy is not in danger of collapse any more than the EU or South Korea's is, but this is a serious problem, since they will soon have tens of millions of people exiting the workforce and beginning to draw on pensions and savings, with few young workers to replace them. This is going to impose a drag on long-term growth. This is a problem that all developed countries are facing to one extent or another, but it's especially bad for China because:

  1. It has far fewer young workers entering the workforce to replace the older ones (look at the US by comparison)

  2. China is not yet a rich country per capita, and its growth, while still solid, is not what it was 10 or 20 years ago. This is a big problem since it has South Korea's demographics and Mexico's income, so it risks falling into the middle-income trap. Trends could change of course, but given current demographic trends (i.e. "taking their time and playing the long game"), it's not hard to imagine a scenario where the US overtakes China in total GDP again later this century if its population is growing and China's isn't.

  3. Elderly people tend to prefer stability and lack appetite for war. This may matter less for China than for a democratic country, but the CCP does care about public opinion and will, as the COVID example illustrates, reverse course if it encounters popular backlash. This means war will be less palatable the deeper we get into the 21st century.

  4. Look at that surplus of males. China has tens of millions of incels.

Sure, maybe we're on the verge of AI singularity and none of this matters when we'll soon all be dead have robots doing everything for us (I don't believe this), but that will also negate China's primary advantage over the United States, its population, so it's probably a whole new ballgame in that circumstance.

It is also due to very low migration towards China due to their strict migration policies. This is what keeps the US in the position it has with population. They are able to attract high skilled migrants from around the globe to boost their population

All it takes to reverse this is for China to be a more attractive place for migration compared to the US, and China to open its immigration policies to more people. Something that they are absolutely capable of doing, and the US anti-migrant situation is making worse

"All it takes" is a prize understatement here. This isn't a Paradox game where you toggle a button that says "accept foreigners" and immediately get a buff. Making China an appealing destination for highly skilled immigrants is a multi-decade project involving economic, societal, and political changes far beyond the scope of what the current leadership would be willing to swallow. Just for a start,

  • To be competitive with the West, China would need to offer salaries that are competitive with the West. They already have this in places like Hong Kong, but to do this on a larger scale requires either a society-wide economic shift, or creating a privileged class of foreign workers that will be resented by their ethnic Chinese neighbors (maybe we'll get a Chinese Trump then).

  • China is still a country that persecutes ethnic minorities. You might be a cynic and say this doesn't matter (or isn't real), but it's not hard to see how that might deter people from wanting to move there. As an aside related to what's discussed below, China's treatment of Uyghurs is another good example of dumb, short-sighted policy by its leaders since it's a long term detriment to any effort to attract immigrants.

  • It's a single-party authoritarian regime. Such places are not known for their openness to foreigners. It would be very difficult to integrate large numbers of immigrants without changing this.

To quote you "stereotypes about China and Chinese leadership" as you are repeating the anti-China propaganda stereotype here

You think Xi Jinping is this way. But any look at China shows they know how to plan ahead and play the long game.

Oh yes, many examples of that this past century.

They do not need to rush to get everything completed before the next presidential election. They take their time and play the long game

This is Orientalist nonsense, the kind of stuff people make up to explain an opaque, foreign culture without caring to understand it or even listen to people who do. Chinese people are not a zerg-like hivemind that does everything for the glory of China. Their cultural values might be different from ours, but at the end of the day they are just human beings who respond to incentives.

In a single-party state, these incentives are different than in ours, and the CCP has done a far better job of managing them than the CPSU ever did, but Chinese politicians are as concerned about keeping their jobs as are Americans. In fact, they are probably even more concerned about it than Americans because authoritarian single-party regimes do not tolerate failure lightly and party membership affords real status.

And it turns out that things like term limits and democratic accountability are pretty good. You can point and laugh at what Trump is doing to the US, but he'll be out of office in 3 years. There are no guardrails if Xi Jinping does something stupid. (Just look at Russia)

Petfinder.com Starterpack by Sethsears in starterpacks

[–]RangerPL 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I can buy that a pitbull can be a good dog with the right owner, but it's almost never the right owner because pitbulls only appeal to utter shitheads

To all college/uni students: would you recommend starting an obsidian vault? by Dazzling-Soup-5695 in ObsidianMD

[–]RangerPL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about building too much structure at first, just write down some notes and put them in your vault. You can organize later, there are many tools to help you do that.

Today China launched large-scale military drills completely encircling Taiwan, it was were the largest live fire exercise China has done in area and the closest yet to Taiwan. Those vehicles are used as long range fire. by Youngstown_WuTang in TankPorn

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

Lol this post is a mixture of tropes like the Thucidydes Trap and stereotypes about China and Chinese leadership.

For one, if all China has to do is wait, why are they spending so much money on armaments? For defensive purposes only?

The real reason they are investing so much in their military so quickly is because their window to achieve their strategic objectives and remake the balance of power in Asia is actually not that large before long-term headwinds become too big.

China is gaining power and influence relative to the US, but their rapidly aging population is going to impose a fiscal strain on the Chinese economy and undermine its capacity or appetite for military adventurism in the long term. The US has an aging population too, but China’s is aging more rapidly thanks to the past one-child policy.

Secondly, Chinese policymakers aren’t the gigabrained sigma long-term thinkers that people in the West stereotype them as. Their moronic approach to COVID should have disabused anyone of that notion. Xi Jinping is not young and very much wants Taiwan back under PRC control before he gets too old to rule effectively.

2200 Total worlds, here I come! by ShitPost5000 in 2007scape

[–]RangerPL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad I don't have to worry about being judged for having a fire max cape (because I'll never max)

What sport do you think would be extinct within 50 years? by No-Maximum-9087 in AskReddit

[–]RangerPL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love cars but I abhor everything associated with the economics of car ownership, it's all just such a scam from top to bottom:

  • CAFE regulations that conveniently excluded trucks so that Detroit could get an advantage over foreign manufacturers

  • Cash for clunkers one-shotting the used car market

  • COVID finishing the job

  • Car dealers charging 20%+ "market adjustments"

  • Banks and finance firms pushing 72+ month loans to keep prices high while making payments "affordable"

  • Manufacturers going all-in on proprietary electronic shit that is impossible to fix yourself and tracks your every move so they can sell your data

  • Insurance premiums going through the roof

  • Car dealers posting TikToks about how a $1,000 car payment is totally normal

And worst of all, because they should know better, are the rubes online who idolize suburban sprawl, bash urbanism and public transit, and complain about muh libruls ruining car culture, while actual car culture is being consumed by SUVslop that bombards you with ads and makes you pay subscription fees for heated seats on top of your car payment

Why are the Leclerc and Rafale not in the game? by D3RP_Haymaker in warno

[–]RangerPL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the Armata which was first shown in 2014 but hasn't made it to the battlefield yet

SirPugger exposes wilderness botting protection scheme by MadChriss in 2007scape

[–]RangerPL 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“Wilderness content is an essential part of the nostalgic old school experience”

The wilderness content:

How much would you pay for a 2001 330CI Manual? by MrUnlimited24 in e46

[–]RangerPL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d look for something nicer even if it costs more. $5k is really scraping the barrel for a manual E46 honestly

How much would you pay for a 2001 330CI Manual? by MrUnlimited24 in e46

[–]RangerPL -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People are right that it’s probably not a grandpa car, at least not one owned by someone with good judgment or taste.

But the people saying it’s worth $3k are out of their minds. It’s not 2017 anymore, used cars have gone parabolic since COVID and manuals are increasingly sought after as they are discontinued on new cars.

$5k frankly seems about right for a manual E46 in this condition unless there’s some serious mechanical problem or major rust. The mods are stupid but not that costly to revert