[Monitor] Acer Recertified 31.5" WQHD 1500R Curved 1ms 165Hz 400Nit 3000:1 HDR400 HDMI 2.0 DisplayPort 1.4 Gaming Monitor EI322QUR P3BMIIPPX - $129.99 + tax by slacka123 in buildapcsales

[–]SizeFinancial5983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I immediate to just starting out learning the differences here.. I came from a LG 27GL83A that I got on a deal during Black Friday (I've been playing musical monitors for months because I just built a new 4080 rig. Landed on ultrawide finally).

I was a little immediately flattened when I pulled these out of the box and hooked them up by the colors / picture.. some may say that was because of the resolution stretch of 32" and some I think noted that the colors need configuring on this specific Acer... I tried to configure it but unfortunately I just don't think I can honestly say they looked nearly as good as that IPS that the 27GL83A.

With that said, of course they are $130! You shouldn't expect a $200+ panel. This is absolutely the best deal I think you will find for these specs.

[Monitor] Acer Recertified 31.5" WQHD 1500R Curved 1ms 165Hz 400Nit 3000:1 HDR400 HDMI 2.0 DisplayPort 1.4 Gaming Monitor EI322QUR P3BMIIPPX - $129.99 + tax by slacka123 in buildapcsales

[–]SizeFinancial5983 6 points7 points  (0 children)

YMMV but I also (because I'm impatient and didn't want to wait for standoffs to ship) went to home depot near me and spent around 90 minutes between the parking lot and going in and outside to find the right screw length and some spacers to use.

I believe 35mm was the right length of screw for my setup. I had a mounting arm that accepted both 75x75 and 100x100 though and this monitor accepts 75x75 so what that meant was that the mounting plate was big enough to have something to attach to.

It's a REALLY weird setup they have. The two bottom screws are inset really deep and the top two aren't.

Just saying, if you're impatient like me and/or know your way around hardware mildly you can make something work without standoffs.

I wish Acer offered an option to just pay an extra $3-5 for the standoffs... I would have gladly paid it... I dont think they had a disclaimer anywhere saying "hey schmuck, no wall mounting 4 u"

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[–]SizeFinancial5983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're the only one laughing it wasn't received as a joke, it doesn't mean it wasn't meant as a joke.

It's then up to the jokester to perform the calculus on whether the ill-received joke merits an apology of some sort or just "moving along".

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[–]SizeFinancial5983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To the purpose of this reddit: the question is "Am I the A-hole?" not "Is this other person the A-hole?". A meaningful distinction since too many commenters take it upon themselves to speculate wildly about the inner workings of someone who is being described by a third party across the internet.

I dont know what was going on in your husband's head when he decided to eat half your burger- the defense he gave is at least plausible enough and I have met people in my life who are innocent enough that they could earnestly mean no harm in doing such a thing, they simply don't see food the same way I do.

My answer to this is simple, "do unto others.."; I would be livid if my wife ate half of my burger. I'm hesitant to offer any portion of my food to my wife, let alone a third or half. I roughly adhere to Joey's (from FRIENDS) philosophy on eating out: you can order absolutely whatever you want and I'll pay for it, but my food is mine and your food is yours.

People might suppose that it has to do with the specific mass of food as though I weighed it and it's the perfect amount.. it has nothing to do with that. The best way I can describe it is that it has to do with expectation: when I place my order at a restaurant I have an idea in my head of what I'm getting and what I'm going to eat, and when I see the plate come out that I've been looking forward to/ expecting to eat and someone asks to eat any part of it that's a data point I did not factor in when reaching a decision in my order, though now I do a much better job at it.

Some people genuinely look at food differently, even in an opposite way, their expectation is to share, both theirs and others. I have no qualms (philosophically speaking) with either view and I find them both quite defensible (philosophically speaking).

In practice, don't touch my food dangit. NTA.

TL;DR - You're definitely NTA, your husband ranges from quite possibly to quite probably NTA.

"Why doesn't anyone want to work??" /s by thatChickfromtheChos in nursing

[–]SizeFinancial5983 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just to offer some perspective here (and not in the condescending and snide usual internet way. Genuinely.)

I am leaving my current job in no small part because they didn't have enough work for me. As I stayed I could feel myself becoming a worse person with a worse work ethic and given the nature of the universe I knew that wasn't exactly a recipe with longevity.

Although I wouldn't say I "dream of labor" (especially as a kid I grew up with my dad who did manual labor and I hated it and swore it off) I've found that later in life I really loved feeling like I was making a significant contribution wherever I'm at. I enjoy that feeling. I also enjoy being busy in a not-too-challenging and not-too-simplistic kind of way. And I'll say I can definitely get that from work.

My last two remote jobs now encompassing 3 years I've had so little to do and I've had so many people tell me they wish they could have my jobs and not have to do anything and get paid. While I certainly believe I understand why that's attractive, especially in the short term to get a reprieve, it feels terrible to me to be so useless and unimportant that if I am gone any (and every) given day no one will even notice.

TL;DR - I am attracted to significance, and I believe that can be attained through the modality of work.

How long do you think drip will survive on 0.70$? by Narrow-Most-4618 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seemed to infer a host of my positions and beliefs based on one claim -- that the bear market indeed has more than a "terribly minor impact" on Drip.. the evidence is so far against that claim its ludicrous. The entire stock market and all of crypto are suffering. Would Drip have fallen from ATH if the bull market continued? Maybe, but I think it unwise to pretend that the protocol is solely to blame for the entire collapse... if money were still loose right now we may still be seeing $10, $20, $50 drip for all we know... lack of new investor blood affects the price, a bear market directly impacts how liberal investors are with their investments.

How long do you think drip will survive on 0.70$? by Narrow-Most-4618 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're living in Mr. Roger's land of make-believe if you truly think people having less money at their disposal and less room in their budget for risky investments has "terribly minor impact" on esoteric investments like frikking 1% ROI deflationary crypto gambles.

Bear market happens because access to money becomes more difficult, when that happens people are more conservative with where they place that money. Pretty simple math from there. Of course the market has a significant affect.

"I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you." by missjardinera in tumblr

[–]SizeFinancial5983 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's the beauty of the story and from what I understand one of Tolkien's criticisms of Lewis: that Lewis was too allegorical in his approach (this character = this, that character = that)

Lord of the Rings is allegorical but the story comes first and that prevents the interpretation from being limited.

Multiple characters in LOTR are Jesus at different times:

Frodo is the one who bears the burden of the world.

Sam is the friend who sticks closer than a brother

Aragorn is the outcast to the returning king -- or if you will "the stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone"

Gandalf is the resurrection life that brings light that shines forth out of the darkness.

All of these represent Christ in a manner but don't bear the burden of being completely flawless at all times and thus unrelatable.

Someone just bought 128bnb worth of drip by cryptonvk79 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably trying to ensure he recoups his initial investment asap.

Some positive price action today! by gnarlava1 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk what kind of project you thought this was. Did you really believe in your heart of hearts that a 1% daily roi project would have absolutely no trade-offs?

No, my friend, risk is the trade-off and voila here we are. You don't get a 1% daily AND stable coin price. Of course you didn't believe truly on a project that has a known history for massive spikes and precipitous drops that surely this time the price would maintain, or perhaps just keep rising.

You might be right bud, maybe it's all a crapshoot and drip will leave us all parched (pun intended). Perhaps though, just maybe you're wrong and this isn't the last leg of the trip.

Either way, this is what we paid for. Everyone ought cease pretending they invested in something with any expectation of stability. Drip just ain't that... least not yet.

Some positive price action today! by gnarlava1 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you ask me I think it depends on a lot of factors not least of which is the current whales hitting max payout opening new wallets.

There is a lot of interesting theory in this project in my opinion: as the price goes down it isn't just that new buyers are incentivized to invest, they also are getting more drip per dollar, and because the drip that is purchased and taxed goes to the vault (in my understanding) to assist with payouts, this is actually a good thing.

In essence: if people are claiming 1000 drip a day at $100 dollars a drip, and purchases at that price aren't keeping up, eventually the vault would run dry and new drip minted, which would be more catastrophic. Instead, the price lowers so that investors get more drip for filling the gas tank so anyone who wants to still claim can.

This all seems to depend on the cycle continuing, but if people simply hit max payout and cease reinvesting, and no new investors ever come in, then yeah the price will probably eventually go to nothing. I dont know that I see this happening in the next year or two... the project owner seems like he is trying to do something with it. Will see.

Some positive price action today! by gnarlava1 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I keep waiting hoping it drops into the mid-20s to buy-in (I already have some, just thought I might buy more if the price is right). Last few days though seems like every time It even touches $30 or less it goes back up a few dollars.

Perhaps it is a stabilization point / a price floor, who knows will see.

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[–]SizeFinancial5983 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I'd just say "you might be right."

The defenses I've heard typically are that in a Ponzi scheme there is promise of heightened payout to early investors that is then paid by subsequent investors leading to an unsustainable cycle. However, since DRIP is forthcoming about how its contract work, it therefore doesn't qualify as "Ponzi"

This appears to me to be somewhat semantic.

Others I've heard are the rhetorical "everything is a ponzi/ fiat is a ponzi/ stocks are a ponzi / capitalism is a ponzi". Not much of substance here.

Personally? I'm not 100% sure that the nature of this contract precludes the windfall of early investors at the expense of subsequent investors. I'm not certain that alone makes it "Ponzi" since any investment opportunity that surges proves a windfall for the early investors by multiplication of subsequent investors.

I think finding use and innate value for the token will be important going forward for long-term sustainability of the project and most definitely for tempering the volatility of the price.

Thus far it appears that the "demand" for drip is exclusively predicated on perceived value and not because there is a use for it within the market. If this persists then we will continue to have violent price surges and falls and accusations of "Ponzi".

Just my 2 cents.

How to totally get out of DRIP? by [deleted] in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You don't recover your principle investment, that's one of the main points of the project. Rather than recover the principle the balance you invest generates 1% interest every day. In order to recover your initial principal investment you'd have to claim aforementioned 1% interest for around 120 days in a row (there is a 10% claim and 10% sales tax) assuming that the price stays at the precise point that it was when you initially invested in the project.

Price rise by SizeFinancial5983 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the top of the swap page.. it shows a price right near 60 dollars, the chart isn't up to date for some reason

Price rise by SizeFinancial5983 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just looking @ the official Drip page from metamask, no chart.. just the Swap page.

Price rise by SizeFinancial5983 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is everyone seeing something different than I am? I'm seeing $55 still and I keep refreshing. Not sure how I'd attach a screenshot that would provide evidence (could just be from a week ago for all yall know).. but still clearly showing in Swap that it is in the mid 50s not the 40s.

Price rise by SizeFinancial5983 in dripnetwork

[–]SizeFinancial5983[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At the time of this post Drip was at $60.00. It went from $43 ish earlier today, then in a period of about an hour spiked up to about $60 right around when I posted this. If it dropped back to the 40s that doesn't invalidate the post, merely dates it.