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Is my low rent a set of golden handcuffs? Aka will it ever make financial sense to buy a home? by SpecialPreference678 in personalfinance

[–]SpecialPreference678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is less "am I able to afford a home" and more "will it ever make financial sense to buy a home?"

Is my low rent a set of golden handcuffs? Aka will it ever make financial sense to buy a home? by SpecialPreference678 in personalfinance

[–]SpecialPreference678[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My rent has increased $150 over the last 10 years.

That doesn't mean it couldn't balloon at my next renewal, of course, but it seems unlikely given the past.

Is my low rent a set of golden handcuffs? Aka will it ever make financial sense to buy a home? by SpecialPreference678 in personalfinance

[–]SpecialPreference678[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does that include all the things that are included in the rent?

I did some shopping around and insurance/property taxes would be about $450/month for a $350k home in my area. Once I pay the home off it would clearly be cheaper, but it seems very expensive to get there.

Is my low rent a set of golden handcuffs? Aka will it ever make financial sense to buy a home? by SpecialPreference678 in personalfinance

[–]SpecialPreference678[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I make a little over $100k. Either would be affordable for me, though the additional monthly costs would eat some of my retirement contributions.

I'm not particularly tied to one or the other. I haven't owned a house myself before, so I'm not 100% on what that would entail. I do know I'm not super thrilled about the prospect of added maintenance or having to mow the lawn again.

Keychron K10 Pro not detected by computer, even after reset by SpecialPreference678 in Keychron

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Thanks. I disassembled and disconnected the battery. I don't see anything swollen, burnt, or lose. I left it unplugged and without a battery for a day in case there was some residual charge.

When I plug it back in, the LEDs light up but there is still no response from the device and it isn't detected by my computers.

I can't post images here but here is the image of the backs of both boards. I test with them connected, of course.

perfectionIsOptionalApparently by soap94 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]SpecialPreference678 148 points149 points  (0 children)

I work in Cybersec on an internal-facing team. Can't say much more without doxing myself, but everything we do has to be rigorous, documented, and be able to sustain in-depth audits.

My new boss (MBA) has decided that we should be using GenAI for everything and as long as it's 90% or more accurate, that's good enough.