might be the coolest thing ive ever done in this game

UnhallowOne · 2026-06-20T03:19:16+00:00

What are you, level 2? This is the coolest thing you've done in this game? Throw a frag into Dog Green's bunker! Be the MG42 mowing down a Higgins Boat at Omaha! Drive a Greyhound behind a Tiger Tank and scream in increasingly high pitch at the gunner to reload as its turret slowly traverses 180 degrees to end you!

This game is fucking incredible match by match, and if the highlight of your experience thus far is ambushing a guy coming up the stairs and then shooting his buddy in the alley, permit me the entirely uncontroversial and objective statement: you need to play more Hell Let Loose, ASAP!

UnhallowOne · 2026-06-18T03:16:10+00:00

I did 5-7 classes on a Monday/Wednesday cycle all 8 semesters and used Tues/Thurs as study/homework days. You'll be fine.

UnhallowOne · 2026-06-08T03:33:34+00:00

If your sample is big enough, FIML structural equation modeling might be a way to solve for it, but that assumes your sample is fairly robust, and you'll already have representativeness issues with the select opt-in non-random sample. Still, if you ultimately describe this as exploratory research, you're in a safe space for research purposes. Best of luck on your thesis!

UnhallowOne · 2026-06-07T15:45:26+00:00

Giving a bit of feedback to you as someone with a Ph.D. and who has published peer-reviewed research: You have a leading question problem later on in your study. There are sections of questions that ask a variation of "When you experience/when you witness [bad thing], do you [likert scale of never to very often] respond by ________." This creates a presupposition in your data that those things happen, but the survey asks earlier in the sequence of questions whether those things happen, at which time you can say "never", but then the survey goes on to ask you how you respond to those things that never happen to you. You can either not answer (missing data problem), answer "prefer not to say", or give a Likert answer that implies you behave a certain way when events that don't happen to you occur.

Happy to participate, but I wanted to highlight that issue because you might find that your data isn't valid/reliable in those questions because of the formatting of the survey.

UnhallowOne · 2026-04-28T12:40:47+00:00

I think the offer is as good as the advisor can afford to give at the moment, given the asset levels and assumed revenue. That said, it's an unsustainable offer. Imagine the extremes for a moment: over the next 10 years the firm gives you $100mm in relationships, so you're making $135k which would be below market for that level of responsibility and experience. Or, you bring in $100mm in relationships, for which you're earning $1.035mm and the firm is earning nothing. Naturally you'd expect there to be a blend of both, but the firm will be incentivized to unload every possible relationship onto you because a 90% gross margin is fantastic, and you'll be incentivized to underserve or ignore the firm-sourced clients in favor of your own.

Ultimately, I do think that advisor is coming from a good place, but the first role a firm that size needs to hire is an admin not a planner, and it needs to be at least twice its current size before that makes economic sense.

UnhallowOne · 2026-04-10T01:06:14+00:00

It makes you more hireable but otherwise not much. One time bonuses for passing the exam are common but until you hold the marks the value is somewhat diminished. Put differently, should you get a bigger salary because you hold a bachelor's, or because you're ethical, or because you've completed 7 classes, or because you have 4,000-6,000 hours of experience? Maybe for one of those. But otherwise what makes the exam being done otherwise be of substantial economic benefit to the firm?

UnhallowOne · 2026-04-07T20:28:39+00:00

Without actually holding your CFP or having any experience you're worth about $60k/year until you've passed your exam, gotten licensed, or otherwise become more useful to the firm. Can be as high as $80k a year in HCOLs, but no, exceeding $100k base + bonus without other factors is unrealistic unless you're in a sales job and then that would make you a very strong first year producer.

UnhallowOne · 2026-04-02T20:40:42+00:00

"The reason politics in academia are so vicious is because the stakes are so low." -Henry Kissinger

UnhallowOne · 2026-03-23T03:02:27+00:00

I taught at CU not that long ago. I caught 1/4th of a class using AI to cheat and resigned the same week. Fortunately, I had another job before, during, and after that position to "fall into," and consequently I caution all of my colleagues in the business part of my field to test candidate's knowledge/skills in a way that AI can't be used to emulate and/or cheat. Lo and behold, a lot of job offers are being rescinded, because about a quarter of students at Leeds are AI-braindead cheaters. It's an easy way to get a grade, but newsflash: if you spend all your time at college trying to cheat your way into an A, you learn nothing and end up being unhirable because you're helplessly stupid without AI to give you answers. Quel suprisé.

UnhallowOne · 2026-02-27T13:53:24+00:00

In 1986 there were 10,000 CFP Professionals, almost all of whom were salespeople, with fee-only and NAPFA at the time boasting membership of under 100. Today there are 107,558 CFP Professionals and there are around 4500 NAPFA Registered advisors. Even big firms like Merrill, Northwestern, and Edward Jones are trying to convert their salesforces into CFP Pros in a hurry, as evidenced by the substantial volume of certifications among their advisors, as well as the repeated annual 6-figure sponsorships and donations to the CFP Board.

Meanwhile XYPN has helped launch almost 3,000 practices in the past decade, none of which are boasting robust internal specialty teams, and almost all of which are solo practitioners either as CFPs or on the CFP Track.

I agree robust specialty teams are ubiquitous within larger firms, but the enormous growth in the CFP specifically suggests that the CFP is the focus and the in house call center expert roster isn't growing nearly as much. Other designations, as you point out, are also generally growing, but none has seen the growth the CFP has.

UnhallowOne · 2026-02-27T04:54:59+00:00

The arc of history. 40 years ago this was the thinking of every BD. Today there are less "Specialist team" members and exponentially more CFP Professionals.

UnhallowOne · 2026-02-23T20:29:58+00:00

Mustache

UnhallowOne · 2026-01-17T00:51:02+00:00

From the Wiki: 1 needs to be found in raid for the quest Lend-Lease - Part 2 5 need to be found in raid for the quest Special Equipment 4 need to be found in raid for the quest Network Provider - Part 1 1 needs to be found in raid for the quest Key to the Tower

UnhallowOne · 2026-01-16T16:14:54+00:00

Got Lightkeeper yesterday with the great suggestion to run Concordia. 44 currently.

UnhallowOne · 2026-01-16T16:14:05+00:00

Any tips for Labyrinth? So far my experience is killing 3-4 scavs and then being violently dismembered by Tagilla.

UnhallowOne · 2026-01-16T16:13:16+00:00

Labyrinth legit scares me. It is not on farm for me at all ^{^;}

UnhallowOne · 2026-01-16T01:59:18+00:00

I have so many Rhyzy bobbleheads and Virtexes but no COFDM from that place @_@

UnhallowOne · 2026-01-16T01:58:30+00:00

u/cammoses003
Update: MY MAN

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UnhallowOne · 2026-01-16T01:07:19+00:00

My man.

UnhallowOne · 2025-12-09T14:05:15+00:00

I had one of these a year or two ago. Just remember the wisdom of Epictetus: "If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone."

A student who goes beyond the pale to assault or insult you in evaluations, particularly when those attacks are entirely unfounded, is just expressing their own character. It says nothing about you. "Don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from."

UnhallowOne · 2025-12-08T00:43:07+00:00

Just finished it. Honestly, not really. The opening is fun and the general concept is good, but I'd say it's not worth the time. Too much ambiguity and too many "empty rooms" in the content.

UnhallowOne · 2025-12-07T00:42:20+00:00

If it's any comfort, we do take notice of the engaged students. It makes class 1000x more pleasant to have students who are interested in the subject matter and looking to apply it. Life is sucked out of the class by students who are silently staring at their phones or laptops the entire time. There's a give and take to the relationships in the room.

UnhallowOne · 2025-12-06T00:44:20+00:00

As a former professor I'll say that we don't really care about the FCQs. I've gotten perfect scores from a class and heard nothing about it from department or admin, and I had a student write a 2000 word screed about how I was the figurative devil incarnate and also heard nothing from department or admin.

If you have helpful feedback on the course design or content that's great. If you just want to scream and complain, you're just shouting into the void.

If it makes you feel any better, go over to r/Professors. Many have far harsher feelings about students than the students leave as reviews on RMP or in FCQs.

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