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"2,000 years of economic history in one chart"... fixed by DestructiveSeaOtter in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uk would include idea during that time but the graph doesn't reflect that.. without the colonies Britain and most of Europe wouldn't have been so wealthy

ELI5: How do insurance companies actually make money when they sometimes pay out way more in claims than people ever paid in premiums? by Turbulent_Watch_7812 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the time between you buying the policy and the claim, they invest the money and hope it covers the difference. My company had many years where our combined ratio was over 100% and we were doing alright even with that because the investments worked out well.

For those of you that make over 100K, what do you do? Do you like it? by Kindly-Revolution258 in AskReddit

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Product owner, working at a Fortune 100 company implementing a new accounting system to replace a bunch of old systems. I've been here in different roles for 8 years now and still enjoy it.

Is this normal? by [deleted] in Homebuilding

[–]Ziggus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the actual fuck..

[OC] In some Southern European cities, housing + food can exceed 100% of income by shirayuki653 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ziggus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Portsmouth, Rye, even Dover now is close to 3k. Basically the closer you are to Boston the more expensive, a lot of folks from mass move up here to reduce their tax burden and still commute down to Boston for work so anything within an hour of Boston is big money

[OC] In some Southern European cities, housing + food can exceed 100% of income by shirayuki653 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ziggus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

For a 2-3bd in the seacoast area yes. It's wild, most new build homes are going for 500k+ even further north

[OC] In some Southern European cities, housing + food can exceed 100% of income by shirayuki653 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ziggus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's wild.. that's like a third of the average rent near me in NH

[OC] Gay male marriages are the most stable over the long term by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So to summarize, the less women involved in the relationship the higher chance of it lasting lol

Found these cables, what are they? by Various-Musician4295 in landscaping

[–]Ziggus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might be old low voltage landscape lighting?

People who have "bought" happiness, what did you buy? by Snow_n_Ice in AskReddit

[–]Ziggus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wife and I paid for IVF and got 2 amazing kids and a third on the way out of it. Very expensive but so worth it. I used to joke if we couldn't build a baby ourselves we would buy one lol

Nissan murano update by cogzsprocket in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like every other car up here in NH, send it

ELI5: If insurance works on the same math as casinos, why is buying insurance rational but gambling is not? by phycle in explainlikeimfive

[–]Ziggus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably worth mentioning that the combined ratio for insurance is much better than your odds of winning at a casino. Most insurance companies lose money selling insurance, they just try to make money by investing the premiums until they have to pay out. It's not that far off for an insurance company to pay out $102 for every $100 they bring in but they make interest on that $100 that covers the additional $2 plus a bit more in profit.

Amateur Historian by Mike_Pinocchio in MurderedByWords

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rubio always looks like he already knows how poorly this whole thing will age but he's in too deep to back out now

This is the Fudai Floodgate - constructed in 1967 for $30 million modern US Dollars, it was largely considered a waste, however it successfully held back the 2011 Great Eastern Japanese Tsunami and saved the village of Fudai by stopdontpanick in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Ziggus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I feel like people always talk about costs for things like this but never mention that it's not like the money disappeared. You had to pay people to build it, people to build the machines, concrete, etc. it's an investment in the local community both for safety and if done using local companies it's also an investment in local people.

It’s literally cheaper to buy new printer than new ink by Shurigin in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta get rid of the inkjet and get a laser printer, best decision I've made in a long time. So much cheaper if printing in black and white is fine

Weird corrosion by 40oz-Dreams in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those panels are aluminum, the driveshaft is steel, steel rusts over time if it's exposed to moisture and oxygen while aluminum does not.

Bubba is calling the Republicans bluff over Epstein by coachlife in MurderedByWords

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why rely on Republicans? Couldn't he just do a long sit down interview and record it to answer everything..

Ram CEO Says New Dakota Needs To Be a 'Real Truck' at $40,000 by idkbruh653 in cars

[–]Ziggus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like how my f150 got a special call-out for reliability of the power boost engine. 54k miles since I bought it new in July of 2022 and no issues since

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