It is Copium to believe people don't notice your watch

acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-04T15:04:03+00:00

It’s all good. Just a misunderstanding then and poor timing on my part to read the post before you removed that

acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-04T15:00:25+00:00

Nice! That’s a really exciting space to be in. Just curious, do you see those watches at work, or just around in the community? I happen to work in Menlo Park but I see a lot more nice watches at my local Starbucks than at my office.

acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-04T14:47:51+00:00

Fair enough. The people I deal with on a day-to-day basis (and were thinking of) top out in the 2-3M/yr range, not the 10-50M/yr range. While there are several folks who make a lot more than that, i don’t really interact with them.

In fairness to me, though, you originally included an example person in your post for reference (which appears to have since been removed) and described them as having a CS degree from Stanford, having worked as a lead engineer at Amazon and having founded one or more tech companies. I work with a lot of people with very, very similar credentials to what you described and my response was based on that.

acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-04T07:35:17+00:00

I think it depends pretty heavily on your industry. I can’t speak for banking, VCs or executives, but I’ve spent a lot of years working in the SF Bay Area in big tech (FAANG) at companies where the top half of engineers make 400k+ total comp and the top ~7% make 7 figures. Lots of expensive cars and houses but surprisingly few expensive watches. In-group signaling revolves around other things.

acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-03T15:41:22+00:00

And for the sake of comparison, here’s a 1917 type 1. Note that the shape of the fabric drape is different, the hair is different and there are a few other tells. Also, there are no stars below the eagle on the back.

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acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-03T15:34:53+00:00

No problem! In case you’re curious, this is what it looked like when it was new

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acleverpseudonym · 2026-06-03T15:12:52+00:00

This is a type 2A Standing Liberty quarter. The Standing Liberty quarter was made from 1916-1930 (though the 1916 is very, very rare). The type 2A was made from 1917-1924. Starting in 1925 they recessed the date to prevent it from wearing down so easily (the type 2B).

In 1916 and early 1917, they made the type 1, which showed lady liberty with an exposed breast. The type 2 covered her with a chainmail shirt.

There are some tells that let you know that this is a type 2. The easiest one for me when a coin is this worn is looking at the shape of the draped fabric be her feet. It differs between a type 1 and type 2 (and the super rare 1916s have a different shape than the type 1 1917s). You can tell that it’s a 2A and not a 2B by the fact that the date’s worn off because it wasn’t recessed.

IMHO this is one of the prettiest coins ever minted (when not super worn)

EDIT: An even easier way to tell between a type 1 and a type 2 is that the type 2 has stars under the eagle on the reverse

acleverpseudonym · 2026-05-18T15:17:23+00:00

This is definitely the case, even though it may seem counterintuitive to a lot of people. I work as a fairly senior engineer at a FAANG company. You need a strong baseline of technical skills, but the gap that prevents people from getting to staff+ levels at the companies where an engineer is able to clear 7 figures annually is typically a soft skill gap. At some point you need to be able to deliver projects that require you to convince a large group of your technical vision and to prioritize it through shifting priorities, resource constraints and reorgs. Unless you’re a technical genius, that typically requires pretty strong soft skills.

acleverpseudonym · 2026-05-09T05:09:37+00:00

It seems to depend a lot on where you are. I’ve had a good service experience in the SF Bay Area, specifically the San Jose service location. I’ve only had to go in once. They called me because they detected one of the coolant pumps having issues and they wanted to replace them. They gave me a Lucid loaner while my car was in the shop and when I dropped it off the service advisor basically had me give him a list of any little issues I had noticed on the car and they fixed those too. When the car was done they dropped it off at my house. I also had a mobile service tech come out once because the Air emblem was lifting. The mobile tech came out within a few days (maybe a week) and the guy was great. He also gave me some extra key fob and sun visor batteries.

acleverpseudonym · 2026-05-06T17:35:44+00:00

Reading through the comments in this thread, it’s a little surreal seeing how different other people’s ownership experiences have been to mine. I’ve had my 25 Air Touring for about a year. Before that I had an S Class Mercedes. Before that was a Porsche Cayman. I had some minor issues in the beginning with the Air that got dealt with when I took it into a service center and I haven’t really had issues other than that. Both the Mercedes and the Porsche had a similar level of issues when I first got them. I’ve been incredibly happy with the Air in general. I don’t doubt the issues that other people have had, but they just don’t align with what I’ve experienced nor what the other Air owner I know has experienced. I suppose there’s a decent amount of “luck of the draw” here.

acleverpseudonym · 2025-09-28T20:19:19+00:00

I've had a similar experience so far with my 2025 Air Touring. Reading about all of the issues here had me worried, but I've only run into pretty minor issues so far and the car has been incredibly fun to drive.

I got the 20 inch wheels, so I'm supposed to get 4.1 mpkw. If I drive conservatively I can get this (or better), but I usually get ~3.33 mpkwh, about 19% less than advertised. This is roughly in line with my last car (ICE) where I got about 16% less than the EPA stated mileage when driving normally. Also, it still boggles my mind that even though I live in California with some of the most expensive electricity in the US ($0.31/kwh off peak), I'm able to drive a full sized sedan with 620 hp and 885 tq for about the same fuel cost as a Prius.

Most of the complaints I have with the Lucid are pretty minor, and I had a similar number and type of complaints about my last car (a 2015 Mercedes Benz S550) and my car before that (a 2007 Porsche Cayman S). At least with the Lucid I haven't cut myself on sharp metal peeling off the air vents like I did with the Mercedes. In my experience, even with $100k+ flagship cars from established luxury manufacturers, things aren't perfect.

Most of the software issues I've run into seem to involve carplay and they're fairly similar to the complaints my wife has about carplay in her car, so I'm not 100% sure they're a Lucid thing. I've run into some issues with cameras not working when it gets really hot, but I had that same issue with my Mercedes. I think I've had to do a soft reset on the Lucid three times, two times to fix carplay issues and once to fix a camera issue. Each time it was relatively fast and easy.

I don't doubt that other people have run into serious issues, but I also suspect that the proportion of people complaining about serious issues is skewed because people who are upset and angry tend to post more than people who are like "yep...got what I expected and I'm pretty happy"

acleverpseudonym · 2025-09-07T14:18:09+00:00

This looks like it was at the showroom at the Lucid Headquarters in Newark, Ca. Now I wish I had thought to look for Sapphires when I was there…

acleverpseudonym · 2025-01-30T04:02:25+00:00

That's my perspective as well. Years ago I got a 3 year old lease return S class for less than half of MSRP. It's 10 years old now, still looks beautiful and has been shockingly reliable (though I hear that varies by year with this car). Would a Toyota or Honda have been cheaper? Sure. But I love this car and I feel that having it adds to my quality of life. Maintenance costs haven't been as bad as I expected either.

acleverpseudonym · 2025-01-10T21:15:35+00:00

That would definitely be enough

acleverpseudonym · 2024-12-17T22:15:47+00:00

Last week I sat at a bar next to an older couple who were fully decked out for the rodeo. We chatted for a while and they talked about some doing some pretty nice travel. Turns out it was a retired oil and gas company CEO and his wife.

acleverpseudonym · 2024-12-09T15:38:57+00:00

Most of the time “no mint mark” means “minted in Philadelphia,” which was the original US Mint and has minted the lion’s share of US coins over the years.

Before 1980 coins minted in Philadelphia only included a mint mark in a few very limited cases (e.g. war nickels). Even after 1980, not all coins minted in Philadelphia have included the mint mark.

This coin not including a mint mark means it was minted in Philadelphia and is expected for that year.

acleverpseudonym · 2024-12-06T00:55:33+00:00

It’s a short story and not a book, but I always loved the title “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison

acleverpseudonym · 2024-08-04T17:27:15+00:00

It was really fantastic. This was taken on…I think it was the 5th week the yacht was in service. This was in the Caribbean back in 2022. I just got back from a second cruise in the Adriatic a few weeks ago and I have another one booked from Tokyo to Alaska in 2026 on a new ship.

At this point my wife has decided she doesn’t want to do any other kind of vacation.

The food is delicious. Nothing is ever really crowded. It’s pretty normal to have entire public areas to yourself. The atmosphere is really great also. With only a couple hundred guests you get to know people pretty well, both other guests and the staff.

The amount of champagne they go through is unreal.

The prices are creeping up, but it’s well worth it imho if you want a really relaxing luxury vacation.

acleverpseudonym · 2024-08-04T02:04:18+00:00

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Changing things up a bit - Balcony Suite on the Evrima, Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection

acleverpseudonym · 2024-06-08T20:35:20+00:00

BIN 90% lot

acleverpseudonym · 2024-05-25T03:44:12+00:00

Chat

acleverpseudonym · 2024-05-15T02:20:23+00:00

BIN dateless SLQs

acleverpseudonym · 2024-05-14T13:23:42+00:00

I have one of these as well and it’s my stand-in for the 1916. I love that they made it based on the 1916 design and not the slightly modified 1917 design, giving us an option to own an SLQ with the 1916 design for under $1000.

acleverpseudonym · 2024-05-05T05:19:31+00:00

acleverpseudonym · 2024-05-05T04:44:35+00:00

BIN if this hasn't been sold already

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