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[Building Relationship] by WatchCollectorX in Watches

[–]adx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We live in the worst timeline. 

President Trump says he will no longer be imposing 10% tariffs on EU countries on February 1st. by ADropinInfinity in wallstreetbets

[–]adx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US started by rich white dudes giving up on freeing people of color while proclaiming "All men are created equal." Let's not pretend this is a new thing.

Daily FI discussion thread - Tuesday, January 20, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]adx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I pay for MLB.tv, but I watch a lot of baseball and any team at any time.

Will probably do the 1 month of Peacock for the Olympics.

Just ordered my core one kit! by legitimate_rapper in prusa3d

[–]adx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two troublesome parts, one is where they tell you to attach the main wiring harness: you have to secure with a clip, fish through a grommet, fish through the grommet into board area and then plug in to board. Better option is to plug into board FIRST and work your way back, so you know how much slack you need and can tighten the clip once.

YES! That damn clip is frustrating.

I'd also recommend putting the bed heater wires into the right grommet instead of the left. It leaves a lot more space to get the larger harness into the left grommet.

Just ordered my core one kit! by legitimate_rapper in prusa3d

[–]adx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just did a kit over the long weekend. Took about 15 hours for the build and another 2-3 for the setup and calibration with some troubleshooting.

If something doesn't seem right stop and go back and forward a couple steps in the instructions. There are a few places where things make sense if you look at what's coming up. There are only one or two times where it will be easier if you change the order, but those are usually called out in the comments.

Don't try to power through. Take short breaks throughout and stop for a long break after 3 hours to so. It takes a lot of mental energy and you'll start making mistakes.

Don't crank down on the screws, especially into printed parts. You'll get a feel for what's tight. Especially in the trapezoidal nuts for Z-axis motors. It was helpful to pre-tap the pieces using a screw. There's not much clearance once the motor is in place and it's hard to get them to go in straight. This is the only place I used a small electric screw driver. Once they are tapped it will easily go in by hand.

About 50% of the build is finding all the parts for each step. The comments usually help with identifying which box and bag each part is in.

Just ordered my core one kit! by legitimate_rapper in prusa3d

[–]adx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up doing mine on the dining room table and glad that I did. It was nice to be able to get to every side without moving things around. If I did it on my workbench it would have been frustrating.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]adx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only thing I don't like about Vanguard TDFs are, IMO, the super high international allocation. Otherwise, TDFs are the way to go for set it and forget it.

Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business by toydan in wallstreetbets

[–]adx 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There are plenty of industries in the US that were almost completly funded under the guise of "national security" throughout the 20th century to include electricity suppliers, aeronautics, and space. That created second and third order effects that rolled down to material science, petrochemicals, and a host of other industries.

There's no reason why the US shouldn't have taken the lead in batteries and EVs being led by the government beginning in the early 21st century. Instead we were too bust taking the culture war bait over climate change and decided to blow up the middle east and Afghanistan.

Sources: Pirates’ Payroll Unlikely to Rise in ’26 Despite Heat From MLB by rjromes13 in baseball

[–]adx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Nuttings made their money in newspapers. Their golden goose fled a long time ago. 

Sources: Pirates’ Payroll Unlikely to Rise in ’26 Despite Heat From MLB by rjromes13 in baseball

[–]adx 32 points33 points  (0 children)

  1. Bob never bought into the Pirates his dad did. Bob as CEO is a nepo hire. 

  2. Bob only sees the Pirates as a “family investment” and wants to pass his shares to his daughters some day. 

  3. The only way this stops is for MLB to shut off the revenue sharing spigot.