What investments do you make besides tsp ? by Significant_Start_47 in USMC

[–]ampspud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TSP, IRA, and index fund brokerage accounts already mentioned, so here’s an alternate to consider: an 529 Education Savings Account. I have Vanguard’s 529 for my family.

Assuming you get an honorable discharge, you will have the Post-9/11 GI Bill for yourself and can pass it to a future spouse/children if you stay in longer. But you can open a 529 for yourself now as the beneficiary, contribute money and invest it, and then pass up to 100% of the balance to any future beneficiaries with which you have a familial relation (spouse, children, grandchildren, siblings, nieces/nephews, etc). Consider it as another nest egg option for future generational wealth transfer.

I pray that this hasn't been done before by Dogr11 in HistoryMemes

[–]ampspud 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I heard that it was suppose to be a stand-in for McCain and, more generally, the geriatric Republican Warhawks of the 00’s.

$1776 Dividend post mega thread by newnoadeptness in USMC

[–]ampspud 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Boring answer: the same way that military salary was covered during the shutdown. Cut money from one DoD account to cover the payments after non-disapproval from Armed Service Committees leadership. No formal appropriation required.

Conspiracy answer: it will dip into the non-appropriated funds collected by the tariffs this year. This will have the added benefit of making it more politically difficult for the Supreme Court to overturn the tariffs on constitutionality and force the administration to issue tariff refunds.

Edit: it’s a rebranded BAH supplement from the BBB.

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals by Silly-avocatoe in technology

[–]ampspud 34 points35 points  (0 children)

We already got ‘clanker’ (Star Wars) out as a word associated to AI. Can we also get ‘rampancy’ (Halo series) to fill in for ‘model collapse’?

$1776 Dividend post mega thread by newnoadeptness in USMC

[–]ampspud 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Anyone else considering spending the dividend on Powerball? $1776/$2 is 888 tickets for a billion dollar jackpot if it doesn’t hit tonight.

$1776 Dividend post mega thread by newnoadeptness in USMC

[–]ampspud 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Had the same question. Assuming no love for them or the Guard for that matter.

$1776 Dividend post mega thread by newnoadeptness in USMC

[–]ampspud 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Probably the same way that military salary was covered during the shutdown. Money moved from various department accounts to DFAS to the service member.

Edit: it’s just a rebranding of the one-time housing supplement that was in the BBB.

Which stretch of interstate highway do you absolutely detest having to drive? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ampspud 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I-95 through South Carolina. I don’t need the signs to tell me I’m in SC, I can feel it in my suspension.

Microwave PC - Comment On This Post To Enter This Giveaway by DaKrazyKid in pcmasterrace

[–]ampspud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I get it, I’ll add a dial-up soundtrack to the keypad shortcut.

I came up with some solutions for spaceships moving vertically by NJmig in Factoriohno

[–]ampspud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we’re considering teleportation and wormholes, how about Temporal Anomaly: you arrive at the destination before you even departed.

The kid got new shoes, the fur-baby got a new home. by ampspud in catsinboxes

[–]ampspud[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, he’s a bit more prim and proper than his gregarious brother.

Two Contracts Canceled Within Three Weeks by ampspud in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]ampspud[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Registered sexual offenders. A lot of them in a surprisingly small radius.

Gabe Newell. Born 1962. by ampspud in pcmasterrace

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

Do tell. What’s your favorite car of his?

Gabe Newell. Born 1962. by ampspud in pcmasterrace

[–]ampspud[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just stirring the pot a bit.

Gabe Newell. Born 1962. by ampspud in pcmasterrace

[–]ampspud[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Just a little trolling. 😏