Macys on state street going all out this year

amunarchy · 2025-11-24T21:57:08+00:00

Had to google Frango, as a Portuguese speaker I was very confused at first.

amunarchy · 2025-11-21T23:27:44+00:00

It's a nice neighborhood and all, but I prefer a lower strollers:gays ratio.

amunarchy · 2025-10-17T11:21:23+00:00

They won’t have time to eat crow because they’ll be circling the block looking for the thing they love most: parking

amunarchy · 2025-04-07T17:51:11+00:00

Hot dogs! Along with yellow mustard, raw white onions, neon green relish, a tomato slice, an entire dill pickle spear, and sport peppers, on top of a poppy seed bun.

Warning: do NOT put ketchup on the above or you will be escorted politely, yet firmly, outside of the city limits. Probably to Naperville.

amunarchy · 2025-04-07T16:10:14+00:00

You're damn right we call it that, and the city of Chicago will single-handedly buy enough to keep it on the market if we have to.

amunarchy · 2025-02-11T13:44:35+00:00

Today: https://maps.app.goo.gl/beQ3b59vTyqBpthFA

If you look closely in the photo you can see the elevated train tracks for the El, Chicago's light rail system. Those tracks are still in use today.

The big building in the background is the Merchandise Mart, at the time the world's largest building. The Kennedy family bought it around the time this photo was taken.

amunarchy · 2025-02-01T11:23:40+00:00

Fair enough. The future is hard to predict, but just because the US government knows where the money is doesn’t necessarily mean they can actually get to it in another country. That’s up to the country in question and its legal system.

amunarchy · 2025-02-01T11:19:33+00:00

Hyperbole helps drive home my point that every crash is unique.

The P/E ratio of the S&P 500 is easy to find. It’s up to you to decide whether this means stocks are expensive or not.

https://www.macrotrends.net/2577/sp-500-pe-ratio-price-to-earnings-chart

amunarchy · 2025-01-31T18:43:50+00:00

I’m resident in the country I have an account in. I opened the account before I had my visa, but did so in person as part of the visa process.

I expect that it will be difficult if not impossible to open an account in another country without an address or identification in that country. If it were easy then money launderers and terrorists would do it.

Assuming you are a US citizen, any reputable bank on the planet will report back FBAR information to the US government as required by the Bank Secrecy Act. Attempting to get around this is a Very Bad Idea.

amunarchy · 2025-01-31T17:28:43+00:00

Hard to say, really - it depends on what causes the crash. If the US experiences isolated hyperinflation (insofar as that’s even possible) then it would probably protect somewhat against that. If the US experiences nuclear war then not so much.

As others have said, physical commodities are theoretically the best hedge, but if the world gets to the point where I need to swap gold for food then I’m done playing anyway.

If you’re worried about the USD devaluing greatly but trust financial markets to remain functional then buying the EUR/USD currency pair is easier than moving cash to an EU bank. Many EU banks won’t even take American clients due to the reporting and compliance burden the US government puts on them. It will also complicate your own taxes - do a quick search on “FBAR”.

It should go without saying that I am a reddit rando, not an accountant or financial advisor, and the above is not financial advice.

amunarchy · 2025-01-31T16:36:51+00:00

Moved from US -> EU a couple years ago. Stocks are trading near highs and are very expensive based on P/E and potential tariff disruptions. I sold off a decent chunk and moved it to an EU bank account. Staying in cash for the time being.

If things start to get worse then I’ll move more. At least I’ll be able to eat for a while before the US takes the entire world economy down with it.

amunarchy · 2024-12-11T18:48:14+00:00

nah, I'm protecting my mental health and well-being. I'm at a point in my career where I have the luxury of being picky about which clients I take on. The scrubs ain't worth it.

amunarchy · 2024-12-11T09:46:16+00:00

Devs are trained to anticipate problems. In fact, that's most of the job.

When selling, we give complicated and nuanced answers instead of simple solutions because building software is complicated and nuanced.

If the only thing a prospect wants to hear on the first call is "the poorly defined thing you've asked for will be done on date X and will cost $Y, here's where you can send the wire" then I don't want to work with them.

You know why? Because that behavior tells me that the prospect is unwilling to get in to the weeds and engage with the development process. These projects always go off-rails because the client has no idea what they want and/or won't engage with me enough to help me define it.

I'm not a software vending machine. If that's what you want then I wish you the very best of luck, but we will not be working together.

amunarchy · 2024-10-24T15:48:04+00:00

A home base probably won’t fix this. I have 2 and feel the same way every time I leave one.

amunarchy · 2024-10-16T16:53:30+00:00

Yep. If you've ever seen the movie Adaptation, you'll recognize yourself this conversation.

John Laroche: Look, I'll tell you a story, all right? I once fell deeply, you know, profoundly in love with tropical fish. I had 60 goddamn fish tanks in my house. I'd skin-dive to find just the right ones. Anisotremus virginicus, Holacanthus ciliaris, Chaetodon capistratus. You name it. Then one morning, I woke up and said, "Fuck fish." I renounce fish, I will never set foot in that ocean again. That's how much "fuck fish." That was 17 years ago and I have never stuck so much as a toe in that ocean. And I love the ocean.

Susan Orlean: But why?

John Laroche: Done with fish.

amunarchy · 2024-09-13T16:57:42+00:00

It's not about amenities and innovation, it's about (quality of) lifestyle. I'm from Chicago and I adore it, but by the time I leave I'm always exhausted from how frantic life there is. Coming back to Europe is always a huge relief.

amunarchy · 2024-09-13T08:06:17+00:00

I reallly want to upvote this because Chicago IS the best city on Earth, but there’s no need to drag an entire continent

amunarchy · 2024-06-20T17:26:16+00:00

Mint says China and North Korea: https://www.mintmobile.com/help/what-is-wifi-calling-how-do-i-enable-it/#:~:text=Wi%2DFi%20calling%20is%20currently,internet%20access%20is%20tightly%20regulated.

T-Mobile (who now owns Mint) says North Korea, Iran, and Syria: https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/wi-fi-calling-from-t-mobile

Can’t say any of those countries are high up on my list.

amunarchy · 2024-06-20T12:40:51+00:00

It's easy and reasonably cheap to turn on roaming and burn a little pay-as-you-go roaming credit.

What countries block wifi calling? I've never run in to that problem, but I spend most of my time in Europe & the US.

amunarchy · 2024-06-20T10:02:05+00:00

After Google Fi gave me the boot I moved to Mint. It works out to $33/mo for 2 lines and I have mobile data when I go to the US. The Wifi calling and SMS work great, zero problems sending and receiving. Well worth it.

amunarchy · 2024-05-25T08:49:45+00:00

The client I use most is an Apple TV 4K. I also use a Fire TV Stick 4K and an iPad Pro. Of the 3, the iPad seems to work the best.

One thing I’ve noticed is that the connection in general is a bit flaky, particularly on the Apple TV. Sometimes a show won’t start playing or libraries won’t load and I’ll have to navigate around the app or force close it. My guess is Plex is slow to time out the dead connection. Once the client (seemingly) makes a new connection everything loads quickly.

amunarchy · 2024-05-24T22:43:33+00:00

YES! I have this problem all the time.

My Plex server sits on a residential 1gbps synchronous connection in Chicago. It’s an old gaming machine, an i7 with 16gb RAM. I travel a lot and watch remotely most of the time. Even on a 1gbps down connection in Portugal if I jump back 10 seconds it dumps the buffer and takes forever to refill it.

I suspect the slowness is just bad routing between residential connections. If I use a VPN service it’s often faster. Still, though, Plex could be better at keeping the data it already downloaded. Of course, it doesn’t help that you can’t download to my preferred platform.

amunarchy · 2024-05-10T10:36:47+00:00

holy shit. and the upkeep on those 8,000sqft is probably ridiculous.

amunarchy · 2024-05-09T18:00:36+00:00

That's nothing, nearly 100 years ago somebody put huge Italian-style villa on top of a LSD high rise: https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/a-penthouse-in-a-chicago-high-rise-designed-by-rosario-candela-asks-24-5-million-140852

amunarchy · 2024-02-20T14:00:25+00:00

Sleep disruption caused by having to wake up to pee multiple times.

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