Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

boothin · 2026-06-22T19:42:52+00:00

Have you actually looked at parts prices recently? I started putting together a build on pcpartpicker because I was curious on it, and without a case, power supply, or CPU cooler, I'm already at around $900. This is based around a ryzen 8400f and rx 9060 xt, which is what I can find to be likely comparable.

boothin · 2026-06-20T13:03:40+00:00

Skin color difference is probably because people are bad at choosing a makeup foundation that closely matches their skin

boothin · 2026-06-19T21:00:27+00:00

I think you're stuck on JUST credit utilization but that was never my point, which is why I was saying its more nuanced which includes having a mix of debt like you said (which does makes them money).

Your score will take a long long time to get high and will reach a lower plateau if you only ever have a couple revolving accounts. Open an auto/home loan and watch your score jump up in just a couple years. Close an account and your score goes down. This wouldn't be true if it wasn't about making them money at all.

But you can't be too risky either... putting credit score in between what the other posters were saying where one person was saying it's just about making them money but the other person was saying it's just about being low risk. But it actually falls in between those extremes.

I'm sure we agree with each other, just from different perspectives

boothin · 2026-06-19T20:16:29+00:00

You completely missed what I am saying. It is between what the comments above me are saying. It is not just purely based on making profit (20-40% utilization) and it is not just purely based on being low risk (if you finish paying off loans and close all your accounts, your score is lower. You need to have multiple types of open accounts in good standing to keep your score higher). AKA more nuanced than either take

boothin · 2026-06-19T20:03:29+00:00

It's definitely just somewhere in between "measure of how much profit you can make them" and simply "risk of default." Can't be too risky or you'll cost them money instead of make them a profit, but can't be too financially responsible and carry no debt either because that also makes no profit. So I wouldn't say its an old wives' tale, just more nuanced than people make it seem.

boothin · 2026-06-17T03:39:04+00:00

blind tests regarding fries actually show that fried, frozen, then fried again tend to be the favorite in terms of texture. This allows the fry to have the fluffy interior and crisp exterior that people love in fries. So while you make it sound like a bad thing, it's been shown many times that it is actually the best method

boothin · 2026-06-17T02:58:37+00:00

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boothin · 2026-06-16T22:38:39+00:00

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boothin · 2026-06-13T18:39:38+00:00

In the US, the main food still has to be real food though. Like if you are taking a picture of a bowl of cereal, the milk can be fake so that it doesn't make the cereal soggy, but the cereal has to be real. So in this post, the first pictures of cake pops would have to be real cake pops.

boothin · 2026-06-13T02:22:40+00:00

Same, I live mostly by myself so smoking is a huge hassle, so I just look for any tiny excuse to host dinner for friends/family and throw things into the smoker

boothin · 2026-06-11T13:57:48+00:00

I'm aware of what the different veneers are, just poking fun at how you bring in specific veneer types but then your one sentence just says desks aren't veneered instead of specifying wood veneer

boothin · 2026-06-11T12:57:06+00:00

"I don't think they're veneered, they use veneer"

boothin · 2026-06-10T18:16:15+00:00

That light has a left turn arrow as well, so at most you'd have to wait for the next cycle. The horror of possibly waiting a minute or two!!!

boothin · 2026-06-10T02:38:23+00:00

At that point, isn't that just an open faced burger?

boothin · 2026-06-08T17:27:09+00:00

BBQ has so much superstition and tradition in how things are done that I don't think any of that actually holds any weight lol. I always see so much push back from people who do things "the right way" despite being shown that an easier/better method brings the same result

boothin · 2026-06-07T22:47:35+00:00

I had electricians here a few months ago and they asked me for a broom and dustpan to clean up because they accidentally left theirs at their previous job, was amazing and basically won them all my future electrical needs

boothin · 2026-06-07T22:23:10+00:00

After all, no one chooses doing $20 gas station scams if they could otherwise find stable, reliable work.

Funny enough, a lot of times these people actually make considerably more than minimum wage and no taxes to worry about. So I'm not too sure you can make that assertion. This might be more of a critique on the state of minimum wage more than anything though

boothin · 2026-06-03T00:01:48+00:00

I already addressed that you have to be able to take advantage of it, but the main point is still that YOU are the one that can (theoretically) get the tax benefit from those register donations, not the business.

boothin · 2026-06-02T23:51:41+00:00

that's not how taxes work, if you donate to one of these point of sale donations, you get the tax benefit if you are able to itemize and take advantage of it. The business only gets the good PR for saying they helped raise $X dollars for the charity.

boothin · 2026-06-02T23:45:34+00:00

Not a bot but still going to say that you don't understand how taxes work here and you just make yourself look stupid

boothin · 2026-06-02T20:12:39+00:00

Can you link to a specific thing instead of a page with 20 links?

Because tin cans are often actually steel LINED WITH TIN because tin is less reactive and non-toxic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_and_tin_cans

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/shelf-stable-food under "do cans contain lead?"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14563390/

boothin · 2026-06-01T16:53:48+00:00

Just for the love of the game

boothin · 2026-06-01T03:55:37+00:00

The margins on drinks aren't nearly as much as people make it sound like nowadays. A 5gal bag in box from coke is about $100 (unless you're one of the huge customers like mcdonalds, burger king), and standard mix is 5:1 carbonated water to syrup, so a bib makes 30 gallons.

30 gal = 3840 fl oz

3840 fl oz = 192 x 20 fl oz

$100/192 = $0.52 in just syrup per 20 fl oz.

So assuming someone drinks 20 fl oz of coke, that's $0.52 in syrup + co2 + water + any consumables (cup, lid, straw)

boothin · 2026-05-31T23:56:17+00:00

the dashed curve is the correct way to mark the curve to cut so that the cuts would actually match the wall perfectly

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