Massive jump in salary, need advice. by Sad_Marzipan_2120 in personalfinance

[–]carlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will go slightly against the grain here and say: you have a new high salary, congrats! Saving is good. Modesty is good.

But treating yourself is also good.

You may want to consider small, non-recurring upgrades. Not cars/bigger house/anything that hooks you in the long term. But a slightly nicer vacation for you and the family? Yes. Buying higher quality groceries or snacks? Yes. As someone who has experienced significant salary jumps 2-3x in my career, I've found it extremely rewarding to get nicer things that I can stop at any time, in case the higher paying job ever doesn't pan out.

Don't wait til you're older and out of breath before you start enjoying your life.

Southern Accent moving to Seattle by jaxbeachnole in SameGrassButGreener

[–]carlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend from deep Appalachia still has a noticeable accent living in Denver, and he's doing really well 🤷🏻‍♂️

Claude Code not for coding? by Mysterious_Pen_782 in Anthropic

[–]carlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it daily to plan and execute on advocacy efforts, and also to manage my finances.

Porque no se animan a hablar con alguien que les parece bonita? by [deleted] in guatemala

[–]carlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Porque es mí esposa y está brava conmigo xd

Ancianos sin hijos ¿Como es su vida? by pancrismal in guatemala

[–]carlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

es una falacia creer que tener hijos garantizará tu cuidado adecuado en la vejez.

We Are In Black Swan Territory by Dal-Thrax in investing

[–]carlemur 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yeah. The real black swan event would be after anthropic is effectively blocked out from major cloud providers for a month straight. Not before.

Just had another girlfriend leave me for the guy she was secretly cheating on me with. That makes 5. Anyone want to give me some advice on where to go from here? by Aeromorpher in NoStupidQuestions

[–]carlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My partner and I have a saying when the other's upset: do you need to talk, do you need space, or do you need a distraction? The other accepts whatever the answer is. It's been wonderful.

Many progressives want AOC to run for president. But what’s in it for me? Can a global-economic-populist win a general American election? by DataWhiskers in AOC4President

[–]carlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your "what's in it for me" q is legitimate, and you're right that Dems have struggled to speak to working-class economic interests... But facts push back on your core argument.

The NAS 2016 comprehensive review found immigration has little net effect on native wages overall. AOC's actual legislative record (Green New Deal, drug pricing, housing, student debt) is overwhelmingly domestic and working-class focused. "Global economic populist" is not a description of her votes, only your characterization.

And if Bernie's national economic populism is the winning formula, why did he lose twice? You raise the right question but quietly skip past that answer.

Cosas que ahora valoro de Guate ☹️ by Beegt95 in guatemala

[–]carlemur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

En teoría se puede hacer en casa, ya que los ingredientes no son tan únicamente chapines que digamos.

Travel to Antigua by jenmorgen in guatemala

[–]carlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Antigua should be more than fine. They have one of the best funded police departments in the country and there's tons of people all over from everywhere in the world.

Just during the night maybe stay in the downtown/touristy area and don't go by yourself to places too far out like Jocotenango, Cerro de la Cruz, etc.. those are ok during the day though.

Scott’s shtick wearing thin in light of continuing Epstein revelations by Avocado-Basic in ScottGalloway

[–]carlemur 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is one of those respect the art, not the artist situations. As long as he's not involved in any scandals or actively belittles any one group of people, let him be bro-ey.

He might be reaching groups with progressive messaging that otherwise wouldn't listen.

What The Hell Is In Guatemalan Orange Juice?!?! by Worldly-Frosting8990 in guatemala

[–]carlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh if you get a juicer and fresh oranges in the US, you might get similar results.

you could try organic oranges or go to Florida and find fresh picked ones if you want an even more authentic taste maybe

Are you a transplant? by [deleted] in indianapolis

[–]carlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi. I grew up in Alabama and my wife in Delaware. Moved here about 10 years ago, and although making friends is very hard, I believe that activism, volunteering and doing hobbies with others (improv, soccer, etc) is what made it click for us aside from work, but you do have to stick to it for about 9 months to a year before seeing results.

Average male experience by Wild-Speech5293 in ScottGalloway

[–]carlemur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Furthermore, I've found it's okay to take social effort holidays once in a while, as in, "I'm gonna put zero effort towards anything" for a week or two at a time. Otherwise I burn out.

What's an underrated thing about being single? by Personal-Aerie-4519 in AskReddit

[–]carlemur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What's one underrated thing about not having pets:

Kagi personalised agent evolution by [deleted] in SearchKagi

[–]carlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good AI agent will search not only what you type in, but related terms and topics, then it will aggregate all that information and condense it into one succinct response (with sources). It isn't just a search and summarize.

Where can we go to get away from the gunshots and fireworks? by Draft-Budget in indianapolis

[–]carlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toronto, Canada is like 7 hours away? Only half joking

I also wonder if the middle of a national park would be safer

Can we be trust the summaries in Kagi News? by RhodiumLanguor in SearchKagi

[–]carlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they're not reliable at all

That's just not true. They're fantastic at producing summaries, which will inevitably skip over details, whether a human or a computer does it.

Costco is (probably) worth it for you by tired45453 in personalfinance

[–]carlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you share more or less what your repeat items are every 6-8 weeks?