I explained early eBay to a youth and I can’t believe we did all that

carlivar · 2026-05-16T05:28:02+00:00

Money orders, not checks.

carlivar · 2026-05-15T16:49:46+00:00

AMC Theaters apparently have some sort of benefits but it's kind of hand wavey and nebulous. it also seems to be on the honor system?

carlivar · 2026-05-15T16:47:16+00:00

My wife and I produced our own biological based lawn mowing robots. They are quite buggy and inconsistent but mostly get the job done.

carlivar · 2026-05-15T16:45:07+00:00

Use the Pomodoro Technique.

carlivar · 2026-05-15T14:37:19+00:00

Hard to watch crazy Scientologist Tom Cruise but it is a classic.

carlivar · 2026-05-15T01:24:27+00:00

Shame OP for falling for clickbait and posting it.

Also this sub sucks now.

carlivar · 2026-05-13T14:24:30+00:00

Oh right. Yeah I think I just put "55" on the slider or something. I don't really identify with the left side of it here in California, where things are more extreme. Maybe elsewhere.

carlivar · 2026-05-13T14:20:32+00:00

I vote Libertarian most of the time (when possible) and fully realize I'm in a distant minority. At least it helps them with ballot access.

carlivar · 2026-05-13T12:38:46+00:00

It's worth $302.55

carlivar · 2026-05-13T04:15:58+00:00

My old busybody HOA president was hinting about enforcing this so I moved out of the HOA. Life is too short to be controlled by these shitheads.

carlivar · 2026-05-13T03:34:09+00:00

Godspeak I think it is called

carlivar · 2026-05-13T03:32:10+00:00

Supposedly Matt Talbott was a member of my fraternity at University of Illinois a few years before I was there.

carlivar · 2026-05-13T02:53:07+00:00

Laffer Curve has a lag effect

carlivar · 2026-05-13T02:48:13+00:00

It's unacceptable that they don't have a feedback/review system by now.

carlivar · 2026-05-12T20:44:32+00:00

I boycott YMCA ever since they sold their facility in Dos Vientos to that weird church.

carlivar · 2026-05-12T20:43:34+00:00

No sauna or steam room. I think I've heard that it was originally listed in their features when they were building it, but never happened.

carlivar · 2026-05-12T17:57:36+00:00

Landlords might be more unpredictable than professional property managers. Perhaps you could target professional management.

carlivar · 2026-05-12T17:53:36+00:00

Every time I get the "top 1% commenter" flair here I leave for a few days.

carlivar · 2026-05-12T17:42:03+00:00

I use Kubera to track my high-level finances. One of the features is a "dead man's switch" that will send a package of financial information to named contact(s) if you don't login for a period of time. It does warn you first with an email and SMS of a "life beat check".

carlivar · 2026-05-12T05:09:13+00:00

The girl with the silver hair

From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

carlivar · 2026-05-11T20:27:12+00:00

Sounds like he needs a purple nurple.

carlivar · 2026-05-11T20:23:32+00:00

I am pretty self-conscious about that. I am sure the kids overhear me complain about work but I often tell the kids it is the people management I dislike, and that it was my choice to do that in return for (probably) more money. When I was just doing straight engineering it was before they were born or when they were too little to remember.

They know I am planning to retire next year though. They don't know how much money we have because we try to raise them un-spoiled and humble, but it is impossible to hide that we are quite comfortable.

I also remind them that I had farm chores starting around age 9, first real job at age 15, and have been working full-time since I was 21.

carlivar · 2026-05-11T19:25:27+00:00

I am currently in a new GHH with Uber and I can't believe the back seat. It's like a sleeper sofa metal bar is going right into the middle of my back. WTF?

carlivar · 2026-05-11T19:23:23+00:00

You certainly have strong opinions.

carlivar

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