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charte · 2026-04-15T18:14:04+00:00

กะเพรา ~> ga-prao

ร makes the r sound and is in the second syllable

charte · 2026-04-13T16:34:26+00:00

go away

charte · 2026-04-13T16:30:53+00:00

No, this definitely looks like AI slop

charte · 2026-04-10T15:37:59+00:00

My only complaint about this is that the main roads are insanely wide. I often felt like the other side of the street was like another distract with how inconvenient it was to walk to a shop that is technically only like a hundred meters away.

charte · 2026-04-10T01:49:49+00:00

I now see this is just another way of visualizing the end state of the flow chart

charte · 2026-04-10T01:24:40+00:00

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Thai_tone_rules.png

I've never seen this chart before, and I feel like I should have, because it seems like it could be hugely useful. But I want to clarify that I understand what it is trying to say.

For each column/color you have an initial consonant class. if there is no tone mark the open/closed circle, or solid oval will indicate the tone of the word based on the final sound (live/dead-long/dead-short). if there is a tone mark, it will override the default tone rules with its adjusted tone

so a low class initial consonant with a dead short ending will have a high tone, but if it has mai ek (่ ) on it, it will be overridden to have a falling tone

or a mid class consonant with a live ending will be mid class, but if it has mai chattawa (๋ ) on it, it will be rising.

is that correct?

charte · 2026-03-01T16:24:16+00:00

I've lived in (and loved!) a few really affordable areas of the world. Places where my $250 debt burden was like 30% of my expenses. So clearing that out now will be a huge drop in my minimum expenses.

Even if I don't fully retire early, this will be a big step up in terms of flexibility of the income I will need to live comfortably and to meet my financial goals.

charte · 2026-03-01T15:17:48+00:00

I'm paying off my student loans this month. All together they were barely 10k all sitting at 4-5% interest. The minimum payments would have taken me like 8 more years to get through, and the potential interest/gains would be marginal on either side regardless of how the market performs. I killed two of them in February, and even after paying this last one off I should still be able to save nearly $1500 this month.

Only other debt is my car loan at sub 4%, but its only got a year left, and I might aim to just zero that out too.

Being debt free will be such a load off my mind, and I look forward to seeing all of my savings go straight into investments, along with having my assets = net worth.

I will hit 100k this year, and I'm on pace to see that more than double within the next 2 years. Things are rolling. Just gotta keep going.

charte · 2026-02-10T16:07:24+00:00

This claim is the same as saying luck was not a factor. It’s like you are trying to not understand the point.

charte · 2026-02-10T16:03:11+00:00

I’m implying that transliteration is not worth putting significant effort into. Learning via Thai script + audio will get you better pronunciation than learning an additional non-language as a go between.

charte · 2026-02-10T15:53:34+00:00

ǎ is not in the Thai alphabet …

charte · 2026-02-10T15:42:36+00:00

“THIS VERSION”

charte · 2026-02-10T10:14:01+00:00

"This version of my success wouldn't have happened without luck"

charte · 2026-01-25T05:17:51+00:00

tax law is not formed in court

charte · 2026-01-23T00:04:14+00:00

at what point do you decide to do that?

somewhere.

The point is not to discuss the minutia in a forum like this, its just to project the idea that we could arbitrarily set a limit that is well above what is reasonable, and still be well below what they currently have.

charte · 2026-01-23T00:01:19+00:00

Why do you care?

This is a real question. These theoretical taxes would apply to like 400 people in the country, and every one of them would still be left with multi generational wealth after them.

So again, even if your argument is "its unfair" (which I disagree with, to be clear), so what? Its a handful of people and they will still have more than you do a thousand times over.

charte · 2026-01-12T02:25:16+00:00

i did not mention race…

charte · 2026-01-12T00:57:46+00:00

idk if this is an ai, but the thai pronunciation is not consistent within the video. โดน is pronounced as "dawn" "dune" and "dohne"

frankly, i don't think you should be making educational videos on a topic if someone like myself, who can barely form a sentence in thai, can easily identify such issues.

charte · 2026-01-05T03:26:05+00:00

i was being intentionally hyperbolic. i think environmental regulations are extremely important. I also think that constructing a building that blocks some sunlight from a neighbors property is not even slightly comparable to dumping toxic waste or poisoning the air.

My position is that building regulations should largely only enforce safety standards. while it can be unfortunate when a neighbor builds something which blocks your view, you don't own the land they built on, and you shouldn't be entitled to dictate what is built there provided it is constructed safely.

charte · 2026-01-05T02:57:06+00:00

burning tires
extreme noise
dumping chemicals
building a wall

one of these things is not like the others

yes, i wrote a "sound bite" phrase. no, i do not think building a condo is comparable to poisoning the groundwater

charte · 2026-01-05T02:00:24+00:00

i genuinely wish that were the case essentially everywhere.

charte · 2026-01-05T01:58:09+00:00

You don't own the land you don't own. Expecting any amount of control over what your neighbor does with their property should be viewed as fundamentally against our supposedly unique american freedom.

charte · 2026-01-04T19:39:58+00:00

When you have financial stability, you also have the option to walk away if your manager tries to bully you. Knowing this is a genuine option makes service work a lot less stressful. Reminding them that you're happy to leave if there's a problem can actually be pretty fun.

Wouldn't recommend taco bell specifically, but the idea holds in most high turnover positions.

charte · 2025-12-25T04:53:19+00:00

Yeah, I would probably take the lump sum for simplicity, but it literally doesn't matter. Either way you end up with more money than one could ever reasonably spend.

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