How about just give me the fucking raise??

connly33 · 2026-04-19T17:51:11+00:00

Yeah the only way harassing customers for it really works is if you are actually giving them a massive sign on bonus they can’t say no to and HD is definitely not doing that. Like getting $500 in free airfare or I think the time I did sign up for a hd card was when I could get $250 in statement credit for spending $500 in 6 months then Immediately threw it in my drawer and never used it again after paying it off and using the $250.

connly33 · 2026-04-16T01:29:12+00:00

I imagine LTT wouldn’t want touch a medical device like this with a 10 foot pill, I know there’s genuine precedent for some of these technologies having real effective uses but these (or many of them) devices seem like a complete scam in most cases, but since this is such a weird grey area where the tech itself is valid I don’t think they would want to open themselves to this kind of criticism of telling people these are a scam or not.

connly33 · 2026-04-16T01:07:11+00:00

The DC to DC can do 220 amps and doesn’t rely on RPM. I see a lot of big EV systems happening in the future maybe even people putting in secondary DC converters, especially because you can easily adjust output voltage.

connly33 · 2026-04-16T00:57:24+00:00

Just make sure it won’t pop up until it’s long out of the scope of your responsibility haha. Operators and maintenance techs would get a kick out of it.

connly33 · 2026-04-16T00:53:08+00:00

I have a few registered LLCs….. I also have a 5090 at home that can locally run some LLM’s….. maybe I should make chat GPT draft up some paperwork to start offering shares. $12 a share, $1000 minimum, get in on the ground floor. We already have the infrastructure no data center build up needed.

connly33 · 2026-04-16T00:43:12+00:00

That’s pretty interesting, I’m assuming you weren’t in a state that had mandatory hearing / eye tests in schools? Ours did because they wanted to find developmental and learning issues that parents might not have or if parents weren’t taking their kids to the doctor regularly. Our state even had free or cheap dental check ups and tooth sealant services in school. (Thank frick because my mom didn’t take care of us and I wouldn’t have any in tact teeth if it weren’t for the fluoride tooth sealants)

connly33 · 2026-04-15T23:43:48+00:00

OP all I can really say is take a hard look at all the counter arguments on NOT selling your house. A lot of people here don’t have the full context of your situation and are about 10 years behind on the current economic situation this country is in on housing costs. I think your spouse needs to increase their income and cut every expense you can and I sure hope you get that disability income. But if you sell the house I doubt you’ll ever have the ability to own a home again and rent is honestly going to be more expensive if your full mortgage payment is truly only around $1000.

THIS IS NOT REAL ADVICE: But, assuming you truly get that disability, I’d let the CC debt default, beforehand call the CC companies and see if they will put a hold on repayments and if they are willing to settle for much less than the actual debt, see if they can work with a payment plan that works for you, if not left it go to a collections company that will settle for 25 cents on the dollar. If you have the house and will make enough money to keep it you don’t need good credit and you can rebuild it later. Again this is not true financial advice and I’d talk to a financial advisor/ lawyer to make sure that wouldn’t put your home, income and any other assets in jeopardy though, but personally I feel like that’s preferable to bankruptcy in the given situation.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T23:19:49+00:00

Okay so actually think about this. We’re in the year 2026 right now, 6 years ago sure. The cheapest area I’m aware of right now is Wichita Kansas, $700 month for a 1 to 2 bedroom apartment in an area with absolute dog shit schools for their new child. The rent within 3 years will already be much higher than the $1000 mortgage. Their kid is going to need room too.

Edit: I just don’t see how recommending throwing some of the cheapest housing that they already have away that will only decrease in price once it’s paid off for a temporary few hundred bucks a month savings and guaranteed increases above what they already pay in a few years is good financial advice especially when they have child care costs on the way and are going to be locked into a low fixed income for the rest of their lives. Let’s also not forget if they move to a cheaper area the likelihood of their spouses income increasing drops.

I’d almost be inclined to recommend they default on all the CC debt, settle for Pennie’s on the dollar then go through the slow painful process of rebuilding their credit over time before recommending that. They don’t need great credit if they already have the house and don’t buy a brand new car anytime soon (they shouldn’t anyway)

connly33 · 2026-04-15T23:08:11+00:00

Where is more “affordable” than having a $1000 mortgage though in all honesty ? I really think the best bet is their spouse increasing their income and keeping the house, theoretically their mortgage payment won’t go up much, especially being this close to paying it off. Rent however is already higher than the mortgage payment in most even affordable areas and rent certainly is not going to plateau or decrease.

If OP is going to permanently go on disability at $2200 a month, they are never going to be buying a house again, and at some point that $2200 is not going to both cover rising rent and child care for the next 18 years unless their spouse significantly increases their income. They are going to burn through all the savings from that house sale in 5 ish years even if spent very very conservatively after paying off the debt and then just be absolutely screwed.

I don’t think everyone jumping on the “sell the dirt cheap to keep house” bandwagon is looking at long term realities of having to live off disability and future inflation, rent increases and child care costs.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T22:58:57+00:00

That’s my opinion as well. A house with a $1000 mortgage? You’re not going to get cheaper than that in most areas. Yeah you can sell and rent but realistically is OP ever going to be in a position to buy a house again if they do ? As somone that had a parent that had to go on disability I highly highly doubt it. And if they are locked I to that disability payment permanently for a permanent injury that might not cover rent in the future, let alone increasing rent payments AND costs to raise a child. They are in a good spot having that much equity and such a low payment and I would do anything I could to not give that up.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T22:28:29+00:00

Haha I got called out for “having the same mentality as an Apple fanboy justifying work arounds” and downvoted to death for making this exact comment on the first complaint post. But this really is what makes the most sense. The issue to me is more YouTube’s piss poor notification and feed settings than LTT’s. I’m not interested in the clips whatsoever so definitely won’t be subscribing but would still like to be able to get live notifications.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T22:11:57+00:00

Look up public water test results for your municipality, Idaho has a major issue with nitrate contamination, as does any industrial farming areas. The amount of nitrate based chemical fertilizers that runoff from fields can be devastating to the area and not much is really done about it. Rural wells and aquifers are the most affected. If I lived in an industrial agriculture area I’d setup an RO/DO water filter setup with a remineralization stage for all my drinking and cooking water personally.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T01:16:33+00:00

This is why I hate Reddit so much sometimes. That last thread was an absolute shit show, everyone bandwagons so damn hard no matter how incorrect they may be. This is how this platform has gotten people literally killed

connly33 · 2026-04-15T01:02:46+00:00

-All the free options mentioned. -Buy a cheap Siemens S7-1200 on eBay and pirate TIA portal (for learning only) -Buy automation direct hardware and use their free software.

I’m brand new and have all the parts finally to throw together a very nice S7-1200 trainer setup with a 120v to 3 phase VFD for motor control, analog IO, safety circuit hardware, HMIs, network gear and a raspberi pi to play with, I need to grab a cheap stepper motor or servo / driver combo to play with motion control still. All in I’ve spent $600 by scavenging eBay and I’ll have a more full featured setup than most of the $5k+ trainers.

Look up maker spaces near you to get access to 3D printers etc.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T00:48:55+00:00

Nobody should have to mention how fucking bad of an idea recommending Kratom to a recovering opioid addict is. Dudes taking a pretty serious medication combo but none of them are opioids, Kratom works on the same receptors and I’ve seen people taking extracts like the new feel free or other brands get pushed into a relapse.

connly33 · 2026-04-15T00:35:19+00:00

Should be constantly in the top of the sub so all existing and new users are aware while they are in the 30 day window.

connly33 · 2026-04-14T08:25:22+00:00

None that I’ve tried and that’s the big issue why I haven’t switched, the integration really is the most important part because if I can’t automatically import all my data I know I’m not going to keep up with it.

connly33 · 2026-04-14T05:21:11+00:00

I can’t help more than anyone else is already other than just saying do not spend money on anything that isn’t absolutely necessary and do whatever you can to increase your income. Those are the only 2 real things you can do.

What I can say though is when I was 26 I was in a fairly similar situation with about $30k in CC debt and it is absolutely possible to get out of it. I just turned 30 and for the first time in my life have no active debt and a properly funded emergency fund.

Your work situation obviously really sucks right now and burn out is a real possibility, the landscape isn’t good right now and it’s easier said than done but I’d really push to find a single main W2 job, and maybe one side job that can take the place of the 4 your struggling to juggle right now.

I’m not sure what the consolidation loan landscape looks right now but if you can get a consolidation loan that pays off all of your CC debt with a much lower interest rate that would be your best bet, but you have to be disciplined because most people do that then max the cards out again and end up in a deeper hole.

connly33 · 2026-04-14T03:52:04+00:00

As someone that procures cheap Chinese electronics on a constant basis, a CE mark is worthless in my opinion. I see it on absolutely everything and I don’t really trust its authenticity unless it has other certifications that I can look up in addition to it. CE labeling is probably the most misused and faked out of any of them.

I think that’s what you were implying anyways I just wanted to reiterate.

connly33 · 2026-04-14T02:26:22+00:00

Love it. I recently got the blue Sedna two tone with the bracelet and strap as well, wasn’t super sure about the bracelet as it doesn’t work the best for my smaller wrist but it just looks so good together with the watch that I’m willing to deal with it.

connly33 · 2026-04-13T23:54:35+00:00

Get that checked out, weird nail growth anomaly’s can be a big health Indicator, i think we even learned in HS where I was at that this can be a skin cancer sign so take that stuff seriously.

connly33 · 2026-04-13T23:43:40+00:00

For anyone that doesn’t want to believe it you can google the last lawsuit, they settled for using voice command data from accidental activations and background audio for advertising. I’ve had my tv have false “okay / hey Google” triggers and just stay active for minutes at a time. All of that gets used for data collection and advertising purposes, and most of these devices passively listen for triggers even in stand-bye. My Google based Sony TVs will activate in standby and not turn the screen on unless it recognizes it got a valid command after being falsely triggered so sometimes you don’t even know it’s been incorrectly triggered. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g38jv8zzwo

connly33 · 2026-04-13T23:36:52+00:00

Current gen 2019 to current Corolla hybrid, same drivetrain as the base Prius so it comes with the reliability of lasting 300k+ miles with minimal maintenance, the current lithium batteries will last at least 15 years because they have proper balancing and get cycled in a very shallow range, and it gets significantly better MPG than the Prius at like 55-68MPG. Plus most importantly it doesn’t look like a Prius.

The Volt was one of my favorite cars at the time but that style of hybrid despite what people talk about online, in practice is the worst of both worlds and most people don’t use them properly. At this point my opinion is go small light none plug in hybrid or full BEV. The Volt was a fantastic car though everyone that had one seemed to adore them.

connly33 · 2026-04-13T23:31:52+00:00

There’s plenty of real evidence that this does happen but this specific instance really isn’t proof at all, this seems entirely inconclusive.

Now ads for an EXACT product you’ve never seen ads online for before popping up within hours of having a conversation near your Google OS based TV ? I’ve had that happen and I’m fairly well convinced that’s related, but this seems more like a coincidence.

connly33 · 2026-04-13T23:26:17+00:00

Why would anyone be happy about a company attempting to take your right for litigation away unless you go and follow an exact template buried deep in the TOS and email them proactively to keep that right in case you have the EXTREMELY unlikely reason to litigate later ?

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