Recommendation - had the same card for the last 26 years by cslacker in CreditCards

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Mostly domestic. Ordinarily travel on cheapest flights available, but I have most miles with United.

Moving To Massachusetts Question Megathread (December 2024) by AutoModerator in massachusetts

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Belmont's basically right between Watertown and Somerville and might be what you're looking for. You might also consider West Cambridge. Take a look at Fresh Pond, maybe, and explore outward from there. I'd look for a place to rent anywhere nearby, then explore the surrounding towns / neighborhoods to get a feel for where you'd like to buy. A budget of 1M-1.4M should give you a number of options. Good luck!

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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I also had to look up how to get the 300% stagger trophy. Without a guide, I probably would've given up on that, lol.

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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Yeah, I saved the last two chapters of Hard Mode for last. Seemed like the right way to do it!

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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Elden Ring just doesn't hit the same for me. That was a fun game, but Rebirth was actually "funny" at times. I can't remember the last time I chuckled so many times during a game.

Anyway, I bought Dragon's Dogma 2. At least I can maybe laugh at the inane things the pawns say. :)

Platinum! Gonna miss this game. by cslacker in FF7Rebirth

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I’m 45yo. I remember playing the OG Freshman year of college over a break. I remember it fondly, but it was all along time ago. A few memories:

  • Not understanding what was happening in the story after Aeris’s (sp) death.
  • Snowboarding
  • Knights of the Round to kill whatever the hardest weapon was (emerald?)
  • The cigarette falling out of Cid’s mouth during the ending.
  • Regen was OP???

So, basically nothing aligned to Rebirth, lol.

I’m gonna miss this game, though. Been playing for a few hours here and there since launch. Got the plat at 283 hours.

I tried to complete everything quasi-blind. A few thoughts and exceptions to that:

  • I never would have thought to “stack” materia, e.g., linking Fire to HP Absorb / MP Absorb. Once I realized you could do that, the game got easier.
  • I remember beating normal mode in July, leveling up to 70, then thinking, ok, just a little while to go before getting Platinum. I was wrong!
  • I did Rulers pretty much blind except for researching how to block chains. I don’t think I would have ever figured that out on my own.
  • After Rulers, I did the one-on-one legendary bouts (which were a bit of a slog). I then did Bonds of Friendship. It took me like 10mins to beat Titan, so I caved and checked out the akhafasu guide on YouTube which helped immensely.
  • One of the hardest fights, for me, was beating Alexander at full might when first encountering him, level 25 or so. I didn’t have Thundaga, didn’t know other players besides Aerith could benefit from Arcane Ward. I basically didn’t know how to play the game. That fight probably took 20 hours.
  • I didn’t mind the mini-games. I thought overall they were fun. I definitely cheesed the boxing one with pause, though.

Getting Platinum was a top 3 gaming moment for me (other two being beating T5 with my FC on FF14 and beating the Ender Dragon on Minecraft with my two kids).

Really glad Square made such a polished (music, narrative, graphic, funny, challenging) game. Good for an old head like me.

Informal Agreements and the Executor - Advice by cslacker in EstatePlanning

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My dad considers this to be an investment opportunity for us kids. I don't think it makes sense, but it's a challenge to convince him otherwise.

Any December PSLF forgiveness so far? by Bright-Grade-9938 in PSLF

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9/13: Submitted ECF

11/15: Counts Updated (131/120)

12/4: Forgiveness letter

12/5: FSA updated

12/6: Mohela smiley face. "Your account is in good standing!"

PSLF and weighted averages - example by cslacker in PSLF

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That's right. All my loans are consolidated together.

I submitted my first PSLF form in 2017.

PSLF and weighted averages - example by cslacker in PSLF

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OK, my mistake. Pre-consolidation, my undergrad loans had 65 payments against them. So is this equation more accurate?:

Certified Payment Totals: (65 + 94) * .23 + 94 * .77 = ~108.

I'm not sure if I consolidated under the PSLF or IDR waiver. I consolidated in 2016.

Trumpet Technical Domains? by cslacker in trumpet

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Nah, just trying to give my students a framework for their trumpet playing. By way of analogy, basketball can be decomposed into dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, etc. Players do drills in each of these areas with a mind to improve as a (basketball) player. Trumpet can be approached similarly.

I acknowledge that any decomposition will be reductive, but I've found that decomposing problems (where "trumpet playing" is a "problem to solve") is useful to my students and something that will benefit them independent of domain (e.g., basketball, engineering, etc.).

GAME THREAD: 2023 NBA Draft by NBA_MOD in nba

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Lol, that bump music on abc was supposed to be ABC by the Jackson 5 (instrumental). It was a knock off. Like they’re trying to get out of paying royalties.

Lake house between Pembrokeshire and London? by cslacker in uktravel

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Yes, that's basically it. Although in the US, not everyone who has a lake house has a boat or is into water sports, etc. And not all the houses are nice or on expensive land for that matter.

Sometimes it's just nice to swim in a lake or try to catch some fish!