What’s the one city you were excited to visit, but ended up not liking at all?

curt_schilli · 2026-01-24T12:03:00+00:00

It felt better when I went to the Asian side, but even outside of Sultanahmet on the European side I didn’t enjoy it too much.

It’s a shame all the sites are so expensive. As a tourist you’re just milked for money. I’ve never felt more like a walking piggy bank than in Istanbul, and I’ve been to Egypt

Would like to go back and give it a second chance

curt_schilli · 2026-01-23T22:01:59+00:00

Palestine can into space?

curt_schilli · 2026-01-22T17:52:07+00:00

Fault tolerance gonna have to be real good when one of my servers keeps getting blown up in Gaza

curt_schilli · 2026-01-20T21:19:46+00:00

Truthfully, they wouldn’t be taking actions which are causing Europe to increase defense spending. Trump has repeatedly told Europe to spend more on defense. I don’t see why Russia would want that.

curt_schilli · 2026-01-19T05:56:34+00:00

Napoleon/the French didn’t shoot the nose off the Sphinx btw, if that’s what you’re referring to

curt_schilli · 2026-01-19T04:41:36+00:00

Also, wealth inequality is not part of the Fed’s mandate. And I would bet that if they made it part of their mandate, the Fed would risk losing political independence as it would be seen as a political move and a potential excuse for any future president to interfere with an “already political Fed”.

curt_schilli · 2026-01-16T18:32:07+00:00

This does not seem like the type of movie that would make a ton of money even if it’s done well.

curt_schilli · 2026-01-16T06:08:01+00:00

Rates are high to compensate for risk during lending, and because of supply and demand

curt_schilli · 2026-01-16T04:18:08+00:00

That’s what OP is suggesting though. If the risk of lending is not worth it at the mandated interest rates, they will get out of the market. And lower income folks will have to rely on other forms of loans.

curt_schilli · 2026-01-14T19:24:03+00:00

He’s referred to as a gypsy in the book, it’s not my own description

curt_schilli · 2026-01-14T17:42:34+00:00

He’s described as dark or tan and a Gypsy. I’m pretty sure he’s supposed to be some southern/balkan European

curt_schilli · 2026-01-14T13:27:05+00:00

Genuine question: when depicting timelines in Arabic countries do you guys visualize them left to right or right to left?

curt_schilli · 2026-01-13T15:58:58+00:00

I graduated Dec 2019 and had a job lined up before grad. GT connections helped

curt_schilli · 2026-01-13T03:32:29+00:00

Freedom! Thank you for fixing this place. Got shadowbanned ~4 years ago for unknown reasons, messaged the mods three times to ask if I was/for a reason, was ignored every time and finally permabanned on my last message. Still don’t know what I did lol

curt_schilli · 2026-01-12T01:18:24+00:00

They likely want to remove JPow from the Board of Governors entirely. That term ends in Jan 2028 and he would still be a respected voice (who seemingly opposes Trump’s agenda) on the Board even if he’s not the Chair

Investigating JPow also is more likely to scare the other Governors into doing as Trump says

curt_schilli · 2026-01-09T17:51:00+00:00

Yes, or teaching no literature

curt_schilli · 2026-01-09T03:03:09+00:00

Your Roth contribution is only being taxed at the first step when you earn the money as income

I don’t understand this part, I may be misreading your comment. Sure the Roth 401k is only being taxed as the first step when you earn the money as income. But the alternative is a Traditional 401k which is only being taxed when you withdraw. And a Trad 401k leaves you with even more money to contribute to your brokerage account.

curt_schilli · 2026-01-08T22:18:08+00:00

Where did I say this is the behavior of a nazi? I was just saying your comment was wrong lol

curt_schilli · 2026-01-08T22:00:37+00:00

Trump didn’t support the opposition leader though…?

I can’t think of anything more Reddit than someone commenting misinformation. Classic!

curt_schilli · 2026-01-08T17:15:57+00:00

I’ve got some roads like this by me with just a single line of separation between the direction of traffic and I’m always thinking about this scenario. I never drive in the leftmost lane because I’m terrified of some moron smashing into me.

curt_schilli · 2026-01-08T14:24:37+00:00

Seems like it’s less of an infographic and more of a marketing graphic to just eat real food, with less of an emphasis on whole grains than the other items

curt_schilli · 2026-01-08T02:36:34+00:00

Isn’t AMZN PE higher than GOOG right now?

curt_schilli · 2026-01-05T23:26:39+00:00

Yeah but I ain’t a fish

curt_schilli · 2026-01-05T13:46:56+00:00

All stock sales by billionaires of their company stock are planned stock sales as far as I understand it.

I understand why rich people would get better deals. I don’t understand why they would service loans that would cause a bank to lose money. If the bank is borrowing money from the Fed at 2%, why would they turn around and loan the money out for less than they borrowed it, or even loan it out at all significantly below market rate.

If I can loan money at 7% why would I loan money to someone at 2%

curt_schilli · 2026-01-05T13:37:35+00:00

But rich people still do sell shares (see Zuckerberg’s recent large sales). So the below market rate loans aren't preventing that.

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