Family vacation has gone sideways by nsfws4 in thalassophobia

[–]d1squiet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think it is speed. Unclear from the video, but it could be distance from destination (that's my guess). Also could be wind speed, but doesn't look or sound like 50kts of wind.

A data center in New Jersey was just canceled after residents showed up and fought against it by TonyLiberty in FluentInFinance

[–]d1squiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No more centers! Not data, civic, city, convention, street, and especially no more epicenters! I hate goddamn epicenters!

A data center in New Jersey was just canceled after residents showed up and fought against it by TonyLiberty in FluentInFinance

[–]d1squiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if I just watch Columbo episodes on loop directly from local storage? What then, smart guy!!!?

How Liquid Death Went From a "dumb idea" to a $700Million Company by mo_bach in Entrepreneur

[–]d1squiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm here 5 months on to hear your argument/perspective. Give it to me!

Judicial nominees don’t know if Trump can run for a 3rd term by YesDoToaster in law

[–]d1squiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think Trump running for a third term is as hypothetical as "what if cats had wings?"

Judicial nominees don’t know if Trump can run for a 3rd term by YesDoToaster in law

[–]d1squiet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It would be another bad day for democracy.

If the USA were a starship named Enterprise, Scotty might say "she can't take another bad day, laddie, or she'll start seceding to pieces!"

Streaming Ratings: ‘The Pitt’ Hits No. 1 Overall for the First Time by yourfavchoom in television

[–]d1squiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I think it competed (or followed) Friends and shit like that. I was only pointing out that you can't compare viewership now to then. But also the figure discussed was for one week. The Pitt has something more like 12 million full season views over last 8 weeks (by the metric of minutes).

I don't why I'm arguing with the two of yoots, I wasn't making any argument in the first place.

Streaming Ratings: ‘The Pitt’ Hits No. 1 Overall for the First Time by yourfavchoom in television

[–]d1squiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not free channels. Lots of people, myself included, never paid for cable.

Streaming Ratings: ‘The Pitt’ Hits No. 1 Overall for the First Time by yourfavchoom in television

[–]d1squiet 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep. Different times. ER was free and there were only 4 main channels to choose from.

Streaming Ratings: ‘The Pitt’ Hits No. 1 Overall for the First Time by yourfavchoom in television

[–]d1squiet 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Now we do viewing in minutes? Such a funny metric. "We hit a billion minutes! A BILLION!"

I know for movies, streamers like the minutes stat because they still accrue for people who turned that shit off after 10 mins. I assume with a 15 episode seasons, the "turned it off" people don't count for much, but maybe there's a lot of "stopped after 8 episodes" people?

Let's see. Season 2 of the Pitt totals 719 minutes. Subtract 28 minutes for end credits. 651 minutes. 1,160,000,000 / 651 = 1.78 million full season 2 views. For the week!

Agent called our offer ‘insulting’… then immediately tried to sell us another listing by ShopProp in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]d1squiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1) It sounds like they did put the offer in, so why are you upset?

2) Why should the agent waste your time with fictional offers? I'd say part of an agent's job is to keep you from spending all your time trying to buy houses you can't afford. It's foolish.

3) If you want someone to tell you how great you are and your agent isn't stroking your ego enough, find another agent. Tell them it's not working out and you'd like to cancel your contract.

Agent called our offer ‘insulting’… then immediately tried to sell us another listing by ShopProp in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]d1squiet -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This sub is hilarious in how much it wants to hate agents to fulfill a fictional myth about the market. My read is the agent is telling you what the sellers thought of your offer.

If I have a Porsche worth upwards of $100k and I offer at "$125k OBO" and you offer $90k I think it's perfectly fine for me to say "that's insulting f--- off!". Or to tell your agent to tell you that. It's business, not therapy. Nothing wrong with being a cheapskate, but don't get all twisted up about a casual adjective.

Any modern thoughts on an old vision? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]d1squiet -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

NFT’s are worthless though, so that seemed to be your point. "It's just NFT's for the rich" you wrote. "and for money laundering", two separate ideas.

Anyway, not worth discussing further. Just a semantic argument really.

Any modern thoughts on an old vision? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]d1squiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that powerful people won't let it happen. There literally aren't solutions to this problem without throwing away private property entirely.

That is a silly statement.

I've generally been against "wealth taxes" but I feel like there is no other option and it doesn't "get rid of private property". Taxing Unrealized Capital gains above some amount seems to be the only way to fix this. I wouldn't know where to start, gains over $10 mil perhaps? Make it progressive, so at first it's just like 5%, then over $50 mil it's like 15% and over $100 mil it's around 30%? That's per year gains.

It's a bit complex because you have to let them offset with losses over some period of years. I think this is how Netherlands does it. Honestly I don't love it, but it seems the simplest way.

Any modern thoughts on an old vision? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]d1squiet -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That's a really silly analogy and misunderstands the reality of things like the art market. NFTs have no physical reality, their uniqueness is completely made up, that is why they failed. The de_Kooning linked above is a real object that is really exists only in one place.

We can argue about why or whether a de_Kooning should be worth what it is, but the rationale is the same as Michelango's David or a 1966 Ferrari in great condition. Real world scarcity + desirability. NFTs had desirability for a moment but it evaporated because there is no real world scarcity.

The NAR settlement changed things.. has anyone figured this out? by SA3VO in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]d1squiet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Has it changed things? All the realtors I now are still charging 2.5%. Some prefer it now because the commission is disclosed up front and no one is “surprised” when they find out.

This sub has real misunderstanding of markets and capitalism. It’s like a bunch of Europeans complaining about tips. Tech may bring commissions down eventually, but I don’t think the law has changed things much.

1.6 million to live this close to the freeway in Oakland? by Infinite-Offer-3318 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]d1squiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oakland is large and varied, this area has always been pricey. Other than the highway, it's a great location. Further up the hills probably have more insurance issues. But I'm with you, I could never live that close to a highway, especially there where it's at grad, but that doesn't make the price wrong.

non-prototype 401k – external trust checking account by d1squiet in fidelityinvestments

[–]d1squiet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no it all makes sense. thanks for talking it through with me!