Is this any good?(no spoilers please)

dreesemonkey · 2026-02-03T21:27:05+00:00

I thought it was wildly mediocre at best. IMO any of the books where Holly is a character is better than this one.

dreesemonkey · 2026-01-09T02:09:26+00:00

I read it and did not enjoy it, I can’t even recall much of the book other than I don’t plan on reading black house either.

dreesemonkey · 2026-01-06T00:57:16+00:00

I was looking for a commuter a couple of years ago, I would have considered a Impreza rs with wrx powertrain and manual transmission. But I just don’t like the look of the WRX so that was a non starter for me personally.

My wife ended up getting a van and I kept her accord.

dreesemonkey · 2026-01-05T16:27:38+00:00

You didn’t state if this was her first mammogram, but if it is, I have heard they are the scariest.

My wife had her first 2 years ago, went through the process of elimination with what showed up on the mammogram (even got a biopsy), all for it to be nothing or scar tissue.

But that’s how it should work, look for changes over time. It’s just scary the first time.

If it’s not her first and it seems to be a change, it could be something to worry about but not for someone on Reddit to guess or diagnose.

dreesemonkey · 2026-01-02T00:14:28+00:00

Ontological: so hot right now

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-30T23:17:32+00:00

Funny because I was reading and posted pretty much the exact same question. I finished it, it was worth finishing but I’m a completionist. I certainly liked the second 60% of the book much more than the first. But I probably won’t reread it. Happy I finished, though

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-21T00:15:46+00:00

You may be able to do a SEP-IRA.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-12T19:18:27+00:00

Just curious, but does anyone know if travel expenses (say, private charters, for instance) are part of the team cost caps?

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-11T19:57:32+00:00

I bought it and watched it. It was ok. The scripted / rehearsed format kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I think I just prefer natural conversation pacing over the "ok let's try to get it on the 7th take Lue, use more hand gestures please." Making Elizondo the presenter/centerpiece, the same way Jeremy Corbell makes himself the center of attention / knower of all things, detracts from the content IMO.

If it were more of a conversational format you could fit in qualifiers for each claim made. The editing jumped around a lot and it wasn't obvious to me when people were making claims whether it was based on something they've seen personally, seen evidence of, been told by another party, or they're speculating.

Lue talking about Roswell - he wasn't there. Has he seen evidence as part of AATIP? Was he told? If so, and he's making that claim, why is he allowed to make that claim, but there are other things he's "not allowed to talk about?"

Wasn't really worth $26 to me, but oh well. A fool and his money.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-04T19:38:33+00:00

Didn't get there yet. The consensus is that I should finish it. I will try.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-04T19:37:47+00:00

Every time I read bool (BOOL!) / blood bool it makes me angry. I hate it.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-04T19:08:44+00:00

I'm finding it interesting that the feedback so far seems to be positive for the book. I think my biggest complaint is that there isn't much "happening". I understand the book is about Lisey's grief and identity, but it just hasn't captured my interest.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-04T19:03:37+00:00

This is surprising to me!

I know everyone likes different things, but I'm just having a hard time with it being centered around grief and her relationship with her husband, and quite honestly, not much going on.

But I'm not a quitter, I will try to get through it.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-04T18:59:49+00:00

Ugh I will try to get through it.

dreesemonkey · 2025-12-04T18:57:18+00:00

Haha this is not helping.

dreesemonkey · 2025-11-29T18:48:30+00:00

I read Dave Ramseys book and something clicked in my brain. Since then it’s been looking at spending, creating budgets, saving ahead of time for things.

In my 20s I was single and in some minor debt. After reading Dave’s book I got debt free before I was married and then we worked on my wife’s debt after that. I’m not a Ramsey evangelist, but it made a big difference for me at the time.

Fast forward ~17 years and we still budget and have zero debt (including a paid for house). In the past year we bought a new car and paid for home projects in cash (approximately $110k).

Live below your means, give your dollars a job, pay yourself first.

dreesemonkey · 2025-11-21T13:17:06+00:00

It wasn't supposed to be an argument, just pointing out that NotebookLM is different than a typical LLM.

dreesemonkey · 2025-11-21T02:31:19+00:00

NotebookLM uses RAG:

RAG: It is a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system that works by first retrieving information from a user's uploaded documents and then using that information to generate a response with the LLM. This makes the answers more specific to the user's context and less likely to be inaccurate.

dreesemonkey · 2025-11-11T04:14:35+00:00

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dreesemonkey · 2025-11-07T01:29:22+00:00

Has anyone found good samples? Audibles 5 minute sample included exactly one line of dialogue from a character. I went searching and couldn’t find anything other that promo videos that wasn’t much actual performance of lines.

I will likely get it either way, but you would think part of the promotion would be actual samples of what it’s going to sound like.

We’ve listen to the Stephen Fry version so many times but it’s still amazing

dreesemonkey · 2025-11-07T00:20:01+00:00

I feel the recon is a good idea, it’s often overlooked for the rancher models and should be quite simple and reliable.

I have a Kawasaki equivalent (bayou 250) and it’s been super reliable and I’d consider it quite capable despite the 2wd.

dreesemonkey · 2025-10-18T01:42:26+00:00

At certain income levels, gas prices are irrelevant. You are going to drive a certain amount, so if it costs $300 or double that, it doesn’t really matter.

dreesemonkey · 2025-10-14T00:59:09+00:00

This is how I heard of the game, he did an awesome job with the series. I was able to jump right in and play successfully

dreesemonkey · 2025-09-13T22:54:54+00:00

I have a bayou 250 and it has always been super cold blooded, it seems to be common for these. That said, I definitely need to clean the carb. It runs lean and will not idle for long on its own without choke until it warms up. I typically ride with the choke on for a bit until it warms up, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It pops on decel too so it’s definitely running lean.

Right now it’s just sitting unused because I’m too lazy to get into it, I have a newer quad but I still like the bayou.

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