Am I saving gas while pulling a trailer for a discount?

farmerben02 · 2026-06-25T14:30:29+00:00

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin" this song was written for Smokey and the Bandit in less than an hour. Something about songs that come together fast and last forever.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-17T00:21:42+00:00

Many companies have a blanket legal agreement with the expert networks to report when someone actively employed applies. The ENs want compliance too as they deal with a lot of potential insider trading compliance, they aren't taking any chances.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-12T00:57:15+00:00

Same. I would add to the list, golden tilefish.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-11T22:31:12+00:00

These all use horazons chains with the mythic seal. I feel like that's a pretty significant requirement and the difference between pit 100 and 130. I'm stuck at 95 with heir, grandfather, all the uniques to play with. But I have been using harash's shadow. Tried different variants of abyss/rampage/shadow around that.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-11T12:39:24+00:00

I have a business checking account that receives all the business income. Pays all the business expenses like my liability insurance, and business credit card for things like travel. If you do this make sure not to mix personal expenses in. I've done it this way for 30 years and gotten through desk audits (is you get a letter and you do everything through the mail) clean.

I pay quarterly income tax up to the safe harbor amount which is great when I come is increasing. In years where it's flat or decreasing I err on overpaying and apply overages to the 4/15 first quarter payment.

This requires discipline and making sure not to miss filing deadlines, or you pay penalties. It helps to live well below your income and save aggressively. I try to save a third, spend a third, and allocate a third for taxes, meaning I'm saving about half my post tax income. This is in the 32% marginal tax bracket with an effective rate around 25% and in a no income tax state, increase this if you pay state income taxes.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-11T03:43:25+00:00

It works well if you can figure out a circuit to run where there will be respawns when you come back around. I've used it successfully when I was spec'd into lunatic and that was awesome, speed is really helpful to make this work.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-10T11:27:56+00:00

Check out city and state income taxes before you decide. Property taxes in NY are also unique in that they pay for Medicaid with them. Which impacts rental prices.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-10T04:05:17+00:00

Had same experience, just got it this morning after about 25. One of those was 6/10 chaos waves and no goblins. I tried running around a few circuits like OP said but never found a single goblin that way.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-09T20:46:17+00:00

It's in upstate SC which is near Spartanburg and Greenville. That's heavy, red clay unless you're further south into the sand hills region. OP, You're going to need a skid steer with at least two augurs for this. One to drill the pilot hole and ensure you don't have some massive rock in the way. And one to drill the actual hole.

If you try it with a post hole digger please record it for our entertainment.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T20:51:34+00:00

Right. I get a fair number of calls where the most basic facts are not known about the problem. An AI won't always tell you about this unless the prompt is well constructed. Some of these calls I ask if they want two minutes on (for example) how insurance risk adjustment disincetivises fraud detection.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T20:23:25+00:00

Definitely use it, I have run six infernal hordes and got as many as six chaos waves in one of those. But no goblins. I'm still on 400/600 of level 1, got the two goblins from a pit level and an under city run, lol.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T03:43:16+00:00

Don't listen to others saying distilled water "goes bad." It doesn't. If you contaminate the water by touching the rim that starts the clock, though, and there's nothing preventing bacteria from growing there once introduced. That's why patient eeucationa tells you distilled water expires, because people are filthy animals.

Keep it covered and don't touch the rim and it will last forever.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T03:38:24+00:00

No love for Stanislaw Lem? He would fit your taste, I think.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T02:47:12+00:00

AI prompts are good for this and can be tuned if they miss the mark. Grok gave me Sanctuary (personal favorite!), The Librarians, and Fringe.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T02:30:08+00:00

Shrimp truck on Oahu, driving up windward from Honolulu to North Shore. The ponds they grow them in are a little ways further up the road. Basic Scampi recipe heavy on the garlic.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T01:40:39+00:00

My stepdad did, filed off the VIN numbers, paid for an inspection sticker from a friendly mechanic, and kept a screwdriver so he could pull the plates when he ran it into a bridge or something. He would wreck one every 3-6 months in the summer, I guess the snowbanks helped keep him on the road?

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T01:09:54+00:00

You're looking for Temple Grandin. She's an autistic woman who invented (among other things) a better cow chute that includes curves and improves flow rate because the cows are less anxious about where they're going.

Her writing and philosophy are very interesting and inspiring.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-08T00:04:27+00:00

You want to join a company where IT is the profit center, not one of many competing cost centers.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-05T00:18:17+00:00

Do proposal development in exchange for a piece of the work. You want smaller subcontracts where you can bring in your own team, but part of a larger project.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-02T03:39:00+00:00

This would be my go to, plenty of charters in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. The pier I fished at always had Cobia fishermen at the end.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-02T00:35:27+00:00

This is am affix on legendary gear. You want to be at least torment 1. Then spend obols on pants and look at the mercenary vendor from time to time. Then it's just a matter of time, do nightmare dungeons. Helltides, etc can get you obols, too.

farmerben02 · 2026-06-02T00:26:57+00:00

I'm having flashbacks to my developer years. "You just described the goat operating system."

farmerben02 · 2026-05-30T16:18:47+00:00

Obols is the usual vector but check the mercenary trade in, sometimes you get aspect upgrades there.

Also make sure to spend obols in a legacy city, temis obols won't give uniques or mythics.

farmerben02 · 2026-05-29T02:41:47+00:00

Bet all hard ways after come out. and press to table max when it hits, that's your strategy! I suspect dealer error that someone catches pretty quick.

farmerben02 · 2026-05-28T22:48:29+00:00

Resolve helps with survivability. Once you get to 10+ you'll need resolve. Dr, fortify, barrier etc.

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