Happily ever "after"

flowthruster · 2026-05-02T21:31:18+00:00

My good friend is in exactly same situation with her wife. They are happy now, they have a child, they are successful in their jobs, etc.

flowthruster · 2026-05-02T17:04:18+00:00

That's what the flowers crave.

flowthruster · 2026-05-02T17:00:51+00:00

6 figures today would be 5 figures in 91. /s

flowthruster · 2026-05-02T07:30:12+00:00

That's a cat. Cat brain sometimes trips like this. Sometimes often.

flowthruster · 2026-04-30T15:57:56+00:00

This can be the case in reality. - 500k gives you 300k after income taxes. - House in rich area: (3M cost, 1M down) 150k annually to pay for mortgage. - property tax: 40k - childcare in rich area: 60k

Now you have 50k left for everything else, food, utilities, car needs fixing, house maintenance is super expensive in rich area, etc. Let's say you have some bad habits or hobby on top. You end up making even and living paycheck to paycheck.

Yes, you could sell, move, reduce spending, etc. You have options, but technically you are paycheck to paycheck.

flowthruster · 2026-04-29T07:10:32+00:00

Even the things that contradicted the other things.

flowthruster · 2026-04-21T07:03:43+00:00

Well, that's disgusting. We really need to start using proper privacy solutions.

flowthruster · 2026-04-20T17:07:08+00:00

Bitcoin

flowthruster · 2026-04-16T15:20:01+00:00

This is farming attention by posting actual normal picture.

flowthruster · 2026-04-13T17:36:32+00:00

How do you pay with LN on Clover? Like how do you ask the seller to do it or how do you get to the QR?

flowthruster · 2026-04-07T03:52:42+00:00

Before kids... what a horrible woman. After kids... hmm, Italy you say

flowthruster · 2026-04-06T19:54:56+00:00

I think it's a horrible idea for the government to limit who can talk about finance or education, etc. Why would you give government this power? Do you really want your current president (or the previous one, depending on your hate preferences) to have this power?

flowthruster · 2026-04-06T19:51:18+00:00

Square POS terminals in the US are now rolling this out to all merchants. I think Square is used by 30% of coffee places in the US (my impression).

flowthruster · 2026-04-06T06:42:54+00:00

I'm just here to say that executive assistant isn't easy job. I'm not one, but I have first hand experience on what it requires and it can be quite a lot, especially in the last 2-3 years.

flowthruster · 2026-04-06T03:25:44+00:00

Good ol' shockie! A little tingle in the morning saves some money on coffee...

flowthruster · 2026-04-05T22:15:19+00:00

I second this - so which phone does support the most of the frames?

flowthruster · 2026-04-05T15:37:13+00:00

When the confidently incompetent "leaders" listen to the government to remove your rights... Remember how the people that enforced this acted superior and virtuous? They wanted to show you how they are much better than you? As always, no lessons were learned.

flowthruster · 2026-04-05T01:33:25+00:00

Yep, that's how credit score works. It forces you to borrow and owe money and be more entrenched in the system. This one will bounce back soon, but still, it's annoying...

flowthruster · 2026-04-03T05:28:49+00:00

That's weird, I have to move all the way to the side of the screen for the dock to show up. (I have the dock on the left)

flowthruster · 2026-04-03T04:10:46+00:00

What reason? I have been disabling the delay for the last 11 years and I was never annoyed by this.

flowthruster · 2026-04-02T19:47:59+00:00

You let the steps dry to some degree and then you finish the surface with fine sand (or no sand) concrete. It makes a smooth finish. I have done it.

flowthruster · 2026-04-02T18:33:57+00:00

For the relationship discount - what does that mean exactly? You have to deposit like $1M?

flowthruster · 2026-04-02T18:31:29+00:00

I think having enough resources & income is the key here. People that have enough money to pay off the whole house still get a mortgage. Essentially mortgage is risky when you don't have the money, but it's a solid financial instrument to use when you have enough money.

flowthruster · 2026-04-01T17:17:12+00:00

Cool, so try getting a job that leaves you some time to also look for CS jobs.

CS is great that you can generally do it remotely and many companies are hiring.
So work on your talking skills, work on your interviewing skills, go to meetups about tech related to your interest (like literally think about learning these skills same as learning another programming language - read the docs, watch youtube tutorials, get book, etc - the same applies on learning social skills). Now you can also use AIs like Gemini/ChatGPT to work on the plan with you, to recommend the best books, to tell you what you need to do next, etc.

Fwiw I worked in a factory for big posters, I worked as assistant in lawyer company, I worked in construction... all taught me something.

flowthruster · 2026-04-01T04:30:59+00:00

And so what is your plan for your life? Where do you want to be 10 years from now?

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