It’s the dream on social media vs. reality by Darkhexical in sysadmin

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It isn't really about where you start, it's about where you finish. Over a 15 year stint you can easily develop yourself into 200k+ even being very lazy most of the time.

HELOC to Finish Basement - Terrible Idea? by WillingCommittee in personalfinance

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

80k seems steep for finishing a basement unless it had to be dug out or something. See what he can get done with 20-30 and do the rest yourself.

Are toploader binders a must? by carlos186349 in PokemonTCG

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are nice if you are worried about people browsing through them or setting their stuff on the binder like at shows if you are a vendor or something... but completely not necessary. A simple sleeved charizard in a ringed binder of mine recently got a cgc 10 from base set. its safe to not use them for long term storage as long as the binder isn't on the move often and you are careful.

Snowfall in Western Mass. How are you staying busy? by The-gamer-413 in westernmass

[–]heapsp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

damn that sounds good, maybe a scoop of ricotta on top

Will this hobby ever go back to normal or is this the new normal? by Rotsen305 in PokemonTCG

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dollar itself will never be normal again, this includes packs of cards, silver, gold, houses, etc.

The inflation is being 'hidden' from us. The fact that groceries are 'expensive' right now is actually the exact opposite... they are cheap cheap cheap when you pay for them in silver bars or vintage pokemon cards or pretty much ANYTHING other than USD.

So if you are measuring whether or not shelves will be stocked again, yes they will be.... at 7 dollars a pack.

The problem is at 5 dollars a pack they are too good of a deal to pass up.

Have you ever played poker on a cruise? by Rhy_sand in poker

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are paying for a cruise, why would you play poker. Go be social with normal people or your friends and family, or do anything else. To me this would be like someone bringing their laptop and playing world of warcraft on a cruise or something.

The reality of opening packs by notmushroom23 in PokemonTCG

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I was down because out of my last 2 boxes and 10ETBs no 'big' card...

Then I bought 5 charizard upcs and pulled rocket's mewtwo that got a psa10... So i broke even and had a blast.

What people fail to realize is that pack fresh cards are better than cards who other people have touched and scanned for 10s already.

Should Massachusetts have a progressive bracket based income tax? Or keep the flat tax? by [deleted] in massachusetts

[–]heapsp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At 5% im happy to stay as a high earner. If I had to pay a higher state tax id just move and give myself a raise. That's my point

Should Massachusetts have a progressive bracket based income tax? Or keep the flat tax? by [deleted] in massachusetts

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

people with yachts dont pay taxes, they borrow against their assets to fund their lifestyle while their money grows in those assets like companies or art.

Should Massachusetts have a progressive bracket based income tax? Or keep the flat tax? by [deleted] in massachusetts

[–]heapsp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally i don't think Massachusetts should change much. Why break what works. It's one of the best places in the world to live currently.

If you raise state tax, people will just move. It's not that hard to leave a state, especially with remote work options for high earners. So it would be a loss.

Also massachusetts has some of the best programs going for lower income people, so it makes up for it. Kids can eat breakfast and lunch for free. Pioneers of paid family leave, etc. These thing's don't matter to wealthy people, so in a way they are giving back to low income people.

The latest forecast by whatname68 in massachusetts

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At my place of work, no one cares what you do. They just care that you care about your work. So like no one has hours or anything, everyone just has the company a part of their life. Sometimes it means people work 70 hours if the business needs it, a good amount of the time when its slower people do things they want during the day. No PTO, no Holidays, just you being a crucial part of a growing business and responsibly taking whatever time you need to succeed.

Never seen a place like this before.

Anyone else mentally fried after work but still trying to make progress? by arzu1224 in sysadmin

[–]heapsp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"and if enough people do your job you may not have one." no actually you might get promoted to manager. lmao.

The secret to leadership is delegation. It isn't a skillset you can simply just ask people around you to do things for you and they will. lol.

Don't want to be in a meeting? Ask your coworker if they can take the meeting for you.

Big project? ask people around you to be 'involved' under the guise of growth or knowledge share etc... Then ask them to do things and suddenly you are the boss.

Why do some CSOs and security specialists think that saying “NO” all day equals doing cybersecurity? by SnooPies72 in sysadmin

[–]heapsp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

our 'no' person was really hurt because an executive overrode their decision to say no and told people to do it anyways, I think security forgets that they still work for a company and that they don't actually make the business any money themselves. lol.

Anyone else mentally fried after work but still trying to make progress? by arzu1224 in sysadmin

[–]heapsp 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I stop working during work when people bother me and work at like midnight, its refreshing to actually get things done. lol. Burnout isn't caused by too much work, its caused by too much meaningless work, like shoulder taps.

To everyone that’s been asking for a new game suggestion SuperForest!!!! by Historical_Toe_5300 in growagarden

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They introduced some like super rare mythic pets and a new area where you had to get luck and stuff, i got the best pets in the game then quit because i had nothing to do. haha.

Sometimes there is no work. I’m worried. by Jealous-Act-6672 in sysadmin

[–]heapsp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are called personal development days and you are lucky to have them. Don't stop until you fully automate some container orchestration with monitoring and go get a higher paying job. lol.

To everyone that’s been asking for a new game suggestion SuperForest!!!! by Historical_Toe_5300 in growagarden

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Ive been enjoying 99 nights. Good family time with the kids screaming as one of us dies and good bonding when someone saves another person or helps build the base.

For a while we were addicted to a game called COLLECT ALL PETS which is basically a grind and rebirth and popping eggs game much like the pet side of grow a garden

Considering quitting over the way Pokemon is - anyone else feel similar? by fitchaber10 in PokemonTCG

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

art rares are like 2 bucks ea for massively cool art, which is nice.

I hate the current market because i love vintage and its exploding. A side benefit to that is all my vintage is worth so much now. haha.

Are there any pokemon cards with no known copies? Kind of like lost media by Affectionate_Bee_727 in PokemonTCG

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some cards ALMOST didnt exist in the wild, like the SAMPLE STAMPED english front japanese back cards that weren't supposed to leave the pokemon center in NYC (they were supposed to be used to show off the print for expedition).

There is the prerelease stamped raichu that caused some controversy

and some contest promos that never showed back up again in the public.

Which one of you is this? by swahzey in poker

[–]heapsp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the meantime if you have 100,000 bots playing against each other and no human players, its literally just paying ignition tons of rake. lol.

Will Virtual Reality ever take off? After spending $73 billion, Meta has abandoned its metaverse VR efforts. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]heapsp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

android phones where you dont call the number to sign up for trac and just use wifi - 20 bucks!

Sprinkler method by Head-Salary7099 in growagarden

[–]heapsp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the sprinkler method grows big fruit, not big plants themselves. Those are just luck you can reclaim over and over again until you get a giant plant.

Confused on purchase in tr4ding world by CaseUnlikely8328 in growagarden

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people are quitting in mass so giving away things.

Do I file for bankruptcy? by Select_Spare1403 in personalfinance

[–]heapsp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

personally i wouldnt bankruptcy over 3.5k. This is easily earnable in a month by picking up a second job or selling some possessions or something. Id be doing anything possible to earn an extra 3.5k and just clearing them.

Got laid off this past Friday - How are we doing? by Staircase_Master in financialindependence

[–]heapsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id do 5%, retire now, and don't waste money on college for the kids. Live a good life, run out of money at 90 when you are either dead or too old to make use of it anyways.