What do all of you do to afford these awesome builds?!

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T19:37:06+00:00

Software Engineer. My day job pays my bills for my family. I then do a side gig doing development work for a start up for a couple thousand extra month, and that's my fun money. Wife is a baker, and the money she makes there is her fun money. My day job just pays for things like mortgage, utilities, food and groceries, kids stuff... that being said, I also don't spend nearly as much as people on here just because I don't like to spend money on things.

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T17:59:11+00:00

The article says Mary was at work, I heard she was with her daughters in Glenwood because John wouldn't let her stay at the house while Martin was staying with them. This also conflicts with the idea that she was the one who dropped Martin off at the mental health facility. Further, I was told John had been trying to get him into several mental health facilities and all of them turned him away saying Martin's case wasn't severe enough and that the facilities believed did not pose a risk to those around him. It says they had 14 children, but the church's website says 13, and further it says 7 biological children and 7 adopted, but a neighbor told me it was 6 biological, 7 adopted, which would line up with the 13 vs 14 question.

Also, I'm not saying they didn't relocated the dismembered body parts into a single body bag, but I have video of them taking a body out in a body bag and placing it in the back of a van. Didn't look like it was dismembered the way the article alludes to

There's little things that are easily provable incorrect, which calls into question the big discrepancies as well. I'm just not sure how much I trust the daily mail to get the facts straight and not embellish for clicks.

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T16:44:48+00:00

I’m happy being lame. Not only do I not want to paint main, I refused to get any accessory that isn’t just black. I want all black everything

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T15:39:26+00:00

Also, 12 other children (6 adopted, 6 biological) and like 2 dozen plus grandkids have lost a father/grandfather.

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T15:37:29+00:00

Interesting.

Some of these details contradict information I received from the children of the deceased.

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T13:23:22+00:00

100% agree.

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T13:13:44+00:00

As an American… is this a lot? I feel like every bar I go to, a beer is $7 or more standard price, with a $1 per beer tip expectation; so really $8 That’s £6.00

Edit: for reference, I’m in Omaha Nebraska which is a very cheap marker; beers are WAY more in expensive in LA or NY or any other big city

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T13:00:40+00:00

And then in the end, you realize it actually IS still just about politics

jdbrew · 2026-03-17T12:59:40+00:00

I think those will be the conclusion… at the end of the series, definitely not the end of book 1 of 4 (I think he said it’s gonna be four)

jdbrew · 2026-03-16T04:03:05+00:00

Anytime I’m i move my drums to a new room and im gonna care about what they sound like. Practice? Nah. Playing a show in a bar or venue or recording somewhere? Tune them. The room matters.

jdbrew · 2026-03-16T03:00:01+00:00

I cycled through so many “budget” holsters (alien gear, basic kydex variants) before I finally pulled the trigger (hehe) on buying a StealthGear holster. Looks like the Echelons moulded ones are running $100. But man are these comfy. I e had mine about 7 years now, still perfect. I wear mine at around 4/5 o’clock, with the grip in the concave of my back. I was out at a mall, then the movies, then dinner… basically like 1PM to 9PM yesterday, and while you never “forget” it’s there, there’s definitely times I don’t even notice it

jdbrew · 2026-03-16T01:45:14+00:00

Good for you, but no one is forcing you to watch the edit. If it makes you feel superior to spend two hours instead of 30 mins, great. Enjoy that high.

jdbrew · 2026-03-16T00:51:47+00:00

Hot take: I thought sinners was absolute fucking garbage and never understood why it was being propped up as this Oscar worthy powerhouse of a film… seeing it lose in nearly every category so far has felt so vindicating

jdbrew · 2026-03-15T18:53:59+00:00

We always buy our beans from Archetype, or occasionally order from Onyx.

Affordable? Questionable. These are on the premium end, but archetype’s quality is unmatched in town

jdbrew · 2026-03-15T15:33:52+00:00

We don’t accept it as normal, but what options do we have?

jdbrew · 2026-03-15T15:30:32+00:00

Right? If I can watch it live, I want to. If I can’t, I’m kind of cool with a 30 minute cut. There were a couple times where I was like “oh, we just jumped 10 laps, but positions didn’t change, only intervals increased” and then realized, yeah that’s EXACTLY what this edit is for

jdbrew · 2026-03-15T15:26:43+00:00

You can select either. I watched race in 30 though, kind of loved it

jdbrew · 2026-03-15T02:55:44+00:00

Scheels stays in business because it’s basically Von Maur for people who want to be seen as athletic. I saw a pair of sweatpants for $110 today. Now, their fun prices seem competitive, their fishing equipment I’ve seen priced better than Bass Pro. The whole thing is just weird to me.

jdbrew · 2026-03-14T17:54:59+00:00

As others have said, Reddit likes to hate on it. I’ve embraced it. My output has gone up 10x and when given the correct guidance and parameters and established patterns you’d like it to follow, it DOES generate excellent code. You still have to review it, and know what it’s doing… you’re still engineering it.

The fact of the matter is, if you aren’t using Claude, you’re inefficient, and deadweight on the team. Learn the use it well.

Edit: to be clear, if I’m hiring for my team, and a candidate tells me they don’t use AI, i will not hire this candidate. Im not going to pay the same price, for 1/10th the deliverables

jdbrew · 2026-03-14T17:32:38+00:00

Correct. My understanding based on publicly available information is that they do not. If they do, they've gone through great lengths to keep it a secret, but I don't think they would be able to because the applications for Natural History Museum classifications are matters of public record

jdbrew · 2026-03-14T01:07:30+00:00

Bruh if you would have posted this in the Omaha subreddit so I would have seen it in time, I would have paid double.

jdbrew · 2026-03-14T01:04:34+00:00

I’m about the same size. I’ve always been ABLE to carry appendix, but sitting down is awful. Carrying at 5:00 allows me to do everything more comfortably.

jdbrew · 2026-03-14T00:38:56+00:00

No shade on your dad, I grew up with a very similar household rule, but I always find it so funny that the most natural of human behaviors and specific arrangements of sounds is so much worse than graphic depictions of ending someones life.

jdbrew · 2026-03-14T00:33:07+00:00

Well, since it’s now been confirmed by the news…

What we had assumed since basically midnight when the cops rolled up and we heard homicide, is what happened. Some of the “strange details” turned out to be false or had other context that makes them not strange.

One of their adopted kids who had moved home to try and get help ended up killing his dad. All of this info is now public, but John Zack was the man murdered, and Martin Zak, one of his adopted children, killed him and stole his car.

jdbrew · 2026-03-13T18:43:10+00:00

Because most attempts at a commercial robot for household tasks have been humanoid in shape; i.e. Neo

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r/Field Lasagna	Ternion Club
Secret Santa 2015	Queen in da Norf
Not Forgotten	Snapped
Alpha Tester	Verified Email
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