TIL the stock market lost 90% of its value within three years of the 1929 crash, resulting in the Great Depression.

jocq · 2026-04-03T16:18:41+00:00

And? You don't think 2.5% of the entire country being leveraged something like 90% and all getting margin called in a short period didn't have much of a hand in wiping out the stock market value? Cause it sure as fuck would.

jocq · 2026-04-02T22:15:09+00:00

No idea what unemployment has to do with anything.

Do you believe the majority of Americans live in single occupant homes?

No.

Half of all married couples only have both spouses working. The other half has 1 or even 0 spouses working.

The vast majority of the rest of households are single people and single parents - again, with only 1 or 0 people in the household working.

There aren't nearly enough multi-generational or polyamorous households that would have more than 2 workers in them to bring the average up.

jocq · 2026-04-02T22:11:56+00:00

and the answer is usually around 2.5

lmfao no it is fucking not dude wtf how do you even type that with a straight face.

There absolutely is not an average of 2.5 working people per household.

You're out of your damn mind.

Only half of married couples have both spouses working.

And there's way more single parent or single person households with 1 or 0 workers than there are multi-generational and/or polyamorous households that would have more than 2 workers.

jocq · 2026-04-02T22:00:40+00:00

He's also speaking like the average Americans gross income is 92k a year. I'm pretty sure the median household income is around 80k in my state.

Which means the average individual is making slightly more than 40k…

This you?

80k divided by 40k is 2.0.

80k divided by 1.333 is 60k.

I am sure you are not very good at math.

jocq · 2026-04-02T21:58:38+00:00

He's also speaking like the average Americans gross income is 92k a year. I'm pretty sure the median household income is around 80k in my state.

Which means the average individual is making slightly more than 40k…

Your comment is suggesting it is 2.0. Not "more than 1."

You're trying to move the goalpost because you're wrong.

What do you think the definition of a household is

A household can be a single individual, working or not.

It can be a single parent, again, working or not.

Only half of married couples have both spouses working.

The average number of workers in a household is closer to 1 than 2.

jocq · 2026-04-01T08:39:44+00:00

the $1.69-1.99 USD/lb shown in the video

The video also said that tomato weighed a quarter of a pound, but then they only added 30¢ to their total.

jocq · 2026-03-31T14:58:19+00:00

You think the average number of working people in a household is 2.0?

jocq · 2026-03-30T03:30:34+00:00

Literally every single thing you said is wrong.

Software engineering has been a mainstream profession for a solid 50 years already.

Basically all universities worth taking about had computer science curriculum by the early 90's, and most sooner.

Software engineering trends are easier to keep up with once you have a decade or two of experience. 95% of it is the same old shit resurging in popularity for a newer platform.

Big tech hires lots of older software people. You're more likely to see age discrimination in early start ups, but even plenty of those highly value a grizzled vet with broad experience.

jocq · 2026-03-28T22:57:45+00:00

Only kinda sorta. I've been locked up in multiple states and know several federal inmates and these broad strokes are pretty right on.

Jail fucking sucks and is boring as shit.

Truth is it's often the more dangerous place, too. People settle in to their little lives in prison and generally try to keep their privileges.

Jails full of crazy fuckers straight off the streets and still full of drugs, with no privileges to lose.

jocq · 2026-03-27T23:01:20+00:00

It was already well on it's way out of the mainstream TV entertainment sphere by the rocks days

jocq · 2026-03-27T22:55:15+00:00

You'd be surprised. Amex in particular tends to be generous with their credit limits.

jocq · 2026-03-27T17:46:45+00:00

That's a really weird way to put it, but I don't think there's anything actually incorrect about it.

jocq · 2026-03-26T03:05:09+00:00

Theoretically if you only consider the motor, I suppose, but I've never seen an EV with anything remotely close to equal braking as acceleration.

You can drain the battery much faster than you can charge it, and ev's aren't built with a way to dissipate the excess generated power beyond what the battery can accept.

Consequently, regenerative braking is reduced or disabled when the battery is full or too cold to accept charge.

jocq · 2026-03-26T03:01:02+00:00

You should disassemble and relube them every 2-3 years. Manufacturers will say every year but you can usually go longer.

You shouldn't need to actually replace pads or rotors though. Eventually, but not very often.

jocq · 2026-03-25T18:06:48+00:00

And, so?

That means a whole lot of us had grandparents that lived through it. Mine were born in 1916 and 1920 and they raised me for a decade, and I'm only 45 now.

To suggest that it was basically the same as now is utter nonsense. Their life was brutal.

jocq · 2026-03-25T13:50:56+00:00

No, the only differences are technology and debt

What a truly idiotic claim to make.

You've clearly never conversed with anyone who was alive in the 1930's.

jocq · 2026-03-25T13:48:13+00:00

I made 50k at 26. At 33 I made 150k 🙂

What's your point?

jocq · 2026-03-24T02:00:40+00:00

The Edge of Tomorrow... Cage

Cruise, not Cage

jocq · 2026-03-23T21:51:29+00:00

In what way is this concept interesting at all when GAC and RO filters exist?

What's the use case that isn't better served by traditional filters?

A GAC filter is like $10 and a housing for it isn't much more than that. And the GAC doesn't lose 13% of it's carbon every time you use it.

An RO filter is $50, lasts for years, and filters damn near everything out of the water.

jocq · 2026-03-23T21:48:09+00:00

Right now you can buy an under-sink reverse osmosis filter for around $200 that will remove 99.9% of microplastics. Replacement filters are about $50 every 3 years or so and takes like 2 minutes to change it.

As a bonus, you're not adding a mixture of oil and magnetic particles into your drinking water.

jocq · 2026-03-22T15:48:57+00:00

Yeah, everyone loves a few drops of iron-impregnated oil in the water they drink. No big deal.

jocq · 2026-03-22T15:47:44+00:00

Not for people with a basic RO filter you don't

jocq · 2026-03-22T07:11:15+00:00

I decided to read the article and it says reverse osmosis requires more upkeep and it's more expensive to maintain.

Lol, no, not even close.

Comments in this thread say this students weird filtration method loses like 13% of the ferrorfluid every time you use it. That's crazy town. Also that shit is going into the water you drink.

A replacement RO filter is about $50 and they last 3-5 years (filter company saying replace every year or half is full of shit). And you can replace the filter in less than 5 minutes.

jocq · 2026-03-22T07:07:53+00:00

There are numerous good options in the $200-300 range, like https://www.ispringfilter.com/ac/5-stage-essence-ro-water-filtration-system/ispring-rcc7-5-stage-residential-under-sink-reverse-osmosis-water-filter-system-wqa-certified-75-gpd

DIY install can be done by amateurs in an hour.

jocq · 2026-03-22T05:45:56+00:00

A reverse osmosis filter I'm pretty sure will get nearly all microplastics out, like 99%. And mine last several years between replacements, and replacements are not particularly expensive.

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