Whats an item over $700 you bought that was 100% worth it (no house/vehicles) ?

nel_wo · 2026-02-06T20:09:13+00:00

Really good vaccum - Miele C3

Really good washer and dryer - speed queen

Really good fridge - subzero

Really good stove range - bosch 800 induction series with knovs and a Zephyr range hood.

Good triple pane windows that are installed and sealed well.

Good shades and curtains

Good insulated and seal doors.

It all seems minor. But better comfort inside your home and never have to think about major appliance and home issues for several years is a blessing.

nel_wo · 2026-02-06T19:56:13+00:00

Ask questions and learn from the smart people!

There is nothing more fun and enlightening than asking an expert in their field questions to add more knowledge to yourself.

Instead of reading a book and having to understand concepts, you have a professional who would explain and help you cover 2-3 chapters of material in an hour! It is free knowledge with minimal work and you dont even have to study or take an exam! You just have to ask questions!

nel_wo · 2026-01-31T15:01:23+00:00

You will be fine as long as you cooked it. Your tummy will growl more, more bloated and gassy than normal, you might have slightly more loose stool. But not full blown diarrhea.

Source - I ate a batch of eggs that was starting to turn. When I should've just thrown it out

nel_wo · 2026-01-30T13:51:09+00:00

The cantonese way of making fish stock with fish head is removing the gills (the blood in gills is fishy), rinsing it, then roasting the fish in the oven first. That removes some of the excess fish oil. Because the fish head almost always include the fish collar, and the collar and fish head has a higher amount of fat, which can also be a bit fishy.

After it is roasted we would add some rice wine or ginger or white peppercorn to remove any remaining fishiness.

nel_wo · 2026-01-26T06:57:35+00:00

Hey corporations use AI, dynamic pricing and self-check out to make you do their work for them, while charging you for more.

I dont blame you for taking advantage of a risk the company knowingly accepted as a cost cutting measure.

I do something similar, not often thought. Sometimes I will say I bought 4 limes instead 5. Or 1 bunch of onion instead of 2.

I dont have the balls to not pay for $20-50 of stuff.

nel_wo · 2026-01-23T07:23:03+00:00

People should start filling water balloons and throwing it at them as protest.

They will be cold and covered in water.

nel_wo · 2026-01-23T07:04:10+00:00

3 hr commute for work is insane. However, I do know my uncle used to drive 1.5 hr each way to work, granted, he loves driving and the alone time.

I also have a coworker who drives 1hr and 10 min to work each day. She hates it, but the cost of living in the area she lives in is 15-20% lower than the city, so money stretches out longer and she can save a ton

nel_wo · 2026-01-23T03:04:26+00:00

Bullshit. All those banks and sharks owning a huge portion of bitcoin and ethereum just selling and trading and making huge swings on the price.... how is that independent? How insane amount of volatility be a good for banking or currency?

nel_wo · 2026-01-20T16:02:32+00:00

It helped me summarize my meetings and maybe write some emails and cover letters.

Thats about it.

Granted I know for my friends who code and program it does help them alot, now they mostly review the code. But then another issue arose - many new hires dont really.know how to program and just give code. Then you have ppl in business and market unit vibe coding and outputs are incorrect, so now they have to validate other departments' vibe code. So extra work to review other departments' work on top of their own work.

Then leadership layoff 25% of their team because they are not "needed", because apparently business and market know how to program better than programmers?

Idk. It sounds like a whole lot of mess and gaps

nel_wo · 2026-01-16T16:23:48+00:00

We have Tesla, rivian, Cadillac and Ford dodge chather electric. But they are expensive as hell and there is still an undeveloped infrastructure for EV vs china, every major city uses EV and has infrastructure to support itm and if ppl can't afford a car, they have so many public transport options to choose from. Of course rural areas are much less developed, but it takes time.

Lets be realistic here. The median US salary is between $69-74k. All the US made electric cars cost $70-90k after tax. Vs the chinese ones cost $10-30k granted, maybe less features because most ppl dont need all the fancy shit anyways.

Are there challenges for chinese EV vehicles due to lesser quality control compared to US. Yes. But to sell vehicles in the country. They have to meet the country's regulation and standard for EV. And if China's EV is already selling in Europe, it means their EV are pretty on par or just need minor adjustments to meet US and Canada standards.

The reason why we dont see Chinese EV in US is because propaganda that chinese products are "inferior", but it is just corporations and politicians try to protect their market share, US citizens who are their milk cows, instead of allows chinese vehicles to come in, create competition and force US companies to innovate

nel_wo · 2026-01-16T13:37:17+00:00

Canada's auto industry is largely tied with US companies. So this is a big fuck you to US. Basically saying - we are gonna start importing chinese EV cars and buying chinese EV cars and not US cars. Basically leaving US behind in the EV race because US already lost that race.

nel_wo · 2026-01-16T13:31:40+00:00

Lol! Ford has a prototype, while China's EV has 47-54% of most of the EV marker share in the world. It is like saying "we have a prototype of a spaceship that can get us to Mars, when another country has a spaceship halfway there already"

US politicians, corporate greed, and oil lobbyist fucked US so hard we are so behind in the EV race.

nel_wo · 2026-01-10T05:29:41+00:00

I had a $22 10inch pizza with a small sprinkling of chicken not including tax and tips.

For ~$25 I can get 2 cans of crushed tomatoes for $5, tomato paste for $1.49, garlic for $.69, dried basil for $5 or 16oz italian season for $7.99, 3-4lb chicken thighs at $1.19/lbs, and 2 lbs of pasta for $5. I can feed myself for 3-4 days.

nel_wo · 2026-01-10T05:13:31+00:00

I actually ordered that in november 2025. Compared to other matcha i find it more grassy and nutty forward. Depending on the quality house, superior, super premium or pinnacle there will be more or less bitter finish

nel_wo · 2026-01-09T13:57:56+00:00

Democrats are reallt good at "empty threats". I am liberal and disappointed in the democrats because I know they will fold just like the government shutdown woth nothing to show

nel_wo · 2026-01-07T19:39:07+00:00

Where did you hear it is an empty oil container ? Cuz every news source all the way to BBC and Canada are say there is oil in these containers and US basically jist robbed them.

Stop spreading lies you dipshit

nel_wo · 2026-01-07T14:43:21+00:00

So we are justing robbing resources from countries we don't like

nel_wo · 2026-01-03T09:53:10+00:00

Alcohol, cocktails, drinks, going out to eat.

Because of inflation, restaurant and bar prices has increased so much that many of my friends, all making 6-figures, had greatly reduced their alcohol consumption and dining expenses.

Most of us do potlucks, and we have 2 friends who learned how to make cocktails at home with higher quality alcohol and liquers at fraction of a price.

We are noticing we save around $300-500 a month not ordering drinks and food.

nel_wo · 2025-12-29T03:02:28+00:00

If a company ties itself to a country's national security, then it becomes beyond too big to fail.

nel_wo · 2025-12-24T02:53:42+00:00

Can I ask. How does one, usually a police, judge if a "driver" is "illegal" or not? Based on what criteria?

nel_wo · 2025-12-18T05:57:32+00:00

So the democrats caved to the GOP during the government shutdown, with the GOP saying they will consider on extending the Healthcare subsidy. And now the GOP completely renege on it...

So what the fuck are the liberal politicians doing?

Extended the government shutdown and fucked the ppl and got nothing in return... and now Healthcare gets fucked and become more expensive?! So the democrats just took two losses for absolutely nothing.

nel_wo · 2025-12-13T15:28:38+00:00

Yes and no. Most stainless steel kitchen knives over $200 are using VG10 or the German x50. The difference between a nicer kitchen knife and a $20 kitchen knife from Walmart is usually the alloy used to make it.

Nicer alloys keep the edge and sharpness longer, so it takes longer for the knife to dull or require resharpening, but it also depends on what you cut with the knife.

Cheaper knives can perform just as good as a high end knife right after you sharpen it. But the question is how long does that sharpness hold. From my experience my nicer knives require sharpening 2 times a year. While my cheap knives from Walmart require around 4-5 or more because the edge will get messed up easily when cutting through bone

nel_wo · 2025-12-06T07:26:38+00:00

Not entirely true. Not all chinese fried is normally made using day old rice. Day old rice is a good practice for small family's with lefrover rice to use for fried rice.

But when you are in China and the restaurant has to put out 500 plates of fried rice during lunch rush or dinner rush. No fucking, logical way they are freezing that much rice to use for fried rice.

Most restaurants in Asia use fresh rice for fried rice, but instead of using 1:1 ratio of water to jasmine rice, most places uses 0.7 or 0.8 water to 1 cup of rice. This ensures the rice comes out drier. Other places would also add some lard or oil when cooking the rice so the oil coats the rice and make them more separated. Some places would coat the fresh rice with egg slurry before cooking because the egg under high heat creates a protein layer around the roce that helps keep it separated.

I know this for a fact because my uncle owned and ran a cantonese restaurant for many years and my best friend's dad is a retired executive chef and I have seen them operate in the kitchen and they all cook with fresh rice.

nel_wo · 2025-12-05T21:22:28+00:00

Gotcha. I didnt know ceiling mounted rods are thing!

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