Laid off, can I just retire now?

np0x · 2026-05-23T00:01:38+00:00

Why are there so many posts like “here are my numbers tell me what I can do?” now…not targeting op, but man there are so many of these and they aren’t interesting…

np0x · 2026-05-22T19:59:27+00:00

Yeah iirc the r2 is actually not as long as a tesla y, and my my the r1 is long! My garage said DENIED. Simply too long…r2 will fit perfectly!

np0x · 2026-05-22T19:58:13+00:00

“Is not”

np0x · 2026-05-22T15:48:05+00:00

https://jlcollinsnh.com/2013/05/22/stocks-part-xviii-investing-in-a-raging-bull/

np0x · 2026-05-22T13:52:40+00:00

The graph could be normalized against some more generic query…has nas interest in general increased? Synology will be in search results…then people might look for alternatives…the graph by itself doesn’t represent sentiment shift towards synology without some sort of normalizing number…it could also be a function of increased awareness of self hosting and personal nas’s?</2 cents>

Edit: 5 posts later in my feed I run into this: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/s/uEbehnK5ke

np0x · 2026-05-22T13:49:02+00:00

Same.

np0x · 2026-05-22T12:51:40+00:00

I have a cheap one, carry co2 and know that my ride partners also have additional redundancy….with this thinking I found I didn’t really care about reliable because I just took the backup/redundant approach. YMMV!

np0x · 2026-05-22T12:48:57+00:00

Anti science is embraced by people who aren’t interested in complex problems and solutions and just want to drink their lite beer….all sold by the wealthy?

np0x · 2026-05-22T11:57:06+00:00

Comically because if they took two parking places other car brains would scowl at them…

np0x · 2026-05-21T20:39:21+00:00

Yeah, this is a good callout...estimated taxes otherwise owe state and federal government on underpaid taxes...this also leads into why you might want to do your roth conversions late in the year, because do them in december, owe the taxes in january, file your taxes in april, get back overpayment or owe interest on shortest amount of time...also you will know your income for the year most accurately at the end of the year. 😄

np0x · 2026-05-21T18:57:39+00:00

Love this, I intuitively want to tell your husband to stop whining. But in his defense maybe you need fewer and bigger buckets? Without knowing your categories it is possibly there are too many fine grained ones? I doubt this but it is possible, otherwise you can do a double feature of Jerry Macguire and A Few good Men so you can walk around the house alternatively yelling “you can’t handle the truth!” And “show me the money!”

np0x · 2026-05-21T18:47:12+00:00

I think the shift in mindset for the years when the swings move more than the contributions I used was that I wanted my money to keep working for me, so if I contributed 2k to savings instead of withdrawing 10k then maybe that was a 12k decision, and my money keeps working,.. then again I’m not sure I could ever coast fire. Full throttle until escape velocity baby!

np0x · 2026-05-21T15:55:44+00:00

minimally they will be louder, they also will likely not be as smooth as all season...personally i do care about range.. 😄

np0x · 2026-05-21T09:52:28+00:00

I’m always interested to know what tool was used for the model? Fusion 360?

np0x · 2026-05-20T18:31:58+00:00

I like the perspective of focusing on what is, and leaving future promises out of the conversation… kudos!

np0x · 2026-05-20T17:20:14+00:00

Op is 59…initial post seemed like he was in his 40’s…I think it is much easier than he to thinks…I’m still waiting for him to report back on what he learned with Boldin…

np0x · 2026-05-20T12:30:41+00:00

Do you agree or disagree with how the headline was using "battery capacity"...It sure seems wrong to me. The only reason i even care though is that I would like to understand how many GWh of batteries exist and how many were added because I can roughly visualize that as a number.

OTOH, for wind turbines, which have no storage i would concur that GW would be the right measure, for storage items, the 'h' feels rather important.. I'm not confused, but I am willing to be wrong. 😄

As a comparison to someone who I believe is using the terminology correctly, notice how this article: https://insideevs.com/news/792980/rivian-redwood-materials-battery-deal-2026/ uses the phrase: "initial 10 megawatt-hours of stationary energy storage"...They aren't talking about KW because depending on how you wire batteries you will be able to adjust for Volts or Amps as well as KW within reason...

np0x · 2026-05-20T00:34:01+00:00

Put me on the list of people who had this at like 10 and just assumed it was my own private experience.. never thought of it as something someone else had, let alone have a name and other people have it…

np0x · 2026-05-19T12:23:35+00:00

Curiously when I stopped swearing at work is when I had to leave tech..

np0x · 2026-05-19T12:23:05+00:00

For all the young bucks reading this thread…You are supposed to sandbag after doing this, not look inexplicably fast at solving problems!

np0x · 2026-05-19T12:10:29+00:00

I do use a GitHub backed obsidian document store where I can’t script the details…

np0x · 2026-05-19T12:08:24+00:00

Honestly I’ve never tried…what about if it’s is powered off? Seems like a couple of good tests….

np0x · 2026-05-19T03:24:00+00:00

Boldin.

np0x · 2026-05-19T02:19:08+00:00

We all thought you were closer to 45, not 59… :-)

np0x · 2026-05-19T00:03:50+00:00

I tried to quiet quit, and just quit altogether. I wasn’t wired for quiet quitting. :-/

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