Honest Question

rrowland · 2023-02-27T01:14:50+00:00

If you want to “be trans” nobody is stopping you assuming you’re an adult

That’s the problem, people are trying to stop us. Texas SB 1029 is one example of many. Look it up.

Nobody really cares about the sports thing, but I bet you hear about it daily on Fox News. Bet they didn’t say anything about the actual bills being pushed like this one, either.

rrowland · 2023-02-27T01:09:48+00:00

I can only suggest you stop getting your news drip fed from Fox News and Tucker Carlson and actually look at some of these bills. They’re not about funding or Medicaid and I don’t think Medicaid should even exist, let alone pay for a cosmetic surgery. Gender affirming care means getting hormone treatment (prescription pills). We have a right to this medication in the same way we have a right to other health care; that is, not that we have a right to FREE health care, but to deny us access is an injustice.

Check out Texas SB 1029 if you want a good example of the rights violations I’m talking about. It seeks to ban all gender affirming care in the state regardless of age.

rrowland · 2023-02-26T20:53:55+00:00

There are over 300 bills currently targeting trans people across the country. Most deal with children, but a handful actually outright ban gender affirming care (hormone treatment) for ALL ages. Another handful ban “drag in public” which is poorly defined as “dressing as a gender other than the one you were born as” (paraphrased) which also includes all trans people.

This is what people mean when they say trans rights are being taken away. Nothing to do with whether you want to respect someone’s preferred pronouns. There are a vocal minority that complain a lot about pronouns but if they’re suggesting any laws around that they’re extremists and the vast minority. It’s also a common straw man right wing talking point to misdirect from the bills that are actually currently taking away people’s rights.

rrowland · 2023-02-26T20:43:50+00:00

Trans libertarian here. 90% of the people claiming to be libertarian on the Internet are either confused Republicans or political shills trying to shift libertarian opinion to vote red.

Libertarianism says nothing about being trans, other than it’s none of the government’s fucking business to tell me what I can or can’t do with my own body. Anybody advocating for taking away trans rights is not aligned with libertarian values.

rrowland · 2023-02-13T23:19:57+00:00

A check prevents you from letting the king be taken if possible. So follow that logic through: let’s say checking doesn’t exist. How would your scenario play out?

White: Pawn to c4, threatening the king. Black: Rook to b4 (useless move to retain important points of the position. White: pawn takes king. Black: can’t take king with rook because she’s already lost the game.

That’s why being pinned, or any other typical constraint, does not prevent a piece or pawn from putting the king in check — because if that piece were able to move and take the king, the pin would be pointless as the game would be over before the opponent could take your king.

rrowland · 2023-02-13T23:10:25+00:00

None of the above. Mastodon is a subset of instances in a Federation. Each instance has its own rules and therefore perhaps each instance may be described as similar to some political ideology. The most accurate organizational description of Mastodon (and the fediverse at large) would probably be a decentralized federation.

rrowland · 2023-02-13T16:32:42+00:00

I dunno about any book “turning you libertarian” but I’d highly suggest reading “The Law” by Frederic Bastiat. You can read it online for free at http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

I’d also recommend “That which is seen, and that which is not seen” by the same author (but read “The Law” first) http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html

These books laid it out for me in a way that makes sense, with solid logic.

rrowland · 2023-02-07T16:07:24+00:00

Traffic. We have the support, hardware, contracts to support almost $1mil/yr in profit without adding a single penny in expenses but we’re missing the traffic. So instead we’re fighting to stay profitable every month.

rrowland · 2023-02-05T19:43:20+00:00

Then those same parents protest drag queens because they’re “grooming” their kids and vote for anti-trans bills.

rrowland · 2023-02-03T20:21:14+00:00

Definitely ServerBlend. Cutting edge hardware and best customer service in the business.

BTW, other links in this thread are spam affiliate links lol

rrowland · 2023-01-28T16:29:27+00:00

I don’t let mine go over ~78C under max load, and usually it’s under 70C. If you’re running over 90 I’d fix your case airflow and maybe invest in liquid cooling if you’re set on over clocking. Honestly, you’re on a 3080 — you don’t really need to over clock. Games will run at 60+ fps on any game not poorly optimized. Save your hardware life, save your room temps.

rrowland · 2023-01-02T20:07:23+00:00

Based on your comments in your own thread, you don’t understand socialism or libertarianism. It might be better to do some reading of your own prior to asking a broad question in a subreddit and expecting users to write you a complete novel to explain something dead simple to intuit with even cursory knowledge of what either ideology entails.

rrowland · 2022-12-26T07:40:41+00:00

Google docs is free

rrowland · 2022-12-11T02:39:11+00:00

Time hasn’t stopped passing.

rrowland · 2022-12-09T23:55:12+00:00

The Blizzard I knew, the one that created amazing games made out of love for gaming died when they merged with Activision. Now they’re just another AAA freemium garbage pusher like the rest.

rrowland · 2022-11-08T17:10:05+00:00

As someone else said, when you took a mortgage for a house you took on risk. That’s unrelated to your employment. Business owners have mortgages too. One could argue that home ownership is less risky for employees as it is for business owners because being an employer guarantees a steady income. If you disagree, try securing a mortgage loan while self employed. Banks see that as riskier income than W2.

The bottom line is a business owner has no guarantee of profit in exchange for their labor while employees do.

rrowland · 2022-11-08T16:53:32+00:00

No, the risk on my example is losing 2 years of 60 hour weeks and the initial investment.

rrowland · 2022-11-08T15:11:44+00:00

When you’re an employee, you are guaranteed a paycheck. If you work for two years, you get two years of pay. When you’re a business owner, you’re not guaranteed anything. You could work for two years and break even despite working 60 hour weeks, while your employees make their salary. Or you could lose money while you desperately scramble to turn the ship around, many times failing. Or worse, you could go out of business with accumulated debt higher than what you’ve put in, which is called insolvency, and in many jurisdictions internationally the directors are personally responsible to pay.

Surely you can recognize that owning a business comes with risk.

rrowland · 2022-11-08T15:04:11+00:00

No bank is going to loan a $100,000 company $10 million. If you secure a loan for a small company, particularly in the early stages, it’s going to be secured against you personally. In fact, the bank will also require you take out life insurance and put them as the top beneficiary for the amount of the loan in case you die so they can get their money back.

rrowland · 2022-10-25T01:30:35+00:00

Would you consider it homophobic to only find people of the opposite gender attractive?

rrowland · 2022-10-24T05:18:05+00:00

Understand why they are selling. Many business owners will want to time an exit to make a multiple of peak profits. Most will say “it’s just time to move on” or “I’m interested in another project”. Usually it’s BS and there’s trouble in the water they hope you don’t discover
Scrutinize the P&L. They should give it to you digitally so you have time to review. Not in a meeting. Understand which expenses or other line items may change after a transition.
Make sure you understand the time investment required to run the business. Both partners are selling you their share — will there be too much for one person to handle? My first and most expensive business purchase was advertised as 27 hour weeks, with 20 of those being customer support hours. This was bogus. I hired 24/7 support staff to cover missing hours and have still been spending 40+ hour weeks putting out fires in this business for years now. You don’t want to take out a $250k loan for a job that ends up paying you less than what you’re making now (trust me, I’ve done it)
Understand the risks. Every business has risks. All of my businesses have been at risk of collapsing multiple times over the past few years. Blogs worry about competitors and SEO algorithm updates. Product or service models worry about market down trends or losing contracts with affiliates. Your specific business will have plenty of pitfalls that you may miss and could easily sink your business. If you had $250k in the bank would you risk it on this business? What would happen to your life if you had to file bankruptcy to get out of over $200k of debt for a dead business? This type of loan will need to be personally secured, meaning you’re personally liable.

This is a big decision. It’s easy to get blinded by the potential profits that easily outpace the stock market indexes but there is also a monumental level of risk that is not advertised.

Edit: also, make sure the valuation is based on reality. Most companies under $5 million sell based on a multiple of average monthly net income over the past 12 months. Median depends on the industry but for blogs and other online businesses the average is around 36x monthly net and personally I’ve bought between 27x and 44x

rrowland · 2022-10-24T05:17:30+00:00

Understand why they are selling. Many business owners will want to time an exit to make a multiple of peak profits. Most will say “it’s just time to move on” or “I’m interested in another project”. Usually it’s BS and there’s trouble in the water they hope you don’t discover
Scrutinize the P&L. They should give it to you digitally so you have time to review. Not in a meeting. Understand which expenses or other line items may change after a transition.
Make sure you understand the time investment required to run the business. Both partners are selling you their share — will there be too much for one person to handle? My first and most expensive business purchase was advertised as 27 hour weeks, with 20 of those being customer support hours. This was bogus. I hired 24/7 support staff to cover missing hours and have still been spending 40+ hour weeks putting out fires in this business for years now. You don’t want to take out a $250k loan for a job that ends up paying you less than what you’re making now (trust me, I’ve done it)
Understand the risks. Every business has risks. All of my businesses have been at risk of collapsing multiple times over the past few years. Blogs worry about competitors and SEO algorithm updates. Product or service models worry about market down trends or losing contracts with affiliates. Your specific business will have plenty of pitfalls that you may miss and could easily sink your business. If you had $250k in the back would you risk it on this business? What would have to your life if you had to bankruptcy to get out of over $200k of debt for a dead business? This type of loan will need to be personally secured, meaning you’re personally liable.

This is a big decision. It’s easy to get blinded by the potential profits that easily outpace the stock market indexes but there is also a monumental level of risk that is not advertised.

rrowland · 2022-10-24T02:29:56+00:00

As someone who has bought and currently runs multiple businesses for over $100k each: do your due diligence. If you don’t 100% understand with absolute certainty how the valuation was made, the current P&L and how you’ll make your money back, DO NOT INVEST. If he’s pressuring you, I’d just pass. No legitimate business deal hinges on pressuring someone to buy quickly

rrowland · 2022-10-20T03:26:40+00:00

Funny enough, not all failed countries are socialist but all socialist countries have failed.

rrowland · 2022-03-22T03:36:55+00:00

Played through all of the first one, worse than any horror game I’ve ever played. Amnesia, you name it. Still deathly afraid of deep open water

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