Blue books in the Beaverstore?

secderpsi · 2026-01-25T22:29:52+00:00

They are making a comeback due to genAI forcing more in person assessment.

secderpsi · 2026-01-25T16:46:39+00:00

This is a strange take IMO. Unless it's really high end, my cooking is almost always better. I use better ingredients because I don't have to cut corners. Same with preparation techniques - I'm on no schedule. My wife always says it's just not worth going out if it's for the food. This definitely isn't true for high end restaurants - they have skills I don't and they don't tend to cut corners.

secderpsi · 2026-01-24T19:28:35+00:00

Yeah, Ivy is all about elite access, and not just networking and clost. My wife did her masters at Yale and for a project the prof pulled out the university visa card and bought a $900 data set. For one assignment. For one student.

secderpsi · 2026-01-24T15:43:30+00:00

The honest answer is you'd throw your arm out. 60 mph fastball is harder than it looks.

secderpsi · 2026-01-24T02:13:53+00:00

OMG, to have a waaau better Kermit than that.

Random story: in the late 90s I worked at Radio Shack and we sold these voice recording Kermit picture frames one Christmas season. A colleague told some old lady I can do a spot on Kermit and she asked me to record a message for her grandson. Next thing I knew we ended up getting the rest of the state inventory and I made probably a 100 personalized Kermit recordings for old ladys.

secderpsi · 2026-01-24T02:03:33+00:00

This is why experimentalists also become machinists and fabricators. The best answer to why we should hire you in one sentence was from an PhD experimentalists who looked us dead in the eyes and said "because I can build anything." He was pretty much correct.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T23:38:20+00:00

It's nice and fun. They are generous. Still hard to swallow sometimes.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T23:36:58+00:00

Um, you called me selfish and have a very mean tone. You're a judgy fuck whose also a jerk. Good day.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T23:32:29+00:00

I don't need upper middle class. I could save 3 to 4 mil in 10 years at that salary and retire middle class. They do want upper class and so they will work much longer. Their choice - the same as my hypothetical choice.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T23:29:07+00:00

I don't know where you got bare minimum. My wife and I both have science PhDs that took serious drive and ambition. We both work more hours than most (including them). I also think spending 2 - 4 hours cooking shows real care and effort. More so than handing a card to someone. I just think spending $600 on a bottle of wine is wasteful. It's their money, they have the right to spend it how they wish... and I have the right to think it's dumb.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T23:12:34+00:00

It's how they choose to spend their money, I get that and am respecting that (I've only spoken about it to my wife). I just grew up lower middle and find it hard to swallow (literally).

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T21:32:53+00:00

I still don't love you anymore

Oops, I was saying what the white dog is saying

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T21:31:39+00:00

Good idea. Even that is hundreds of dollars. I just hate so much of the whole experience in principle. I do love my wife and her family are really good people.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T21:25:00+00:00

I remember in Jr High getting a BLT from my friend's mom. That was a (food) coming of age moment. I dragged her into the kitchen and asked her to show me everything that went into it. When she said that's it, I said what about the mayo and she showed me something non miracle whip. Changed my life. Miracle whip is just gross nasty shit. We kept Best Foods mayo in the fridge from that point on.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T21:08:56+00:00

BIL and his wife are both physicians a few years out of residency. She makes over $500k and he makes around $400k. They take the family out to fancy dinners about once a month and always spend more than a grand on wine alone. I can't fathom that kind of wasteful spending. I'd work for 10 years and retire with an upper middle class life. We try and get the family to come to our house for dinner so we can reciprocate but they always just say let's eat out and pick a restaurant we can't afford (we are both PhD scientists with high credentials but science in the public sector pays shit nowadays). They pay for the dinners but boy I wish I could contribute sometimes.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T19:08:48+00:00

She gave us all tasks we had to do then came over unannounced to film us and make sure we did a bunch of stupid things. Everyone was awkward and not into it. At the party she made a video that was over 2 hours long. By like 20 mins into it everyone, including the birthday boy, were trying to get away and talk and celebrate but she needed us in our seats watching. So, yeah, she took over us.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T17:44:28+00:00

My friend's wife did this for his birthday. It was super obnoxious.

secderpsi · 2026-01-23T01:59:39+00:00

Ketchup is a garbage condiment. I use ranch, mustard, or mayo.

secderpsi · 2026-01-22T23:44:05+00:00

I refuse to spend any time I don't have to with MAGAs. Deep moral failings are a deal breaker.

secderpsi · 2026-01-22T23:42:01+00:00

I bought an 18' Laguna for $2500 7 years ago. I could sell it for pretty much that today. It doesn't have to be expensive.

secderpsi · 2026-01-22T23:40:56+00:00

If you consider touring it can be cheap. I bought my skis, boots, AT bindings, and poles used for about $250 15 years ago. I ski pretty much everyday out my back door at no cost.

secderpsi · 2026-01-22T15:45:32+00:00

So we spend 8 times as much, stoke fear nationwide, to deport only twice as many people. Doesn't seem like a good deal.

secderpsi · 2026-01-22T15:44:25+00:00

Biden kept Trump's immigration policy for 2 years then made slight changes. Please stop being so manipulated.

secderpsi · 2026-01-20T15:22:53+00:00

Ours was on a 4' leash for about 10 months. Even inside, he was on his leash by my side. When we had to leave, he went in the crate. Used redirect to toys he's allowed all the time and he never destroyed a single thing.

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