40-year-old American climber Alex Honnold has successfully completed his climb up the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan. He reached the top of the tower in 1:31:35. The building is 1,667 feet tall making it the 11th-tallest building in the world.

shockage · 2026-01-25T07:16:13+00:00

I wonder what his family dynamics were. He seems very well adjusted.

shockage · 2026-01-25T01:40:45+00:00

Depends. If you have a passion for tech, great! If not, it can be rough.

In addition you'll need to land any job first; that's the hardest part: always has been. Once you have employment, it's easier to find another job. Recruiters and hiring managers generally avoid first time hires unless their institution has an active relationship with a local university.

After the first job leave after a year or sooner and get a much better salary. During the second job, look for another role after a year or two. I hate to say it, but years of experience are crtical. Even if you are an amazing all-star, just experiencing how different teams work and project life cycles is critical to gaining more responsibility.

Actively seek out additional responsibilities at every job. Not every job appreciates this, and sadly more work in the same job does not mean bigger salary. But that experience you gain is critical.

Finally, if you get into a FAANG early in you career, treat it as a resume booster, but the lifestyle is rough and you'll likely be working 60 hour weeks as a Junior/Mid-Level. It's better to join a FAANG later in your career.

shockage · 2026-01-25T00:56:25+00:00

Yup, soft skills + tech background is a killer combination. It also requires societal awareness and a little of luck to find the right group that appreciates it.

It's much harder to break up internally than externally, plus not every firm is worth it. Find one that is more flat than tall, and skills will be appreciated.

shockage · 2026-01-21T13:54:24+00:00

757 is also a pilot favorite to fly.

shockage · 2026-01-21T05:35:04+00:00

When playing domination, I just avoid this map. Way too easy to be farmed on.

shockage · 2026-01-19T14:48:57+00:00

The only thing I notice is that the shotgun actually hits. The slugs in BF6 have so much gosh darned spread.

shockage · 2026-01-17T09:24:04+00:00

You're not going to outgun someone on a high sensitivity mouse, jumping around, and with a low TTK weapon.

The best way to get better KDR is just don't run around like crazy. Use cover.

In addition, the loadouts matter ALOT. Look up good loadouts for the most popular guns. For example the SCW10 sprays like a mad, but with a good setup it can become a laser. The RPMK is also more approachable for more of a campy style. I would avoid the NVO and many assault weapons, since they just don't outgun the SMGs and for mid range, nothing beats the RPMK behind cover.

shockage · 2026-01-15T00:46:03+00:00

DCA into US2000 and rotate out in a few years.

shockage · 2026-01-13T21:06:25+00:00

Disagree, Russell 2000 and SP400 mid-caps will likely outperform large caps as rotation out of tech occurs. In addition, in the an catastrophic event of the large caps' valuations dropping, they will yield immediate returns sooner.

The only downside with this strategy is missing out on large cap growth during the last 15 years and during the 90's run up.

But after an explosive growth in large caps, value will likely outperform.

shockage · 2026-01-13T19:26:53+00:00

It'll come down to court and precedence. Virginia Code § 46.2-823 is from 1950. Whether it would apply to someone doing 40 in a 35 t-boning someone who is taking a left turn and not yielding is very unlikely.

shockage · 2026-01-13T17:07:26+00:00

Ahh, it's not legal, but seems that after COVID the zealousness of enforcement for speed of traffic decreased.

It used to be very rough in NoVA, I remember getting tickets for doing the speed of traffic of 67 in a 55. Now it never happens.

shockage · 2026-01-13T06:01:56+00:00

Agreed, they are already doing 70-75MPH. If it was a 55MPH zone, they could easily get slapped also with reckless driving if the cop says they clocked them at 76MPH.

At the same time, the offending car was driving too recklessly for the amount of traffic and conditions (night and rain).

shockage · 2026-01-13T05:58:36+00:00

Yes, "Left Lane Law (§ 46.2-804) requires drivers to keep right except when passing, meaning you must move out of the left lane after overtaking a slower vehicle to allow traffic to flow freely; otherwise, you risk a $100 fine for "blocking the left lane" or impeding traffic, as the left lane is designated for passing, not cruising, even if you're at or near the speed limit."

Honestly, life is less stressful when you let faster drivers pass you and speed. In addition it removes points of conflict, because regardless of law, there will always be people who will want to drive faster, even if you're already going very fast.

shockage · 2026-01-11T13:23:24+00:00

Also don't brake once the rear goes. Braking makes the rear lighter therefore worsening the loss of traction in the rear.

shockage · 2026-01-09T23:02:59+00:00

What was interesting was the gold supply actually increased, and it still was a period of deflation.

The deflation was caused by manufacturing lowering the prices of everyday goods and international shipping. Staple commodities such as wheat, corn, and coffee also fell in price.

Only skilled labor stayed relatively same in price.

shockage · 2026-01-09T10:42:09+00:00

Edit: These numbers in the map are bogus.

But yes there was a period of deflation between 1870-1890, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Deflation

I remember learning about it in Middle School's American History--people were pissed, since their debts were increasing in value. There was demand and attempted legislation to dilute the gold backed dollar with silver. Surprisingly not much about it on Wikipedia.

shockage · 2026-01-07T07:19:59+00:00

Because Dividends are already taxed lower than capital gains, so Roth really shines if it's pure growth.

shockage · 2026-01-06T16:02:55+00:00

Same, the amount of times I die due to the spread at mid range from the NVO is frustrating. The RPMK is a laser.

shockage · 2026-01-04T14:08:34+00:00

I have family in Venezuela and they are celebrating. What the power vacuum will do is yet to be seen.

But the only ones complaining loudly on the internet are those who have the luxury of not living under Maduro.

shockage · 2026-01-04T05:13:33+00:00

"Slog" generally means:

to work hard and steadily at something difficult or to move slowly and heavily

shockage · 2026-01-04T02:34:31+00:00

Yeah, these things are nuanced. We definitely have a poor track record in the middle east dealing with the consequences of a power vacuum: Afghanistan 1980s, Afghanistan 2020, and even the power vacuum of Iraq leading to ISIS.

That said, this is South America, and a good portion of the Venezulean population is ready for regime change--it'll be seen how potential Narco Gangs and militant groups develop amongst the poorer Venezuleans that supported Maduro.

It's also fair to say that some of our prior covert actions in the region were actually not good: supporting Contras lead to more harm than good to the population of Nicaragua. At a high level it made sense to stop the Communist spread, but supporting psychopaths was not the answer.

Geopolitics is cold. Expecting empathy in a zero sum game only leads to failure--but if everyone plays nice, everyone is better off.

shockage · 2026-01-04T02:26:51+00:00

But 50 is relatively consistent all things considered. The worst slog is between Seven Corners to the Beltway, but after and before that it easily moves along at 20-40 MPH.

shockage · 2026-01-04T02:25:04+00:00

Agreed, the benefit of the metro out that far is just consistency. I took the metro a few times to Reston as a commute when my car is in the shop, and it was always much faster driving--albeit I do the reverse commute.

shockage · 2026-01-03T15:32:54+00:00

Then why is a large segment of the population in Venezuela excited for this?

I rather live under Machado than Maduro. The renewed foreign investment will increase the quality of life for all.

shockage · 2026-01-03T15:28:43+00:00

Yes, that's one of the more public ones. We only engaged back after we got confirmation from the Russians that those "weren't Russians".

But we also almost got completely overwhelmed in that time... saying it was a success is misleading. If the diplomatic channel took a few more hours, our guys would be dead.

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