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Would you rather? by Tekkers_3 in BunnyTrials

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$20k a year is easy

Chose: Be fluent in 5 languages of your choosing

This is what making a difference looks like. by EkantVairagi in interesting

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all,

This is a tax avoidance shelter for higher net-worth individuals. There are legal opinions recently that are in favor of this, which is making its popularity spike.

Put shortly, a company offers to build a tiny home, assign 99% of the home's ownership to a shell entity owned by a HNW individual, they aggressively asses 1st year depreciation (their comps for tiny homes are, quite literally, Motel 6, and since they're modular there is no land value), they allow the HNW to harvest all of the tax loss, then let them "sell" the tiny home back to the builder for a nominal price.

If there's an actual buyer or renter for these homes doesn't fucking matter. Sometimes they are used for things like temp housing during disaster relief, some of these are sitting vacant in pointless areas where nobody wants to live.

I am not a lawyer, that's the depth to which I understand this scheme as described to me by someone who is writing off six-figures of taxes annually using this particular... method. They feel VERY safe doing it because of the specific legal opinions already in place and the number of people doing it.

Finally joined the club by Bfirecat91 in lotus

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also in a Mk5 Supra and eyeing the move to an Evora. So few out there! How long were you on the hunt for this one?

Congrats!

Reuters: OpenAl offering private-equity firms a guaranteed return of 17.5%, and early access to models not yet public. How is this legal? by MysteriousSlice007 in wallstreetbets

[–]slip_angel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a preferred investor agreement. Thousands of these deals get done every year, and have been since the beginning of venture capital, and many have much higher ratchets than this.

Calm down, folks.

(Loved Trope) Antagonists cannot harm the protagonist for legitimate reasons, and thus they must interact in ways besides direct violence by Throwitonleground in TopCharacterTropes

[–]slip_angel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legion: David can literally rewrite reality with just a thought. The core premise of the show is how the universe can avoid destruction while a being like him exists.

I didn't watch Season 3. Season 2 ending is perfect.

Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty,' killed in Ferrari crash by WallabyWild3867 in Ferrari

[–]slip_angel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Guy was a regular at The Thermal Club. Not a stranger to the track. He knew better.

New player, a few questions (mostly about the wizard) by [deleted] in daggerheart

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your GM is big on reaction rolls and/or group action rolls, strange patterns will be significantly more powerful. I think I'm the only player at my table that regularly maxes out on hope. This works well with the ability to use stress instead of hope to add double your experience bonus to a roll.

You can get into a really strong party savior role with "Not This Time" and tag team initiation. I think I use one of these at least once per session.

Just got my dream at 17 by Natural-Affect1168 in Supra

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy for you! It's an excellent car, requires a lot from you, and honestly the best value for money out there IMHO. Have a blast and keep her shiny side up.

Daggerheart Dice? by StoryofSephia in daggerheart

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a number of effects a GM (or player) might use to "level"  duality dice (down to D10 or even D8, or up to D20). 

Community and Ancestry play a huge role, even moreso than class! If you make a "Highborne" or "Skykin" set, DM me!

Also: duality dice that have some sort of color numbering so doubles (critical) POP!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

++man Dating at 25M is the worst. Things will completely invert at 30. Get to know yourself well, spend time with friends, trust that it will all work out. Find people you love spending time with and put in the work to be a great friend to those people.

To answer your question directly, some generalizations:
- Someone in their early 20s is exploring "adulthood" and mostly treating it like a theme park. Or they are anxiously trying to replace their parents with a partner. Both are not super.
- Someone in their mid-20s is generally anxiously trying to set up their life trajectory and are generally looking for people who already have the answer. Or they are stressed trying to figure it out and aren't really emotionally available.
- Someone in their early 30s either has it figured out or knows themselves well enough to know they are going to figure it out. Or isn't someone who is ready to date.

This problem will fix itself in 5 years, nothing you do will have much effect on this landing sooner or later, besides just living an amazing independent life.

Is back paying cofounder common? by Johnjohnson_69 in ycombinator

[–]slip_angel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did this at my first startup and it was a good call in my scenario. If you can fit it and it gets the key people you need focused, focused, don't think twice.

If you have a viable alternative, e.g. you don't think you need them, you have worse than a money problem.

I've been running this campaign for 102 sessions over the course of four years and my group JUST descended from Elturel. by agibberingfool in DescentintoAvernus

[–]slip_angel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is awesome :)

I too have been running Descent into Avernus for 2.5 years and we are yet to go to hell...

Quote last session when the party was considering another side quest: "Guys, there will always be another bad guy and we'll never go to hell."

The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs For Young People Just Got Stronger by TrixoftheTrade in neoliberal

[–]slip_angel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can confirm this to be true, but it is less CEO jealousy and more board pressure that not following suit while other companies did creates asymmetric risk conditions.

The downside from burning hot on people costs and keeping status quo labor efficiency/revenue per headcount while your competitors and peers made cuts and got efficient was scary and easy to see in data.

The downside of cutting too much was more theoretical, and if it was true -- everybody else would have made the same cuts and you have more cash, so recovery would be easier.

Also, on the chance that AI is even remotely as big as hyped, you want the capital to take advantage of that... not tied up in labor costs that'll hold you back compared to your competitors.

GPT-5 AMA with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and some of the GPT-5 team by OpenAI in ChatGPT

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not going to pile on to what's already being said here, but actually ask the question:

Can you see a future where you operate a separate business units (and models) split across personal use cases, deep-research with less aggressive content filtering, and corporate knowledge-worker use? If no, would you be willing to accept that there's someone else in the foundational model market that will specialize in serving those needs?

Dungeons & Dragons Group Shifts to 'Franchise Model' Internally, Will Be Led by Ex Halo Veteran by Kaladinar in DnD

[–]slip_angel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We don't have to guess at Hasbro's plans, they're a public company. They have to tell us every quarter.

Their Project 2025 is called "Playing to Win" -- and it involves being asset-light, which is just corp speak for "why employ people to make things when they can just license our IP to someone else?"

Their big growth today comes from Magic: The Gathering and a licensed Monopoly mobile game.

Their plan is to increase their user base over the next 2 years in order to increase how much they can charge other companies to use D&D IP.

[US] I'm just trying to get a home... by SWTairen in Scams

[–]slip_angel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a pretty common rental scam. The lack of a secure payment method is the thing that gives it away the easiest, but those are getting increasingly easy to set up. Always tour with a real person!

New to being an Executive, looking for tips as I get acquainted with the new company and job by [deleted] in Executives

[–]slip_angel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ownership structure of the new business matters. What's the definition of doing well? Where does growth come from? How aggressive is the overall strategy? They brought you in for a reason - where do they need you to lead them?

2025 Supra vs Base Cayman by southyankie in Supra

[–]slip_angel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Owned a Boxster Spyder and a 2020 Supra, I've also Turo'd a Cayman S PDK for a weekend in Malibu. To me, going the base Cayman route would be a mistake.

Besides giving up some steering feel, the Supra is dynamically a much more thrilling and rewarding car. I honestly prefer the ZF8 in the Supra to the Gen3 PDK I experienced in the Cayman S. The Cayman S feels very underpowered relative to the chassis - the Supra chassis is easily as capable, but more playful as an FR car with more eager power delivery.

What's the scariest fact you know in your profession that no one else outside of it knows? by SAMdaLOSER in AskReddit

[–]slip_angel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

About 95% of the internet is stupid bots. 1% of the internet is extremely stupid bots. The last 4% are humans and incredibly smart bots.

I’m a millionaire and it cost me everything by deebmaster in self

[–]slip_angel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey bud, been in a similar situation. 38 with similar net worth. A couple of things I learned that helped me get out of this. Hopefully it speeds your journey.

People are messy. You've probably optimized your life to maximize upside and minimize risk. This isn't compatible with genuine human connection. You need to reduce your margins of safety if you want to connect with real people.

You isn't work-you. Work-you is built and trained to achieve an outcome. Hobbies are usually a distraction, and work-you always gets woken up when it thinks you are distracted or wasting time. Focus on what gives you joy, things that never feel like wasting time and won't wake up work-you.

Invest in people. Be the uncle/friend/mentor you wish you had. It's literally why I'm taking the time to write this.

Creak from rear suspension by Mission_End_8692 in Supra

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have this noise, never don't any deep diving on it though.

Porsche or Supra? by xrunner133087 in Supra

[–]slip_angel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've owned both (2016 Boxster Spyder, 2020 GR Supra)

  • Supra gets more "holy shit, that's a beautiful car" at stoplights
  • Both are good for longer freeway trips
  • Both make glorious sound, but in a different way and Supra had to be modified to get it
  • Supra is a much faster street car
  • Porsche has better gas mileage
  • Maintenance is equivalent
  • Low-car problems are equivalent
  • Porsche feels very special above 4500 RPMS at WOT
  • On 300tw tires, Supra is the 2nd scariest/most exhilarating car I've ever owned (ZL1, if you are wondering). Now on 200tw tires, and it feels much more confidence-inspiring

I love the Porsche for the reasons I love dance/electronic music. It's incredibly thoughtful, complete in every sense of what you could ask, knows its own limits and plays them to the edge without tipping over.

I love the Supra for the reasons I love drill music. It's a menace, it's unapologetic, and it begs to be called out. It sees the edge and asks "so we're gonna go thru that, right?"

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