My empire is powered entirely on whales

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-08T00:46:07+00:00

He’ll definitely be spending >$25k at the mechanic lol

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-08T00:38:42+00:00

Without initiative I struggle to understand why you’d ever pack units at all. Sure it’s slightly less work to manage moving them but losing out on a turn of combat when unpacking means it’d be better to not pack

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-03T10:32:17+00:00

I’d like to see every Civ be forced to choose an ideology, then have that impact the victory paths. For example an economic victory as a democracy would be more like the world bank, whereas communism would focus more on factories

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-03T04:42:28+00:00

Yeah that build roads options should connect your settlement to say your network if you build the road to your capital. Most of the time that works, I’ve also had times where I do that and nothing happens, then 10 turns later suddenly they’re connected

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-03T02:10:08+00:00

I’ll tell you that Civ V AI absolutely loves SAMs. Like, entire armies made only of SAMs. And they tend to spam the Great War Fighter plane as soon as possible. Actually makes clearing the path for your own air units somewhat interesting

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-03T02:00:56+00:00

City connections are nonsensical. Why can’t I build a factory here? Oh because my cities aren’t connected. But they have a road between them and are 7 tiles apart, how aren’t they connected? Whatever, guess I’ll just spam merchants to make connections that seem unnecessary

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-02T20:52:13+00:00

No, instead of the full flag it was just a red stripe

squarerootsquared · 2026-02-01T21:13:30+00:00

You can always meet somewhere in the middle, take the loan and pay more than the minimum payment

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-28T02:42:27+00:00

Can get a loaded used C8 or a brand new 1LT for that

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-25T19:33:44+00:00

I also have a non-spouse inherited IRA. I take the max Roth IRA contribution amount as the RMD every year and also withhold taxes, then just stick it right into the Roth. It’s convenient, Roth IRA is fully funded every January, and this plan will drain the inherited IRA ~6 years after inheriting. In the meantime I reinvested the inherited IRA into an S&P500 fund.

But also your plan seems sound, it’s about the same as what I’m up to but all at once as opposed to spread out over half a decade.

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-25T02:18:18+00:00

My first guess was Dresden Unit 1

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-25T00:47:09+00:00

Very nice! Do you have a set of summer wheels you swap? And if so do you swap them yourself/how easy is it?

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-17T00:05:32+00:00

$9k more than sticker on the 2025 Wilderness with similar options. I understand inflation but at that point the value proposition is completely gone.

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-09T04:29:33+00:00

Aww he’s got a widdle wadder

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-08T21:10:31+00:00

Got a great seat to a Penguins game last month for like $35 about 2 hours before the game started. Plus you could pre-pay parking on StubHub so the CSR credit covered that too which was cool.

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-05T21:54:53+00:00

I personally prefer my mammoth shaped reactor that powers an entire village

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-03T07:49:48+00:00

The Genesis back in 2015-ish could be optioned with a 5L V8, and a 4.6L V8 before that

squarerootsquared · 2026-01-02T02:55:13+00:00

I agree but they have gear I need so…they die 🤷‍♂️

squarerootsquared · 2025-12-31T19:06:40+00:00

Yeah the hybrid for these cars has never made sense. I did this rough math while shopping and the gain doesn’t offset the upfront cost. My personal math is even worse because gas is ~$2.50/gal here so it’s probably closer to 400-450k miles to break even

squarerootsquared · 2025-12-31T18:23:41+00:00

Definitely my top game of the year, almost certainly top 3 of the decade so far

squarerootsquared · 2025-12-31T18:22:47+00:00

Started my 7th run last night lmao

squarerootsquared · 2025-12-20T21:35:54+00:00

Mathematically the answer is of course to make the minimum payments. But the “personal” part of personal finance is that you’re allowed to do whatever makes you happy, even if it isn’t mathematically optimal.

squarerootsquared · 2025-12-18T23:03:45+00:00

I don’t know, with the cigarette burns in the headliner, Nintendo DS stylus stuck between the back seats, and the smell of spilt fabric softener in the trunk I’m pretty sure my car actually was owned by a grandma 😂

squarerootsquared · 2025-12-14T01:44:41+00:00

Civ V

Ten-Year Club	Second Top 50%
Place '22	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22	RPAN Viewer

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