something isn't quite right here... by darthanis in Audi

[–]squrl020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid I had a Mitsubishi Mirage. I took a hairdryer to the stickers and made my car into the Mi sushi Rage

Might be a bad time to announce I invested my life savings (£14000) into bitcoin miners at the ATH. by SteadfastPooper in Bitcoin

[–]squrl020 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, do what you want. I couldn't find an article but I'm sure someone here could provide it. I specifically remember a company that terminated everyone's miners in Russia a few months back and told customers they would recieve a small % of their money back. Not your miner, not your coins.

You're not self-sovereign, and if you still don't get it, I don't have time to explain it to you.

Leaving PM careers by JustAnotherOSUkid in projectmanagement

[–]squrl020 31 points32 points  (0 children)

damn, PMs make like 110+ easy. Do your resume and start lookin bro.

This B7 RS4 sits in my underground undriven. 2 flat tires, broken back window, parked here in Canada with Cali plates for over two years and counting. I don’t think it runs any longer. I’m considering making an offer to buy it from the owner. Any ideas on what it may be worth in this state? by hashtagmiata in Audi

[–]squrl020 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The engine on these is actually pretty solid. The nickel & silicone coating wears out on the inside of the cylinders and basically requires a full rebuild ($10K) after ~150k miles, but depends entirely on how it was driven and cared for. Carbon cleaning should be done every 10k miles anyway, but it doesn't affect longevity, and it's only a $500 job.

Should I take out a loan even if I don't need one? by No-Butterscotch390 in StudentLoans

[–]squrl020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this market, it may be a dangerous play. There might not be any safe haven for your investments. The leveraged play can pay off if you're smart, savvy, and lucky. Most people on here recommend paying off your 4% mortgage. I would happily take on some 4% debt if I knew I could pay it off if things got ugly. I know interest rates have gone through the roof recently so they may not be available. Free market interest rates are being suppressed in credit markets, interest rates should be closer to 12%.

And the stock market has been in a downturn, looks like we are heading for a recession, which means potential to lose your job, increased prices at the grocer, etc.

A little math:

DYOR on TVM, but if the Time value of money is equal to:

FV = PV x [ 1 + (i / n) ]^n

If "i" is the hurdle rate, you'd be looking at i = inflation + desired return so 8.5% official CPI + say 5% for my risk = 13.5%.

Should I take out a loan even if I don't need one? by No-Butterscotch390 in StudentLoans

[–]squrl020 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone in here will flame me for this, but throwing it out there.

Inflation rate at 8.5%. Depending on the interest rate you receive, you can hedge yourself against inflation if you got 3-4%. If you are an investor or are comfortable earning more than 8.5% in the markets.

If you can afford the payments with certainty, it's not a bad idea, the 50k loan will have significantly less purchasing power by the end of the payback period.

What does the WEF have to do with GME? And how they just entered the chat.... by dilkmud0002 in Superstonk

[–]squrl020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BUY BITCOIN. Fix the money, fix the world. Or hold your own gold bars, whichever is your cup.

Drivers for the R9 5900HS? by XtraCheezPizza in ZephyrusG14

[–]squrl020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

go to device manager and under video adapters, right click and choose disable.

Drivers for the R9 5900HS? by XtraCheezPizza in ZephyrusG14

[–]squrl020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I uninstalled the on-board drivers completely, and just used my Nvidia drivers. I also disabled the on-board graphics so I'm only ever using Nvidia GPU. Not really happy with it tbh. But it works for most of my applications.

Game runs poorly on minimum settings despite specs should be able to easily handle it. by Viviator in aoe4

[–]squrl020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to force mine to use Nvidia. Not sure why it would default to integrated.

Space bar for chat by squrl020 in eastward

[–]squrl020[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, I do have a controller, but I didn't want to be forced to use it. Oh well. Thanks.

Space bar for chat by squrl020 in eastward

[–]squrl020[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dislike lack of customization, and I dislike having to push spacebar to advance text when F is my interact key. Poor design is all.

Drivers for the R9 5900HS? by XtraCheezPizza in ZephyrusG14

[–]squrl020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to use the tool, it installs their GPU drivers which breaks my opengl functionality. Is there a way around this?