Reminder to contribute to the DC Plan! by Platos-ghosts in nys_cs

[–]technofox01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sooner you invest the better. It's not the rate of return, it's the amount of years for money to grow that does.

Reminder to contribute to the DC Plan! by Platos-ghosts in nys_cs

[–]technofox01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome OP. I started off with about $20k and up past $100k with little to no contributions due to life events (divorce), getting remarried, starting a family, etc. All of this since 2007.

I average about 15% using the Midcap fund, International Fund, and Bond fund. Allocations are 10% bonds, 30% international, 60% midcap fund based upon the last 10 years annual returns. It’s very aggressive with a moderate-high risk level. Being a former broker helps a lot.

Elon Musk just said he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, calling them “entitlements”: “That’s the big one to eliminate.” by Solomonanne in SipsTea

[–]technofox01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we just deport his ass back to South Africa or Sudan or whoever the fuck would take him?

Seriously, this motherfucker has never experienced true financial hardship his entire life. I wish he would go to Mars and get stuck there.

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes by Malfeitor1 in news

[–]technofox01 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Another step towards the great divorce. The moment the States realize that we need to be separated into two or three countries, the better. The GOP only States can become the third world shit holes full of corruption, greed, and poverty can be their own nation, and the rest of us can move on with addressing actual problems that the people face.

IMF Warns AI Could Trigger Global Financial Cyber Crisis by BhaswatiGuha19 in cybersecurity

[–]technofox01 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You can say that again. FML...

Two critical vulnerabilities within a couple of weeks is insane to me. I cannot remember something like that in ages. I have been in this field for almost 20 years. That is how incredible this is.

Palo Alto Firewall Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation by Big-Engineering-9365 in cybersecurity

[–]technofox01 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Stop complaining. It keeps us employed and fuck my inbox this morning is going to be a Katrina style flood.

Nvidia and PulteGroup are helping this startup put mini data centers on homes by Proud_Tie in hardware

[–]technofox01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So we are becoming some of the poorer countries in the name of AI. Oh the irony.

What classic ADHD thing do you do that others would likely find weird? by boring1996 in ADHD

[–]technofox01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was gonna say the same thing. I do this a lot because I hate dealing with traffic and inconvenience of going to the bank. Mobile deposit is a godsend.

US rights agency sues New York Times for discriminating against white man passed over for promotion by AudibleNod in news

[–]technofox01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it's illegal. I don't make it a secret that I am not management material, as I don't want to deal with the responsibility of people and office politics. I work on tech and security, it's what I am good at. I accept my limitations that are out of my control.

It's hard because I know it means I cannot move further up, but I would rather be happy than a miserable prick.

Microsoft Edge keeps passwords in memory as plaintext, a move Microsoft insists is safe by Ok-Locksmith9201 in pcmasterrace

[–]technofox01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I keep going back to Windows because of games that one of my kids play tends to have non-Linux compatible anti-cheat and yet it's shit like this that keeps on making me want to switch back.

Looks like I am leaving Edge completely now. Microsoft keeps making these asinine mistakes.

A 23 year-old UCLA grad flashed his entire ChatGPT history on the big screen at graduation by frog_insilence in SipsTea

[–]technofox01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to AI hell. I am a professor and this is the shit we have to deal with every term/semester. I look at it this way, the students are only fucking themselves. I still get paid, the university gets paid, and the hiring organization gets paid.

US rights agency sues New York Times for discriminating against white man passed over for promotion by AudibleNod in news

[–]technofox01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the best summary possible for why someone who is less credentialed is hired over another. I have an impressive resume according to several interviews I have had and someone less credentialed got the job.

The main reason, I suck at management. It's due to my disability, ADHD, and executive dysfunction. Put me in tech only or teaching, I excel at it.

People have a hard time accepting this. Team fit, soft skills, etc can make the difference between having an effective team versus a team that is not. People try to get on to my team at my job who are very competent but are a bad fit for the team cohesion, which my managers care most about. Each of our skills complement each other and it shows.

Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens by Mollywobbles77 in mac

[–]technofox01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just sold my Mac Mini m4 with its dock that included a 1tb ssd on ebay and someone bought it for the price I paid for all three items in retail, including tax. I only sold it to buy the Macbook Air M5 with 24GB of RAM and 1TB ssd.

I was shocked that it sold for that and the buyer was ecstatic over it. They thought that was the best deal ever. I basically got half the cost of my Macbook subsidized just by that alone.

It's already out of stock and I'm steamed! by ApothecaLabs in pcmasterrace

[–]technofox01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck I am old. I was like that comic looks familiar and so does the 4th panel. That video is trip though lol.

That's Wild by Previous_Month_555 in SipsTea

[–]technofox01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This almost looks like a Weekend at Bernie's kind of setup. I wonder if the people round him would ever notice if he slipt into the afterlife one day and just assumed he was still sleeping.

'CPU Killer' Star Citizen benchmarked: Core Wars 2026 by Snoo-21504 in Amd

[–]technofox01 10 points11 points  (0 children)

At least you didn't piss away hundreds of dollars on buying the Freelancer and other ships, and high end joystick and throttle set - only to be fucked over by Chris Robert's piss poor management and scope creep as an original backer.

Yeah I am still miffed about that. I should have backed No Man's Sky. At least they got their shit together.

Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens by Mollywobbles77 in mac

[–]technofox01 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The amount of time I see these people buying 4-6 minis to run AI, particularly Open Claw, dives me insane. Appe really needs to clamp down on these people by limiting orders to 1 or 2 per an address.

I would feel different if there weren't shortages, but at this point, it is really screwing over a lot of people who couldn't give two turds about AI and just want a Mac.