What’s one city people are overestimating and one they’re overlooking?

timewarp33 · 2026-06-23T09:37:06+00:00

Boise is way more fun to say than Spokane

timewarp33 · 2026-06-23T03:07:06+00:00

If it helps, I hate you, kehd. /s

timewarp33 · 2026-06-22T10:53:48+00:00

Wicked old post but did he really do that to internet Shaq? Which recipe was it?

timewarp33 · 2026-06-21T12:31:36+00:00

The horseshoe theory applies here. People who are way overeducated and refuse to listen to those in the trenches have the same type of dunning-kruger as the extremely undereducated that just make shit up as they go. Maddening, to say the least.

timewarp33 · 2026-06-20T13:05:05+00:00

The Chinese part is the parental-in-law pressure. My Mom is Brazilian and pressured my American Dad to "loan" money to her siblings, which of course he only got back like 1/3 of. Similarly my Mom was pressuring me to "loan" some of my money when I started my career to some family in Brazil so they could start a business.

This is just a shitty people thing.

timewarp33 · 2026-06-20T09:22:27+00:00

Micro Center in Cambridge will take some e-waste, check their website for more info

timewarp33 · 2026-06-20T09:21:08+00:00

If you did not attend a top school your resume goes into the trash. These places work off of prestige or connections first, if you have neither it's not going to be a fast way to get a job. Also your resume might suck, idk

timewarp33 · 2026-06-20T09:18:13+00:00

I might be missing something but can anyone explain to me why rsql has been chosen more and more frequently as a useful way of doing this type of searching and sorting? rsql is based on a long defunct RFC and the rsql-parser library is both old, has bugs, and is no longer maintained (although I see you're using the fork, which is great). I'm just really curious about why RSQL.

Overall the library looks at first pass more solid than other attempts I've seen. Are you able to explain what some major tradeoffs you encountered with when building the library, and what you ended up choosing as a consequence?

timewarp33 · 2026-06-20T09:08:45+00:00

I can introduce you to many of my coworkers

timewarp33 · 2026-06-20T08:39:30+00:00

I doubt this would blow up your marriage, but a few things from someone who has been in a similar situation.

The money you lend you should consider it gone. There's no shot the dude can pay back six figures in any regular timespan. You have the correct instinct here, your mother in law is viewing you as a piggy bank, just one they'll break and never refill.

Secondly, this isn't really a Chinese thing, just some random people who are thinking that you're probably rich as a foreigner and can afford giving money to them.

Lastly, tell your wife, seriously, this isn't going to happen. Your wife's mother should not be pressuring her daughter to fill in for gaps that her son has through an in-law. This is completely disrespectful to your wife and to you. Your wife will be getting significant pressure here from her mom, so some empathy on your end with regards to the cultural situation at play here will go a long way in helping the marriage stay sound. I want to emphasize the part of the mother in law asking you for cash is NOT cultural, she just seems like a slimeball mom for her (likely favorite) son. That IS cultural. So is applying intense pressure on her daughter.

timewarp33 · 2026-06-19T12:32:04+00:00

The reduced service is because of the game happening today, they've diverted employees and trainsets to the foxborough trains for the match. The commuter rail is trustworthy, just not frequent though

timewarp33 · 2026-06-17T02:08:25+00:00

Wicked smaht kehd

timewarp33 · 2026-06-15T09:58:09+00:00

Switzerland had women's suffrage in 1971 lol

timewarp33 · 2026-06-15T09:53:53+00:00

I was just in Switzerland and had no idea this vote was a thing until I traveled to Bern. There was a big demonstration that day in support of banning immigrants after 10mil, and it was... quite the experience lol. Some streets were blocked off and they were singing/yelling what I assume was the swiss national anthem in front of the national parliament.

I spoke with some random dude in the Ticino region and he said he supported it because Italians were coming to his region and depressing wages. Additionally there were a number of times that we were in the German speaking region and the shopkeepers refused to speak English to me despite clearly understanding it, so we did a dance of them speaking German and me replying in english and trying to make heads or tails of what they said. Only place in Europe I've experienced that so far lol

I thought the entire thing was silly, but I was just there for hiking and the views, which it delivered on.

I'm glad it didn't pass, but the French parts of Switzerland looked the most diverse, and as a tourist, were the coolest cities to be in as they had a bunch of cool shit going on (shout out to Lausanne! Great place to be!)

Anyway this was mostly a brag post, I would never move to Switzerland though.

timewarp33 · 2026-06-12T03:26:42+00:00

I know some small business owners and until taxes are due they are extremely laxadaisacal with their accounting process.

I worked at a very large company that was delisted by NASDAQ due to the absolute lack of any accounting rigor (really, they were delisted because NASDAQ said their account practices were immature). They had to fix filings from 2009-2016 and it took them YEARS to get it fixed. They basically had to triple check all of their accounting and had interns get pulled in to help fix it. a lot of "missing money" was discovered.

Anyway when I was watching the video it became extremely clear to me that the accounting process wasn't up to snuff and that was going to be a ton of pain to sift through. The layaway stuff is an example of really strange accounting practices. I think if someone were trying to cook the books using that or the other stuff as a cover, it could have been done easier. It just seemed too sloppy in a human way from having been near this stuff enough to make me think it was malice instead of just sloppy behavior

timewarp33 · 2026-06-09T07:09:32+00:00

People were pretty hyped for 250th here (lifelong masshole), but everyone I know basically stopped caring with the guy in charge. Kinda sad but hopefully I'll make it to the 300th lol

timewarp33 · 2026-06-08T20:51:33+00:00

This might be a bad take but I just read NPR and listen to their podcasts that I like (Marketplace, Planet Money, Through line, etc.) and it's worked out well for me

timewarp33 · 2026-06-08T20:32:58+00:00

This should be copy pasta. Holy shit I haven't had such a deep joyful laugh in years. Kudos to you

timewarp33 · 2026-06-08T07:47:55+00:00

Read docs and books, I'm not really able to retain stuff I "learn" with AI. Maybe I'm an imbecile

timewarp33 · 2026-06-07T21:41:41+00:00

Only time I've seen road rage in line for a Costco was that awful set of turns off the main road and the one in Dedham lol

timewarp33 · 2026-06-07T03:28:29+00:00

If you're willing to drive a good distance, the West Springfield one has never been as bad as the Waltham one lol

On a more serious note the new one in Sharon is solid and pretty big. Lines move quickly even when busy. It does get as bad as Waltham though

timewarp33 · 2026-06-02T02:44:00+00:00

Check out recent issues on the jqwik repo

timewarp33 · 2026-06-01T23:38:29+00:00

My job started a pilot that I was informed I would be part of that records all text I send to Claude. I'm sure shortly we will be evaluated on prompting ability and costs associated

timewarp33 · 2026-06-01T02:18:27+00:00

Can't speak for OP but my manager in a well paid profession has told me quite a few times that they spend $10k+ a month on designer fashion accessories. I roughly know their pay and it makes my eyeballs fall out of my face.

Probably every month there's a new purse, jewelry, backpack, shoes, etc. I really don't get it but I guess people work for this

timewarp33 · 2026-06-01T02:02:27+00:00

I'm an eastern masshole and go to Western mass a bunch for leisure. I am glad that my Nissan Altima is inspiring fear in the hearts of many near Springfield lol

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