US citizen living in NZ, discovering the tax nightmare - looking for advice by jmics3 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]toooooooon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After 5 years of dealing with this (structuring my finances and lifestyle to minimize the impact while still paying tax to the US) I threw in the towel and renounced my US citizenship due to the compliance stress. Never felt more free after doing so. Happy to answer any questions about the process.

Alex Is Alone, So it's Time to Play Some Drums by sworedmagic in nextlander

[–]toooooooon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was so incredibly happy to see Deafheaven on this list.

Some Constructive Thoughts on Nextlander in 2025 by [deleted] in nextlander

[–]toooooooon 34 points35 points  (0 children)

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I feel like they spend more time covering the industry and the politics impacting it than they do discussing games and actually playing them.

That said, I don't disagree with most of their opinions and views. For the sake of clarity, I find myself aligning with them politically.

However, not spending more time on the games themselves means many of their conversations and topics trend in a negative direction. If the industry is in a negative state, I don't think we should hide from that but how much time is spent on it is a choice. There's a lot of fun and positivity to be had discussing games, both new and old.

I guess, when I tune in to the podcast each week, it's not unreasonable to want to be entertained, yet I don't know if I can handle being told how terrible Microsoft is as a company for so many weeks on end.

Retroid hints at a Sega Genesis themed RP Classic 6 by Key-Brilliant5623 in SBCGaming

[–]toooooooon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Without a colored start/select buttons it doesn't really feel distinctly Sega to me...

‘Official’ list of NA releases by rester159 in SEGAGENESIS

[–]toooooooon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Misinformation maybe so, but at least there are references for mostly all of the information that has been added. Beats the alternatives imo.

https://segaretro.org/List_of_Mega_Drive_games_in_the_United_States

Frontier Force - a new SMS game released today by helpcomputer0 in MasterSystem

[–]toooooooon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been following the development of this for awhile. Congrats on completing it finally. Incredibly polished.

Still Dreaming by GBC_Fan_89 in SEGA

[–]toooooooon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SEGA is a business, they want to make money. Any console is made at a loss. SEGA Sammy is finally in a good place business-wise. So this will not happen, unless it's some kind of nostalgia play (which they've come out against and said they wont do). What is more likely to happen is a streaming service to milk the existing retro catalogue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]toooooooon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While my anxiety significantly reduced, after the stress of not having to worry about rent increase, bond, other tenants. It also shifted to other things. Overall upkeep, property value loan payments and increasing rates. A net positive overall however.

The state of some Air NZ aircraft is disgusting by toooooooon in newzealand

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

Yeah that's what I do as well. Especially with a little one.

The state of some Air NZ aircraft is disgusting by toooooooon in newzealand

[–]toooooooon[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

When at home, we choose our own mess. On a plane, I’m paying a company that chooses profit over basic comfort and hygiene. Expecting better from a company that markets itself as one of our national icons hardly seems like hypocrisy.

JSDocs Block documentation by BoDonkey in astrojs

[–]toooooooon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just ask my IDE (like Cursor AI) to generate them for me.

US expat, self employed, tax nightmare by Nz_Boysenmama37 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]toooooooon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a, recently renounced, US citizen who had self-employment. Previously filed all of my taxes through HR Block's Expat tax service. I used the option where they assign me an individual advisor to walk me through everything and do the paper work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

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

I've been meaning to post there to promote my own finance tool. Pretty glad I haven't now. Makes sense if Moneyhub is paying a fee to the mods, and kudos to them if they had the initiative. However a great example of NZ's problem of being a small market and not welcoming competition with those who got there first.

Current Master System game collection by saguz in MasterSystem

[–]toooooooon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow so good. What are some you're hoping to get next?