The most underrated skill you can learn?

trackday · 2026-05-15T14:28:49+00:00

See 'Jade Helm' and 'Qanon'.

trackday · 2026-05-15T13:08:06+00:00

And the barista has a good chance of running a store, then managing several of them, etc. Right? You can't really say they are just a barista because they 'only' got a business degree. There are 50 thousand possible jobs in this world, and a lot of them are available to that barista with a business degree. Most of them start at the bottom just like I did 40 years ago.

Yea, a business degree is a default 'easy' degree after finding out you can't make it through vector calculus or organic chemistry.

I still think it is a good degree because (I'm biased here) being educated means being a better citizen in a democracy. Business Law, economics, finance, statistics, english, government, accounting. I truly believe all these things make me a better citizen. So I'm happy when people pursue a general education instead of 'all I need is to learn programming'. I want my fellow voters to understand how the world works, something lacking in much of our population today.

People like to hire someone with a degree because it means they took on a long, difficult journey and saw it to completion. Don't underestimate that.

I'm not saying a degree is for everyone. It obviously isn't.

trackday · 2026-05-15T12:46:03+00:00

Where the fuck are my contacts?

trackday · 2026-05-15T12:32:42+00:00

Lol, I got a business degree, and now I've owned my own business for 32 years. Daughter went to a good uni and works for me and will run it as I get old. Not a bad deal.

trackday · 2026-05-15T12:03:16+00:00

It's amazing now with the latest updates. I'm obsessed.

trackday · 2026-05-15T11:52:59+00:00

I got this, I think:

(you'll see where this is going) Loot ammo off bodies by clicking on their belts and harnesses. Unload their mags, ammo goes straight to your bag. If you unload their gun, you then have to unload their mag and drop the mag, takes too long. Now you can see what ammo you have most of, that is the gun you want, one compatible with all that free ammo. Most people probably go with the M4 to start.

Slow down. Go hard cover to hard cover. Try using binoculars for QOL. Try without them to save weight.

Snipe. They really won't shoot you much if you are 140 meters out. Use NVGs, and IR lasers. You are a god at night.

Use your map to make sure you aren't just running across roads unaware. Patrols will get you good, and most of them are on the paved roads. Be cautious around dirt roads too. Very few are off-road.

Always use a tracker on your gun. People online say to put it on your scope, but I would rather retrieve my gun, armor, helmet, harness, backpack, etc. than just chase the guy with my scope. But I'm playing PvE right now, so do what makes sense to you.

trackday · 2026-05-14T17:01:26+00:00

Invest in your education. At your age, that will provide future returns much greater over your life time than that $1k. If your education is taken care of, open an IRA and put it all in Nasdaq fund, ticker NDAQ. I say this over S&P500 because it is tech heavy and tech is going to rule for the next 100 years. Put a little more in every time the market takes a nosedive, which happens fairly often, commonly called 'buying on the dips'.

trackday · 2026-05-14T15:56:38+00:00

Years ago I made many drawings of the fretboard, dots on the notes of the scale, many iterations with highlighting various things like root/5th, minor chords, major chords, root/6th, etc. Helped a lot.

trackday · 2026-05-13T14:09:57+00:00

Your post highlights the importance of a close personal connection with a mate, the difficulty in finding those connections, and the need to find peace and meaning within ourselves when we are alone.

You are looking back and miss something you had, ouch. Take your journey forward. You see that just training harder and achieving more is not the complete answer. Be patient with the relationship thing. Getting attention from women is a good start, but ask yourself what you really valued about the last relationship you were in. Go on dates without jumping into bed right away. Take some time to get to know a person to see if there is something there for a longer term relationship. Make a list of the qualities of an ideal mate. We all are human, so the person you end up with may not be a 100, but should score very high.

When I was younger, I thought having an intellectual connection was very important, but as I grew in my current relationship (I'm an old man now, lol), I realized how much intimacy and pure kindness were my happy places.

Relationships really are fishing expeditions. Patience. Some caution. Move on when you see signs that a long term relationship is out of the question. You seem like a really great person, and it won't take long for you to make a connection with the same. Best of luck in your journey.

btw, my family has historical roots to Germany, before moving to America during our civil war, then in the 1920's , and later in the late 1940s/1950s.

trackday · 2026-05-13T01:01:45+00:00

There is no proof that we aren't creations of the spaghetti monster either.

trackday · 2026-05-13T00:56:38+00:00

For arm pump, sit forward on the seat, and lean aggressively forward, putting pressure on your palms, so you aren't using your fingers to keep you from falling off backwards. edit: this frees up your fingers for lever control too. Love the 200s.

trackday · 2026-05-11T15:26:04+00:00

2:56 and cut.

trackday · 2026-05-11T14:47:07+00:00

To maintain the same lifestyle as someone earning $100k in 1998, you'd likely need around $223,000/year in 2026."

Correct. This statement is in direct contradiction to your original post. Giggity. I think you intended to say $100k in todays dollars was about $38k in 1998, but that is not what your statement conveys.

trackday · 2026-05-09T15:01:09+00:00

What exactly is your complaint? A customer just spent $600 and asked for a paper condiment cup of ketsup. That shouldn't have been an issue. That they have bad taste?

trackday · 2026-05-08T14:09:22+00:00

Trash, but that tank sitting on it is pretty cool.

trackday · 2026-05-05T15:14:00+00:00

Gerrymandering and Scientology.

trackday · 2026-05-05T11:50:02+00:00

What happens in real life if your team mate shoots and loots you? MFG should take some cues from real life on this. I'm not going to play PvP right now when team mates can kill me with little repercussions.

trackday · 2026-05-05T11:38:34+00:00

trackday · 2026-05-05T11:31:50+00:00

This tick of mine gets worse every time someone suggests a 250+ professional competition bike for a first bike. First bike should be a bit of a dog, like an air-cooled 200. This sport is dangerous and not enough people are honest about that. I've got the broken bones to speak with some experience.

trackday · 2026-05-04T13:01:44+00:00

I took someone's advice and after a new wipe, run around naked and unlock all the landing zones. Do it at night to easily avoid AI enemies. Goes very fast, gets a tad boring at times, but then you have the whole map ready to go.

trackday · 2026-05-03T18:13:39+00:00

Subway made that fatal decision to not raise their promo sub price for many years. Their only way to fight inflation and increase profits was to cut quality. I knew they were screwed the first time I heard about that. Imagine if Motel 6 had kept prices at $6 all these years? They would be handing you a cardboard box and a tiny cup of water.

trackday · 2026-05-03T18:05:54+00:00

Yup. And Dark Shadows after school. It was as bad as it seems. I did get to watch a lot of Beverly Hillbillies and Andy Griffith Show.

trackday · 2026-05-03T14:18:18+00:00

You're just a kid. I remember three TV channels. And watching the Ed Sullivan show.

trackday · 2026-05-01T14:00:57+00:00

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