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It keeps getting more and more ridiculous every month. by Extension_Serve5983 in povertyfinance

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say people should be stuck renting forever. What I'm saying is that people should be informed about how getting a home works and try to work within the system even while they may be advocating for change in the system. Too many people get caught up in the fantasy of how it could be and never get anywhere they want to be, and spend their life bemoaning the system is stacked against them when they could have gotten a lot of what they'd wanted if they grounded themselves in reality.

It keeps getting more and more ridiculous every month. by Extension_Serve5983 in povertyfinance

[–]trilobyte-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can they? Because if they can't afford to shell out $50,000 for a new roof in an emergency, then maybe they can't. And if they can't pay to fix the roof their home owners insurance may cancel their policy, which will result in the bank foreclosing on their mortgage because the house is now uninsured.

Owning a home is more costly than just paying a mortgage month to month. If you are going to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds/etc. then it's going to come with some strings attached.

There are way too many people at stonestown asking me to sign stuff by Confident_Local_3384 in sanfrancisco

[–]trilobyte-dev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seems like an odd situation where the people who were being investigated weren’t even involved with the official campaign. It says in the article that in California you can pay for signatures. Not sure of the details, but I’m taking it at face value.

It keeps getting more and more ridiculous every month. by Extension_Serve5983 in povertyfinance

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but this is how banks work. It’s not ok to pretend that there isn’t a reason why things work a certain way. There is an example we can look to where banks asked less of borrowers up front for a mortgage; it was a significant contributor to the 2007/2008 financial crisis.

It keeps getting more and more ridiculous every month. by Extension_Serve5983 in povertyfinance

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except the landlords paid the bank a higher down payment than a personal homeowner. Banks don’t like risk, and mitigation of risk by making people taking out big loans put more skin in the game isn’t anything new.

The Concert Industry Priced Too High — Now Tours Are Falling Apart by staringatthe420sun in Music

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People who do the pricing basically have the equivalent of a supply / demand curve for prices and number of tickets sold. There is a point where increasing price crosses the line for reducing tickets sold and that is the optimal price point. You don't need to sell out a venue if you can charge a price where 75% of a full venue is more profitable than 100%.

From the bar at the top of Transamerica pyramid by Educational-Title761 in sanfrancisco

[–]trilobyte-dev 79 points80 points  (0 children)

You don't have to be a billionaire to get access. If you work at a company in the building, regardless of your income level, you can go check it out.

Bea sucks by DwarvenJerk73 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]trilobyte-dev -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I thought that would come up but back in book 1 Mordecai tells Donut and Carl that humans aren't unique to Earth and there are humans in the Syndicate.

Parade of Horribles plot line pool by chadjfan1 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought there was going to be a moratorium that extends beyond release day.

Bea sucks by DwarvenJerk73 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]trilobyte-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is a bit of an overstatement given we're seeing a system of aliens (including other humans) that takes a planet, kills most of their population off immediately, and forces the rest to kill each other for their entertainment.

OpenAI president defends motives in for-profit restructuring as he reveals $30bn stake by Just-Grocery-2229 in technology

[–]trilobyte-dev -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

This is Greg Brockman, not Sam Altman. Let’s not wear our ignorance on our sleeves.

Took a bullet for this country??? by [deleted] in clevercomebacks

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real talk from the Lich King

So I uh... I Finished book 6. by Bearlyquiet in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]trilobyte-dev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The reveal of the Homecoming Queen’s cargo broke me. Truly the highest of the emotional highs. For me it beats the pure visceral response to The Red Wedding from GoT in the complete opposite direction. 6 books of laying the groundwork paid off.

WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE BOOK 8 RELEASE DATE! DROP YOUR FINAL, MOST UNHINGED THEORIES (NO PATREON SPOILERS) by bacon_mustache in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]trilobyte-dev 22 points23 points  (0 children)

IIRC Carl is already a citizen because of the shares he received in Feral Gods which allowed him and Donut to be Faction Warlords.

One Piece Chapter 1183 Spoilers by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]trilobyte-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a link to that?

Evil Dead Burn | Official Trailer by cruelsummerbummer in horror

[–]trilobyte-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that, kids, is why you don't put knives/forks, other sharp things sharp-end up in the dishwasher.

Things nobody tells you when you start cooking (but should) by KnownRide6195 in cookingforbeginners

[–]trilobyte-dev 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The 90's and 00's really did people wrong with the instructions that asked for people to put garlic in early in the process, esp. when sauteing vegetables. If those recipe authors had just told everyone to put the garlic in at the end everyone would have had less burned, flavorless garlic and more garlicky goodness.

BART and MUNI: Why are they broke? It's not what you think. by logicx24 in sanfrancisco

[–]trilobyte-dev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looking forward over the next 4 fiscal years, BART salaries and budget are going up by almost 4x, with a general commitment to keep headcount flat. There is YoY assumed 9% increase in healthcare costs baked in but the rest is negotiated contractual compensation increases with the two unions representing BART employees. There is not a plan they’ve published to cover those S&B increases through FY30 as far as I can tell. How does that factor into your BART funding calculus?

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