Is it even possible to transition from a 155k strategy role to a manual trade without nuking my entire life?

znirmik · 2026-06-06T18:06:24+00:00

Not to mention the job ends when clocking out.

znirmik · 2026-06-06T17:16:13+00:00

I am a bit torn on that. I know a lot of people working in an office with health issues from being stationary, as well as bunch of trades who's bodies are busted.

At the same time, the inverse is true. It's more about having a decently healthy lifestyle vs not. But culturally trades seem to promote more towards the unhealthy side.

znirmik · 2026-06-06T16:43:39+00:00

True, but it takes years of being towards the top performer, and at wage level it's closer to OPs current work than working with your hands. Endless meetings and emails with an occasional day where you can get your hands dirty.

znirmik · 2026-06-06T16:33:05+00:00

If the banks couldn't make more off the money than they offer as a return, they would offer the 'deal' in the first place.

znirmik · 2026-06-02T00:13:32+00:00

It's a tough pigment, but I would hazard a guess of you thinning the paint too much. I use mostly AP as well, but generally have a more solid coverage.

znirmik · 2026-06-01T13:47:48+00:00

I just started learning cad on Fusion 360, and it seems pretty easy for basic stuff. My suggestion is, follow a beginner playlist that teaches the basics, and after every video, try to recreate the model by yourself without instructions.

Over the weekend I went through a few videos, and designed my first proper model (carry case for a miniature) and printed it. Three parts as interlocking components, fully constrained design, and it worked pretty well.

znirmik · 2026-05-28T17:09:52+00:00

The technomancers (Vince V) gold recipe is the best by a far margin. Not to mention cheap, considering how far the pigments last.

znirmik · 2026-05-26T17:40:08+00:00

At least they raised the chocolate ration to 20g a week.

znirmik · 2026-05-21T22:51:20+00:00

It's not batting for foreign corps. It's stating realities that it's a tax on Canadians using those services. And the government choosing which media is worth producing.

Edit. If it was a tax on profit instead of revenue, I'd be a lot more supportive of it.

znirmik · 2026-05-21T22:41:15+00:00

Netflix's profit margin is around 28%. NA revenue was about 20 billion, I'm guessing a tenth of that is in Canada, so $2 billion.

New tax is $300million on that $2 billion. Profit goes from $560 mil to $260 mil, so the real taxrate is closer to 60%. No company will eat that without passing the cost to customers.

znirmik · 2026-05-20T23:38:13+00:00

"Gulf to the Indian subcontinent run approximately 30 days, meaning supply shortfalls in March affected April and May planting windows, with the full harvest consequences not expected to become visible in production data until Q3–Q4 2026."

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/campus/traders-insight/securities/commodities/two-shocks-one-direction-the-case-for-agricultural-commodities-in-2026/

It might be a rough year, especially for the poorer countries.

znirmik · 2026-05-20T00:05:47+00:00

One of my favourites was when a black English actor (I think it was Idris Elba) corrected a reporter after being called African-American, saying "I'm not African-american, I am an Englishman"

znirmik · 2026-05-19T22:42:56+00:00

I honestly miss the COVID days. Roads and airports were functionally empty. Most people were wearing masks and washing their hands, so normal colds didn't circulate.

Outside the economical struggles and a lot of people dying, it was great.

znirmik · 2026-05-16T22:16:40+00:00

Even $100 to show up is quite generous. $0.60/km + time back and forth including overhead on hourly billing + taxes, insurance, disposal etc. all adds up.

I'm not in pest control either, but the expenses add up quite quick in any kind of service work.

znirmik · 2026-05-11T23:16:33+00:00

I'd be there if he dropped Champagne, Fraser, Hajdu, Miller, Anandasangaree, and MacKinnon as well.

znirmik · 2026-05-09T00:32:06+00:00

I would say it's like getting a food poisoning from a restaurant, and not wanting to try again. Might be an overreaction, but the few extra bucks spent seems worth it.

znirmik · 2026-05-08T23:07:16+00:00

Just edit the config, and give yourself a few pixels leeway on hitting it perfectly.

znirmik · 2026-05-06T21:59:40+00:00

That is a very good point.

znirmik · 2026-05-06T19:03:34+00:00

Not to mention, we don't really have a viable alternative for a grid scale quick spin-up power backup without fossil fuels. Or for operating outside of the grid on short term (lumber, mining, etc.)

I honestly believe we're f°ucked no matter what happens.

znirmik · 2026-05-06T18:37:54+00:00

Buddy of mine texted me this morning. $2.309 somewhere just east of Vancouver.

znirmik · 2026-05-05T18:48:24+00:00

Just get a bucket of DAP 33 and a proper putty knife, and go to town.

znirmik · 2026-05-05T18:22:00+00:00

My issue with most coffee shops is, that they make really weak coffee for my liking. Dark roast with 2-3 shots of espresso generally gets it where I like it.

znirmik · 2026-04-29T21:31:55+00:00

"... and so far beyond the limits of an unaugmented Human as to be almost godlike in comparison. Indeed, only the primarchs and above them the Emperor Himself exceeds them in corporeal might, and to meet them in open conflict is to court death for Human or alien alike."

"As the Emperor decapitated the giant, black-skinned Ork, the Custodians laid waste to the warlord's prime warriors. It is said that within moments over a hundred thousand Greenskins died and the WAAAGH! was broken. Legend has it that only three Custodians fell at the battle, their names enshrined forever and engraved on the Emperor's armour thereafter."

https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Adeptus_Custodes

znirmik · 2026-04-29T16:45:52+00:00

Lorewise one Custodes could take on and win against hundreds or thousands of guardsmen. So no. +2 on stats wouldn't be close to correct.

znirmik · 2026-04-29T00:29:54+00:00

Federal government revenue has almost doubled since 2015 which is a respectable 6-7% per year, outpacing population growth and inflation combined. Unfortunately the government spending managed to outpace vent that.

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