u/captainstormy

It's absolutely tragic it took this long to find the correct answer!

New Yorkers are convinced that their water makes pizza dough and bagels taste way way better.

So much so that there are companies that export NYC tap water to restaurants all over the US for use in pizza dough and bagels.

It's the first thing I print on every printer. I've got a nice little shelf with them labeled of which printer they came off of. It's kind of nice to see how far out of the box printing has come. You can very much see the difference.

Time flies. I was 21 when the 360 came out.

Lots of hobbies are like that. The AK sub has a similar pie chart. The largest slice was pretending like you are in red dawn.

I'd go hangout with my grandfather. He died in 2008. He was really more like a father too me because mine was a deadbeat. Of all the friends and family I have lost it's him I miss the most.

I think it's just what sticks in your mind. I always see people who are like "the 360 was a great console when I was a kid".

Assuming you are talking about EV batteries.

There isn't really any need. By and large EVs are charged when the car isn't in use. At home, at work, while grocery shopping, etc etc.

Most EV owners are only charging them at public chargers while traveling. With a proper fast charger you can get 80%+ of your battery charge in like 15 minutes.

It's also not really practical. EV batteries are heavy. Anywhere from 500 - 2,000 lbs depending on the size. It's not something that can quickly and easily be changed. They are also very large. They pretty much have to be carried by the entire frame of the vehicle and take up a large amount of space.

Tons of people are. There are 4 PCs in my house all of them only have Linux installed.

All of their CPUs are either a 9800X3D or 275K+. One has 64GB of RAM the rest have 32. One has a 4TB NVME the rest have 2TB. Three have a 9070XT and one has a 7900XTX. My main PC also has 4 6TB HDDs.

If anything Linux makes my hardware and computing life better. Everything just works so much better. I've been gaming on Linux since the 90s. It's so easy these days most people won't be able to tell the difference between Windows and Linux for gaming.

I don't play any games with Anti Cheat anyway, so that isn't a factor to me. I don't buy hardware that needs proprietary software packages to get it to work either.

You actually can get a doctor to prescribe a smart watch and get your insurance to pay for it. I didn't go that route but my doctor said it's possible.

Luckily mine wasn't that serious. I just developed AFIB. I had it corrected but gotta monitor to make sure it doesn't come back.

Hope things are going well for you now!

It's vastly better, and it can also be removed later down the road.

Look at the bright side. You have a high quality piece of equipment that is going to last you for a long long time, possibly forever. I suppose the electric motors could wear out but simple electric motors are easy to rebuild by an electrician too.

Yeah I get moving apartments for sure. For that just get some friends or movers it's not a big deal.

Moving it around the apartment sounds like it's gonna be a one time thing once you figure out the spot too so long term I don't think it's that big of a deal. I really doubt the two legged version is that much lighter to really make it super easy. Lighter sure, but the size of the desk is going to be a big factor too.

I'm sure we will move past smart phones some day. But you won't like it. I'll probably be either some wearable or implanted device instead.

You could just get rid of your smart phone and use a dumb phone yourself though.

All seats really. I used to sit on the tailgate of my truck after I mowed my lawn and have a beer and cigar afterwards.

I lost a good amount of weight and now sitting on my tailgate hurts. I gotta break out a lawn chair, which isn't exactly comfy but it's doable.

First question, why are you moving it around your home so often? My computer desk has been sitting in the same spot for 13 years now.

Secondly you don't have to mount casters to it. You could use something like this.

For me it was health.

I developed a heart issue where I needed to monitor both my heart rate and keep on top of an EKG results to see how it was/wasn't progressing and if the medication was working. Wearing a smart watch was the easiest way to do that.

I also find it really helpful for other health things. Recording my daily steps, tracking how many calories I burn when I exercise, reminding me when it's been a while since I moved around, etc etc.

It's been a really nice tool for my journey to improve my health.

I did however go with a watch that (aside from having a screen) looks like a traditional watch. It's round, has a knob rotary control and a stainless steel body. I wear it with a traditional stainless steel link band as well. I don't like the look of the square/rectangular smart watches and silicon bands make my wrist feel uncomfortable. The metal bands allow it to breath still.

I never stopped.

And taxes will go up when it's not owner occupied as well.

For one, I don't think you can rent much of anything for $1,300. But lets assume your numbers are right.

You rent a place for $1,300 and your lose $250 per month renting out the current place. So you go from $2750 per month to $1,550 per month. So you save $1,200 per month. You do all of these to save $14K per year.

You haven't factored in all of your costs. Have you considered that if you rent out your home you need different and more expensive insurance. Your property taxes also go up if the property isn't owner occupied. You need to set up an LLC to separate the business from your personal life so that should the business get sued only it's assets are on the line. Which your house is now. What about the cost for your lawyer's retainer? Yes, you will need one even for a single property.

Also, Your agreement with your mortgage lender may prohibit you from renting your home. They gave you a loan for a personal home, not to run a business. Businesses are much more risky.

Now it's 3AM and -10 degrees outside and you get a call that the heat is out and the water pipes froze and burst. Now in addition to having to deal with the cost and damages of fixing that (which you would have to do as a home owner anyway) you also have to do it very quickly and you have to put your tenant up in alternative housing until that process is done.

What happens when your tenant doesn't pay. Now you go from saving $1,200 per month to now having to spend an extra $100 per month.

Etc Etc.

If you need more money why not work a side gig like door dash or uber. Sell blood, get a part time job, etc etc. It all seems easier and better than your plan.

As someone who runs a business I can honestly say that I struggle with it and I don't want to do it. But if I don't I'll be out of business.

You can absorb an extra cost from time to time. But they come along constantly. You can't absorb them all. It would be one thing if a new tax levy was a rare thing but we usually have one or even more than one every single year when we vote. Combine that with things like maintenance going up, insurance going up, etc etc. You just can't absorb all of that and stay in business.

In my defense my rent prices are about 10% lower than anything else comparable to them.

That's fair. I just figured if you can't beat them I may as well join them.

In my defense it started as just renting out the first place I bought when I was single when the wife and I got married and bought a bigger house. Every place I bought to rent out was on the market for at least 90 days, most 120 and they all required 50K+ to get back in shape to be livable. I wasn't buying up good houses people actually wanted. I bought these like 12-18 years ago when the market was very different.

So Reddit is about to crucify me for this I know. But I own a couple of properties that I rent out.

When property taxes and insurance goes up, what do you think I do with the rent when the lease goes to renew? I pass that increase on to the renters. I also factor in a market adjustment as well based on rents of similar places (I always price below market rate a little, but not much).

This rent for a loss plan is the dumbest thing I've read on Reddit today. You are still paying out of pocket for that loss. You will still have to pay upkeep and repairs. Then you will have to pay for the place you are living. That is going to cost you more money.

Every place with Unlimited PTO I've worked also had a guaranteed minimum. It's just that you could still get time off after that as long as your manager approved.

So to me it's like I have whatever the minimum is at least and everything past that is a bonus.

Yeah, but that's true rather you have unlimited PTO or not.

Plenty of places don't have PTO and still try to guilt trip you into not taking your full amount of PTO.

People on Reddit act like unlimited PTO is universaly bad for some reason. Like anything it depends on the company.