TheIllustrativeMan

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[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, this year has been on an absolute rip, I'm expecting a drop in the next year, regardless of who wins. Actually pulled 10% of my retirement out of the market and into cash yesterday so I can buy any future dips.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm getting that same way.

Currently trying to chase down some automatic sun shades that don't need an app to do time-based cycles. Shouldn't be this hard, but every band wants you to use absolute garbage apps.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It takes less money to move than you might think to move. If you have a specialty (especially in STEM) it’s really easy, and most jobs will even provide language classes for free.

Unfortunately I picked the wrong specialty (architecture). Still trying to get licensed by the end of the year, that's the only chance I have at another country maybe recognizing my degree. Regardless, it's not very in-demand.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh, yeah, my local wore off halfway through. When they applied more, it felt like they lit my nuts on fire.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (6 children)

My recovery was honestly pretty bad. I was bed-ridden for about 2 weeks, then 8-ish months of aching pain all day every day. Not actually sure when it finally cleared up, I just realized I hadn't felt the pain in a while. My first nut was about a month after the procedure, and that was also a very unpleasant experience.

My case is abnormal, but even more rare is the guys that continue to be in pain for the rest of their lives. Didn't find out about that until I started digging deeper because of my persistent pain.

That said, I still 100% recommend getting it done.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Gotta get creative to get any decent addresses these days. I've been trying to establish a company name (with an available, short-ish, simple URL) and it's surprisingly difficult, even getting into weird TLDs. Really annoying, especially since a lot of them aren't actually being used.

Finally found a 9 character made-up word that I could get the .us TLD for, and I think that's about as good as it's going to get.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

He didn't accept the 2016 results, so I wouldn't count on it.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I spend about that if you exclude my splurge on Soylent for breakfast (substitute oatmeal, for example). I eat wraps that are 90% veggies for lunch and the premix Birdseye veggie/chicken dinners where I can get 2 meals per bag.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You also need to be careful when deleting your account - when you do, they'll send you a "there was an issue with your request" email that tries to get you to register again by prompting you to "log in" to fix it. The log in is creating a password for a new account.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I find the premade mixes from Birdseye (sold basically everywhere that has frozen food) to be a pretty good lazy way to get a big meal. Usually a decent mix of meat, veggies, and grain, but the whole bag (3 servings) is only like 600-900 kcal. Sometimes it feels like an obscene amount of food for the calorie count.

Not bad for what's basically a microwave dinner.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I just used an online calculator. It said something like 1500 kcal a day for my activity level to maintain weight.

I don't really count calories, but I do look to get a general idea of what a meal or a snack is. Sometimes I'm way over, sometimes I'm way under, it's all about balance and being in the ballpark.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

So although charging an EV is by no means fossil-fuel-free, it’s considerably less fossil-fuel than an ICE car.

That was my point. Even in the worst case it's comparable to 60mpg.... No ICE gets 60mpg. And in a decade it'll be even better.

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