Habahnow

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[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn bro, all part of her plan, she's going to let you down even harder this time! Jk

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting. I think I would agree with you that going straight to a university is more expensive, than doing a CC first. It may add additional time to your schooling, but I think its worth it, depending on the costs for the university. I think I would still say even if going through the majors you mentioned, a CC is a better way to go as well unless you have a lot of money, whether from family, or grants, or scholarships.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean we're still not certain if that's true. We know that plastic is now everywhere because degradation, but I don't think we know how damaging it is, if at all (i doubt its non damaging but who knows) In addition, burning could still be worse. Time will tell

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Love these comics. Art, and joke style work amazingly together

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Social events like bars and raves are an option. You'll find people who just want to get shit faced, but also social people. Volunteer work has a lot of people you can interact with and eventually become friends with. Game places are another option as mentioned. Video games as well. If you have a dog, parks are a way to start conversations and meet people.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Budgeting is very important. some people like the 20% of income for saving, 30% for living expenses and the other 50% for everything else. Pre or post tax is up to you as this is a rule of thumb. Important part is that it should be easy for you to build up your savings to cover important expenses. spending 50% of income on housing may be really bad since having back to back years of badluck can screw over your savings, and not give you enough time to save up in between.

This is a general rule that applies when you make enough to do so. If you're struggling to pay rent, do what you can to remove risk and cut down on costs. One thing that helps is aiming to have savings. Often times, its cheaper to have money up front to resolve emergencies rather than later.

Car is one of those things that can make sense to remove. If you're commuting one hour already by car, and there's no public transit option then a car is a necessity. If you can take public transit, that could save you money on car insurance, car payments, car maintenance, and possible accidents.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I suppose it really depends on needs. I don't know whether people would really be needing to ride 150 miles in a single charge. You're correct about myself not riding motorcycles, which is why I asked. by carrying dead weight I meant having to deal with the bulkiness and lack of flexibility with motorcycles. You don't usually carry around a motorcycle nor an ebike, but being able to take it into buildings with you to hide it would be some nice flexibility. Ebikes aren't lightweight either, but compared to a emoto they are.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Drive less would best the recommendation. Though I feel this doesn't directly help yourself so much as everyone.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

why an e motorcycle over an electric bike? I feel the disadvantages are worse: its heavier, larger and requires more time to fully charge. Sure its faster, can probably get your further, and can carry heavier things, but every time you're not using those aspects, the disadvantages are more pronounced. Can't fully charge the battery due to slow charging with whatever you can muster up? will now you're just carrying dead weight.

Will there be nice roads that you know are safe for you to drive fast on? Maybe, again you may be carrying deadweight otherwise.

If you're not using it to carry large/heavy items, again you're riding around in dead weight.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My understanding is that it stems from various combinations of plastic trash, contaminating our ecosystem. So a plastic lined container (nearly any disposable container) is bad because it will contain microplastics in its conents, and also, as it degrades in the trash, will release more microplastics.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm very surprised. I kept my out for the last 3ish years. Let me know if you try them again. I'm wondering if that was a fluke bad purchase? Hope its not quality degredation

 

Article is very interesting and talks about the mix of goals in regards to the protests, and how speech negatively and positively helps accomplish those goals.

 

A bigger “tax break” (in the form of allowing these businesses to actually deduct expenses like other legitimate businesses) for these dispensaries should mean cheaper products, less struggling businesses and also less black market marijuana.

 

I'm currently a Technical account manager at a company and I'm uncertain where to go from here. I currently make 150k, with some of my more experienced coworkers making 200k. I'd like to apply to other companies to make more money.

But I'm wondering, is staying in this sort of role good long term?

Some additional information on what I do, since I understand this role varies company by company:

We interact a lot with clients post sales making technical recommendations on the products of ours to use.

We sometimes help direct clients with integration, or do it ourselves which involves using our REST API.

We also sometimes have to configure and customize our web application front end, which involves making changes to its HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

We would sometimes also need to investigate and deploy bug fixes for production.

Now, looking at potential jobs, I'm seeing Technical Account manager, Solutions Engineer, and customer engineer roles that seem really similar to what I'm doing now, paying about 150k average, maybe even a bit more. I'm uncertain what kind of progression there is though.

On the other hand, as a software engineer (which,despite having a degree in CS, i have no work experience doing, other than what I'm doing now), it feels like there's an, obvious to me, career progression. The issue is that it appears that the average pay for what I think I could work as (junior/entry level software engineer) is closer to 100 - 120k.

Should I keep trying to stay in my current job type? What sort of new positions should I aim for to make more money?

Should I bite the bullet and go into software engineering, losing some short term income in exchange for a better career path with better pay in the future? Should I be applying for entry level positions? or staff/intermediate level Software engineering roles?

any advice is appreciated!

 

I just recently got into using a bike for commuting and I was wondering if this is a good way to secure my bike? I know, previously, people would recommend only needing to lock the back tire to a solid object, but I’ve seen videos of people easily cutting the back tire, breaking it and taking the frame/front tire. My method of locking is sort of similar, except I do lock around the splash guard. If this isn’t very secure, I’d have to get a longer ulock or chain, because there doesn’t appear to be an easy way for me to lock around the back tire, frame and solid object with my current ulock. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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