droans

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[–] droans 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

A high geologist, huh?

[–] droans 3 points 8 months ago

That's how you develop new messaging protocols.

[–] droans 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Should be every single one that supports IPv6.

[–] droans 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If the slide has all the information, then it's a poor slide deck.

The slides are supposed to be an outline. The rule of thumb is max seven lines and max seven words per line.

Here's a couple examples.

Good slide:

  • Revenue: -10% vs Estimate
  • Industry trends
  • Low demand for new products
  • Strong demand for XYZ

Also good slide, depending on who you're presenting to:

  • Revenue: -10% vs Estimate
  • Industry: -3%
  • New products: -30%
  • XYZ: +4%

Bad slide:

  • Revenue is 10% below estimate
  • Industry has seen a 3% drop in sales
  • New products ABC and MNO have had a 30% lower demand than we expected
  • Product XYZ has higher demand than anticipated with sales 4% higher than estimate

All the extra information on the bad slide can be delivered by the presenter. It's not necessary on the slide. The slide is for people to glance at to assist them during and after the presentation and to help them anchor themselves in the discussion.

[–] droans 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Only 46% of the population are working.

Shouldn't you be taking out children, students, retired people, and those who are unable to work?

The number is 76% if you only look at people aged 25-54.

[–] droans 2 points 9 months ago

You sent over twenty-two thousand notifications lmao.

And then the bot added about as many tags to the PR.

[–] droans 2 points 9 months ago

It wasn't even really common in the US until the 70s-80s.

[–] droans 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Now I’m a much happier person with a much better job, but my finances are LOLfukt.

Not really; you just found out why an emergency fund is important.

[–] droans 2 points 9 months ago

Easiest way to do it is with your direct deposit.

Go to your work. Fill out a change form for your direct deposit. Have $X sent directly to your savings account.

It's much less tempting to spend the money when it's already in your savings account.

[–] droans 4 points 9 months ago

You will never make more interest on an investment than you will get charged interest for the same amount as a loan. Ever. It does not happen.

This is barely more accurate than a coin flip. Until 2021, it wasn't that difficult to find loans with rates under 5%. Anything under 4% is basically free money and you're normally better off investing in something low risk than to pay extra.

So for me to sit on money that could go towards paying down debts, I'm just needlessly paying more in interest than I would be otherwise.

If you don't have any emergency funds, or not enough to cover a single large emergency, this is dumb. Cars break, roofs leak, etc. Even if you have an emergency where you can pay on credit, you'll likely be looking at credit card interest rates. Or, you lose your job. Fun fact, most job loses occur when the economy is struggling. Another fun fact, most investments are doing really fucking poorly when the economy is struggling.

Keep some money on hand in case something happens.

[–] droans 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, the software is actually called SANE. I thought you were just making clear how bad Brother's drivers were.

[–] droans 3 points 9 months ago

There's always one "Well, Actually..." guy in every comment section!

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