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Hi Paft, thanks for the insight. I am no economist, but the current rate of US Debt increase seems unsustainable either. Interest payments on the debt are one of the biggest expenses, estimated close to $400 billion this fiscal year, or 6.8% of all federal outlays. Our debt (as percentage of GDP) i...

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Well this is concerning. We moved away from any sort of asset-backing standard a long while ago (the end of the Bretton Woods system in the early 70s) for a good reason; it seems like folks pushing for a return to it are refusing to look at history and just want to return to bad ideas. Especially wh...

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Twitter, yes, through the third party Nitter. That generates a native RSS feed, no RSS Bridge required. Discord - Unsure. It's possible that a bot exists to turn a Discord channel (or set of channels) into an RSS feed; I haven't looked too much into it. I'd be wary about that considering how fast so...

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I'm not too keen on the current economic state, especially with investments. I've been down much more than I've been up over the last three years, and given the BS that was the debt ceiling negotiation, plus the massive case of irrational exuberance over AI that's causing a deep gutting of mid-level...

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So with the collapse of a lot of major centralized services (Twitter, Discord, Reddit, etc.) I've noticed that folks have started spreading out into multiple disparate areas again. I also noticed that I was spending more and more time trying to track them all down and keep up with them on a handful ...

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It's not a bad idea, really, to cut back from that sort of thing. I've also stepped away from social media by and large and site on a couple forums + IRC. Really, anything more formal than that just seems to lead to cliques and keyboard warriors (good term; definitely stole that) that makes the plac...

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Been a good long time now; was glad to grow up with y'all.

Paft

Happy birthday! I was looking at your stats and you joined here in '01? And today you're 36 (if that's true), you joined here when you were 15, wow! I know I'm late here, but yes - those numbers are correct. I spent my teen years here with y'all and they were some of the best, even with everything ...

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Happy Birthday, Humboldt!

Paft

This is going to be ... really bad. I hope LifeLock is hit with massive liability.

Paft

Happy late birthday! I hope it went wonderfully for you.

Paft

Seconded. Stay safe everyone in FL.

Paft

Yikes. It makes me wonder about the quality of their IT folks; it seems like they should have had at least a basic data destruction plan before just chucking out HDDs and other materials with customer data intact.

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Good lord, no respect for anything anymore nowadays it seems.

Paft

It is unfortunate when people get pissed at the store. As if any retailer can truly set the prices they'd like to.

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MadDoctor wrote:It sure worked for me. Good man!

Glad it worked for you!

It's just a good pot to save in, though the recent changes are less great, but still. They kept the core and lifecycle funds, so I'm good with it!

Paft

Humboldt wrote:Yep!

Heavy bill month, same time as mortgage due.

Shift from the cushion

That's exactly it. Just having that ability to handle what life throws at you.

Paft

I got into this quite a bit. Depositing into my TSP (government retirement) is fine and all, but it's nice to have a small cushion account that gets a couple percent of my salary per check. It's not huge, but it's nice to have just in case.

Paft

23 years later not as much partying less posts and peeps however SG is a lot like a beautiful old home with great neighbors. It's honestly nice to just come back here and read, see who is still around. Might be on the fringes but y'all are fantastic folks and I'm glad to have - literally - grown up...

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Horribly sad thread to come back to see.

Rest in peace, Ken. I hope wherever you are, you have joy and love.

Paft

Happy late Thanksgiving to you all.

Paft

Humboldt wrote:Hey Paft, hope you're well.

Sure am.

As well as can be anyhow.

I certainly hope you are as well!

Paft

Alive and mostly well. Enjoying federal service; looking to advance in GS levels soon. Otherwise pretty settled - me and my little kitty just enjoying life for what it is.

Paft

Covid-19 has definitely turned into a joke at the VA hospital I just started work at. The doctors and nurses by and large resent the mask protocols and the social distancing protocols, a good number of them even going so far as to say, "These do not work; we see just as many if not more cases o...

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knightmare wrote:Good to see everyone here...

It really is. Good to see you!

Paft

. . . than a bowl of slow-cooked stew from fresh veggies and freshly baked homemade bread? Food is just always better when it is cooked from home, you get to control everything that goes in it. Oh goodness. I completely love that sort of thing. A good pot roast with veggies from the garden... yes, ...

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As long as we keep a bicameral Congress, I'm happy with things. The real death knell for the US would be a single-party government all the way down.

Paft

That is a crazy long delay for appliances. Not totally surprised, but still. I'm hoping you have smooth sailing from here!

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I wear a simple cloth hand made mask when I am at work or in public, don't the rest of the time. Just hoping for a quicker end to this than a long, dragged out one.

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BMED wrote:Off the grid more and more these days, check in periodically to catch up. Hope everyone is doing well, 444 days till official retirement...but I'm not counting!

Aw heck yes. In the home stretch my man - enjoy it!

Paft

Happy Birthday!

Paft

VA.. Sounds great, benefits and all. Divorce must've been a pain. Either that or I am too sentimental. Looking forward to the VA job very much. Going through the background stuff now before the first duty day. Going to be handling the pay issues for the docs, nurses, and admin staff in VA hospitals...

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Got slammed with a lot of things. Marriage, Navy, divorce, university, work, and finally I've gotten hired in a career (I hope) working with the VA. 9-5 style job, so fingers crossed I can, you know, actually come back around and hang out with you all again.

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Coming back, honestly. Slowly.

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Oh, Hell. Heartbreaking.

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I am so sorry for your loss. All the best wishes to you and yours.

Paft

[ Rant ] Kids seem to be busy all the time and still not getting great education :/ They are getting tested and herded more than taught basic understanding and learning to think it seems. Schools are geared towards meeting board/state requirements and cramming/repeating huge volumes of material eve...

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I agree with Paft and most of the above. I think if I was to distill it down, there seems to be a lack of interest and curiosity about way too many things in the people I come in contact with. Not only with computers, but in general. I have to wonder - do you think there's a way that we can work to...

Paft

Hi Paft, very well put. That's exactly what's happening in my view as well. The young generation has too many easy tools and distractions to have the incentive (or time, for that matter) to explore deeper. While this might be great for casual use, it doesn't always work for more complex tasks and p...

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I suspect a lot of it is that user interfaces have reached the point where they are "pick up and understand". There's no incentive to learn what goes on under the hood because everything a person really needs to do is easily available. It's not a bad thing, per se, but it is sad to see tha...

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