[-] zettajon 2 points 6 months ago

It was over in the first quarter

[-] zettajon 2 points 6 months ago

ELI5 what you'd do if president, with the exact same 2 houses of Congress and the same supreme court of 2024, to fix everything that is not great with our lives.

Also, check your non-housing and non-food expenses from 2018 vs today's, and see if you're spending way more on non essential fun things. Usually disposable income is a telling sign of how good things are.

[-] zettajon 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Instant bootup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nABtTMVq8ow&t=46 That is not instant, and all other EVs have that stupid start button taking an extra step.

remote keyless control

I'm not talking about controlling remotely via a fob or app, I'm saying if I can have nothing in my pockets besides my phone, have the car unlock automatically, and I can get in and instantly drive, all that happening in less than 3 seconds.

[-] zettajon 3 points 8 months ago

I love mine. Which BEV lets me have seamless phone key and instant bootup, letting me walk up and get into the car and drive away immediately? I also have my heat/cooling and heated seats on auto and love not having to fiddle with knobs. If another car maker can catch up to them I'd switch but I don't see it happening soon.

My hood isn't perfectly flush with the front on one half of the front though, and the FM radio reception is pretty bad, so I do have some complaints.

[-] zettajon 2 points 10 months ago

I'd be really curious to know what happens to you between your early 20s and your late 30s

As some people said in this thread, it's hard to get a job that pays well out of college. You're supposed to be using the help of living at home to work towards getting an actual career so that you can afford to move out by/around 30. If you are in a difficult financial situation in your 20s and you instead spend them spending your money freely and frivolously without bettering yourself, you'd be rightfully seen as "lazy".

I graduated with a degree that didn't work out in the path I originally saw for myself. I moved back in with my parents at age 22, and spent my 20s:

  1. Working whatever desk job I could
  2. Saving as much as possible
  3. Teaching myself programming at night

I would not have had been able to do the 2nd and 3rd things unless I was living at home, because I'd be putting all my small pay towards rent and living expenses, and also probably be too tired to learn a new career as 1 entry level job is not enough and I'd probably be working more hours or a 2nd job to make ends meet. At the same time, if I was not doing those things while at home, I'm wasting an opportunity and my privileged position (not everyone can move back), and would see myself as lazy. In my 30s, I have an actual career and had put myself in a good financial situation thanks to that opportunity of being able to move back in.

[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago

Only true for sub-par browsers.

[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago

MSFT right when it dropped to $40 per share around . Too bad I wasn't making much and I couldn't afford too many shares back then.

[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago

I'm going to get one when the Black Friday deals (hopefully) come out. The taskbar only shows up if you use the Samsung launcher right?

[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago

My M3 with LFP battery had almost no range loss in its first winter last year, although last year was milder than normal in the NE USA

[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago
[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago

Right I'm saying does the prepaid T-Mobile plan count as an MVNO? If it's directly from them vs a separate company like Mint

[-] zettajon 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I get by for 2 people on $50 per week in NJ near NYC by:

  1. Shopping at Aldi
  2. Going vegetarian unless eating out (rarely). Meat is very expensive, but many of my favorite produce is not much more expensive than before inflation started. We switched to egg whites from Costco instead of paying crazy prices for a dozen whole eggs.
  3. Learning how to cook healthy. Spinach, red onions, tomatoes, bagged legumes, whole wheat pasta are all dirt cheap
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