Recent content by Gravel

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    Helldivers II

    Hadn't played in like a month and a half. Was going to log in to see if I'd even done that. Game won't even fucking launch anymore. This might be the worst game I've played as far as performance going downhill each time I play.
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    Dune: Part Two (2023)

    Hell yeah. Buddy and I found a huge stash of Playboys. He took most of them because they were near his house and I wasn't about to lug a shit load of magazines home. But that May 1994 edition is burned into my brain. Shae Marks was the playmate and Elle Mcpherson on the cover with a spread on...
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    Investing General Discussion

    The ironic part is, at least from what I can tell, the only thing actually helping tame inflation was QT. But it's stalled out due to government spending (at least I think, see that post from MMM forums I posted in Politics). I mean, it makes logical sense that inflation caused by massive money...
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    Investing General Discussion

    And the market spiked higher?
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    Investing General Discussion

    Feels like the Fed just doesn't really have any ideas. Seems like they're just going to wait for the economy to do something and then make a reactive decision based on that, instead of being proactive in either direction. Is it that they're all risk averse?
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    I started trying to play Sultans of Swing a couple weeks ago. It's probably one of my favorite songs to drum at the moment. There's something about that snare/kick hit on the 3rd bar of the verse that really just feels fucking good to play. Like it's an unexpected note that just drives the song...
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    Factorio

    Holy shit man. Less than 3 weeks ago you had half that playtime. You're apparently putting in like 9-10 hour days every day.
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    Investing General Discussion

    I mean, crushing it is kind of relative. If by "crushing it," you mean back where it was 2 months ago (when it was on a downtrend), sure, it's crushing it.
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    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    Looked it up. 2.9 (8.5km deep). No one felt that. if they said they did, they're full of shit.
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    Factorio

    Wait, your entire ship runs on just the steam from that one tank?
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    Investing General Discussion

    Currency exchange rates are always weird to me. So is the Yen at a low just against the dollar and euro? Or did it fall against every single currency?
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Bruh...that dude totally nailed the Korn sound. Holy shit. For some reason I get this guy popping up on my recommended a lot. There are some crazy talented fuckers out there. Anyway, back to the spirit of the thread.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Not tongue in cheek at all. It's the concept behind financial independence. The first time your portfolio moves more than your salary (be it in a day, week, or month) is pretty crazy. Once it starts approaching yearly, well, work becomes optional.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Maybe in two years they'll admit that they were wrong like with transitory inflation.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Now expand this concept to your own expenses.