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  1. Captain Suave

    Home buying thread

    I was a first time home buyer, too, and it never even occurred to me to give my house to someone. This is common sense shit. (My realtor also said, "Don't do this. If they aren't ready to move out and give you keys to a vacant house, push the closing date back.")
  2. Captain Suave

    Home buying thread

    Why in the everliving fuck would you let someone else live in your house for free?? I had an offer in on a place and almost negotiated a leaseback, but you better fucking believe there was going to be rent and a big security deposit held in escrow.
  3. Captain Suave

    Rebel Moon (2023)

    Yes, it was great but the trailer was still better due to the soundtrack.
  4. Captain Suave

    Rebel Moon (2023)

    The trailer with the NIN soundtrack was still better than the movie IMO. Obligatory:
  5. Captain Suave

    The Astronomy Thread

    I went to Sun Valley, Idaho for the last one and am going to Indianapolis this time. Spending a few days with the kids in Chicago with family first, so not a huge loss if it's cloudy. The 2017 totality was easily the amazing natural event I've ever experienced. I strongly recommend anyone...
  6. Captain Suave

    Investing General Discussion

    As @ToeMissile said, Excel has it built in now. Select Data > Data Types > Stocks, type in ticker symbol and you get live info.
  7. Captain Suave

    Civil War (2024)

    How much farming is going to get done when the gas refineries and pipelines are shut down and you can't get replacement parts for your equipment? How is product going to get distributed? What are rural people going to eat in the six months until the next harvest? Pretend you survive one season...
  8. Captain Suave

    Death and... Taxes.

    $30 off on 2023 H&R Block tax software https://slickdeals.net/f/17165275-h-r-block-2023-tax-software-premium-business-39-99-premium-34-99-deluxe-state-19-99
  9. Captain Suave

    Investing General Discussion

    The weights are moving all the time, too, so you really need the portfolio value, index price/position, index weights, and individual asset prices/positions to get it all nailed perfectly. As you say, the mechanics of update are very easy and shouldn't take more than a minute or two once the...
  10. Captain Suave

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    No, this is Epic store only. They're a direct competitor to Steam.
  11. Captain Suave

    The Video Thread

  12. Captain Suave

    The Video Thread

    I'm traveling with family to see the next total eclipse in April. I saw the last one 2017 and it was fucking amazing. I strongly recommend everyone see one before they stop happening.
  13. Captain Suave

    Lex Fridman podcast

    I love (semi) crazy people with balls big enough to float huge new ideas. Neat stuff.
  14. Captain Suave

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    I've been having some bad stick drift in my left JoyCon. I bought a set of Hall effect sensor replacements and they've been great. It took about 20 minutes to install with the included tools. (I did have to look up instructions online.) Would definitely recommend for anyone having similar issues.
  15. Captain Suave

    Investing General Discussion

    They're forgetting Bob, who chose a Vanguard fund with a 0.01% expense ratio and finishes with $1,003,474
  16. Captain Suave

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    Deals on Ubiquiti stuff right now. https://slickdeals.net/f/17156155-ubiquiti-dream-machine-pro-100-off-279
  17. Captain Suave

    BLUE EYE SAMURAI

    Wife and I are watching this now, a few eps in. Great production so far. Having done some iaido, aikiken, kendo and fencing over the years...
  18. Captain Suave

    Investing General Discussion

    Once upon a time I had an advisor charging me 1% to significantly underperform the S&P. Fixing that shit early in life was one of my best decisions ever. Quite honestly, it's worth figuring how how to manage it on your own. For retirement goals you can pretty much just fire and forget into...
  19. Captain Suave

    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    I have one of those in a drawer. Still works great. I always found those buttons super satisfying to press. My mother's family is in Brazil. I remember calls being almost $2/min. We had a lot of, "HappybirthdayitsgreattalkingtoyouweloveyouallGOODBYE!"
  20. Captain Suave

    Home buying thread

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/incredible-distortions-marketplace-45-us-121500813.html
  21. Captain Suave

    The Video Thread

  22. Captain Suave

    Light No Fire - Hello Games

    They're basically the only fucking studio in history to have done this, of course they deserve recognition.
  23. Captain Suave

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    You guys keep posting it here. It's hard to know it's not interesting or important until you read the text. This is supposed to be a discussion thread about games, which to my mind has nothing to do with whatever drama surrounds these "personalities".
  24. Captain Suave

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I'm still unclear why we're supposed to care about these people at all.
  25. Captain Suave

    Home buying thread

    See the investing thread for a discussion on storage units.
  26. Captain Suave

    MMA Thread

    There was a girl at my jiu jitsu gym (5'3'' 200+ lbs and a powerlifter) who was a professional dominatrix. She'd do multi-week European tours and shit providing exactly that kind of service. I guess if you've got the stomach for it there are enough of these sad dudes out there to make a pretty...
  27. Captain Suave

    MMA Thread

    ?? https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/32186035/transgender-fighter-alana-mclaughlin-submits-celine-provost-mma-debut
  28. Captain Suave

    MMA Thread

    It's a surprisingly common kink, I guess. My jiu jitsu coaches used to get emails like this all the time, and once or twice a year we'd have people show up for a trial class who were definitely not there to acquire skills.
  29. Captain Suave

    Lego Fortnite

    Put in another hour with my kids. It's heavy on building/crafting and light on survival so far, but that's not surprising given the IP and target audience. We're having fun.
  30. Captain Suave

    Home Improvement

    Aren't gutters aluminum these days?
  31. Captain Suave

    Home Improvement

    While this might not be catastrophic, it's generally a bad idea to punch holes in things intended to be waterproof. Why don't you put the staples in the fascia board?
  32. Captain Suave

    Lego Fortnite

    Epic is in the process of transitioning Fortnite from a battle royale game to an entire platform/IP/ecosystem. They've just released today Lego Fortnite, which is a crafting survival game in the vein of Minecraft, or perhaps closer to Valheim. I've played for a few minutes so far with my kids...
  33. Captain Suave

    Investing General Discussion

    Yeah. I worked there for 3-4 years before grad school.
  34. Captain Suave

    Investing General Discussion

    Reminds me of when I worked for BellSouth international. The Argentine Peso collapsed by more than 2/3 and our subsidiaries obviously tanked along with it. But because everyone's analysis time horizons were so short six months later they were celebrating massive proportional growth during the...
  35. Captain Suave

    Will Wight

    Bummer. What was wrong with it?
  36. Captain Suave

    Grand Theft Auto VI

    Some googling says GTA 5 made $7.7B so far just on box sales, lifetime expectation over $10B.
  37. Captain Suave

    Nicolas Cage announces retirement from acting.

    At this point the line between TV and movies is substantially blurred anyway. I've got a big TV and nice couch; I need a serious reason not to watch from home where I can have my own comparatively free snacks and pause to take a piss. Compared to prestige TV I increasingly find films limited due...
  38. Captain Suave

    Home buying thread

    Relax. We're just having an honest disagreement here, no need to inject an assumption of malice. I stand corrected on Maytag and admit I overstated. I've not had experience with Maytag and the manufacturers I've dealt with (Whirlpool, Bosch, GE, LG) don't offer those warranties. Kudos to you for...
  39. Captain Suave

    Student Loans and the SAVE plan

    Let's see how an early 1900's ninth grader does on post-WWII history. Checkmate. And it's a weirdly pervasive attitude, too. I see plenty of upper class kids struggling in school whose parents just throw after school and tutoring programs at them instead of getting personally invested. This...