I work 7-4 as an IT analyst and it’s easy money. I get paid more than I did in healthcare and put in about half as much effort. Also, I get to work from home.

Owning my own business would be much, much more work. No thanks. Find a 9-5 you can exploit.

Voyager, reminds me a bit of Apollo for Reddit and has a good webapp for desktop usage.

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So this post is actually not my #1. My favorite is an email for “Samuel Harting”. I’m going to post that screenshot one of these days.

Nailed it.

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My statement is taken directly from TCs video where he graphed the temps for primed vs unprimed washing. Priming the water leads to hotter (higher peak) and more area under the curve. Not priming leads to lower peak temps, but it’s certainly warmer than at best warm. The element will heat your water up even hotter than it comes out of the primed line, assuming you primed it.

When I open my dishwasher it is absolutely steaming and the dishes are too hot to handle. This temperature is above the setting on the hot water heater, ergo this extra heat can only have come from the heating element. It provides significant extra heat.

You are correct that it will take significantly longer than the prewash cycle’s duration and is not something to be relied on if you want optimal washing.

Yeah, I’m echoing my knowledge from that video as well.

They both have electric heating elements so identical efficiency. The advantage is that priming hot water means it’s hotter for longer and reaches a higher peak temperature in the dishwasher, which means more effective cleaning.

Hot and cold do not use the same line. Dishwashers tap off the hot water pipes to your sink. They also commonly have heating elements. Even my $150 landlord special Midea has one. Running cold water in the sink after it starts has no effect. There’s no cold water connection to the dishwasher.

If you read the dishwasher manual you’d find it in there.

At least contribute to your 401k to get the full match from your employer if offered. More if you can afford it. Time in the market is huge. Make a budget, have emergency savings. There’s little point in investing if an emergency happens and you have to withdraw your retirement at a potential loss, and that’s before penalties and tax. Take care of your body, especially joints. Be even a little bit active regularly. Figure out a decently healthy diet. These will help prevent health issues which can be expensive. Plus you might look better and feel better too.

All of this sound like too much? Pick one or two and try doing them consistently even if it’s half assed. Half assing something consistently for a long time is much, much better than putting in a ton of effort, burning out, and returning to old patterns. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Sorry I know that kinda veered into fitness but I see a lot of parallels in personal finance and fitness/nutrition. Both involve budgets and benefit from a plan and spreadsheets.

The week of posting vans was a favorite of mine.

UPS does the same thing just with Louisville.

Obviously there’s a flared base

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Thoughts of a 16 year old “hacker”

Making small principal payments significantly reduces paid interest, nevermind large.

Those labels aren’t for you, they’re for the store, so they don’t have potentially unsafe food on the shelf.

It’s probably an advantage. You want your mouth to hurt so you stop there rather than damaging something more internal like your throat or stomach.