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huquad@lemmy.mlto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If you smoothened out the earth, how high would the water level be?English
9·13 days agoShould be r squared not cubed for area. I get ~1.7 miles or ~3km.
I should’ve known better than to trust my intuition on this. I previously ran the numbers on investing vs double mortgage payments and found investing to be far superior.
I just did the math for renting/investing vs buying, including rent/house value yearly increase, income taxes on capital gains, mortgage rate, down payment amount, and initial house price. The results indicate a strong dependence on rent price and taxes/insurance for buying. I found that renting/investing can be a better financial option depending on the inputs. As another commenter pointed out, the main reasons are taxes/insurance and the greater time return rate for market vs home value. This was surprising to me, so I’m glad I ran the numbers. That tells me the real difference is your life choice of wanting a place of your own vs renting and moving around.
I’ve seen a recent finance bro fad saying renting and investing is better than owning. My brother in Christ my rent was much higher than my mortgage for a shittier spot and I didn’t get equity.
huquad@lemmy.mlto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Why is Unraid popular in the self-hosting community ?English
8·19 days agoFor me, it was initially a jumping off point because I was more comfortable with GUIs. Now it’s a matter of convenience. I’m much better than I was with CLI, docker, etc, but I find unraid makes management easier. Proprietary doesn’t necessarily equal bad. Since it’s built on top of open source, you can pivot if they start pulling stupid shit.
huquad@lemmy.mlto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Have you all not notice there are NO communist countries?English
5·24 days agoIn the early days, the runner up became the vice president. I think that kept things more tempered instead of the all or nothing we have now.
huquad@lemmy.mlto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•So I told that librul teachin' lady that the only letters I need to know is U-S-AEnglish
16·26 days agoI don’t KNELL for losers like the wounded! \s
huquad@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Terminal promiser Elon Musk says he'll make a great AI game in 2026English
4·30 days ago*liar
I have this exact configuration for my home and it works great. Door/window/indoor motion sensors trigger an alarm. Frigate cameras outside ping me if the alarm is active but don’t trigger it outright. I also have a panic button to trigger it. I also have it tell me what triggered the alarm and have a list of the latest events. Lastly, make sure you setup an automation to let you know when batteries die. Typically happens after a couple years.
This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them.
huquad@lemmy.mlto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•what's a good answer to placate the c-suite if you're accused of lacking motivation and being unfriendly?English
5·1 month agoOh no doubt, but I have confidence in finding a new spot that (hopefully) wouldn’t have such a hostile workplace.
huquad@lemmy.mlto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•what's a good answer to placate the c-suite if you're accused of lacking motivation and being unfriendly?English
31·1 month agoMake yourself painful to lose. I get consistently ranked above my peers. What are they gonna do, fire me?
Oh and on Sunday too
huquad@lemmy.mlto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How do you secure your home lab? Like, physically? From thieves?English
1·1 month agoEspecially if you stripe the data across multiple drives too
Pastorius! Actually not bad

Say the line Bart!