The US government is telling everybody that inflation is 3.4% per year. That is not correct. Try 14.2% and that's about right. Source : gold/usd 1 year simple moving average.
I’ll accept without evidence that real inflation feels a lot higher than 3.4%, but proposing short term shifts in the price of gold, or any other single commodity as a better metric is just nuts.
We have a motion activated sprinkler to deter deer from eating our tomatoes and I'm looking for a timer that will shut off the water flow during the day. The ones I've seen at the store seem to only want to water intermittently, instead of completely off/on....
So my home office is in our basement while my wife’s is in a finished attic space. We have a mini split system, but it has to be all heat or all cooling, and many days it’s cold in my office, but hot in my wife’s office....
I want to build a proper server with room for 40+ HDDs to move my media server to and have RAID 1. I know a lot about PCs and software, but when it comes to server hardware I have no clue what I'm doing. How would I go about building a server that has access to 40+ RAID 1'd HDDs?
I always see advice about which software to use and there’s always the advice that FreeTaxUSA is the best bang for your buck and does everything you need for when your taxes are “simple.” I’ve used and thought it was great for years. But as my career has grown and no longer filed as a single I’ve begun to question when...
I had no trouble handling my basic W2 and mortgage interest deductions.
Where it got tricky was when I had stock income from RSUs. I found a “professional” who sucked, so I figured out how to do it correctly myself and never looked back.
Also, if you have multiple mortgages due to a refinance, that can get tricky; TurboTax has a nasty bug on this so you might want to pay for an hour of an expert’s time if there’s any new scenario you don’t understand.
Hello, I’m back with another question. Everything a read is telling me yes I can, but it really does not feel right so I’m gonna ask here for good measure. Can I run electrical wire through fiberglass insulation?...
Hi everyone, I recently landed a new job where the base 401(k) contribution for all FTEs is 12% of your salary. This is regardless of your contribution, with no additional match. I realize that this is unusual for most people and it is for me as well. In my last job, I got up to a 6% match so I maxed that out and didn't think on...
If you’re not particularly financially savvy, you should always put 10% into retirement in some sort of cheap index or target date fund.
Definitely do not fuck with individual stocks or god forbid, crypto, unless you are sure you know what you’re doing and prepared to lose 100% of your investment.
These US healthcare systems are effectively scams. Yes in theory they can save you money, however in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice there is.
If you follow the intentionally onerous rules, you might get to spend some of your own money on healthcare without being taxed.
Ask yourself why you had to jump through those hoops in the first place.
These are policies created by bad people to rip off ordinary Americans. Making healthcare appear affordable also deflects calls for universal healthcare like they have in every other developed country.
Basically HSAs are a scam put out by health insurance lobbyists.
For many years now I’ve had in my memory this scene from star trek tng where, for whatever reason, a group of British officers and Irish officers led by O’Brien start getting nationalistic and sing their respective national songs at each other. I remember the British were singing “Rule Britannia” but I don’t recall the...
In the past week and a half, I've noticed Reddit behaviors starting to try and poison all of the places that people are taking refuge in to get away from the toxicity, myself included. They've started to DDoS Lemmy for a while, which is a Reddit thing to do and what they're notorious of doing whenever they feel they don't like...
Right now, we are frequently posting contents and interacting with the communities in order to make Fediverse more alive and more "social" as social media. But really, compared to Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, we probably don't even exist....
What’s the orange knob? Obviously the red and blue are hot and cold water for the washing machine. The orange knob is extremely hard to turn and I don’t want to force it without knowing what it is. Any ideas?
Inflation is higher than they would like you to believe.
The US government is telling everybody that inflation is 3.4% per year. That is not correct. Try 14.2% and that's about right. Source : gold/usd 1 year simple moving average.
Hose timer/valve that is on/off for specific time?
We have a motion activated sprinkler to deter deer from eating our tomatoes and I'm looking for a timer that will shut off the water flow during the day. The ones I've seen at the store seem to only want to water intermittently, instead of completely off/on....
I’d like to build a ducting system to actively push air from one room to another. Is that a thing?
So my home office is in our basement while my wife’s is in a finished attic space. We have a mini split system, but it has to be all heat or all cooling, and many days it’s cold in my office, but hot in my wife’s office....
xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas ( imgs.xkcd.com )
https://xkcd.com/2929...
Need Server Recommendations
I want to build a proper server with room for 40+ HDDs to move my media server to and have RAID 1. I know a lot about PCs and software, but when it comes to server hardware I have no clue what I'm doing. How would I go about building a server that has access to 40+ RAID 1'd HDDs?
What are "complicated" taxes that require a professional? (USA)
I always see advice about which software to use and there’s always the advice that FreeTaxUSA is the best bang for your buck and does everything you need for when your taxes are “simple.” I’ve used and thought it was great for years. But as my career has grown and no longer filed as a single I’ve begun to question when...
USA: New hourly job filling out a W-4, single person, no dependents, what's the lowest deduction we can choose?
Goal: the least amount of withholdings possible
Microsoft rolls back decision to stop Windows 11 22H2 preview updates ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
New York Times: "Could Trekkies Decide the Election?" ( www.nytimes.com )
Lets just hope they don’t mean the “I liked it before it got woke” jerkwads.
Running Electrical Wire through insulation ( kbin.social )
Hello, I’m back with another question. Everything a read is telling me yes I can, but it really does not feel right so I’m gonna ask here for good measure. Can I run electrical wire through fiberglass insulation?...
Star Trek: The Deep Space Nine episode that predicted a US crisis [bbc.com] ( www.bbc.com )
12% 401(k) Contribution - What to do? [USA] ( kbin.social )
Hi everyone, I recently landed a new job where the base 401(k) contribution for all FTEs is 12% of your salary. This is regardless of your contribution, with no additional match. I realize that this is unusual for most people and it is for me as well. In my last job, I got up to a 6% match so I maxed that out and didn't think on...
Work On ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Has Been Completed ( trekmovie.com )
Matt Breunig on HSA ＆ FSA: The Welfare System Stole $2k From Me ( www.youtube.com )
These US healthcare systems are effectively scams. Yes in theory they can save you money, however in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice there is.
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars ( www.reuters.com )
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Cloudflare Unveils Free Privacy-Friendly Replacement to the Annoying CAPTCHA System ( news.itsfoss.com )
From ItsFOSS
We need fediverse iceberg ( kbin.social )
I want fediverse iceberg, I think this will be help found out and understand about fediverse more, this can be useful for normies...
Hallmark Honors Data and His Cat with 2023 “Ode to Spot” Star Trek Ornament ( blog.trekcore.com )
Is this significant? ( www.npr.org )
I have questions about this event....
Star Trek TNG Singing Bar Scene
For many years now I’ve had in my memory this scene from star trek tng where, for whatever reason, a group of British officers and Irish officers led by O’Brien start getting nationalistic and sing their respective national songs at each other. I remember the British were singing “Rule Britannia” but I don’t recall the...
Buying a used car, best source for financing?
My family needs a second car. I’m thinking about a used Chevy Bolt or Nissan Leaf so I think the cost will be about $20,000....
Be wary of spiteful Reddit users ( kbin.social )
In the past week and a half, I've noticed Reddit behaviors starting to try and poison all of the places that people are taking refuge in to get away from the toxicity, myself included. They've started to DDoS Lemmy for a while, which is a Reddit thing to do and what they're notorious of doing whenever they feel they don't like...
Does anybody else have an old house? ( beehaw.org )
The Fediverse needs a popular agent ( kbin.social )
Right now, we are frequently posting contents and interacting with the communities in order to make Fediverse more alive and more "social" as social media. But really, compared to Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, we probably don't even exist....
Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now ( www.theverge.com )
The best icons are behind a Reddit Premium paywall....
Reddit (this is repetitive and has happened before with LiveJournal) ( lemmy.world )
Does anyone remember the livejournal? How it was sold to the SUP and the arrests and harassment of participants for free speech began in Russia?
Plumbing ID help ( lemmy.world )
What’s the orange knob? Obviously the red and blue are hot and cold water for the washing machine. The orange knob is extremely hard to turn and I don’t want to force it without knowing what it is. Any ideas?