Only as part of index funds. I've abandoned single stock picks entirely.

I'm here for video game talk so I've only ever visited kia2. Been so little of it recently.

Seriously wonder if the tweet starting with 40% messed with its scraping.

But did you want to earn, save, or spend millions? Cause those are vastly different goals with vastly different paths. Earning 2 million is pretty damn simple. 50k/yr job for your working career (20-60yo) gets you there. Saving 2 million is also pretty simple. Save 10% of that income and invest it and you hit 2.2mil.

Spending millions on a fancy house, sports cars, and luxury? That is difficult without ruining your own future or somehow being the 1% of the 1%.

I'd just make sure you have a cushion and maybe start the side gig while working full/part time. Financial independence isn't complicated, but it is difficult due to the time and mindset demands.

I've been on a TheMoneyGuy kick on YouTube and strongly align with their mindset about finances. It's freeing to have a framework instead of freehanding it.

Cachy and Bazzite are both flavor of the month, but heck if you don't need what they offer Ubuntu or Fedora give you long term stability or Arch gives you full control.

There is an alternative. There are many flavors of Linux that don't have the bloat and spying aspects. Plenty of well supported distros out there that are beginner friendly.

Or if you want to go in knowing everything that is needed to have a functional PC installing Arch from scratch is a painful, but amazing experience. You will choose and learn each package your system has installed from the kernel to UI.

I'll also accept not inflating at COVID rates.

I had similar feelings about a lot of the China tariffs. Friends and hobby groups complaining about toys, games, and electronics going way up. Very few essentials (for my lifestyle) really got hit and the couple times I've felt it was on luxury stuff I could have easily not bought.

"The cost is passed to the consumer" yeah okay? Don't buy it if you can't afford it. Buy second-hand? Look for an alternative brand?

Welcome aboard! Am I finally allowed to leave my auto-filter/deletion banishment now?

Thank you! I know I'm a lurker most the time, but it surprised me that my comments stopped going through even though I've been here for years.

Hmm. Let's see if my comments are still getting auto deleted for no obvious reason.

My comments seem to be getting deleted immediately after I post. This seems to be a recent change so have I been banned or shadow-banned without notice?

Have a few on a highway I frequent and a specific hardware store chain always has them around me. Always feel like if this is the blatant monitoring gear how much of it is hidden.

Honestly pretty great. Single, late 20s, and make <100k in a low-mid COL area. Have a good rental agreement though and with my lifestyle I'm able to save a large chunk of my income for retirement and a down payment on where I live.

The price really is critical for it. Underpowered hardware isn't inherently an issue unless it is overpriced. I just need SteamOS standalone + 4x controllers as my TV PC already beats the Steam Machine.

Store page has spec sheet. CPU is around Ryzen 7640U and GPU is a slightly cutdown Radeon 7600. Underpowered for most people already in PC gaming, but could be a great entry point at the right price.

It is a PC, so yes. Comes by default with Linux (SteamOS), but nothing would stop you from installing Windows on it.

https://x.com/Grummz/status/1955132364906263022

Image looks to be from Grummz X post.

Got any suggestions for the technological gap trope?

Examples that I've read and include what I'm talking about are like Gate, Summoned Japan, Zipang, and Gargantia. Drop a character or group into a technogically inferior area and let it play out.

I at least listened to his podcast because of the variety of guests he was getting.

His meltdown over Subverse (game) stealing his news website name and his promise to use his entire net worth to fight them in court amuses me to this day. That sure didn't happen lol

Edit: Found it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/bcy1u8/im_tim_pool_an_yall_are_talking_about_subverse/

It is effectively a requirement to be a data hoarder these days. Between problematic content, cancel culture, subscription services, and DMCA any media you don't personally collect is as good as gone.

European Speedrunner Assembly seems mostly free of the identity politics junk. I'd recommend the VODs on YouTube if you were wanting a replacement.

Thank you!

Would like to be able to access KiA2 on reddit. Was mostly a lurker, but I have commented. Hate losing access to the massive resource of info and archives. Name same as here Jo351, but understandable if you don't.