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Honestly.
In this phase of crazy inflation and soaring prices—seeing just how nearly impossible it is to save (thank goodness I don't have any expensive vices)... it makes you want to just say "to hell with it" and spend every last cent *right now*.
It’s outrageous; I try to teach my wife and daughters a bit about financial planning for the future, but... the thing is, even *I* don't believe in it anymore.
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- financial planning is for those with tens of millions in the bank who can make 100k a day with slight moves in the market, moves that they are privy to._niko
- The rest of us may as well take that extra trip with the family or treat ourselves to whatever floats our (leaky) boat._niko
- We'll all be pet Labradors by the end of the year. YOLO!mort_
- I don't like dogs, I'm a cat guy ;)OBBTKN
- https://www.thescott… ^hans_glib
- The future is an illusion.ideaist
- Niko that’s insane. Financial planning is for everyone and if you aren’t doing it in some way you are probably fucking yiurself.monospaced
- bitcoinneverscared
- Same boat here. Wife and I have been diligent for years (still are) but decided to go on a blow out 3 week Lodon, Portugal, Rome trip in October.capn_ron
- This money does us no good once I'm cremated. Was trying to make sure we are safe if there is no SS in the future. We will keep saving but have fun too.capn_ron
- Money has so much importance after you’re dead. Wtf. You want to leave nothing? Wild.monospaced
- who am I leaving it for? I don't have kids or anyone younger in my family. Let me know what I should do with in while I'm ashes!capn_ron
- Mono, do we really want nepo babies? kids like Trump's? or even worse, Trustafarians? fuck that, show me a decent rich kid who was born into wealth._niko
- I'm only kidding or half kidding, but I do believe life is way too short and way too rare to not enjoy it. If given the choice to take whatever little money you_niko
- ...make and squirrel it away in hopes of not working when you're 70 vs spending it now on experiences and trips and outings with your kids and wife, just_niko
- ...spending as much time with them, hanging out with them and showing them the world, for me it's a no-brainer. My investment is in them, nurturing them_niko
- to be amazing, respectful, thoughtful and curious human beings, not handing them a bag of money one day and hoping for the best._niko
- now having said that I'm also going to give them a bag of money lol but maybe not as big as it could have been but who cares, they certainly don't._niko
- hans_glib7
- 7 of 9Continuity
- 9 to 5palimpsest
- 10 out of 10fooler
- wowAQUTE
- dangprophetone
- I will always love her.Akagiyama
- Two in the Pink...
One in the Stink.utopian - It costs a lot to look this cheap.
: )ideaist - FYI, Dolly is 15 years old in this photo.wagshaft
- 20 years old / circa 1966AQUTE
- something about mary?sab
- Joline?_niko
- _niko5
The World is Fucked
Remember Secret of NIMH?
well scientists sure fucking don't, or maybe they do I don't know but they've created rats with human brains.
https://www.theguardian.com/scie…
that's all we need, if AI doesn't kill us hordes of sub-terranian super intelligent Rats surely will. fucked indeed lol
- +1 yupGuyFawkes
- Brains, how do they work?palimpsest
- Get a brian, moransnewcunt
- This movie is such a core memory of my youth.Akagiyama
- Yup some of the best animation ever._niko
- Love this movie.monospaced
- mort_18
- I'm engaging with you as a media type.palimpsest
- Is not is clearly a webpGabriel
- I identify as a MIME typeContinuity
- ^ Oh, shut up!palimpsest
- XDContinuity
- Lolz @ the intersection of pop culture and our (general) profession(s)!ideaist
- redflag.svgprophetone
- Truth is rela.tiffpalimpsest
- ^ Take your stuff and get out of here.Continuity
- I mean seriously: .gif it up.Continuity
- Tu m'as blessé .avifpalimpsest
- flol oh jeezContinuity
- :)renderedred
- They say one trait of a liar is they never blink and never lose eye contact. Also a trait of a liar is to do the opposite of that.canoe
- Never losing eye contact is a sociopathic trait of somebody who enjoys lying. Your casual liar is the one that loses eye contact.garbage
- fuckcanoe
- mort_6
News of the day...
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour
- Just replace them with Ben Shapiro_niko
- and yeezineverscared
- So you can't be against genocide if Israel is cidin'? What a disgrace.canoe
- Including his own band, lol.Akagiyama
- ^ I know! *chef’s kissmort_
- the including his own band part was the PEAK 2026 fuckery.. love itautoflavour
- My youngest son (17) "Always hated Ed Sheeran. Now I have an actual reason."mort_
- the old Ipswich-eroo!stoplying
- https://mann.cool/ma…prophetone
- duckseason13
Bike of the day
New bike day! Been slowly gathering parts for it since the beginning of the year, and it’s finally all come together. Definitely splurged a bit...
- Fara F/Road, SRAM Forceduckseason
- Looks light. Nice build!slappy
- Love it, nice setup. Ride until it's destroyed!OBBTKN
- A road bike in a gravol world?! WTF!? Details.
Looks lovely @duckseason!!!ideaist - I would fuck that bike.Nairn
- Fuck that bike bro! I mean I really like it!canoe
- that bike fucks!woowahesque
- #aggressivegarbage
- brah, holy shit snacks that looks BOSSautoflavour
- Frame (minus forks) was a tad under 1000g. Just weighed everything and it came in at ~16.5lbs/7.5kg.duckseason
- I'm honestly a bit intimidated to ride it. It's probably the nicest, and most expensive, thing I own at this point (house and car aside).duckseason
- Definitely approaching (it is) a mid-life crisis kind of purchase. My last bike is from 12-13 years ago and still works perfectly well. Buuuut... treat yoself!duckseason
- Holy shit that weight is disgusting. Also love the gold flex on the chain.garbage
- prophetone5
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Make it stop, season one was so bad.ApeRobot
- I just think they didn't have to call it alien... could just have been similar.ArchitectofFate
- ArchitectoFate, what wouð have called it?
Mexican?palimpsest - what a waste of resources and time, season 1 was dogshitinteliboy
- Didn't get past episode 1. Legion was brilliant, a shame about thisi_monk
- This gets another season but they cancel Spider Noir?lemmy_k
- uh oh, I quite enjoyed bits, ep.1 was OK, the spaceship crash into the building, loved that!Gardener
- legion was brilliantneverscared
- lol, who was it here who had a Predator movie or some shit being filmed on their street? Pangz?garbage
- It was grafician but it was goat porn they were filming in his bedroomGuyFawkes
- ^flol careful, with new beastiality loopholes he could now be a fed.garbage
- i_monk8
- stunning_niko
- damnGuyFawkes
- awe yeaAQUTE
- Café Oléprophetone
- <3AQUTE
- Yes!OBBTKN
- Still not sure if I like e-Bikes. But it looks good.Longcopylover
- woahPonyBoy
- That Chain Drive System gives such a smooth shave to your legs.utopian
- +++renderedred
- _niko6
RIP of the day
George Chuvalo, Rocky like performance against Ali.
After Ali fight, Ali went to the hospital and Chuvalo went dancing lolChin like stone, never went down his whole career, 93 professional bouts including fights against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman. crazy.
- palimpsest3
Artificial Intelligence
@Ianbolton @bogue
On making: https://substack.com/home/post/p…
A summary of the project in podcast form: https://substack.com/home/post/p…For context
When LLMs became popular, I started questioning them about their inner workings to clear up some doubts I had. This led to the first session, which I wanted to save for later reading, where I asked the LLM to write an article about our discussion. Once the article was written, I asked the LLM to edit it and clarify some concepts that I felt it had not understood properly. This led me to create more articles and archive the collection on Substack.The process
These articles are long-form 'shower thoughts'. When I have a topic that I've been thinking about, I sit down and explain the topic and angle to an LLM. Then I check the references I have chosen to make sure they are correct. I ask for feedback and pushback. Sometimes I discover other topics or views that I chase down. The conversation also allows me to check whether I have articulated my ideas clearly. After a one to two-hour session, I ask the LLM to write down what we have discussed in the form of an article. The more articles I have as a reference, the less I have to correct, as they now understand my major concepts and tone better.I've never really been interested in the craft of writing; that's why I prefer using LLMs. What I enjoy is the discussion and organising my thoughts into something I can come back to later. The "Made *with*" tag wasn't meant a disclaimer but as an invitation. It looks like it's done its job.
Made *with* Neovim
- this is such a cool idea, I have tons that I have in the form of the first part, a back and forth conversation inviting a discussion and to poke holes in my hyp_niko
- ...hypothesis to see if it holds up to scrutiny but more importantly for me tp solidify my thinking. Just brilliant that you took it to the next step of an arti_niko
- "solidify my thinking" is well put, that's my same intention.palimpsest
- fascinating. Yet the writing itself had a real tone to it. It wasn't just the ideas that I was drawn to, but the artful way they were presented.bogue
- either way. I think the idea is poignant and somehow more terrifying the Skynet scenario.bogue
- It's also a way more coherent and chilling account of what might come to pass than whatever this ex Anthropic research Jacob Coxon has been going on about.bogue
- Thanks. I kinda found the whole ‘made with Claude’ bit funny as I know you can be tongue in cheek with the way you approach your musingsIanbolton
- Ultimately, I do this too. I sat for an evening chatting to Claude about all my issues with addiction and chronic illnesses...Ianbolton
- I had so much stuff in my head that I was trying to connect the dots and throw away unnecessary thoughts. I said to my partners, have a read of this...Ianbolton
- In which she responded with ‘I’m not reading anything to do with AI’ in which I said ‘I was having a conversation, which I’d rather have with you as I...Ianbolton
- Don’t want to go out with an AI chatbot’ which ultimately pissed her off. I’m still not sure she saw the benefit in what I was doing. But i see your perspectiveIanbolton
- And this is why AI is a better sparring partner.palimpsest
- palimpsest8
- Some of the best advice ever. ThanksIanbolton
- The More You Know
https://archive.org/…palimpsest - "If you feel safe in the area that you're working in, you're not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you'reneverscared
- capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don't feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the rightneverscared
- place to do something exciting.neverscared
- And if you see shark fins circling around you, you know you’ve made it!_niko
- u have made it when rip out the sharks heart and ate it.. then its of with the dolphins and starfish for leisure timeneverscared
- Always dive in shallow sharkless water.palimpsest
- sharkless = slop nft artistneverscared
- Whatever you need to get off your chest.
It's Monday!palimpsest - not off my chest, out of the sharks chest..neverscared
- flolpalimpsest
- Krassy7
- Damn colourlovers.com flashback. 20 years ago I actually used to think I was doing something by creating palettes on therenewcunt
- It literally was 20 years ago too. I named 216 colours. Clearly I had nothing better to do. https://www.colourlo…newcunt
- Used to start my work day with a cup o'joe and browsing colourlovers for inspiration :)Krassy
- First time I've even thought about it in probably 10 years. Thanks for the flash back.newcunt
- @newcunt, You're profile name is not checking out.CyBrainX
- oldcunt?newcunt
- it's STILL rather handy :) i still use it when I'm working on palettes.. searching up words and phrases to see what 'works' etc..exador1
- Krassy3
- fooly cooly?sarahfailin
- ̶r̶a̶d̶i̶o̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ tvheadKrassy
- someone should really monitor her!sab
- Her name is
Cathy
Ramona
ThompsonAkagiyama - @sab zinggggKrassy
- another day in the office in 1998neverscared
