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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I’m so glad we got our offer accepted before the market went bananas. The sellers were a retired couple offloading their rental properties and when accepting the offer asked to delay the actual sale for a few months so that it would occur in the next calendar year. In that time frame interest rates continued to fall and the housing market rapidly heated up so we got our house at a lower rate and lower price than we should have. It also doubled in value over the following 3 years thanks to the hyperinflation and overheated housing market of 2021-22








  • I remember being a target of bullying in middle school. I specifically lobbied the school for months to get an alternative to recess because that’s when the worst of the bullying occurred. I was finally given permission to just chill in an empty classroom during that time and it was a significant improvement.

    If spending a bit more on shoes helps give the kid some confidence it seems like a reasonable step to take. Maybe the kid will learn it was never about the shoes to begin with.

    The fact is, middle school fucking sucks and the most parents can do is try to help their kids survive however they can. I still remember what one parent said to me once “middle school is the lowest circle of hell” and it was exactly what I needed to hear in that moment





  • I know a couple of people who just had to pass a written test (basic multiple choices test on sign recognition and road laws) and no behind the wheel test. Heck my wife’s best friend lived somewhere where one person out of every class could get their license without any behind the wheel test. They’d draw names out of a hat and the lucky individual just had to pass the written test

    With how dangerous cars are, retesting and recertification should be required with every renewal. An hour or two of class time to cover “here’s what’s new this decade” plus a 20 minute behind the wheel test would filter a lot of people who really shouldn’t be driving away from their licenses

    On the other hand, there’s a ton of people who drive without a valid license regularly due to barriers to getting one and infrastructure that prevents any alternative method of getting around, so this would probably just exacerbate this issue


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    About 2 years ago I spent most of a Christmas sorting out my MIL’s new laptop, uninstalling junk and whatnot, and I tossed ublock origin on there. A few days ago I came back to sort out the Realtek audio drivers which uninstalled themselves via Windows Update. I find she has an entirely different laptop now, branded as"Acemagic" but through the magic of forced Microsoft Sign-in ublock origin synced to Edge on this new laptop, and there was no crapware installed despite the laptop clearly being in use for about 6 months already!

    TL;DR install ublock origin on your parents computers to save yourself some trouble down the line