mohammed_alibi

joined 1 year ago
[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Raising your kid(s) right is better than passing any monetary wealth on to them. If they grow up knowing that they're set and will inherit your money/house, they may get lazy and just depend on that wealth. That money will be gone after the 3rd generation.

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

It depends on how big your house is.

I paid $10k for a 4 ton 15 SEER AC this summer (this depends on location I suppose). I paid $13k for a normal roof replacement last year.

1600 sqft house.

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

So we're going to put tariffs on things where there aren't even domestically-sourced options? WTF?

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I envy that type of freedom. Go for it! Hope you meet some awesome game developers and learn a lot!

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I feel the gaming industry itself is abusive and low pay. In HS, I thought I was going into the video game industry as well. But now I'm just doing enterprise-y REST API development. It pays more and is less demanding than making games. Family comes first I guess. I can do my passion projects on the side if I want. I managed to buy a home by moving to LCOL area in Texas instead of going to California.

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe a Ford Maverick or a Honda Ridgeline. The other trucks are just unreasonable. $80K for a Tundra, or $60K for a Tacoma? WTF!!!

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Same, running a E5 2697 v4 (18C/36T) (Broadwell) that I bought used about 2 years ago. Also have a server running Ivy Bridge CPU.

I don't game much, but this CPU is perfect for productivity type of work.

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

The malnourished, 1 ft shorter than their S. Korean counterpart troops?

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first step in not living in a shithole is to not build a house in a shithole, e.g. swampy Florida.

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Unbounded risk-taking such as insuring people building houses in risky locations will lead to bankrupting the country.

If insurance is going to cover it, then there needs to be stipulations on the home owner to reduce the risk - for example, building the home out of steel and concrete, raising the structure high enough so that floods and storm surges cannot reach indoors, etc.

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