Meteora was also a decent album. I stopped listening after that. Hybrid Theory is something else though. Reanimation was also dope

She looks exactly like our Zola. Except ours is a bit of a diva and loves to be photographed.

I think the point is that that GPU is not strong enough to use for 4K gaming. But Tom does not care. Or something.

I also read they started doing this in some American state and it raised 1.8 billion dollars. If this idea appeals to you, try to find out if there are any petitions in your country that suggest something like this. If you’re from the Netherlands, the SP has a petition like this.

Oh man I played RRT4 a LOT on my PSone. It was amazing

Is that not what I said? My point was that 50 years ago 75k was more than enough money to buy a house. Salaries have increased, but prices have increased much more because companies charge 150-200% for every unit of currency off labour put into goods and services. Increasing the minimum wage would only fortify this effect unless companies are held accountable for this.

Well first off I’m in the Netherlands, which we have established is a different situation. I bought last year, been on the job market since 2020. I have no kids, no need for any but I couldn’t afford kids either. I would suggest folks that would like to buy a house to hold off on having kids until it makes sense financially. I know sometimes it sneaks up on people or whatever but kids are a huge responsibility and they cost a shitload of money and time.

In terms of healthcare and retirement I feel for you. The 30k down payment is also rough.

My government (Netherlands) gave starters the option to not pay tax on their first house purchase (2% of the sum). Also we have collective health insurance at around 150 a month. We have to pay 375 of all costs if we incur any. Part of our salary is put aside for a retirement premium. At my current employer, we get to decide how aggressively this premium is invested.

So all in all I needed about 6k for the pure costs of buying a house. I live half an hour (bike)/20mins (car) from a city with 200k citizens. The town I live in has about 10k people, three supermarkets, some pet stores, a vet, and some general purpose stores.

I am aware that my situation is actually pretty good, but in my country people my age are also complaining they cannot buy large luxury apartments in downtown Amsterdam or Utrecht with a salary of about 100k a year.

It amazes me that some folks will just say ‘everything is more expensive, raise the minimum wage’. Salaries are going through the roof everywhere and cost is following suit.

If companies would stop counting 150-200% overhead on goods and services for employees’ salaries we wouldn’t need to all be millionaires in order to get by. If we were to source more stuff locally transport costs would be much lower. If we used our goods longer, tried to get by with less, we could do longer with our cash.

But we all see these hyper rich folks and we want to be like them, live like them, have what they have. It’s not a sustainable situation.

I make just north of 50k a year and my wife just over half that and we bought a house. Yes it was built in 1962, it’s not large, it’s not in the middle of a large city. But 250k a year? I’d be able to clear my mortgage in under 10 years.

So either the housing market in the US is much more messed up than the one in Europe, or we aren’t taking into account that buying a house with compromise is better than no house at all.

Shrinkflation is real.

In any event, it only works if folks go often enough to not notice small shrinks. If you’d go twice a year or something you’d be amazed at how and why these fuckers get away with it. Vote with your wallets, people!

No doubt inspired by The League

Is c/disneyvacation a thing here?

I’m in data engineering and that market is dominated by Microsoft. Understanding an os is essential if you’re, say, a sysadmin.

I’d recommend looking into some certifications. Some businesses are very sensitive to those.

Betting data? Is that like a turn off phrase or are people actually betting on elections

Americans

Saying Ahmsterdahm instead of emsterdem

Oh yeah same here. Virtually unlimited service and I can request new cards if needed.

I have accounts at two different banks but I don’t have any credit cards. Debit cards are way more widely used in Europe. Every bank in the Netherlands will charge you a fee for opening an account.

… This is already common in Europe. I pay like 3 euros a month for my account