CafecitoHippo

Oddly enough, the rise of software as a service I think has led to Linux being a more viable option for business use. For my work, I'd still be personally missing MS Excel but that's because I hate LibreOffice Calc with a passion. I cannot understand some of their keybindings which are not changeable. But so much of what I use these days is just in web browsers.

My point is that just going direct for a new car without at least doing some legwork and seriously investigating second hand options is a bad move

100% agreed there.

In that broader sense, IMHO, new cars are generally a bad “investment” versus cars with a year or two because you’re paying a huge premium

That's where I disagree with you though. There isn't a huge premium vs a car that's a year or two old. If you're financing too, it could be more costly to buy a used car as you'd be paying higher rates on the financing. I agree with the sentiment that buying a used car is better but not one that's just a year or two older. People have long been preaching that buying used is better than buying new and as a result, a lot of prices have crept up to the point that its less beneficial to buy used these days. COVID jacked up prices too and while they've gotten better on used cars, they still haven't fully recovered.

buying a brand new car is almost invariably one of the worst investments

Because it's not an investment. There is nothing wrong with buying a new car if you plan on keeping it. You get the original manufacturer's warranty, no worries about a previous owner having been in an accident or not keeping up with routine maintenance, and often times you can lower your initial cost of ownership via dealer financing that's below market rates because they're willing to take loses there to move vehicles. Just a quick look, 2022 Toyota Corolla SE with 33k miles is selling for roughly ~$23k. A brand new 2025 Corolla SE is selling for ~$26k. If you need to finance it, you're going to get better rates on the new vehicle vs the used. You're getting 3 years worth of improvements and you're getting a full manufacturer's warranty and not just the balance of what's outstanding on a 3 year old vehicle with 33k miles on it.

It's honestly a big part of why I don't spent as much time here. Half the posts are just complaining about what Reddit/Elon are doing.

I'm just happy that there is finally some good NA beers. I realized I had a problem drinking where I would just want to keep drinking once I started but I had such a connection between beer and sports that it became hard to watch sports without wanting a beer which would then turn in to me wanting 12 beers. Just being able to have a good NA beer which tricked my mind into thinking I'm having a beer. My brain didn't get the dosage of alcohol that I needed to keep drinking booze so I could just have 2 of them during an Orioles game and not worry about it. I've only had 8 total drinks since election night. Never more than 2 in a day but I've decided that I'm totally off booze since those 8 drinks.

2020 for $4 billion.

Is data on when I turn the oven on, and how long I run it for, even worthwhile?

They wouldn't be holding you hostage for it if it wasn't.

There's a whole list of apps that have themes on their Github.

https://github.com/catppuccin/catppuccin

Here you go.

https://i.postimg.cc/zf6Z1xwd/frappe.jpg

No need to board shame him. He's just rocking with what he's got. It's not the size of the board, it's the motion on the pavement.

Thanks. I was legitimately confused by Minecraft because I never saw anything negative added to Java edition but I've never played Bedrock. Minecraft keeps pumping out free content updates so they seem like a good example of what to do for a company.