I’m a little late to this conversation, but I’ve been using this for a couple of weeks now and I love the convenience. However, every time I shut down and restart my browser, Android Messages forces me to log in again using the QR code, even though I never logged out and the messages app on my phone still shows my…

A secondary factor for me in evaluating these cards is what they pay back for purchases outside their stores. And in that respect, the Costco Visa is pretty good - it does 4% for gas, 3% for restaurants and travel, 2% for Costco, and 1% for everything else. We use the Amazon card for purchases there, and still…

I lost my job - or more accurately, was forced to resign - about a year and a half ago. About two years prior I had taken a new job at the same organization that I was very excited about. Then a few days into it, my boss was replaced. Everyone knew this guy was a hatchet man, and indeed he laid many off and drove away…

I love this question. I posted before that for years I’ve used a spreadsheet to track my finances. For at least a few years I still did my checkbook registry side-by-side for some reason until I finally dropped that habit.

My wife and I literally never fight about our money. I’m fortunate to have married someone with a similar financial mindset of valuing modesty in our lifestyle and diligently managing money.

I think it’s great that every media outlet is now publishing waves of stories about how to reduce what you share with (or outright delete) Facebook. What I keep wondering is, given that we know we can’t trust Facebook, how can we be assured that when we tell Facebook not to share our data with advertisers, that…

That I realized 20 years ago as a college student that if I was going to have very little money, I’d better figure out how to manage it.

Hmm...I’d have to do some prep before I could release it into the wild. Aesthetically they’re fine, most of it would make sense to a new user, but there are probably some sheet cross-linked to one another and other little hacks I’ve done that would only make sense to me.

Not a criticism, because to each her/his own, but that seems like a lot of apps to me. Twenty years ago I created a spreadsheet to start tracking my finances and I’ve added to it pretty extensively over that time. I think even with programs like Quicken and especially newer apps that come and go more frequently, I…

Sure. I don’t mean literally don’t buy anything. I mean don’t buy “stuff.” Stuff has a short shelf life, gets used little (if at all) and then just takes up space. Stuff brings little utility or enjoyment.

Don’t buy stuff. I responded elsewhere but that’s something I failed to mention. Your stuff will mostly serve as a drag on your life because you’ll have to spend more money and time storing it, moving it, and ultimately discarding it. (Or your children will when you die. And having helped family members who are not…

I am fortunate in having begun to develop an interest in personal finance when I was in college. I’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way but nothing too serious. I probably could have scaled back an expense here or there to free up money for something more useful, but for the most part we’ve done things pretty well.…

So I’m a huge personal finance geek and I have a spreadsheet that basically tracks everything all year long - paychecks, taxes withheld, tax tables, you name it. So basically after 12/31 I know exactly what my tax returns will look like when I complete them, within a few dollars (for rounding). The only variable is…

I began using a password manager maybe five years ago and I’m not exaggerating when I say that, done properly, it is a life-changer. By “done properly” I mean:

I downloaded 57 today and it lives up to the hype. It’s crisp, it loads faster, it’s a noticeable jump in aesthetics and modernity over 56. I’m looking forward to using it.

Whatever you do, don’t watch the I-beam video. It’s terrifying!

I get that mansplaining is a thing. I don’t argue that point. I’m sure to be a woman (or anyone) suffering through it is tedious. And me personally, when I try to explain something, I go out of my way to say “I don’t want to patronize or condescend so if I’m telling you something you already know, please interrupt.”…

Seriously...that’s a penalty? For all the outrage over celebration penalties that shouldn’t be penalties, and nobody’s outraged over this?

Thanks for laying this out. So really, if you’re among the infected simply download the latest version and that’s it? How can they know there’s been no damage?

I agree with many of the ideas put forth here, but sadly as Clay Travis is against this than I, reflexively, must be for it.