These charts read like an ad for Charles Schwab, but actually reading the article shows that their service leaves an unadjustable portion (6-30%) of your money uninvested (as far as you’re concerned, they are totally investing it and profiting). Opportunity cost is also a cost. But yes, investing yourself is typically…

Simply put - the market collapsed. I had been watching housing prices go up and up for a decade. I was closer to being able to afford a house when I was making barely more than minimum wage at 18 that I was in 2005-2006 making a decent salary. Then the bubble burst. Houses that had been selling for 300k a year ago…

Indeed. Steam level is not at all related to $$$ spend on Steam. Though based on the article, this guy has spend WAY more than I have

If you find yourself in this situation, I believe you need to step back and reevaluate all of the poor decisions that led you down this cheese-less path. Only after doing so, and taking steps to ensure the future of your cheese do you deserve salvation in any format, be it bread crumbs or other.

I’m trying to find the balance. My emergency fund is currently 1 month income, in a credit union savings account. This can fund 2-3 months of living on a strict budget. I had more, but decided it was better spent invested, as long as the investments are easy to get at, and have no withdrawal penalties. A current…

Excellent! Didn’t see you representing the proper waffle maker before I posted mine. Keep fighting the good fight!

Excellent! Didn’t see you representing the proper waffle maker before I posted mine. Keep fighting the good fight!

Black and Decker G48TD. Everyone else here looks to be infatuated with the belgian style waffle. Don’t buy into the hype! Inferior topping to waffle ratios! Bites entirely of syrup! Massive air pockets. Lack of ability to use the waffles as bread for a sandwich that actually fits in your mouth! Round waffles? Don’t…

Black and Decker G48TD. Everyone else here looks to be infatuated with the belgian style waffle. Don’t buy into the…

I agree, so typically I just forgo the produce on my work sandwiches. Every once in a while though, when you have those perfectly ripe tomatoes sitting there demanding they be eaten....

All of the replies against this make me happy. The structural integrity of the sandwich is far too often ignored. As for additional toppings, if you arent eating the sandwich immediately, keep them on the side until chow time. Otherwise your lettuce will get soggy losing the ever so important textural contrast, the…

A study shows that people are terrible at estimating calories (both in and out). Go figure. That could be shown by looking at a third of the American population, which certainly included me a couple years back. Still not a reason to tell people not to exercise. We do enough not exercising on our own, with additional…

Nope, not much for me in the Apple Watch without an Apple phone. Thought I was intrigued on the smartwatch front, but then my Basis Peak got a software update to give notifications (I suppose upgrading it from a fitness tracker to a smartwatch?) and they do about nothing for me. Sitting out this “revolution” for an…

Was going to pretty much say this. Yes, diet is more effective overall in a vacuum, but if you don’t stick to it, that flies right out the window. In my case, I am well aware that beer is hella bad for me and I refuse to give it up. So my options are either exercise, or forever bemoan the fact that I can’t stick to a…

Ads suck. But if they’re going to be in my face, I’d rather they be for something that may interest me, rather than the “midget stripper reality tv shows” that hulu throws at me.

What do you know. I was just towed by them for no reason two weeks back myself. If I had thrown a tantrum could I have been a big deal on the internet?

% of your total monthly budget spent on food: According to Mint, I spend about 25% of my income on “food”. So I’m on the upper end on this. This does however include my “going out around DC” drinking budget. I’m too lazy to separate that out, so I will totally skew the results instead.

Nah, one ultrawide flanked by two lesser width based on personal preference (or 3 ultrawides, but that may be excessive. How many curved ultrawides to do a full wraparound lol?)- either portrait or not. Gotta keep that bezel from being dead center!

Another vote for the Proteus Core. Tracks fantastically , has the right amount of buttons for me, all of them easily accessible. As a righty, it feels better in my hand than any of the Razers.

Another vote for the Proteus Core. Tracks fantastically , has the right amount of buttons for me, all of them easily…

I agree with you on most of this. But I would not be opposed to having an ultrawide as my main in a multimonitor setup. I would still use my second and third for various tasks - I have always been a fan of widescreen gaming in concept but the quirks of Eyefinity have proven a dealbreaker. So being able to game on the…

The article says there is/will be, so I’m assuming that is correct. Since IAD is my usual departure airport, it is one place I never have to worry about layovers.

Udvar Hazy is right off of 28...theres no need to hit the toll road either way from dulles - The exit is before the toll road / access road split. The parking lot fee there is another matter. That being said, how long is your layoff that you’re going to get a cab off the airport and then go back through security…