If you have morals and standards, its not hard to take a stance on every issue. If you support education, it doesnt take much looking into anything about education to understand how decisions fit into your worldview. And even if you support some aspects of one side and some from the other, you still have to pick a side because welcome to Americas 2 party system.
My experience with many users on lemmy who support "critical thinking" are not actually advocating critical thinking. Theyre trying to justify their mental gymnastics while simultaneously feeding their self-righteous egos
It really depends on what you specialized in and what you want to do. If youre in engineering and your university gets funding from a company, can be an easy path to employment.
That said, in general, the type of person who wants a phd doesn't always have the same mindset as someone who doesnt. A big part of engineering in practice is realizing when you have enough information to make a decision and how to quickly and cheaply obtain that information, and that doesn't always align with the work scope that gives the best information.
I always try to bring it back something they can relate to.
You know how when you go to some small mom and pop shop, and they charge you a small % to use a credit card, or give you a discount for using cash? Its the same principle. The credit card companies charge them a fee, and they dont want to (or cant afford to pay it), so they make you pay it. Tarrifs are the same. Either you pay the fee via surcharge, or your cost of the product went up to pay the fee
A lot of people have never had the flu? Feels like everyones had it in the last couple of years at least. My office has been ravaged by it, as well as all our local school systems. People down for a week, or more.
My first proper flu was about 2017 and it was miserable, but i cant help but wonder if i had it more when i was younger and kicked it without noticing. One of my kids has had it twice (confirmed via dr tests) and has shown little more than an ear ache and a grumpy attitude. I used to test postive for strep without symptoms, but got tested because my brother had it.
Like you were saying, these hit people different, and even proper influenze a/b can be mild to certain people
I feel the same way. Im 1 phase removed, but have been very lucky in dodging them too.
01 i was in high school, 08 i was in college with minimal expenses. I was paying $975 per quarter for room and board including 9 prepare meals a week and had enough school ships that my quarterly tuition was also under $1000, coupled with an engineering coop 1/2 the year, i came out financially ahead.
Covid i was a salaried essential worker who had to work 3 days a week but still got paid full salary. That made the lack of available child care bearable. I also had a house that i purchased with 3.25% mortgage.
This next one im feeling already. I moved for my wifes job this year, so that new mortgage rate sucks
Sure, but you see tesla going up on bad news, its not difficult to anticipate its going to come right back down. Im not telling people to throw money away, obviously you need to be educated. Last year i turned 7k into 35k. Took it all out except 700 and am already back to 6k.
Ive been doing this for about 14 years. I have experience and knowledge that someone starting out doesnt. That wasnt my point. My point is, it doesnt take much money to get started.
In addition to the target date funds, there are some very basic funds through every broker. Some big ones like SPX and QQQ track directly with the s&p and NASDAQ. Every etf will have a theme (tech, biotech, industrial, energy, etc.) And should have a short description on them. Find something that fits your fancy if you have an industry you really believe in
I think youre mostly right. The top photo looks like there is some 1x4 or some deck boards on the bottom too. Im with yoj tho, no idea how long those boards are. Id hope 16' and it doesnt look like theyre strapped down at all, and not tipping. So presumably at least as much in the truck as hanging out?
We have a lot of the same points, but what im trying to drive home is that, "buy low, sell high," doesnt mean, "buy the lowest, sell the peak." Markets in correction right now, its generally trending down. Potentially will turn bear market. You dont need to follow daily to know that. Now is as good a time to sell as last week, or the peak. You didnt miss it.
When it goes down more, you dont need to see the bottom. You can wait until it hits recovery or bull market even, and buy back. That point will likely be lower than where you sold even if its not the lowest. You dont need to buy the bottom, but buying lower than you sold is a win.
If you have morals and standards, its not hard to take a stance on every issue. If you support education, it doesnt take much looking into anything about education to understand how decisions fit into your worldview. And even if you support some aspects of one side and some from the other, you still have to pick a side because welcome to Americas 2 party system.
My experience with many users on lemmy who support "critical thinking" are not actually advocating critical thinking. Theyre trying to justify their mental gymnastics while simultaneously feeding their self-righteous egos