qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago

From our experience in the US, the birth is nothing compared to the financial drain of the other expenses. And at this age, childcare dwarfs all the other child-related expenses.

We have great insurance and don't rely on family for childcare though, so the math is very very different for someone with "free" familial childcare and no/lousy insurance...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't know how compensation works in academic administration, but if there's any vesting going on then you could "take a pay cut" but end up making more due to previous compensation vesting.

Certainly possible for public companies, but again, unsure if that could be the case for a university president...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

My understanding is that this is precisely why they have lifetime appointments


a judge can turn around and piss off those who appointed them and there's little recourse, because they'll never be up for election again (similar to the nominal purpose of academic tenure).

I think it's a pretty bad system and there are a million better ways of doing things, but in this one instance the system is maybe working as (I believe it was) intended (even if she holds pretty reprehensible views in other aspects).

Not a lawyer, not a history buff, so grain of salt and all that...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Temba, his hand throwing horns 🤘

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 29 points 6 months ago

from stdlib.h import cout

Wait this looks wrong, shit...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 53 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Anything can use it, but I think by convention it's used for http on a non-privileged port.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 6 months ago

That...is not how most people view breaks. Especially if you're into sports, which a pretty large chunk of the world is (just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're not).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago

Not the "trickle down" that we were promised, but at least this trickle down is real?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I mean, vigorous physical exercise is one of the most mentally relaxing activities, in a way (at least for me). Go for a 100km bike ride in hilly terrain, push yourself on the climbs, and just kind of let your mind wander. It's not edible-and-David-Attenborough relaxing, but it is relaxing in its own way.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

Same


rsync to a pi 3 with a (single) ZFS drive at family's house. Retain some daily/weekly/monthly snapshots.

I have a (free) VPS with static IPv4 which is how I connect everything.

Both the VPS and the remote site have limited network speed (I think 50Mbps for VPS), so the initial sync was done sneakernet (well..."airplane net"). Nightly rsync is no problem bandwidth-wise, and is mostly just any new videos I've uploaded to my local Immich instance.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago

When they talk about being the party of Lincoln this isn't what I had in mind...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 38 points 6 months ago

Scully and Mulder would not put up with this shit.

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