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A bit off topic but; My megacorp let it be known that they were actively seeking to promote women. I don't recall if it was officially announced, but very common knowledge. We had a new hired, woman engineer in our department. During casual conversation, I mentioned she came to work at a...

Work up to them slowly. Be careful of your wrists, hand tendons.

Just one additional piece of advice..... Do not advise your daughter to "do what you love and the money will follow". That's been interview advice from several billionaires. If I was a billionaire, I'm pretty sure I'd love what I was doing too. I know it was popular opinion among high school...

Want your daughter to have the golden ticket? Study accounting and focus on audit. Minor in computers and become an IT internal auditor. Have your first company pay for your night courses to get your MBA. Get your CPA as soon as you get enough credit hours. The MBA will let you move from...

If I read the article correctly, the flood water was 5 feet deep. Hard to keep that out of anywhere. They make a sort of threshold for doors that will pop up by themselves if they get too much liquid. In the chemical industry they're used to prevent spills from spreading through an opening...

I did it. Looking at their data, I'm not sure how good it is in detecting cancer in the early stages. Looks pretty good at detecting in the later stages. It's also expensive, about $1,000. It gives you only a pass/fail result. They just send you a note that says you have cancer or not. I...

I'm still using Office 2016. We'll probably buy new desktop computers in a couple of years. Wonder if it will load then. I don't intend to pay a subscription fee if I can avoid it. The inventor of the spreadsheet has an interesting story. He got poor legal advice and didn't make any money...

I use a local place that just does blood draws and ships the samples. The test was about $240 and the blood draw and handling the shipping was $40

I saw what was supposedly a mathematical analysis of the causes of cancer. The result was that their estimation was 2/3 rds of the chances of having cancer were just the result of a bad cell division, purely bad luck. The other third was genetics, environment, carcinogens, diet, etc.

Here's another blood test. Much cheaper. I do one every year. https://onetestforcancer.com/

Kentucky is launching a new pumped hydro project. https://www.whas11.com/article/money/business/billion-dollar-hydropower-facility-bell-county-andy-beshear-southeastern-kentucky/417-9e3dbce9-6686-45d2-a936-ad73a296fc18

I heard a local real estate agent's ad on the radio recently. They now offer 1% selling agent commission and recommend 2.5% buying agent commission. No idea what that gets you other than the MLS listing. But other than some photos of the house, I never had a listing agent do much else anyway.

I'm a boomer, born in 1958. I looked up the demographics, and I can see why they made the breaks where they did based on the total births. But the first boomers that turned 18 years old in 1964 had a very different life than the last boomers born in 1964 that turned 18 in 1982. So, I think...

I would be very happy to have WAY too much in an IRA! I'd want to have the biggest tax bill for a RMD in history!

How can you have too much saved in an IRA? That comment doesn't make sense to me.

I have almost ordered Kindle readers a few times. Mostly for their extended battery life over my iPad. Every time I've concluded it wasn't worth the cost since my iPad works fine. Just need to charge it more frequently. Last time my wife mentioned her iPad, she said she had over 1,200 books...

I laughed to myself when I saw the title of this thread. Who could be the same weight as high school? I played on the school basketball team all through high school. Worked on the farm all summer. My friends mostly wrestled on the school team. I was 6'-4" and 165 pounds my senior year. I'm...

A financial planner, in Minnesota I believe, published results of his clients spending. His clients spending dropped with age. Even though their net worth continued to increase. He had data going back for years as he was working in his father's planning business.

I stumbled across this detailed government data on spending from 2021. I don't know if this is the most recent. It's incredible detail. I thought some of you might be interested in it. It's mostly the mean values. Unfortunately, I see we're a bit above most of the means. :blush...

There's a big opportunity occurring right now for what I assume might be called AI. Certainly pattern matching. I expect big money behind it for sure. Today, instead of GPS, you want your drone/bomb/missile to guide itself to the location you want and, depending on the weapon, look around...

You're correct about the issue with GDI. At least some Toyota engines are GDI with a single MPI injector also. I suspect this dealer item is probably about the same as adding fuel injector cleaner to your gas tank. Not going to address valve carbon buildup. I'll ask next time at dealership.

On another note, I get my oil changed once a year now. The oil life indicator usually shows about 30% oil life left at that point. After the oil change, I reset the oil life. As far as I know, that resets all of the other maintenance reminders also. I've never had the indicators show up on...

I plan to have them do the brake fluid flush and rear differential fluid. I'd normally do the rear fluid myself, but getting lazy in my old age. Then later this year, I'll have them do the timing belt. That includes new water pump. No plans for valve adjustment. Not planning on spark...

Just got an email from my Acura dealership with the recommended maintenance for my 2016 MDX. Check it out. Recommended Services Service Date Price ("$") *REPLACE SPARK PLUGS 6 CYLINDER : 7 YEAR/100K MILE SERVICE. 12/12/2023 425 *TIMING BELT PACKAGE : 7 YEAR/100K MILE SERVICE. 12/12/2023...

My Acura MDX is a 2016 model. I wasn't aware it had timing belt instead of chain until the dealership mentioned it when I had it in for another maintenance item. I don't recall what mileage it needs to be replaced at, but it's every 7 years apparently, and I meet that age limit. I'll do it in...