[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

What I am learning is that I am not in the correct tax bracket to pay for contractors unless messing up means the house burning down. So probably gonna be DIY this one.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Oof yeah if it is coming out to 4k+ then I probably am gonna be a DIYer.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

New home owner who has never had to hire a contractor before. Want to have chain link fence replaced and want to have put in white vinyl fence to match connected town home.

It is just a 40 foot length I need replaced and will need to have one gate. As I get quotes, what kind of price should I expect to pay? What's considered fair and what's considered a rip off?

EDIT: Thanks for all the feedback! I think I'm not in the right tax bracket to hire people to do this, so probably going to try to do it myself.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Hahaha yeah it felt a bit on the nose.

I'll let you guess how often I completely forget to do an important task.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Probably depends on state or whatever what requirements are.

They had me do a test using a VR headset, and I was like "Oh this will be fun!"

No, it wasn't. I had to stare at a VR aquarium and press a button based on instructions for 20 minutes like

"If you see a clown fish, then a blue fish, press the button" or

"If you hear me say Sturgeon, or you see a clown fish, press the button"

"Press the button if you hear the name of any fish that isn't a clown fish, or see any fish that isn't a sturgeon"

Apparently I did VERY poorly on instruction switching, with it taking several minutes between tasks for me to get the instructions down where they like bleed together. Also like little kids would walk in front of me, or a phone would ring, or TVS would flash.

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So I went to my doctor and was like "yeah my counselor said I should ask about the process to get tested for ADHD because of XYZ"...

He then had to gently explain that a year ago he had referred me to a local pysch for testing because I already took the ADHD assessment.

Anyway, long story short, after doing testing (which I showed up for on the wrong day the first time) I got an official ADHD diagnosis.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

I actually went to a science/nature camp as a kid where a pig part was we would catch pot guts (ground squirrels)!

Almost every animal there had been caught dozens of times. Because they would go in, get peanut butter, be shown to a counselor that would mark that they were caught, then let go. So pretty sure all of them were trap happy since a 100 traps were out in a field 4 months out of the year, every single year.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Wild. With how gnarly residency is you'd THINK most of them would be ground out, but guess some folks just see those dollar bills working as a corporate doctor.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

So like did he complete his residency then head straight for insurance field?

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/frugal@lemmy.world

Stolen from Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1ftmkwt/oc_foods_cost_vs_caloric_density/

But I loved it. Also this has Shrimp removed, because it was on the OG chart due to an error and this is an updated version.

EDIT: Here is one for protein! https://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood/comments/1fp2ytb/foods_cost_per_gram_of_protein_vs_protein_density/#lightbox

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submitted 3 weeks ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

After months of reminders in team meetings on how to do this properly, supervisors have sicced me on the department.

I have been informed that if the issues continue, supervisors will start pulling people in for chats on why they can't follow directions that were laid out.

Pray I am the only monster you meet, for I am the kindest.

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[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 107 points 1 month ago

Some days, you need a reminder that eating anything is better than eating nothing.

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Eating the proper amount is hard. Eating when you have low time, money, mental energy, or education on cooking is even harder.

This book assumes nothing. Do you know how to turn on your stove? You are properly prepared to use this cookbook.

Just want to share it with more folks!

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My two are:

Making sourdough. I personally always heard like this weird almost mysticism around making it. But I bought a $7 starter from a bakery store, and using just stuff in my kitchen and cheap bread flour I've been eating fresh sourdough every day and been super happy with it. Some loafs aren't super consistent because I don't have like temperature controlled box or anything. But they've all been tasty.

Drawing. I'm by no means an artist, but I always felt like people who were good at drawing were like on a different level. But I buckled down and every day for a month I tried drawing my favorite anime character following an online guide. So just 30 minutes every day. The first one was so bad I almost gave up, but I was in love with the last one and made me realize that like... yeah it really is just practice. Years and years of it to be good at drawing things consistently, quickly, and a variety of things. But I had fun and got something I enjoyed much faster than I expected. So if you want to learn to draw, I would recommend just trying to draw something you really like following a guide and just try it once a day until you are happy with the result.

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I just think this little youtuber is cool, his best videos are reviewing free steam games.

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Since gasoline because unusable after awhile, most cars will become obstacles and block up roads.

So we of course want something that can zip around the roads!

The main advantages I see are:

  1. Peddle when out of juice

  2. Peddling charges the batteries, so in an emergency you can turn on the battery

  3. The batteries can reasonably be charged by solar panels that a lot of houses have.

  4. Gets around all the blocked roads.

  5. Generally easier to repair.

  6. The distance travelled on a full battery is absurd

I don't expect any movies to put their heroes on an eBike, but they should!

IDK just thought you'd appreciate my dumb thought XD Any other reasons why during an apocalypse you should find an ebike?

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submitted 2 months ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

We talk a lot about enshittification of technology, so tell me about technology that is getting better!

I personally love the progress of electric scooters. I've been zooming around on a 400$ escooter for a year and it works so well. It has a range of around 20 miles and top speed of 15 mph, so it works just super well for my uses, and 10 years ago scooters with that range/speed/price were no where near a thing.

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Would love to see what niche/under appreciated creators are out there! Also what your favorite videos are of theirs!

Mine is this guy who creates songs based on Age of Empires 2 SFX and content creators/pros. So he's SUPER niche and will probably never become big, but I still adore him.

Catchy song made with AOE2 sfx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywT_qsTPfwM

A totally legit love song about how much a pro named MBL loves another player called Hoang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPWPTnnIZ2U

A content creator named T90 told a story about how he got absolutely rinsed in a game, and it was memorialized as a banger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suXZqC3VrUw

So yeah! Show me your tiny content creators that you adore!

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 115 points 6 months ago

Most undocumented immigrants in the US enter legally then never leave.

The idea that most cross the border on foot isn't supported by data.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 99 points 9 months ago

Honestly... the idea that they do this work, and the money goes to a school instead of them, makes it even worse to me?

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 105 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We use datediff in sql and let God handle the rest.

"Oh but they're in different time zones" "Oh did you account for if one is in day light savings and other isn't" "Aren't some of these dates stored in UTC and some local?"

Are all problems I do not care about.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't worry, medical care is now government funded in the real world! The taxes you paid prior to falling into a coma covered you.

This is in no way a ploy to get you to wake up so we can put you in the medical work camp because you owe us 17 million dollars.

With love, Kind and gentle Medical industries inc*

*A fully owned subsidy of Nestlé

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