I have 64gb 32 for vm and 32 for host, security software eats it all. I pity the poor bastards on the 8gb work laptops. My project is funded separately from all the others so we got to order our own laptops. Our previous laptops sucked at 32gb total.

My only regret is nicotine. All the other stuff I put in my post is about things I’m happy I did right.

Never too late for a career change. Started my 2nd career at 30. 12 years later I’m the lead software engineer on a large project.

Know your financials, income and outflow. Use a credit card for everything but pay it off every month don’t over spend.

Unless you have a full ride scholarship do your general education at a community college.

If you don’t want to go to school join a trade union apprenticeship program. Talk to your local unions while you’re still in highschool so you can be prepared for the process.

IMO electrician > plumber/pipefitter > HVAC > the rest. Carpenter might be above HVAC but I didn’t really talk with any of them. I got hurt in my final year of my plumbing apprenticeship, I did graduate and become a journeyman plumber but left the field shortly after graduation to avoid back surgery. I’m a software engineer now.

Wait for kids. Learn to cook. Exercise. Work hard. Read. No nicotine, cocaine, opioids or other fiercely addictive substances. Everything else in moderation Don’t rush to have sex, but I’m def not advocating waiting till marriage.

Didn’t settle in your relationships, just because you’ve been together a long time doesn’t mean it needs to be forever. I didn’t marry or give up my desire to not have kids with my 5.5 year relationship. Turns out I just didn’t want kids with her. Imeet my wife 3 years later married her after a year and intentionally had a kid the following year(more than 9 months after our wedding thank you very much)

Trump creams in his pants thinking about having the control the Chinese government has.

I think it was amped

I knew a few straight edge people in the punk scene that were also super Christian. Back in the early 2000s. One of them was in a band that had songs on an Xbox snowboarding game I really liked his music but he ditched the band to be a worship leader.

It’s not even hate, I listened to their music, but I never thought they were great music. I read a lot of books mostly litrpg, I’ll never pretend they are great literature but it’s enjoyable, fast food books. Limp Bizkit is fast food music.

Records sold doesn’t = valuable music, culturally. Blink 182 was huge they didn’t make a lasting impact on music.

It’s ok if you like limp Bizkit but stop pretending like they made meaningful music. Next you’ll be comparing them to the Beatles.

I was in highschool when they came on the scene. I’m well aware of Woodstock 99. Nothing you said counters my point. Looking back they didn’t belong in the same breath as the other bands you listed except puddle of mudd.

Just because they were big for a couple years doesn’t mean they produced anything of value. Angsty music for middle class white boys is nothing special.

Limp Bizkit isn’t anywhere close to the others on the list, might as well listed Papa Roach.

It won’t be like the dot com bubble. The AI bubble is far more corporate investment with far fewer entities having money thrown at them.

Have you seen a psychiatrist or were you talking to a GP? I got diagnosed with ADHD 3 different times in a 15 year period without a problem. Only stuck with the meds the last time about 4 years ago, and it was a game changer.

I’m not hot. I’m not ugly, but also not hot and had plenty of dates from dating apps when I was on them.

Good job, not a slob, decent bio, and quality photos of myself.

I was also really selective in who I swiped on. I didn’t swipe right on every hot chick. I swiped right on girls I found attractive and best guess from profile lifestyles were similar.

I went out with plenty of attractive women, hooked up with a handful and dated a few. I also went out on plenty of bad dates, the girl who carried a dead lizard she found on the ground. The autistic racist. The girl with gnarly teeth.

Then I randomly met my wife through a coworker.

Total package including signing bonus stock

Yikes

We have a no baby shark rule, my daughter hasn’t latched onto it yet. Whenever it comes on Spotify skip it but sometimes I start singing along before I realize what I’m doing.

Have them watch too many cooks.

I put it on for myself(42) the other day it took all my will to not turn it off 3 mins in, I broke by 25 mins and turned it off. I then mocked my buddy who said it wasn’t bad(he has 2 boys in prime Minecraft movie age).

I have an 18 month old girl with another on the way, not looking forward to whatever her equivalent frozen/Minecraft movie is. But I have also sung more wheels on the bus than I can stand.