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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • I know this is just a meme, but I think it’s an important clarification: The rule of thumb is ~6 months’ worth of expenses, not salary. It really is important to hold you over in case of sudden job loss, since it takes most people 3-6 months to find a new job (but it doubles as a fund for genuine emergencies too, which can save your ass for stuff like unexpected medical or vet bills).

    But unfortunately, lots of people live paycheck to paycheck, so for them, a month’s worth of expenses is the same thing as a month’s salary…





  • For the lazy, three of his kids died before 30:

    • Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain: died at 75y/o (heart attack)
    • Wife Olivia Langdon Clemens: died at 58y/o (heart failure)
    • Son Langdon Clemens: died at 19 months (diptheria)
    • Daughter Suzy Clemens: died at 24y/o (spinal meningitis)
    • Daughter Clara Clemens: died at 88y/o (likely overdose)
    • Daughter Jean Clemens: died at 29y/o (drowned in bathtub after epileptic seizure)

    Worth noting the life expectancy when Mark Twain was born was about 60-65, so he did outlive the average by 10-15 years. But this is still more due to his children having tragic deaths rather than his longevity.



  • Considering less than a month ago they were making headlines for mistakenly banning linux players (but eventually unbanning them, thankfully), makes me wonder how many of those bans are false-positives.

    I was one of the linux players who was banned. It took them about 8 days for them to unban me in-game, and then it took another week for my EA ban history to change from “active” to “overturned,” with an email from EA. No apology, no sort of in-game compensation, just basically a “be thankful you can play again.”

    ~25% of the linux players are still banned. Some definitely cheated, some I would be shocked if they cheated, just considering the amount of hours and money they had put into their account, along with how enthusiastic they were about getting themselves (and others) unbanned. So shocked that I’m almost certain they’re false positives. Which makes me hesitant to keep playing - what if that happens to me? If they treat their Steam Deck and linux users this way, is that a game I really want to support?