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$20 for a 64GB microsd card = no brainer for me. If you are too worried about cards getting stolen, get a bunch of 32GB ($11) or 16GB cards and just stash them as they get filled up. How much storage does your iPad offer?

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Define "longer". If I'm out for a couple of hours, I bring bug spray, water, something to eat, maybe a rain jacket if there's rain forecast. Shoes - depends on the terrain, most of the time sneakers or low-profile hiking shoes like Merrell or Keen. It's whatever comfortable for you. For bi...

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I own 2 Delta 12.10 kayaks - haven't taken them out much lately, sadly. They're great boats. In fact the 2nd one is my wife's because she loved mine so much she wanted one of her own (back when she wasn't a wife). I bought them 15% off during REI's memorial sales and they're great in still and somew...

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I go to the dealer for my tune up. I say, "Put a new tire on that car." Done shopping. Tune up?? No such thing anymore, unless you are driving a 40 year old car. Right, but Petrocelli is known to give out car buying advice by telling how he pays $600/month to lease a Mercedes and never ha...

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I don't track it and don't worry about it as long as I'm on track with my deferred deductions and don't dip into savings. I try to be reasonable. There are still too many places left to see and experience, and I'm not about to spend 40 years of my life stockpiling money in hopes that I will be healt...

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OP, can you elaborate on the narrative where investing in artificial intelligence becomes commercially successful? This is a serious question and not mocking. For instance: 1. Self-driving cars 2. Robotic housecleaning 3. Various projects with military applications - autonomous vehicles of various ...

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For $200 you'll pretty much have to get a used bike, which can be hit-or-miss if you don't know what you're looking for or what size you need. You may end up with a cheap, uncomfortable bike which will make you hate cycling. On the other hand, if you spend a little bit more, you might find that you ...

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I disconnected my work email on my phone when I went on vacation. I haven't turned it back since because turns out it's much nicer to not have work intrude into my family life. While it's great to be able to solve problems 24/7, it's rare that there's something that can't wait until next morning.

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May or may not be on topic: Despite the developers touting it as the next best thing that will revolutionize everything, I've not met a single person that not only liked, but didn't hate Ubuntu's Unity interface. I'd go with Linux Mint these days if you don't need to use any specialized software (no...

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Have you tried playing with the antenna positions on your router (how many do you have?) Sometimes that can help. You can try to get a bigger antenna or a directional antenna. As far as streaming sticks go, I bought the FireStick back when it was $25 and it has satisfied all my Netflix/Pandora/Prime...

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The government says it costs 54c/mile, so $216 in gas, wear, & tear to use your car to drive 400 miles. You will likely pay more than that for a rental and will have to deal with the hassle of renting a car.

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I try to avoid the budget rental companies (Dollar, etc.) after having so-so experiences with Budget. I bounce between Enterprise and Hertz and can't complain at all. Hertz is great because of their Gold program where I just hop in the car, but it can be very expensive in certain places. I never bot...

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There have been a bunch of topics about this. The budgets are usually highly variable. It all depends on where you live, where you shop, and what you buy. Buying fresh and cooking from scratch is actually more expensive than you would expect. Non processed items aren't usually on sale and there are ...

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Couple of points I want to make: I put my winters on at the beginning of February this season. Despite the warm temperatures lately (was not pleasant to be driving on the highway this past Thursday in 60 degrees), I will be keeping the tires on for a couple more weeks as I expect to be doing more hi...

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Do not eat coastal bears. They eat fish dead or alive. They will eat rotting flesh and will make the bear meat terrible. Your best bet is to hunt/kill bears that spend most of their time inland. They feast on berries and plant life. Thats where its at! Delicious vegetarian bears! I have a friend wh...

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It's kind of a two sided thing. Most CS programs have a lot of math. They usually require calculus, linear algebra, probability, and probably a math minor as part of the curriculum. Math is the foundational basis of most computer science, and teaches the critical thinking skills required to program...

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TMCD75 wrote:As is typical, the stock market's plunge proves fruitful for the precious metals market. I'm up close to a grand this morning on my modest PM investments.

Confirmation bias.

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My weekend day/hiking trips are about 90-100 miles ONE way. I've done 130 miles one way, but that one's tough. Never thought to rent a car for them. I already paid for mine, why pay more and go through the hassle?

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I've opened a couple award cards here and there (enough for 3 RT tickets to Europe, one of which I've used already). Someone I know was really into award cards, going around manufacturing spending. The way I see it, yes, I'd love to pay almost nothing for traveling places, but the effort involved is...

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livesoft wrote:Do you mind paying $10 to $30 and then getting a gift card for $50 to $100 to spend on anything?

Thanks all for the responses. Livesoft, is this a deal from TurboTax or what? How does one get on it?

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So I just looked at https://www.taxact.com/ and they've gone to a tiered model a-la TurboTax with only 1040EZ/A being free. Any other reliable options for itemized returns out there besides doing taxes by hand? My state has free online filing, so I never have to pay for state anyway.

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For years I rode Audi Quattro, always with winter treads. Think winter treads don't matter, catch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfuE00qdhLA They're comparing snow tires with summer tires. Summer tires are completely useless in snow. They should've compared with all-season tires (unless 'summ...

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If your car is only occasionally going to see winter roads, and especially if it's mostly going to sit on the street, don't pay extra money for AWD (it's the new hot outdoorsy thing for everyone to have), get winter tires. You only need AWD if you often drive on snowpack and unplowed roads, or crazy...

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Nothing in the Boston area yet. Good luck all. Yeah, we got diddly squat, but seems like everyone further south got hit pretty hard. One of the few massive storms in which most of New England was spared. Too bad for the ski resorts, they need their snow - and things aren't looking very promising fo...

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TrueCar can no longer be trusted as of 2 years ago. They're in bed with dealers due to (crazy IMO) lawsuits. Last time I purchased a car I came in about 5% under TrueCar price. I emailed 5 dealers and went with the lowest one as a. they didn't want to haggle further and b. offer was already under in...

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My guess for why people get eggs, milk, and bread is because fried eggs, cereal, sandwiches are fast and easy meals. Then again, I always make sure to have enough of everything on hand so I don't need to stock up before a storm. MA is actually getting spared this time (last weekend the forecast was ...

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Just wanted to bump this thread up to use as an argument in the "Imagine you bought Yahoo/Google/etc. 20 years ago!" discussions Stock is down 55% from its IPO price, 81% from its high, 75% YTD. If you have significant investments in the stock, what do you do now? Sell and cut your losses ...

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With that said, I would trade a bit of fun for reliability and go with Mazda - if they offered a vehicle with more space than the 3 (trunk space too small) and smaller than the CX5 (too SUVish). In fact, I plan on moving away from Honda in ~4 years and towards Mazda/Lexus (totally boring but very l...

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Thinking of getting myself a Dell XPS 15 as a Christmas gift. I want something fairly light, SSD, and fairly powerful. I am also very intrigued by the Thunderbolt 3 port that the Dell possesses. Are there any other contenders I should be considering? The XPS15 would be my choice for work, but we're...

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My brakes and rotors are also original and have plenty of life left. Good luck getting 60K miles out of a Honda pad/rotor. My TSX needed new rear pads at 27k miles, and now at 40k the rotors are shot. While you may pay more for parts on the BMW, they do last quite a long time. And for another data ...

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Maseratis aren't that expensive these days. You can get the low end model for like 80k. Which is why they are popping up all over the place now. AM is in that other price category. The good news is with either of them you get to buy a second car as a back up:) Every time I read about a Maserati, it...

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Heh, I feel lucky to work where I do; I have a very good 'like equals' relationship with my boss (at this point I even assign to him technical tasks in his area of expertise once in a while). I've been to his house, he's been to mine; we've given each other small birthday gifts (e.g. books). We can ...

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The S550 is a nice choice, because the average person doesn't really know whether that car cost $60K or $120K. Same for the suggested Corvette Z, M6, etc. A Bentley or a Maybach is something you're driven in. Final point - why did you not consider a Maserati? Here in Boston pretty much everyone seem...

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My university used to run 15 routers in the library, ask on the same channel. Result - no one could connect reliably because of interference. One solution is running three routers on the completely mutually exclusive channels 1, 6, 11. And or getting a 5GHz router and running multiple channels there...

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2. Investment of $10k in 1996 when Yahoo was first traded would have resulted in approx $258k vs $45k in the S&P500. Most investors would have years of Yahoo news indicating possible exit points if they chose to do so. Not to pick on you personally, but this kind of statement bugs me a lot when...

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There are many reasons to be jealous of us folks in California, especially SoCal . But an automated house shouldn't be one of them. Reminds me of the Modern Family episode where Phil had everything wired, and almost ended up hooking up with Matthew Broderick. Like what? Losing jobs and going bankru...

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I live in a condo and I was initially concerned having read all the horror stories about HOAs... but I think in this case the squeakiest wheel is the loudest. Our HOA is really lax (they'll send out emails when people are non-compliant but nobody walks around making sure all regulations are followed...

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From tire rack you have: Shipping Removal of the old tire from the wheel Removal of the TPMS sensor Mounting Balancing Installation Tax For sure you can count on "$200 tires" to be $1000 installed when you're buying them and bringing them to a shop for installation. Nobody works for free....

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I've been doing some planning for my next new-to-me car and the Acura T* was one I've considered. The tires thing caught my attention so I looked up what replacement tires were required. I'm not seeing anything too exotic nor expensive. Per a tsx ownes forum, the Continental ExtremeContact DWS seem...

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I'm a beer man, but here are my favorites, all available at the local Trader Joe's:
Marchigue Carmenere
Trapiche Malbec
Gascon Malbec
Layer Cake Malbec and others

Wifey likes Beaujolais Bordeaux as well.

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I'm amazed that you got 20 years out of your non stick pans. Our 10" Calphalon, which we use the most, wears out in a year. After buying two, two years in a row, I said screw it, let's try TFal at 1/3 the cost ($12 at TJMaxx). So far, so good. My favorites, though, are a Lodge cast iron (6 in a...

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Cherokee8215 wrote:The way things are these days, if I had a tree house on my property, I would only let my own kids use it and no others.

The way things are these days, I don't allow anyone onto my property!

/only half-joking

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I also wanted to mention that you should shop around, especially for single malts, as there seems to be a wild variation in price. A store near me used to sell Knob Creek for $25/750mL, while everywhere else it's over $32 ($29 on sale). Talisker 10y ranges from $52 to $65 New Hampshire outlets had L...

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Seems like people who people who don't live in the US have a very strong opinion about the US economy collapsing in the next n years.

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Sorry, but I am going to try and gently push you past your $1.00 per ounce criterion: Talisker 10 year Glenkinchie 12 year Lagavulin 16 year All are utterly delicious Scottish single malts (Macallan's 12 year ain't a bad back-up choice). Sir, I like the cut off your jib! I have not tried Glenkinchi...

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i'd appreciate an emoticon in the future, as i'm guessing your sentiment is insincere :) though, i've tested it before, i seem to have an IP and DNS leak, but I'm thinking this is after I installed/uninstalled Disconnect, which did something to my OVPN GUI hmmm https://ipleak.net/ not sure if I had...

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though, i've tested it before, i seem to have an IP and DNS leak, but I'm thinking this is after I installed/uninstalled Disconnect, which did something to my OVPN GUI hmmm https://ipleak.net/ not sure if I had this at the time I posted the question, as I've checked it before and had noleak, the ne...

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Wife and I like cooking a lot, we eat very healthy, and I always bring my own lunch - either delicious leftovers or I can put tigether a tasty sandwich from nothing in 5 minutes time. Sometimes when we don't have time or feel lazy or have the craving, we get Chinese take out. Or when I just don't ha...

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Oh, this thread again. I find it amusing that people owning million-dollar houses talk warmly of leasing cars (especially when those leases are written off as a business expense). Steve Jobs could afford to drive a new Mercedes every month if he wanted to because he couldn't care less about saving m...

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Timbuk2 Messenger Bag - I've literally dragged it all over the US and in Europe, beat it for school and work, and it's still going strong after 11 years. Miele Vacuum - seems expensive for a vacuum, but is worth it in the quality of cleaning, the versatility (easy to transport), and ease of use iPad...

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