It’s awful. I’m overseas and so it’s useful for keeping in touch with many different kinds of people in different places, but I use it less and less

Mulletsgalore.com

Cook at home. Use mostly fresh ingredients. Staple foods are cheap… Rice, beans, etc

Beans and rice with oil and vinegar can hit the spot every day for lunch

Cold cut sandwich with fresh veggies. Bonus for homemade bread!

Eggs. Pasta. Eggs & pasta

For snacks, popcorn on your stove. Flavor with salt or spices. (I love Tajin!)

Keep a few spices in your kitchen. Have a decent olive oil and something high temp like grapeseed or vegetable oil

Avoid alcohol. If you must, don’t drink in bars. (I’m alcoholic… I know it’s hard to quit)

Learn how to properly operate your home’s thermostat in summer and winter. Set it for automatic and dial in your preferred temperature. Leave it constant. This is vastly more efficient than turning it on and off and on and off.

Don’t speed when driving a car. It takes more gas and can get you ticketed

Don’t pay for TV or streaming services. Just pirate. Pirate games too. Books from libgen

For internet access, it may be best value to get unlimited mobile data and make a Hotspot for your PC

Have a specific savings plan. Set X% aside immediately after receiving each paycheck. If possible, get a high-interest account where you’re required to make monthly deposits

If you have a hobby, hopefully it’s cheap. If you can monetize it without killing your passion, go for it. If you have an expensive hobby, try to make enough money from it to offset the costs (I study fiddle. I busk to pay for strings, bowhair, and occasional lessons)

Consider leaving the US for a place that’s cheaper or offers better terms. I left to teach English in Korea and China. Was able to save money and have a robust social life.

My eyes glazed over before I finished the first paragraph

Mr. F!

Katamari Damacy

No, I mean that DDG doesn’t provide summaries or skip to the section of video Tha answers your questions. Google has some great features

I am a regular DDG user but it depends what I’m searching for. I also use Qwant

Maybe if they made DDG give better results, I wouldn’t use Google quite as much

Hippo would drag him into the water and drown him in a death roll

Against the Grain

Internal Combustion

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

These all caused me to examine aspects of modern society that we usually just accept blindly

No, they’ll sell it cheaper than the store

R/ASOIAF knew about Lemmy and debated internally whether to migrate. I honestly can’t believe they didn’t. They were among the more passionate holdouts

They could have just made a post after setting up a lemmy community and people would have made the move

Also, can mods not delete subreddits? I’m surprised this didn’t happen

I can’t believe how the mods caved. They could have taken their balls and gone home and Reddit would have felt it

The quality time Reddit is really bad. And the app is trash, all ads and promoted posts, and a new feature to be like tiktok. Fkn gag me

Great list!

One for musicians

Different states have different laws. It’s a farce

I doubt there are many Chinese people here. It’s difficult to access sites like this without a VPN, which is illegal to have without government approval. Moreover, the vast majority of people in China don’t know VPNs exist and it’s illegal to spread information about VPNs on social media like Wechat.

If anyone on Lemmy is Chinese, it’s likely they are working directly for the government or some SOE. I assume there will be people here from CGTN, China Daily, et al., but the platform isn’t big enough yet.

When I worked at China Daily, my friend ran the social media accounts, which meant he had a special VPN at the office, or used a specific computer in the newsroom, probably controlled and monitored by admins. My office computer had no VPN, so I couldn’t access anything like Twitter or Reddit.

Yeah this is my mindset too.

A fiduciary (not an accountant) will know what to do. Contact a fiduciary