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If you are trying to replace everything cable offered without having cable yeah you'll end up spending far more, but the idea is that you only get the things you really want and not all the stuff bulking up most cable packages that you'll never watch. Prime + Netflix + Hulu = 8.25 + 8.99 + 7.99 = $2...

How did you manage to spend more after cutting the cord? Did you sign up for a bunch of streaming subscriptions?

It'd be great if you continued making the same, but worked from a LCOL area. However many companies despite it not making a difference to their business where you live will actually pay you less in LCOL areas. If you can convince a company to pay you HCOL wages while living in a LCOL area you've hit...

Eh, the area I would want to buy is booming due to many multi-national tech companies being in the area. So probably will be expensive no matter what.

Does anyone have an idea of the size of the economies in these MMO's as measured in real dollars, i.e. value of selling virtual swords and ships for $$? Not many companies share this, however: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshe_Chung This is someone who became a real estate magnate in Second Life ...

Don't feel too bad, I wouldn't mind a housing crash in my area in the next 1-2 years and being able to swoop in and buy a house at a more affordable amount, however I don't think it's likely to happen.

Well right now the dividing line is quite clear as the level of sensory output from virtual worlds is extremely limited compared to the real world. Visually, auditory, touch, taste, scent etc. Virtual worlds aren't even close to emulating the real world at the moment. The main question is how close ...

Well this of course may differ for the religious among us, but I don't believe I'll be doing much thinking when I'm dead so no need to fear regret for me. Plus even if you are religious, at least the abrahamic religions, aren't you supposed to let go of all your human attachments when you ascend to ...

I was quite in to Second Life about 10-13 years ago and spent quite a bit of time in there, there was a whole economy of builders, entrepeneurs, programmers, stores, clubs with managers and employees etc. It definitely was far more immersive of a world than WoW or other MMOs were. I guess it was mor...

Well most people in MLMs lose money.

I don't think it's unreasonable to want to either agree on spending together or not have combined finances. In my experience the lacking both is the road to resentment.

An option might be to include a thermometer and do it on the weekend and once it gets close to the danger zone to heat it back up higher again and put it back in? I would probably use an Instant Pot style cooker myself as it's faster and more energy efficient than a SlowCooker, but probably not as e...

Hadn't read your journal before and saw the pictures in your last post and immediately went. "hmm that house looks dutch." Then checked the first post for confirmation XD.

House is looking great though. How have you been enjoying it now that the big renovations seem to be mostly done?

Well glad to hear the surgery went well. Hopefully she remains in complete remission.

Sounds like you made some progress to your goals, but there is still improvement to be done. Understandable with having a rocky year though. Here's to 2019 being a better year.

Sounds like you're on a good track. Determining where your money is going is the first step in improving your spending/savings and building a plan for the future. You'll probably have a pretty good idea of where you're at around 3 months in of tracking.

@Salathor Surprised if your father retired at 45 which is already very much out of the norm and would put him in the unusual category for most people that he doesn't understand that you can be that different from him too. Seems once you acknowledge retiring early is actually an option that how early...

Considering having worked in customer-facing tech support I know many people who struggle even with the modern graphical user interfaces that Windows, macOS, iOS and Android use. Let alone using something like the command line. So I would say yes for most it is.

I suspect you're right as far as how the primary is going to go in the Democratic party as they don't seem to have learned anything from the last election and if it does go this way they are probably going to lose again.

Welcome to the forums. Vlaams or Français? It seems like expats are overrepresented in the FIRE community in general, I'm originally from the Netherlands myself. I guess being used to European living standards and then moving to the US makes a FIRE lifestyle seem far more reasonable. If you have 0 i...

If they run anyone from the Democratic Establishment they're probably going to fail against Trump. I'd say Tulsi has a chance if she can get enough publicity/name recognition. Bernie Sanders has a chance, but he is going to be almost 80 by then. After the DNA test business I don't think Elizabeth Wa...

Wow, I guess find yourself an Agricultural Engineer...