RickJWagner

Great advice. (Not so easy to stick with all of it, but it is very sound advice.)

I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm sympathetic to the author, she seems to be struggling. This seems true in her article to the Guardian ( https://www.theguardian.com/soc…

Spot on. Spending less than you earn is a prerequisite to accumulated wealth. Going the opposite direction is a formula for poverty. In both cases, it works without regard for the level of income.

I'm glad he bought the FR-S, so he at least enjoyed something for his years of labor. As for accumulating $11M, it's not surprising. Decades of spending less than you earn, combined with wi…

I just can't believe anyone would really do this. I can imagine the truck owners would take a gag photo, but not beyond that. It's just too stupid.

As a programmer in my 50s, this is of concern to me. But I think ProPublica is putting their thumb on the scales a bit. They add in fudge-factors for people who say they are retired, but ProPublica s…

Let's hope Tesla changes Larry? :)

I like the idea of a Tesla, but I can't justify the cost. I hope they sell a ton of them and the cars go through the usual depreciation cycle. Maybe then.

Do more cardio. Align with BogleHead philosophy. Use less stuff. Learn more Go and Kubernetes.

Just started "A Random Walk down Wall Street". Looks like it's going to be very good.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannakuh, Happy Kwanza, and a great 2019 to all my Hacker News friends.

I can be a developer, a trainer, a tech doc editor, a tech conference presenter and more. But I know deep inside that I can never be a salesperson. It's just not in me. The Dilbert gene. I think…

Wow interviewed 5 US Presidents, now he's slinging packages for Amazon. That really is an interesting career progression.

From what I've seen, Java offers more tooling and handy utilities. Examples: Remote debuggers, thread dump utilities (and analyzers), byte-code injecting tools, etc. I haven't done a lot o…

As a conservative American (who believes the climate is changing), I don't think the key to greater awareness is to make things seem more dire. IMHO, the key is to ensure that every bit of news a…

My favorite talk was called "Generations @ Work", presented at Red Hat Summit 2018. It was about different generations in the workplace, what each grouping typically liked, disliked, was mot…

Quora is a little addictive. I get an email daily with several questions (and links to the answers.) Some I like, some I don't. But it is interesting to read.

I bet that made for some interesting discussions at S&B gatherings. Which to support?

As a rural American, I can assure you that many people feel mis-characterized as the authors of this piece feel. Intellectual dishonesty of this type is one of the root causes of the current American …

The article says democracy is in open crisis. History says otherwise. There have been far worse periods, and democracy just adjusts and moves on. (Sometimes the ideas of the past arise again. For i…

I've lived in several rural states. Nothing smells worse than a turkey farm. They are the absolute worst!

The author's Twitter account shows that she flies from New York to LA for television projects. She's not just a sandwich-shop worker, apparently.

I'm disappointed someone would down-vote this. Sincerely: Why would you do such a thing? In my thinking, this author does not seem to be living the life of a poor person trying to save. If you …

According to The Economist, blue collar wages are rising faster than white collar wages, something that hasn't happened in a long time. https://www.economist.com/united-states…

The author (Talia Jane) has some interesting tweets. My BS-meter is showing a strong reading after seeing these: "i’m pretty blindly aggressive against all the manifestations of capitalism so nat…

Great article. Charles Barkley is one of the few celebrities I respect. He believes in diversity of thought.