Super General Advice (the thread for advice without making a thread)

For me it's a bit hard to read on the dark theme

 

Interesting, because I have the dark theme too, and not having the same trouble.

 

the blue doesn't cause me any pain, but it also clashes with the Sage and Sand theme pretty hard.

(tbh i don't like any of the color text, because there are so many different themes... it's impossible for any colored text to look good for everyone. a brown or dark green would look good on the theme i use, but it would look terrible on lots of the other themes.)

 

Might just be me, I have some color issues

 

Yeah that is something that crossed my mind which is because COLOR!!!

 

I'm using the purble theme and it looks lovely to me!

 

It's not super hard to read but I will admit that it would probably strain my eyes after several lines of text. (blues theme)

 

It's also hard to read on dark theme for me but also I'm always on mobile with min brightness so that might have something to do with it

 

i use the green one and its fine for me personally

Spoiler: regular & in night mode

shown both in the original post and in a quote bc those look a little different. Im using samsung browser on my phone

 

Wow that's. A lot more variation than I was expecting. That's really weird.

 

Ok, I think that combined with everything else has convinced me. I will have no colors, thank you all for the feedback.

 

am i screwing my long-term returns if i split savings between two vehicles? i want the security of an s&p 500 etf, but individual stock picking (long-term, not flipping) on the side also seems like it would be fun. but with the whole compound interest thing, it seems like the best idea would be to focus all my savings on just one vehicle to maximize its returns.

 

I'm thinking of investing in a stim/fidget toy or whatever to maybe help me not get all weird and overwhelmed when people try and talk to me while my brain's in work mode. I'm a welder, so I'm wary of getting any sort of jewelry made of conductive materials. I'm a bit less concerned about stuff that might snag on moving parts, cause I use the lathe and mill seldom enough that I could probably just stow a ring or bracelet before using the machine. I was thinking maybe something like this? It looks like it won't be too lose, and if it snags it's just beads and an elastic cord, so it'll break before I do. Probably.

 

I got my boyfriend a spinner ring he really likes, but I don’t know how well that would suit your needs

 

Spinner rings look cool, but I've read that rings are sorta a safety hazard when you work with machines. There's some cheap enough ones that I feel okay about buying one to try out when I'm not working, but work's where I really struggle, yunno?

I think the thing I'm gonna do is just try out a handful of promising looking stuff that I can get for cheap outside of work, and I'll worry about safety once I figure out what works for me.

 

hey! i don't know if you already got an answer for this, but when i started my ira account, I initially put money in one single etf that looked promising. i've expanded it since then, as money allows. imo it depends on how long you have to fuck with it + how much money to play with. less money/time, i'd lean towards one single vehicle. more time, less money? i'd start with the single vehicle, and then, later down the road, maybe expand.

 

Hi, I'm trying to think of something really good to get a 4yrold boy. He's the third brother, so he has a lot of stuff to play with. Like, they have a huge wooden train set and probably enough Thomas the Tank stuff. I'm thinking too young to give him a proper Lego set of his own. Do I go lazy and get him another playdough set? He likes playdough. I'm not sure about budget. I would like something that is STEM or at least sensory/motor skills.

 

anyone in this bar associated with medical physics in any capacity, or friendly with someone who is? i'm looking into applying for grad programs in that and would love to have a no-stakes chat with someone in the field

 

If he’s too little to handle actual LEGO yet, you could get him a set of those big chunky LEGO-ish blocks. Or, do they still make linkin logs? Or one of those stackable sets where you can make different tracks for a marble to run down.

If he has a lot of playdough but would like something similar you could get kinetic sand.

 

Idk if they still make Tinker Toys but those were some of my favorite building sets as a kid. There's nothing small enough to choke on so we played with them from 3 up.