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just want to say that we have had four kids over 6 years in one of the most expensive states in the us, and went from $30k to over $100k in that time frame. It is a huge jump in salary and feel very blessed regardless of the hard work, but just know most of the time was spent below the top end. If you are emotionally stable enough to have a good marriage (and therefore have kids), go for it! You will afford it, and life couldn’t get better!

Berkey for the win! It has been so useful for my family. During and after pregnancies. If you can get one, I highly recommend it.

What’s the reason for you thinking it’s an enormous grift? I ask as someone who has read enough to feel it is useful and have a hard wallet with some bitcoin (well not a full bitcoin) but I am not into it enough to do anything stupid or evangelize it to others. So, you feeling the whole thing is a grift, I would really like to know if I’m missing something.

Yeah, it’s really well done. I haven’t ever kept my instance up because I get tired of the hassle, but when I run one, user experience is great.

My favorites I read this year in order:

- Prayer of Owen Meany, it’s the basis of the movie Simon Birch if you have seen that. The book has so much more going on though

- My Antonia, wonderful characters

- Jude the Obscure, the cover tells you the ending is shocking, and the cover is right!

- How the Irish Saved Civilization, really fun and interesting

> it ain’t dying I’m talking about. It’s living. I doubt it matters where you die. But it matters where you live.

We named our youngest Augustus after Augustus McCrae. It’s amazing how a novel that really shows the randomness and absurdity of life in the west ended up being such a beautiful and meaningful story. But, maybe that’s kind of how all of life is at any time period.

Any resources you would recommend to learn the basics and/or fundamentals of accounting and finance?

What languages and compiles are certified for satefy-critical software? And how is it decided? That is super interesting, and I didn't know it was a thing.