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How do you effectively counter serious cognitive dissonance in loved ones? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Crucial conversations is a major milestone in my life in terms of my communication skills. My partner and I joke about some things being "pre cc" even

And the better version (imo) of that is HAP, human accelerated performance. Also worth a read, a skim, a summery, a video, etc.

You get new speakers or you start your music library from scratch. Which is the first song/album you play? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Hey this just happened to me. I played Atlantic by Sleep Token to shop for then test speaker stuff

I wonder if the spice girls still get along or if that "friendship never ends" thing was just a lie. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

I was hoping this would come up in this thread.

She's stood by him through his sexual harassment allegations (that seem basically undeniably true). Which I find at least interesting, considering he left his first family for the Spice

Smaller rally/racing games I recommend you try! in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

First of all, what an incredibly detailed and cool post. Thanks for that!

I don't enjoy racing games much (though I actually raced cars and motorcycles for a decade, and then sim raced for a few years), but it's a great reminder to re play wipeout and the old school burnout games.

I will say, on a similarish but different note, I loved Snow runner. It's a "get stuck in the mud" sim with friends. Their recent sequel is.... Weird? Closer to truck Factorio. It's not the same game imo but I appreciate the fresh view

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465360/SnowRunner/

This amused me in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry, that must be a void. Those are for screaming into and abysses are for staring into

Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

Quadruple A+ management*

Founder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts sales in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 week ago

Hemorrhage money to kill or buy smaller studios, then jack the price and tank the quality. Shove some AI in it for good measure.

You'll own nothing and you'll be happy about it

When was your house built? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Our US one when we lived there: 1960s

Our Danish one now: 17... 50s? 60s? It's hard to know

Find your tribe in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AVL represent

Anon loves The Lord of the Rings in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

It does, so maybe it's not the best example. But the labor of love part for sure

Anon loves The Lord of the Rings in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like the labor of love part being something like Factorio, Satisfactory, NMS is fitting. Also grand scale, holds up well, graphics aren't the main point

Dots! in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 weeks ago

If you eat just one bite you'll never have to eat again for the rest of your life!

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Looking for a book I've only heard of, not read (sopuli.xyz)
 

Hi!

Looking for a book that I know very little about. I heard from a Dan Carlin podcast a while ago about some stories compiled into a book. It was about people's memoirs of pre-WWII Germany, like 1920s and 30s, and specifically them trying to and sometime successfully leaving Germany for various other places.

Sorry, I have very few details about it. Any chance someone knows what it is?

Thanks!

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US ex pat in Denmark; Roth IRA is poison? (sopuli.xyz)
 

Hi all–

Just had a tax meeting today in Denmark, and the Danish government like a fair few other governments, recognize 401k/trad IRA investments as retirement, but not Roths. This means you have to pay annual tax on the gains for your Roth, that you can't touch until you're 59.5.

This leaves us looking at pulling the money out and eating the tax/penalty. And my questions in case anyone knows are:

  1. is that money income in the US?
  2. is there anything particularly good to do with the money? Beyond the obvious of buying a house (here)
  3. how has no one told us about this in all the posts/threads, financial advisors, etc that Roths are fairly commonly not acknowledged and are absolutely terrible if you plan to leave the US?

Thanks in advance. Sorry for my grumpy tone... I'm certainly grumpy

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Moving from the US to the EU soon... Any advice? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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(not) shipping gaming PCs (sopuli.xyz)
 

Hi Lemmy!

My partner and I are moving from the US to the EU soon. We both have gaming PCs but they're a bit older, so we're thinking it's a great time to sell them, taking the SSDs, and buying new components there to avoid shipping them.

Any suggestions surrounding it? Maybe there's a good way to pay a little and backup the whole SSDs to the cloud?

I know it's not strictly gaming related but it sorta is? Sorry if this is inappropriate for the community

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