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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • Accounting is a goddamn mess. There’s lots of mistakes in accounting, finance, banking, etc but we’re supposed to act to outsiders like they never happen. Publicly traded companies (US) get audited every year, but no audit company would give a paying customer a failing grade. New grads are funneled into working for public firms - the 10 or so companies that cater to the world’s audit, tax, and consulting needs. They’re supposed to teach discipline, but in reality they only teach you security theater. You’re worked to the bone until you either burn out or agree to perpetuate the system to keep your job.

    And the only reason it continues to work is society’s social contract agreeing that it has to work because we don’t have any other options. All it takes is the rumors that the idea is failing - like in the silicon valley bank run - and we’re all out of luck. With the speed of information these days all it takes is a few minutes for a situation to spiral out of control. It’s bonkers.

    I got into accounting because I enjoyed bookkeeping in high school. Now that I’m in it I refuse to work for anything larger than a mid sized, non public company.



  • My mom quit her job and expected me to support her when I was 16. It was like the work and expense of suddenly having a baby - I had to buy her all sorts of food, entertain her, clean up all her messes, etc because she simply didn’t feel like adulting anymore. She had no reason not to work other than the fact that she kept getting fired for being a slacker. I had to drop out of high school to get a job.

    At 20 I had enough and moved out without warning - which I could do since our apartment was in her name only (even though I paid the rent!). She immediately broke the lease and moved in with the first guy who would take care of her. She ended up abusing the poor guy while I finally had enough time/money to make a stable life for myself. I cut her out of my life completely after she got bored with her boyfriend and was making jokes bout moving back in with me.

    My life is awesome! I went to college while working full time, and eventually graduated. Got a nice career going and have more money than I need. It’s been difficult doing everything alone, but my life is much more stable. I’ll never be homeless again, never have to go without power because someone else drank the money away, never skip meals so someone else can eat, never have to put my life on hold because of someone else’s selfishness. It took a long time to realize how bad my baseline was because she trained me my whole life to enable her. Sometimes I hear through the grapevine about all the lies she spreads about me, but it doesn’t matter since anyone who would take her side isn’t someone I’d want to associate with.


  • The two big risks with jailbreaking are:

    1. You’re running an old operating system that’s missing modern security updates.
    2. Any app you install or website you visit has easier access to your root files, as opposed to the “sandbox” approach for a non jailbroken device.

    I wouldn’t recommend doing anything that requires your banking or personal info. This device should get its own apple account and if you need to pay for something, use a gift card. Only use jailbroken apps from trusted sources - after all this time, most sources that are malicious for older app versions should be easily identifiable with a little research. There is also iSecureOS which can check if you downloaded something bad or have a third party connected to your device.

    The internet itself isn’t a risk, it’s what you do with it. Don’t use your device for general web browsing, don’t use the device outside of your home, don’t use the internet after the device is set up, and use iSecureOS regularly to check the health of your device. As long as it is set up correctly and you’re only using the iPad for one specific project, it should be fine.

    If you have questions about how to jailbreak or where you can safely find apps, I’d recommend checking out https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/












  • Whoops, based on that prompt I was expecting the topic to be self help books. I will say The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (based on the adult version) changed my life when I was 13. “Begin with the end in mind” is such a simple little phrase, but it applies to EVERYTHING in life.

    • Should I buy this shirt at the mall? Well, what esthetic do I want my wardrobe to be?
    • should I eat this ice cream? Will the satisfaction outweigh the extra exercise I’ll have to do later?
    • where should I move to? Does the neighborhood have the activities I imagine myself doing?

    Basically, picture yourself at the end of the process and figure out the steps you need to take to get there. Work backwards until you get to the beginning, and that’s where you start. I feel like I have more direction in life because I’m working to be the person I see myself as 5 years in the future.




  • I recently moved to a new area and got a card in the mail telling me my polling place. On election day I showed up and found out three districts use that building.

    So I asked the volunteer which district I was in. He asked for my address, then said, “I don’t know where that is”. K thx, buddy. Then he whipped out a 20 year outdated paper map and asked me to find my house. The street wasn’t even there! After finally stepping out of line (and some exasperated groans of relief behind me) I did 15 minutes of frantic googling to find my district. Then I had to go to the back of the line and wait again.

    I was lucky I had the day off work for all that nonsense. Most people don’t have that luxury.