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Was curious where things actually sit right now and what's moving with what, so I pulled prices and ran the numbers. Figured I'd share because some of the results surprised me. Where the majors are this week (Apr 21–23): * S&P 500 at 7,064, down about 6.7% YTD (after a +18% 2025) * Gold at $4,752, still up 43% YoY even after pulling back 14% from its January ATH of $5,589 * BTC at $78k, actually *down* \~$15k YoY * 10Y at 4.31%, DXY at 98.57, EUR/USD at 1.17 * VIX averaged 22.74 the last month — upper end of normal but nowhere near panic * WTI at $93 with a wild $79–$118 range in 30 days thanks to the Iran stuff Correlations from 1 year of daily returns: * SPX and...

More people are turning to [gig work](https://www.gigeconomydata.org/basics/what-gig-worker) than ever before, but since these jobs usually don’t come with employer benefits, their proliferation could worsen inequality for millions of Americans. The number of people employed in nontraditional ways in the US rose to a record 51 million this year, an unprecedented 34 percent jump compared to 2020, according to [new data from MBO Partners](https://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/), a company that provides business solutions to the independent workforce and has conducted a long-running study of the group. These types of workers — which include contract workers, people who are self...

Hey everyone, After getting more serious about running, I realized most apps either felt too generic or didn’t really adapt to your actual goal. So as a side project, I built my own: **Paceflow** (Android). I’ll be upfront — I’m not just looking for downloads. I’d really appreciate **honest feedback from people who actually run**. If you try it and it’s not for you, I genuinely want to know why. The app focuses on generating **personalized training plans** based on your goal (5K → Marathon), target time, mileage, and how many days you run. It builds a full structure with: * easy runs * long runs * tempo * intervals * race pace workouts …progressing from base to peak and t...

I am 28F and recently got divorced. When I was with my ex husband we purchased a 3200SF 5 bed 5 bath house with the intent of having kids and his parents move in. Well that didn’t work out and I was super lucky to be able to keep the house. The house is only 25 minutes from my work and in the suburbs of a major metro area. I thought about living alone, but it didn’t really make sense with how big the house is. So I decided to get room mates. It has an in law suite with its own living room bedroom and bathroom. My bedroom (primary) is big and has its own huge bathroom and walk in closet as well. There is another bedroom with an attached en-suite bathroom. The kitchen and dining room are...

been testing this for a few months and the delta is big enough that i want to share before everyone catches on. the problem: traditional seo tools (ahrefs, semrush) tell you what people search on google. but ai search engines (perplexity, chatgpt search, google ai overviews) don't just surface content based on keywords. they cite content that directly answers specific sub-questions the llm generates internally when researching a topic. this means the "keyword" isn't the keyword anymore. the keyword is the question the ai asks itself during retrieval. example: someone asks chatgpt "what's the best crm for small business?". chatgpt doesn't just search...

Recently, as I have been watching more Silksong content so YouTube recommended "[Parrying GRAVITY - Nine Sols Speedruns Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNCzH09OKR0)" to me. I briefly saw the game from [GDQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEL0FV2Zb9I&t=145s) a few months ago and knew about the Chinese myth inspiration, but it didn't really interest me (and Goumang and Jiequan's defeat spooked me, so I didn't watch more). I decided to watch the speedrun explanation. The combat intrigued me, but not as much as Nuwa, Ji, and Eigong; my neurons started firing from pattern recognition. After watching a playthrough, the characters have me hooked so I f...

tw: police violence im having a 4 day mental breakdown because of work stress and so on. my partner has ADHD so he shortened the vacation that i wanted to do. i wanted to go on a week long vacation to celebrate no longer being in problems with the police. thing is, they are still hurting me because they only gave me an ID with a short duration. Since I've been to jail and thrown out and whatnot for their admin errors, i live in a constant state of fear, having to be reminded to eat, taking stronger sleeping pills every few months, and so on. he said we will do another vacation. my requirements was to do a vacation before my id needs renewal. i dont understand why, nor can i forgive...

I run a small metal parts shop in Ontario, mostly B2B, and this came up after a coffee chat with a client who told me their last supplier literally ghosted them mid-order. That freaked me out a bit because I’ve been pushing for growth this year and relying more on a couple of big vendors. I’ve been digging into different supply options and keep seeing companies talking about local production, long-term partnerships, safety culture, etc. Some of them focus a lot on [steel processing and distribution](https://novasteel.com/) and kinda sell the idea that paying more now = fewer headaches later. Maybe I’m overthinking this, but I can’t tell if that’s just marketing or if you actu...

[This post on Reddit caught my attention.](https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/1ssh2lg/moving_to_taiwan_is_4000usd_enough_savings_to/) It made me think of all the "English teachers" in Japan who say that their native English-speaking status is the only skill required. Apparently, it is part of a Taiwanese policy aimed at achieving a bilingual population by 2030. Big organizations like that HESS seem to make quite a lot of money on parental anxieties and fantasies. Two possible ways it can go, though (just my interpretation) : 1/ It's as successful as in Japan. Meaning, Taiwanese English is still terrible. But at least, the "English teachers" partici...

Over the last couple of months, I decided to move away from shared hosting and test cloud hosting for a few small business websites I manage. I ended up trying three different providers: [Purvaco](https://purvaco.com/), **Amazon Web Services**, **DigitalOcean**, and a smaller Indian provider. I wasn’t expecting huge differences… but honestly, a few things surprised me. # 1. Performance wasn’t always about price I assumed higher cost = better performance. Not entirely true. * AWS was powerful, but required proper configuration * DigitalOcean gave more consistent out-of-the-box speed * The Indian provider had decent latency for local users 👉 Lesson: Optimization matters more than...

Claim today's free daily gift from the [Supercell Store](https://store.supercell.com/brawlstars) I just think there are a lot who either ignore the freebies coz some days its worthless or some just dont know it exists, so for them I will post what it is when I can!!! Link for the skittish people- [https://store.supercell.com/brawlstars](https://store.supercell.com/brawlstars) Tracker of daily and total freebies got till now- [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-141kgeaKJ-y2zjZXA2S4vi8\_CG4za5Nd\_psp6W5ulE/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-141kgeaKJ-y2zjZXA2S4vi8_CG4za5Nd_psp6W5ulE/edit?usp=sharing)

Push ups, max reps for 30 seconds Rest 3 minutes Pull ups, max reps 30 seconds Rest 3 minutes Jump Squats with someone on your shoulders, max reps for 30 seconds Rest 3 minutes Situps, max reps for 30 seconds. Repeat 3 sets of everything This is the first workout, then rest for one day. The second is an 80 meter obstacle course with crawling below wires, jumping over walls and holes and finish with an uphill sprint as fast as possible, rest 5 minutes and repeat 4 times, And after this would be doing something until exhaustion either crawling or running. I was also hiking a lot Do you think this is a good routine to be athletic overall and have a fit body, Im not interested on loo...

I’ve been exploring data analytics service providers in Jaipur for a while, mostly for small and mid-sized business use cases. You’ll find a lot of vendors offering dashboards or reports, but very few actually understand what businesses *need* from data. That’s where Hypercurve stands out. What I noticed is they don’t just “create reports” — they actually focus on solving business problems. Whether it’s sales tracking, vendor performance, or operational inefficiencies, their approach feels more like consulting + analytics rather than just tool-based work. A few things that make them different: * They work a lot with Excel, SQL, and Power BI — which is practical for most...

I'm just wondering as a less fortunate person do i have a leg to stand on to sue oculus/meta my online store is broken and for the past 7 days they've just fobbed me off plus twice lied to my face saying I was fixed twice when they done nothing at all to fix it now it 7 days on and still nothing big tech companies CANNOT get away with this were customers and we have every right to be angry and frustrated due to the incompetencey and people let them get away with it this has to end

hello everyone. Last year I was trying to find games I can play with my girlfriend and we found this cold case board game which was quite a lot of fun. Inspired by that, I was trying to think of ways to bring something like that on the virtual world. So maybe I could play with my siblings who live in another country, or friends. This game features an investigation board, where you can analyse evidence and ultimately the goal is to submit correct answers to the questions imposed by the case. There is interactive evidence, and also some cases have evidence that you can unlock (Safe, iPad etc). To have an easier time playing it on the phone with your friends, you can stream it to your TV thr...

Maybe 'cuz I have Totodile and Treecko specifically, but... wha-? I breezed through that arc in just a day of me playing... I was expecting maybe a few tries at best. (I'm Level 53 by the time I finish) I'll start with Dark Crater (and Deep Dark Crater since both are basically the same dungeon). I've seen y'all's **** for Cresselia. And, while I can't deny that she did little to nothing throughout the dungeon, I'm not burdened by lol. The range of Aurora Beam and the occasional crit from Slash surprisingly knock out a lot of foes tailing on us throughout. Dark Crater has a lot of Fire-types, which Totodile obviously eats for breakfast. When in a pickl...

Writing this because I keep seeing people in this sub who still haven't started their Scripts migration — and the deadline is closer than most realize. **June 30, 2026. That's literally 2 months away.** If your Shopify Plus store is still running Scripts for discounts, shipping rules, or payment logic — July 1st, it all stops working. No warning, no grace period, hard stop. **5 mistakes I'd warn anyone about:** **1. Don't assume it's a copy-paste job** Scripts run in Ruby, Functions run in a WASM sandbox. Your logic needs rethinking, not just porting. **2. The 5ms execution limit is real** Complex conditional logic will silently fail inside Functions. Audi...

Sorry if this is rambly I just have let my thoughts known somewhere, Hello I(27M) still live with my mom/Grandma, on a small piece of property with a room at the house and my own little renovated studio? building out there anyways I came out to my amazing parents as gay last may, in early august via FB I told everyone, and they've all been supportive. even though it still felt like the hardest thing in my adult life to do even though I knew people would be fine with it. after coming out as gay these *********** feelings had felt stronger than before but I just assumed it was also all the emotion felt from now being openly gay. so I kinda just got on with life, while exploring here...

Hey Ladies I'm a big guy with a soft heart, and I absolutely adore my orange cat who believes he's the king of the house 🐱. I love cooking and baking—it can be a perfect masterpiece or total chaos, but always a lot of fun 🍞. You'll be amazed by my culinary skills! My pancakes might just be the reason you want to wake up in the morning 🌅. I'm a coffee lover ☕ and enjoy listening to rock and metal music 🎸🤘. Lifting weights and feeling strong again brings me joy, along with doing a bit of bodyweight workouts. Originally from Poland, I feel most at home in forests and mountains 🌲. I love spending time in nature and gazing at a bonfire 🔥—there'...