I know our parents can run a house with little money, smoothly. But not that,
This is for Gen-z and millennials , who's 'needs, lifestyle and way of spending money is way too different. So from that view point, how much is needed, so that, we can live comfortably, can do fine dining, afford some nice vacations, savings and investments etc etc.
I currently live abroad, I get around 3-3.5k $, but after bills, food, savings, sending money home, I literally get nothing left for crazy leisure or any fancy life etc. So I can say I live a "basic" life, which I am thankful for cos at least I have food on the table and roof over head. I know people who make around 10k $ or more and lead a rich asss life, ask me if I'm I jealous, of course, but I also try to inspire from them and work my ladder up.
So, I was very curious to know, what's the case back home, and what salary or income flow do you guys considered a good one? good enough to live comfortably.

this one is long so thank u if natapos niyo
I badly just want this off my chest, and i don't want to talk to my friends about it kasi close din sila sa mom ko.
Simula pa nung bata pa ako, my mom always wanted me to be on top, telling me na i should at least be part of the honors para proud sila ni papa sa akin (usually tuwing recognition lang kasi present both parents ko, separated sila since i was 4) Kaya since pre-elem, i tried my best to be on top kaso 2nd lang talaga highest rank ko. Although that was enough for my dad and proud na proud na siya sakin nyan it's the total opposite naman sa mom ko. My mom is very active sa school ko nung elem, usually president sa pta, friends yung parents and teachers kaya tuwing second lang ako sinasabihan niya ako na nakakahiya baka ano daw masabi ng other parents about me. I tried my best to be on top pero hanggang 2nd lang talaga ako. When i moved up to high school, I requested to transfer schools kasi i was bullied by my classmates. She first told me na it would stop kasi bata palang kami and told me to be nicer instead. But the bullying never stopped, i cried and forced my mom to transfer kaya i transferred to another school. Since new environment, nahirapan din ako magadjust pero I was still part of the honors list kaso 3rd nga lang. I could still remember how disappointed my mom was at that time. Tapos nagsimula na mas bumaba rank ko, one time nga i wasn't part of the honors list and pinagalitan ako ng sobra. Kaya after nun, di ko na sinasabi tuwing may recognition kami or part ako ng honors. Isa rin pala sa gawain niya ay icompare ako sa friends ko lalo na sa bestfriend ko. Nakakapagod always marinig na oh "bakit si ano mas mataas rank sayo, ano na sasabihin ko sa ibang tao kung bakit ganyan rank mo?" . Nung highschool graduation ko with honors lang ako, sabi rin niya sa akin bakit with honors lang. We didn't even celebrate nung graduation ko.
Nung nag shs na ako, something happened kaya lumipat ako sa dad ko. Nagtransfer din ako ng school kaya nagadjust na naman ako ulit, at this time di na masyado active mom ko sa pta dahil na rin malayo siya and di ako nagsasabi kapag may pta meetings. I stopped telling my mom na part ako sa honors pero my mom knew someone na kabatch ko yung anak kaya nalalaman pa rin niya yung lista. Nung second sem grade 11, nilalagay na kami sa star section based on our grades nung first sem. my mom asked me anong section ako kasi yung anak ng kaibigan niya nasa b, dahil naiinis na ako sa pagcompare niya sakin sa anak ng kaibigan niya sinabi ko tanungin mo nalang sa anak ng kaibigan niya at nag-away na naman kami dahil nakakahiya daw ako kaya daw ako ganun kasi di ako naging star sec (di ko sinabi sa kanya na nasa section a ako) sabi ko edi wag, wag ka na magpost di ako trophy mo. I knew it was rude for me to talk back pero napuno na talaga ako pero still i said sorry kasi ayoko rin mag-away kami ng mom ko. Okay naman relationship namin ng mom ko pag di namemention acads (and my body) kaya i refrained from talking about it. I stopped sharing my academic achievements to anyone, para di malaman ng mom ko. Flash forward to college, my mom really wanted me to pursue a med related course kaso ayoko talaga, she made me choose between accountancy and med-related(kapag none of the above walang magsusupport sakin sa college so I chose accountancy nalang kasi i'm also more into math than science) . First year was really hard for me, especially because my dad moved to another city so I was living alone nalang plus super demanding ng accountancy program. Tapos the pandemic happened pa, my grades were dropping, i almost gave up. I asked my parents if pwede ba ako mag-shift, my dad was supportive kung ano gusto ko but my mom said no. Pmed me and told me na nakakahiya pag malaman ng iba na shiftee ako, told me na bakit hindi ko kayang ipagpatuloy. Pero I failed the exam needed to continue the program kaya no choice but to shift or transfer schools. Ayaw niya ako magtransfer so nag-shift ako. Naging okay naman performance ko sa school after ko mag shift. Now I'm graduating na rin and I thought okay na but last night my mom messaged me asking where iheheld graduation ko (di ko pa pala nasabi sa parents ko yung venue kasi kakasabi lang din sa amin and nakalimutan ko kasi kakatapos lang ng finals namin). When I told her kung saan she said she doesn't want to come, kasi nahihiya siya kasi may kakilala rin daw siyang kasabay ko gragraduate. Baka daw ano sabihin. I never told my mom na part pa rin ako ng dl since first year. Kapag tinatanong niya sabi ko di ko alam di naman pinapalabas pero the truth is i kept it to myself para di niya mapost at para di niya ako macompare sa anak ng kaibigan niya. Nag-disclaimer din pala ako sa parents ko nung feb palang na wag magexpect ng laude sa kin, at that time silent lang si mama so i thought okay lang but eto nga nasaktan ako nung sinabi niya na ayaw niyang pumunta sa grad ko.

So I got super interested in writing after reading some Nisio Isin novels, so I gave a try, all criticisms are welcomed!!
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Warm Vision
Chapter 1
I am what you’d call a damsel in the wrong address. Well that maybe the wrong use of that proverb but in my case it’s most definitely true.
I can see what others can’t and I’m pretty sure they’re not my delusions. Although, I’m not a 100% sure about that but the endless rambling of mysterious silhouettes with their limbs in various angles that my brain can’t even begin to imagine, can’t be fake. I call them VISION, short for vile indigenous and seriously ill obstinate neighbors. (By the way I used the word ‘indigenous’ and ‘obstinate’ because they’re always stuck where they die).
Visions themselves don’t directly cause any problem to me, but their existence has always resulted in me ending up either in a psychiatrist or a shrine as a result of my parents thinking that I’m acting weird . My classmates distanced themselves from me, a gloomy and delusional character. Which is exactly why I ended up becoming friendless despite my 14.5 years of education, or that’s what I’d have loved to say but I’ve an unusual friend. Her personality is beyond my comprehension, or maybe everyone’s! Even her name ‘Pilo’ doesn’t make any sense or maybe it does! She’s a kind of person who always gets slept on(literally), maybe it’s her comfy appearance which made her parents name something like that. But in a sense, she’s anti-me, an anti-Rei i.e., a complete opposite of me.
A phlegmatic and optimistic individual unlike me, yet something pulls us together. A magnetic force, like the saying goes ‘Opposites attract.’
But Pilo isn’t my only friend, there’s someone, err, something else. A concept or indeed a game! And it is basketball, a friend who’s a bit difficult to communicate with, but helps me pass through difficult times! A true friend in a sense which would most definitely never betray me!
Communicating with it is to become one with it, and to become one is to eliminate every possible distraction which I’m very good at...
Who am I kidding? I’m literally the most distracted person in existence, but those distractions are important for me to continue living or should I say ‘were’ important?
Just a few days ago, when I turned 16, I was completely shaken off from my visions. They disappeared completely and I was left with a sense of unprecedented and unbearable loneliness. It was a matter-of-fact that I was scared of them but I didn’t expect them to suddenly vanish completely from my life??
Anyways, I’ve already dealt with such feelings and I’m ready to participate in the basketball finals of the interschool competition which is right in front of me(literally).
I take a deep breath and stride onto the basketball court where both the teams had already completed their warm-ups. I take small but brusque steps which was due to the overflowing nervousness caused by the millions if not hundreds of spectators.
And guess what? I fall! I crash the ground with a dynamite sound which made the people around to burst with laughter. Not just my opponents but even my teammates let out a laugh or two, how funny.
But I don’t let that get me. I stood up immediately and brushed myself as if nothing wrong had happened.
Rather than the referee’s whistle, our school had a tradition of starting competitions with the bell’s ringing, which was in my opinion a very stupid custom. At exactly 1330 hours a loud noise announces the beginning of this very enthusiastic competition!
The match starts without any other hitches. Although my clumsiness was as clear as glass, I was positioned at the center as usual for my skills and towering height of 190cm which were too precious to be kept in a corner.
My teamwork is horrendous but I make it up with my own skills, though in a game of basketball there’s no place for a prideful girl. I had to work, work with my teammates and somehow, I managed passing the ball at crucial times where my own stamina gave up.
Though we didn’t actually get anywhere. The goal was 0-0 even after 3 quarters, it was an evenly balanced match. I was quite worn out, and my performance was worsening yet I was still playing better than the others. At this moment I saw something ridiculous and impossible. A boy was standing outside of the court. Of course, my eyes weren’t deceiving me. I was really seeing a boy outside of an all-girls high school. This was like a once-in-a-decade thing, super unbelievable. But what made it even more unusual was him. He was a VISION, something which I thought had disappeared for bad.
He looked at me as though he had seen a ghost, which is quite contrary to his existence. His eyes looked colder than the Antarctic storms and his pale skin was as white as a silver plate with no dining. Without a doubt he belonged to the horror culture despite him not possessing a shred of death.
There was also a sense of curiosity in his eyes.
As I was deeply drowned within my self-explanation of him, I hit the ball which was followed by a dialogue saying “Rei, catch!” from one of my teammates. Light sure does travel faster than sound.
The ball crushed my nose leaving me fainted and hapless in between an event which could have been one of the greatest days of my life.

It took a year for my husband and I to be together (mainly 6 or so actual months) after admitting we had caught feelings more than just friends. I told him I wanted to be together. I had four kids previously. It dawned on me after him listening to my custody battle with my first ex husband. That he would always say he was worried about handling four kids when one was a lot too. His friends reminded me that too after I asked about it. Even though I manage my four kids alone. He wanted two. But we ended up with custody of his nephews last year after his sister lost them and then passed away. And I was already pregnant with our baby together after three losses trying to have a baby. He left when I was 19 weeks pregnant. Baby was born 11 weeks early. And now I remember this. I knew he would be a good dad. He’s a great step dad and human to kids. But then I realized,maybe four was too many. And we had 6 and another on the way. Now the nephews are with his parents and so is he.
Fuck I should have listened to my best friend. Now I have 5 kids and one in the nicu for the next 8 weeks or so.
Then he goes back and forth about being around for his step kids (my kids) and I can’t even get a straight answer. Or it changes. He does love them. He is great with them. They want him involved. Shit they would live with him and be happy. But now he will still be around for our daughter. But maybe even one is too much. And I didn’t give him just a baby. I added a 3 pound fragile baby to it. 😂
Always listen to your best friend.
My now best friend still loves him too. But realized he bit off more than he could chew with me. I am a bull dozer about what I want and I’ll get it. And he couldn’t even demand what he wanted or needed. And I need you to be forward with me. But she also is upset I’m never going to date or have relationships again after this. But I know where my heart is and it is definitely back to being cold and shielded.
Finally moving forward though.

Grateful to receive a housing assignment from Law Housing at Hayden Hall but the two-day confirmation is too tight considering we won’t have full clarity as to our options until the middle of next week. Anyone put in a similar situation? Not to mention the fact that the notification of the assignment was given so close to the weekend… :((
In addition, any info/advice about staying at a studio for 2 pax? Thanks.

Good Evening-
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Stats and Interests Below the Cut-Line. Rationale and Compatibility Analysis Directly Below.
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I’ve received feedback that I should change my posts from “FWB” to Actual Girlfriend since I am seeking monogamy and commitment from one lady and I am willing to show the same.
I think that the only reasons we might not be compatible are preferences for looks, our careers (especially me in the Navy), sexual compatibility, and how we spend our free time. As for other reasons- I pride myself in communication, problem solving, patience, chivalry, authenticity, and being altruistic.
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Statistics: 6’2, Soon to be 36 YO, 196 lbs, 34 waist, Pulse 52, BP 118/72, Shoe- 12, xxx-7.25, Credit Score 807. Foster Homes Lived In-28, Schools Attended- 23. 43 countries visited, Deployments (USN)- 5, Kids- 0. Black Hair, Hazel Eyes, Lean-Athletic Muscular build. Sweet smile, great calves, aging grey temples, youthful/positive face. The usually response I get is either “fuck yes” or “fuck no” - I realize I am not everyone’s type. 5k PR: 1557- college. Mile-4:17- high school (RI all-state). Undergrad: USNA. Master’s: GWU, USNWC
Red Flags 2 Marriages, 1 other Engagement. Broken hearts- many. Times broken-hearted- 2. Currently separated. Introverted and Calculated decision maker due to upbringing. Analytical for good and bad reasons. Harry Potter House Ravenclaw Hat-Stall to Slytherin. Left-Handed, 800M SAT Score. Have won over 600k lifetime gambling (A hobby now, used to be a matter of life/death when I was youngehomeless as a teen).
Personality Assessment: Altruistic and Thoughtful people-pleaser. Detail-oriented and sexually charged gentleman. More cooperative and curious than critical. Constantly self-assessing and self-correcting, reflective and strives for improvement. Aims to use own experience to better others in close proximity and to scale. INTJ, love languages physical touch and quality time. Future POTUS, RI GOV, or Government SES, Navy Ship Captain. Vulnerability, Passion, and Compassion are Hallmarks (See Brene Brown/Esther Perel TED Talks).
Interests: Sports fanatic- specifically Boston teams. Board/Card games. Intellectual/Philosophical conversations. Human Behavior, Running, Walking, Pokémon Go, improving my teams around me, including family. Road trips, the beach, kissing, giving massages, finding a partner who wants to deeply connect romantically and physically and discuss and act out our fantasies. Improving our EQ and erotic intelligence together.
Someone will really like this and I hope if you are interested, we could write our success story here. I am an eternal optimist and I realize that you can’t small talk on apps the way I would really like to get to the heart of serious issues. If you are genuinely ambitious yet humble from our beginnings- maybe one of us is the First Spouse to the other, or, the half of a great partnership and earn the title of best parent, or co-chefs in our house together. Coach of the kids’s sports team is cool, too.
I have almost all the pieces I have to make life great and for me it is- just hoping to find that force multiplier where we can enhance our lives and take each other to a place of leadership and bliss that not even we can imagine right now!

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 51%. (I'm a bot)

Coquimbo - Early tests indicate that the recent mass death of thousands of seabirds along Chile's northern coast were not caused by avian flu, authorities said Friday.
Guanay cormorants - once known as the "Billion dollar bird" for their connection to the European fertilizer industry - have been found dead since May 26 near the coastal port of Coquimbo, according to Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service.
Initial tests on the dead birds did not reveal presence of avian flu, which has wracked other parts of Chile, Jorge Mautz, regional director of the service, told AFP. Residents of Coquimbo voiced surprise at the mass seabird deaths.
"It's never been seen before. The mortality of these birds is impressive," Edison Alfaro, a 47-year-old fisherman, told AFP. Mautz said "Something is happening in the sea" that is causing the death of the birds that feed each day in Pacific waters.
Since late 2021, one of the worst global avian influenza outbreaks on record has seen tens of millions of poultry culled, mass wild bird die-offs and a rising number of infections among mammals in several countries.
Avian flu has plagued the coast of Chile since December 2022, killing thousands of penguins, pelicans and sea lions.

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From What Orlando Bloom felt was so important to tell President Zelensky"

Actor Orlando Bloom recently visited Ukraine as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador. During a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, he decided to read Zelensky something written by Ikeda Daisaku, leader of a Japanese religious movement called Soka Gakkai International (SGI).
That’s certainly one way to spend a very limited amount of time with a world leader.
Let’s examine what Bloom thought was so important about Ikeda’s words—then learn about the authoritarian religious movement that Ikeda controls. Source
The letter Orlando Bloom read contained Ikeda’s thoughts—but Ikeda didn’t write them for this occasion
Reading the thoughts of a Japanese cult leader to President Zelensky might seem like an odd choice, considering Bloom went to Ukraine on behalf of UNICEF and not SGI.

Cult members will ALWAYS seize the opportunity to flog their cult instead of what they agreed to do. You can't ever trust them.

According to the Daily Mail, the reading wasn’t even written for Zelensky, but something that Ikeda had written to young adults in the United Kingdom in 1994. Even if his group’s (arguably) most famous member was making a historic visit, Ikeda couldn’t be arsed to write Zelensky a bespoke message. So Bloom had to make do. Source

Sick burn.
Sure, Orlo did his best, but he certainly didn't have much to work with, did he?? It's not like Ikeda is up and about these days - he hasn't made a speech or given an interview since May 2010! If SGI superstar ORLANDO BLOOM put in a request for a personalized message for Volodymyr Zelensky, SGI World in Tokyo IGNORED IT.

This isn’t even the first time Bloom has shared Ikeda’s words with others. In 2016, he shared quite an interesting theory Ikeda had about how political power will develop in the near future. (Spoiler alert: It’s the same thing he read to Zelensky in Ukraine.)
It just seems very strange to me that Ikeda’s SGI connection—and Orlando Bloom’s very public membership in the group—have attracted so little attention in this story. Source

Maybe it's because the SGI is irrelevant and boring?

Recruitment efforts, which SGI calls kosen-rufu, also lead to the recruiters themselves “developing even more appreciation,” which leads to a marked increase in “one’s own blessings.” Source

If they can't invoke selfishness, they won't get ANYTHING out of those self-centered SGI members.

There’s a definite Underpants Gnome logic to the entire scheme. Unfortunately, reality doesn’t cooperate much with SGI’s big promises. Ikeda himself puts a lot of pressure on his followers to be or at least look incredibly successful in life—as a way of enticing new recruits into the fold.
Sound familiar? And it doesn’t work for evangelicals either, because all too many people can tell these would-be evangelists are just faking it all. Source

SICK BURN!!

At least President Zelensky is a good sport
After Orlando Bloom earnestly read his cult leader’s 1994 message to UK youth, Zelensky replied with the universal soft dismissal:
“Cool,” Zelensky replies nodding his head.

THERE's your "soft power"!!

“You have a heart!” Bloom tells the president, tapping Zelensky’s chest, to laughs from the Ukrainian leader and other staff in the room.

Ew. No touchee.
I'll bet they all had a good hearty laugh at Bloom's expense once he was out the door - "Can you even believe that asshole??"

As Bloom is seen leaving the room, he is seen turning back to tell Zelensky about a video he has on his phone: “My mother sang the Ukrainian national anthem. She says, ‘If you see Zelensky, you tell him to win!'” he says while pumping his fists in the air. Source

The author continues with the exact right reaction:

There are not enough vertebrae in the world to handle the amount of cringe I felt upon reading that exchange.

As I mentioned earlier, the story Ikeda wrote is about a knight who has lost everything but is trying to put a good spin on his losses. It’s completely flabbergasting that Bloom thought this was even slightly appropriate to read to someone dealing with an invasion from a vastly-larger world power.

😱
SGI members often exhibit such cluelessness and inability to read a room.

Nonetheless, what Bloom did was something I could easily see myself doing when I was Pentecostal in the 1980s and 90s. We all lived for those rare opportunities to slide “the Gospel” in front of someone important like that. And bagging such a prominent, popular, well-known world leader would certainly be a rare feather in SGI’s cap.
But that “cool” and that head nod tells me it will never, ever happen. Source

Yet another Ikeda cult "dialogue" that went NOWHERE and failed to persuade the target to convert to the werld's bestest religion that everybody supposedly wants! It didn't even serve to promote SGI much! MENTORFAIL!!

So im getting older. Feel like my mind is going to give out on me at some point. I have a strong feeling ima end up too mentality weak at some point in my life and I feel one day when i get more older ima end up homeless. I want to prepare now so that when that time comes, ill know how to handle it, what to look for and how to handle my situation the best I can.
Im currently in NJ. I was wondering if anyone has any experience being homeless in NJ. One thing i can see myself doing is surviving in a camp setting. This state is very harsh with laws, rules and regulations. I dont know if theres any free places a person can just camp in peace without police or people tearing you down.
Would it be best to just leave NJ if your homeless? Lets say a person is stuck in NJ, then whats the best method?
What state would be best were if your homeless, you can just camp and people wont tear you down (police & citizens).
I feel as if camping, getting a tent, building fires, and just trying to live off in your campsite and car is the best bet. I wouldnt ever plan on staying homeless for long but I feel some day im going to need at least a year of getting away just to get my mind and soul stabilized. I also dont think ill make enough to have my own home working minimum wage in NJ so homelessness is a strong possibility at some point in my life.
Thanks for any advice

Introduction:

With all the hype around AI and NVDA, this could be a strong catalyst for launching GOOG into its intrinsic value. Most of the climb had already taken place over the weeks. But, given that currently AI is the flavor of the month I'd be a little worried about adding more positions into GOOG. As a disclaimer, I have positions on GOOG since last year that I've been closing out and cashing in on my gains. I've linked my DCF, Revenue model and Cost model all at the bottom.
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REVENUE:

Cloud
%Rev, Cloud is an area gaining massive traction due to how much convenience it adds, And the switching cost of cloud is massive, having to port over the entire database into competitors and retraining employees, so the loyalty of Cloud customers are strong.
So, I’d argue that Cloud starts becoming a big part of GOOG’s identity.
Y/Y, Cloud grows at CAGR of 19% according to (SOURCE). I believe GOOG to be capable of capturing most of that 19%. But, 19% may be overly optimistic as it requires for the next 8 years about 40+% Y/Y which seems unrealistic to me, given how cloud is already such a large part of GOOG. So I used a Y/Y CAGR of 13.32%
Advertising
%Rev, Advertising is still going to be a big part of GOOG’s identity, however with cloud gaining traction Advertising's role may be diminished.
Y/Y, Advertising will see its Y/Y tapering off rather than taking off. I’d argue that the growth of AI related technology like ChatGPT may render GOOG’s search less effective given how ChatGPT seems to be an enhanced Google Search. Luckily, GOOG's has its own contender of ChatGPT, Bard. Bard is trained on Audio data whereas ChatGPT is trained on text data, so the effectiveness of these AI is dependent on how the user inputs data for the AI to process. Ultimately, which AI will take off is dependent on which modal of communication consumers prefer.
Recently, GOOG has announced its plans to launch Duet AI, AI to help augment the experience on both cloud and Search. It’s definitely a step forward in the right direction, Duet AI could be complementary to Google’s already dominant search as not every search will likely be using AI due to how long that would take.
Others
%Rev, With so many components in Others, there may be less focus placed on this segment of the business so it’ll take a smaller pie of GOOG’s revenue.
Y/Y, I opted to use historical average as granularity seems to be inaccurate here.
COST:
TAC
Given the competitiveness of Competing technology against GOOG’s main Traffic generator, I’d argue that it could be significantly costlier to acquire traffic overtime. Recently I've been reading Homo Deus which made a fair point about Dataism. As our data interpreter (AI) gets more and more accurate, you'd be at a disadvantage to not use AI in your day to day life. So if we have this paradigm shift of trusting and relying on AI, TAC has a huge potential of decreasing. But, given how little regulation and promising technology on AI there has been so far this may be either too far out into the future or just impossible entirely.
COST OF REVENUES
GOOG has lumped Content Review, Content Acquisition and Data Centre together in COST OF REVENUES.

1. Content Review: Needing Employees to manually sieve through content for compliance. As the service gets more popular, more content means needing more employees. (Variable Cost) BUT I'd argue that it could be a negligible one overtime as AI gains dominance and can track content in place of humans. (Fixed Cost)
   
2. Content Acquisition: GOOG has stated it uses a cost price model for determining the amount of content acquired. (Variable Cost)
   
3. Data Centre: Fixed infrastructure in place, but more of Data center used means GOOG needs higher bandwidth which means higher cost (Variable Cost)
   

Since these are variable costs, I’d argue the extent that GOOG can reduce these costs to improve margins are limited.
R&D
R&D the cornerstone of GOOG’s business philosophy will always retain a fixed % of revenue. As evident from historic data where the spread of R&D with respect to Revenue was rather small.
So, R&D maintains a fixed % with respect to revenue. But eventually when GOOG matures, I’d argue that R&D tends downwards.
Sales & Marketing + G&A
Sales & Marketing + G&A also followed the same historic patterns of R&D where they always occupied the same % with respect to revenue with a small spread.
So, Sales & Marketing + G&A occupies a fixed % with respect to revenue. But eventually when GOOG matures and develops a strong branding relies less on marketing so it tends downwards a little.
COST OF CAPITAL:
WACC calculation a little too messy to input here so I'll link it WACC: (SOURCE)

CONCLUSION:

GOOG is priced at $146.02, GOOG’s recent innovations have been made only in response to competitors. It’s more reactive rather than proactive which may be a bad thing given how strongly ChatGPT has since established its dominance over GOOG. For GOOG to improve its valuation it needs to peer deeper into the AI realm and look towards augmenting AI to compliment its advertising segment e.g. Using AI to help advertisers or to manage Ad Inventory.
DCF: (SOURCE) REVENUE MODEL: (SOURCE) COST MODEL: (SOURCE)

My cousin is going on a 10 day trip so I’ll be taking care of her boy. He’s a middle aged Lionhead rabbit and he’ll be hanging out in our downstairs bathroom which is a fair bit smaller then the room he’s usually in. It has a small window that gets some light but not much. What should I do to make him comfy and keep him healthy?

Previous, First, Next ------------------------------- Memory Transcript: Taxxik, Venlil search and rescue pilot.
Date: [standardized human time]: September 7, 2287
-BANG!
My ears were ringing, my heart was threatening to jump out. I didn't know what was happening in the moment as I fell backwards with the momentum of something hard and heavy striking me in the chest. The sense of dread ran up my spine and down my tail as the I thought for a moment I had gone deaf.
I coughed and gagged as I felt the Predator move their hands from my ears. I felt one of its hands cling to my back while the other pats my chest. "H-hey! hey! you okay!?" he cried out as I groaned, this feeling. I don't think I'll ever forget it.
"I-I'm okay, I'm okay" I squeaked as I recovered from the feeling in my chest. "W-what happened?"
"I think you held it too close and the recoil uh..." The Preda-. Even. Scrunched his face up, for a second it looked like he was snarling... he must've recognized the fear on me because he swiftly covered his mouth up with a hand "I think the recoil basically gave you a rather... uncomfortable punch to the gut"
Trying to ignore the fear of seeing him snarl like that, I glanced downwards at the weapon in my hand. It felt surprisingly heavy. Though for someone like me. Was more awkward to hold than anything else... Kinetic weaponry was overturned for energy weapons, to save on resources for ammunition... I only fired a energy weapon once, and now. I understand why we swapped for them. This blasted contraption nearly broke my ribs!
"Well hey, at least you hit the bottle" Even pointed out, drawing my attention away from the gun in my paws. The shattered glass upon the ground where the bottle once stood invoked... something... in me.
I felt myself warm up a little inside. First time firing a Kinetic weapon, one made for PREDATORS. And wasn't even custom made for my size. And I hit the target... my ears fluttered, my tail swayed. I felt giddily as I pulled the gun back up into a small embrace. For as frightening this experience has been, I think I'm enjoying it a whole lot more than dealing with the Arxur.
... "So, shall we continue?" I asked, seeing that snarl on Even. even if it was hidden. Should've scared me again but... it felt... warm somehow.
----------Memory Transcript: Number 10059. Tilfish Cattle.
Date: [standardized human time]: September 7, 2287
Today is my day. I'm getting chosen... Why... why is the world so cruel?
The Chief hunter won't stop staring at me through the screen as the transport driver communicates with them. The others in the cage aren't moving... Maybe they're dead, maybe they are just trying to fake it... or maybe they are just asleep... I don't even know if I care.
I've been a breeder for a while, seems I've outlived my use to the predators... I couldn't sleep, so I simply watched and prayed it'll be swift when we get there.
Everything shakes, many of the other cattle cry out in confusion. The Arxur transport driver shouted at us to keep quiet as he shifts through his controls... What was happening? We can't already be there.
Another shake.
Things are getting dizzy as something strikes the ship hard.The Arxur reaches for their weapon as the doors open. I watch in silence as fire bathed him. A number of figures stepped from the door. Was this... what is this?
"We're getting you all out of here!" The lead of the strange bunch shouts through their mask as they move to the cages. Was this rea-!
BANG!
I sat up fast, as if the Arxur cattlemaster was waking me himself. I heaved and panted as I looked around the strange environment... where was the ship? This... am I on a planet!?
BANG, BANG!
I jumped at the noise, glancing around, I groaned as I clambered out of my be-... this isn't a bed. This is a table? Why was I-
Later.
I spot some odd shaped machine in the corner of the room, seemingly deactivated. Scurrying to the stairs, I began descending. the stairway, trying to collect myself. My body felt as if it was against every action I took as I rounded the corner at the final step. What I saw would've made me scream... if I wasn't me.
A hulking machine stood in the center of the room. I could feel heat radiate off of it as it stares off to who knows where. Keeping an eye and an antenna on it. I stepped through a hole in the wall. My hand ideally feeling at the cracks in my exoskele-that isn't my.
Looking down, I see what covered my wounds. Bandages? How interesting. The Arxur never bandage u-
Another BANG took my attention, Looking towards my right. I saw a unfamiliar figure and a... Venlil pup?... shooting something.
I sneak over, trying to understand what I'm seeing as the unknown creature praised the little pups' accuracy "You'll be protecting yourself in no time!" it cried out in a guttural voice... I'm ever thankful the Arxur never took my implants out. If I had gotten to where they were taking me, this would've been very diff-"Oh, wait. Taxxik. Look who's awake" The figure says as it turned to face me... those eyes.
P r e d a t o r.
"H-hey, you alright? You shouldn't be up by yourself! how long have you just been standing there!?" The pup whined as it handed the Predator the weapon it was using. I mimic fear the best I could as I gestured with a shaking claw towards the towering beast.
"I-I know, I know. It's okay, he's fine." The pup tries to console me as he pats my arm and tries to stay between my vision and the Predator, tough luck for someone so small.
"He... well, saved us. We're safe here" the pup... said those words with uncertainty but clearly seemed trusting of the Predator. How interesting. Predator Disease? Perhaps I won't have to...
"W-where" I stuttered my speech to match the faux fear. "Where are we?"
*"*We are on earth... where we are specifically, I can't quite say. Not a lot of signage left out here" The Predator exclaimed as the Pup nervously holds my arm as I raised my head to better watch the meat eater who towered over us. "Somewhere between what remains of New York, and the Pitt - at least, according to my maps"
"I... don't understand..." I reached to clean an antenna as the pup patted on the arm he was still clinging to. "Ssh, don't worry. I don't understand much either... b-but uh. It's okay!" the pup exclaimed as I shifted my head to better look at the small Venlil "They aren't like the Arxur, farthest thing from them if Even here is anything to go by!"
I spot this... Even... fidget at those words... he either lied to the pup, or didn't tell them something... I do not like this.
"They even have their own Exterminators" the pups' whisper dragged my attention back to him. "Even is a uh.. Minute man." the Pup paused to pronounce the words right, seeing Even nodding seemed to have confirmed the words the pup was using. "They're just like exterminators, just... trust me on this, okay. We're safe with Even" I watch the pup in uncertainty as they proclaimed this information.
Predators with Exterminators, such a idiotic idea... however... if there is to be believed, is the fact Even hasn't eaten us yet... considering I'm not in a ship, I've must have been out for a while. Leaving this pup to fend for themself. Why he was here, only Protector knows.
If humans like... E v e n. Were anything similar to the Arxur, they'd have eaten us by now, or left us for dead somewhere... unless he is planning on invading our homes. I don't see why he would do such things as wrap our wounds up and tend to me while I was unconscious.
Such a peculiar creature.
"So-" Even spoke "-You uh... got a name?" I studied its face for a moment, before looking to the ground as I searched through my memories... name... when was my name used? "I... do not remember" I answered as I felt at my head. How long have I been cattle for?
"Well... anything we can call you till then?" "Just... call me Til.. u-until I remember my name again."
"Alright then Til... I know you just woke up but... well, the sun is going down so... you're gonna have to go back to sleep." The Predator walks past me and the pup "Come on you two, I'll get the sleeping bags ready" it exclaimed as it entered the building...
What a truly, peculiar specimen.
"Here, you must be starving." the predator stated as we followed him into the building, handing me a odd... plant?
Hesitantly, I go to bite the questionable plant.So sweet. So delightfully sweet.
"Wh-t iz thz?" I asked as I began to scarf down this delightful bit of food. Barely taking a pause to speak "That would be Mutfruit" The pup answered for the Predator as I enjoyed this wondrous Mutfruit
So much better than the kibble we were fed!... Such sweetness. I must have more. ------------
Heeeeeyy, The Tilfish woke up! Truth be told, I was half planning on having her succumb to her wounds during target practice.Anywho, another short-ish chapter. Feel free to share thoughts in the comments.All together, this chapter is about the Tilfish waking up.
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I just received my first order from Dermatica. However, it was delivered while I was at work and had been sitting in my mailbox all day. It was 90 degrees today where I live. When I came home and took the bottle out of its package, it was quite warm. Do you think the heat has affected its efficacy and safety? I was so excited to try it out.

Okay. So ive been in this friend group of 6 for almost a year now, but we've all known eachother for 6 years. We always have occiasional hangouts now and then, and we seem to enjoy it alot everytime. We all also have a good relationship with eachother. But it does have its flaws. The friendgroup tends to break down into smaller groups such as trios and duos which can form a bond of favoritism in the friendgroup as a whole which can really change and affect things. An example, two people realized they like eachother and now are a couple. that affects the friendgroup and our hangouts alot because of that because again, favoritism. But i wanted to talk about the most is this one instance. One day during 7th grade we had this picture taking and we could take custom pictures with our friendgroups. One of the members told me during lunchbreak that the friendgroup would take pictures. But we had to pay. I didn't bring my wallet that day, so i had no money. I told my friend i didnt bring any money for the picture because i didnt know about it beforehand. Anyway, i thought they werent gonna do it anyway because we silly like that. I also wasnt aware that they were gonna do it at lunchtime. So as i was in the cafeteria going to buy something for lunch, i see the friend group going to the booth.. without me. It pissed me off and made me cry for a few days because they left me out so easily. I have never been left out in the friend group. atleast i didnt feel like i was. If they actually cared about me in the friendgroup then wouldnt they feel bad that i was left out? they couldnt even take care of it for now and ill just pay it the day after.. didnt even consider it.. tell you this, they werent broke. they had $$$. This is were the couple i mentioned kinda breaks the concept of the friendgroup. one of them paid for the other while everyone else had to pay for themselves. i know im not as special but the one who got their taken cared of couldve taken care of mine for now.. as i stare in the window from the distance, i see the camera flashing as they pose with eachother. without me. Whats worse is that when the pictures were printed and they started giving them out, i saw the friendgroup swarm the booth to collect the prints. i was so so so sad kajsksmskx
This was way back in January and i havent talked to them about it yet because im afraid they'll judge me. Mind you this is an instance of many. i may be a little biased because i am me but yeah i couldnt just leave this with me. atleast its with the world now. sorry if i used unecessary deep words because i just got thru an emotional breakdown💀💀

Here is a spotify playlist I have curated(?) with Gay Pride anthems of sorts from our '60s, '70s, and '80s (and a couple older). Not all queer, but songs we once danced to back in the day. Enjoy!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1bJReEntajt8yLI2n9yJUn?si=a921c84d59564fcf

As the title says, I (22m) live with my Dad (53m) and two siblings (24m & 21f) in Utah and my Dad is a hoarder.
We've got mowers & snow blowers (that Dad fixes up and sells), my broken down, unregistered car as well as 3 others, a huge pile of sticks and logs for firewood, and a makeshift shed.
Our neighbor complained to the city, and we got a letter telling us to clean it all up or pay a fine and/or evict us.
Can they do that, or are they exaggerating?

Ten million here, a hundred million there, pretty soon we're talking about real money.

(The Center Square) - The new Seattle Housing Levy would fund the construction of more than 3,100 new homes, both for rent and for sale.
The 2023 Housing Levy, which was announced Wednesday, is expected to generate nearly 35% more units of affordable rental housing than the 2016 levy, which is set to expire at the end of the year.
... The city of Seattle initially created the Housing Levy in 1986 to fund affordable housing in the city. The program has created and preserved more than 11,000 affordable rental homes and created more than 1,000 homeownership opportunities.
... The levy proposes lifting the limit on property taxes for a maximum of seven years. Property taxes would increase during those seven years to help provide housing for low-income residents.
... “It's a commitment to housing our people with the kind of love, compassion and dedication that will transform lives and begin repairing the traumas of previous generations,” Derrick Belgarde, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, said.

https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_99a497e8-017d-11ee-ba58-f745d3a61644.html

Though most looked tired, everyone showed up for breakfast the next day.
Ow...
Even Dash, who was still recovering from his injury. A good sign overall, but it was difficult for everyone to remain positive in the face of what had happened. A few tried to keep everyone’s spirits up.
We can’t give up, everyone. We’re getting out of here together.
I am glad everyone is here.
It’s a good start to today. Things are gonna change!
Yeah, it’ll be okay.
Besides those words, breakfast was a quiet affair.
After breakfast, there was nothing planned until lunch, and the group went their separate ways without much else to say to one another.
Unfortunately, between breakfast and lunch, blood flowed once more in the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles…

Just before 12 pm, in the Dining Hall…

...
Kuromi sat alone in the Dining Hall. Her right hand was awkwardly covered in a bloody bandage.
It didn’t take long before most of the others started heading in from the outside door.
AHHHHH!
T-there’s no need to scream, Mecha. It’s definitely better than it looks. I’m fine.
It’s no big deal, really. I’ll tell you what happened when more people show up.
Gross…!
Five others came into the Dining Hall from the hallway door.
Kuromi…!
So it was your blood out there.
You all right?
I-I’m really sorry for scaring you. I just cut my hand on a prop in the Ultimate Magician Research Lab. That’s all that happened, I swear.
…I’m getting more bandages.
As Fenrir promptly headed back out of the hallway door, there was another question that needed to be asked.
W-where is Melody?
...
Probably still sleeping in her room…
But if you don’t believe me, I’m fine with being watched until you know that’s the truth.
As the group got lunch prepared, and as Fenrir tended to Kuromi’s hand, there was one person who left early, with a bit of bread in her hand.
...
While they ate, another person had an idea to keep people safe.
I propose a Casino Contest. A friendly, four-way contest.
A game to keep our minds off the troubling events of yesterday…and to keep four players safe from any plots anyone else is devising, and the mastermind. A group that large won’t be targeted.
Truthfully, I’m most curious which game in the Casino pays out the most Casino Coins in a set period of time, and I don’t want to be isolated finding out. Who’s in?
I’m in!
I can be player three.
…That’s a smart plan, Roulette. I’d like to help it succeed.
Fine. Then we’ll go immediately when we’re done here.
When lunch was over, those four in the Casino Contest left immediately, and several others quickly returned to the dorms or went elsewhere.
Eventually, only Mecha, Kuromi, and Fenrir hadn’t left.
…
And soon, only Kuromi and Fenrir remained.
…What’s your plan?
…
I’m going to find a way into that Secret Room.
...
No, you're not.
...!

Just after 2:05 pm, in the Ultimate Detective Research Lab…

Ngh...
The antidote worked…!
A-are you feeling okay?
Tut had been lying on the ground. He quickly sat up, and wiped blood off his cheek.
I’ll be fine. Sorry for wasting your time on me.
Hey! What were you doing in Hotel Kumasutra in the first place?
What? I was just…in the Library. My bad…but I don’t know what you’re talking about.
…!
Kanata looked at a bottle she had with her.
It was Forget-Me-Not Poison. It says surviving victims will…forget the last 24 hours…
So you’re saying he doesn’t remember the last day?
...
Once the girls had filled Tut in on the unfortunate events of the last 24 hours, he stood up.
Then, he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled something out.
This is…new.
...!
Ah!
Once he touched the screen, a prompt quickly came up.
“Do you want to unlock the Ultimate ??? Research Lab?”

2:25 pm, outside the Ultimate ??? Research Lab…

...
...
Tut and Kanata had been waiting outside the door for about fifteen minutes. Then, Smile, who’d gone off to get more people to investigate the Ultimate ??? Research Lab, returned with the Casino Contest competitors and Misao.
We came as fast as we could once Smile and Misao got us!
Are you all right, Tut?
…I’ll live.
Is it true, then, that you can’t remember what happened to you?
Yeah…but that’s enough about me. Once I unlock the Lab, be ready.
Okay, get behind me. I’ll go first!
When Tut pushed the “yes” option on the Bloody Monopad’s screen, Star reached out…and managed to open the Ultimate ??? Research Lab’s door.
The Ultimate ??? Research Lab was a rust-colored room. Thorns and roses littered the ground, as well as swords. Cards were suspended from the ceiling, above a circular table seating what looked like sixteen chairs. A large Wall Safe was installed in the far wall.
There was blood visible on the Wall Safe’s dials.
Lying on the ground before the Wall Safe, in a pool of blood…
…was Leaf.
DING-DONG-BING-BONG!
Monokuma announced that a body had been discovered, and soon, all fourteen of them were in the Ultimate ??? Research Lab.
...
Even Melody, who hadn’t been seen by most since breakfast.
Now that I’ve called you all here, I’m sure you’re all wondering what we’re going to do next.
Well, I’ll tell ya! You’ll be given some time to investigate what happened to poor Leaf. Then, after a certain amount of time has passed…
We’re gonna have a Class Trial. Sound good?
It did not sound good.
That was the first time Monokuma had even mentioned a “Class Trial.” But they would soon be told the life-and-death stakes involved, and then would be left to investigate.
After that, the deadly Class Trial to find Leaf’s killer would begin...
Hopefully, the setup was enjoyable. :)
Signups for Chiaki will be held on Saturday, June 3rd, at 3 pm CDT (UTC-5).
Once we have a full cast, I'll be sure to set up a pre-trial thread.