It's the Blended Retirement System and it is a blend of a pension and an employer-sponsored retirement account. In the BRS service members went from 2.5% per year of service to 2% and gained a 5% match to their Thrift Savings Plan. So a member retiring at 20 years in the BRS would receive 40% of their base pay as pension vs 50% under the traditional military retirement system.
Are you referring to the hate symbols of 88 for Heil Hitler and 14 for the fourteen words? I think you're reading into something that isn't there.
No. There is such a thing as "national socialist black metal", but trying to correlate a baphomet tattoo with NSBM is a stretch. He very well could be a Nazi, but I wouldn't associate that with satanism solely from some images. There are assholes in every religion, we don't need another satanic panic out of ignorance and fear.
Might as well link to the actual source which has a lot of great content.
The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!
Not exactly what you're asking for, but I've learned a lot about agriculture from Farming Simulator. It's neat driving around and understanding what the farmers are doing in their fields.
- Jalapeno
- Serrano
- Cayenne Long Thin
- Cayenne Long Thick
- Ring of Fire
- Ristra Cayenne
- Tabasco
- Datil
- Sugar Rush Peach
- Scotch Bonnet
- Bhut Jolokia
- Carolina Reaper
I'm a proud new dad as of last week and I'm also proud to say that she gets to know sober dad. My motivation is still internal but she's given me another awesome reason to be the best version of myself. Day 629, IWNDWYT.
We now have a happy and healthy little baby. Mom and kiddo are doing great! We over the moon.
I'm gonna be a dad!
We're at the hospital now and we can't wait to meet our little one. Mom's doing great after they placed the epidural. Excited to join the Dad crew with you all. :)
There's a real estate bias, but I'm a fan of the Bigger Pockets family of podcasts.
I'm not one for groups as an introvert, but I listen to the Recovery Elevator podcast for the connection piece. My dog is my best buddy, and he always just listens and lets me rubber duck my problems.
Now that the weather doesn't suck, I'm going for a run when I get the "this calls for a drink" kinda frustration. Yard work is becoming my new meditation.
Play the tape forward is a classic goto. The tried and true, sleep it off and try again tomorrow hasn't failed me yet.
... Oh and I use the Habits app with a "IWNDWYT" widget to count my days. I tick it off in the morning and the mental hurdle to uncheck the box and break my streak helps against even having one drink.
Was very lucky today. Feels good, think this is my first 2.
#Wordle1053 2/6* Grade: A
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ C-
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+
#Wordle1051 4/6* Grade: B+
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ F
⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ A-
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 B+
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+
My blocked community list got significantly shorter when they introduced instance blocking. Got pretty tired of playing furry porn community whackamole.
Self-hosted or personal email solutions?
I have a unique name, think John Doe, and I'm hoping to create a unique and "professional" looking email account like [email protected] or [email protected]. Since my name is common, all reasonable permutations are taken. I was considering purchasing a domain with something unique, then making personal family email accounts for [email protected] [email protected] etc.
Consider that I'm starting from scratch (I am). Is there a preferred domain registrar, are GoDaddy or NameCheap good enough? Are there prebuilt services I can just point my domain to or do I need to spin up a VPS and install my own services? Are there concerns tying my accounts to a service that might go under or are some "too big to fail"?
I can expand what hangs off the domain later, but for now I just need a way to make my own email addresses and use them with the relative ease of Gmail or others. Thanks in advance!!
Dry January
Noticed today in the daily check-in that someone stumbled into the community and committed to not drinking today. Pretty cool!
Are we able to drum something up to encourage a larger participation in a Dry January across the fediverse? I'm not sure how to spread the word, but I've always been a fan of pairing new years resolutions with sober curiosity.
I'd certainly be motivated to actively participate.
I just ate a s'more...
...and it was amazing!! The fact that this delicious treat is reserved for camping trips is a shame. A bit too rich to have more than one, so the bright side is we have extras to do it again!