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re: Entry Level Camera Options

Posted by lynxcat on 5/13/26 at 10:23 pm to
Something like Sony A6400

re: Jim Cramer CNBC

Posted by lynxcat on 5/10/26 at 10:57 pm to
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Huh, who are you referring to?



Your post sounds like you were the all time great, Ryan from LA.

re: Committing to get back in shape

Posted by lynxcat on 5/10/26 at 1:51 pm to
Because you can jump on a scale and get a weight reading and getting an accurate body fat percentage is complicated.

re: Committing to get back in shape

Posted by lynxcat on 5/9/26 at 10:37 pm to
I’ve gone through it over the last few months and it was honestly way easier than it seems. I’ve lost 35 lbs while intentionally putting on more muscle. Target weight is 10 more pounds and then re-evaluate. Total body recomposition.

My “tricks” have been pretty basic:
Pay for double meat, need the protein and it fills me up (sandwich, salad)
I eat a lot of apples…very low calories and satiating
Frozen berries are a low calorie dessert


Otherwise, I am just considerate of what I eat. People will assume I did it through a GLP-1 but it’s just self control and a bit of working out.
Smarty pants from Costco.

Better nutrient profile, least amount of sugar, better cost per serving at Costco.

We were using Amazon but they got too expensive.

For the poster giving creatine to a 7 year old…why?

re: “What are you training for?”

Posted by lynxcat on 5/9/26 at 9:56 pm to
Be a better version of myself and not throw out my back carrying kids.

re: If you had a son starting College.

Posted by lynxcat on 5/8/26 at 12:35 pm to
The OT is not where I would seek feedback on this issue.

Generally, people overthink this decision. It’s about building a brain that can continuously learn, apply problem solving, and communicate ideas to achieve objectives.

Being good with numbers
Communicate well
Traits of a hard worker, dependable
Learning new things


That’s about as dynamic as you can be to be flexible in an unknown future economy.
For.

Public companies managing to the quarter drives poor business practices.
It’s an option to use but you don’t HAVE to shoot 30fps. Third party lenses will be throttled to 15fps anyways.

However, 30fps and 67mp seems amazing for wildlife photography.

It becomes a true “do it all” camera in that it’s equally as good for studio portraits.

I’m interested in how the dynamic range progresses. The A7V was impressive with the new tech boosting dynamic range. I have to think the RVI will be as good or better.

Bigger picture is this will make the A1ii obsolete so either the A1 line is going away and combining with the R line or there is something really differentiated that the A1iii will offer.

The margins for improvement just aren’t that wide at this point…image quality is already spectacular in modern mirrorless, lenses are getting to be so good by 3rd parties that you have real options outside the OEMs, readout speeds only need to realistically go so high. Autofocus has advanced leaps in recent years. Battery life is a nice improvement but not a game changer. Dynamic range is one of the most valuable improvements that can be made otherwise it will be removing weight/ergonomics.
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Personally, I think the MP race is over kill. Are folks printing billboard sized images?

I mean that would allow one to easily print roughly 4'x6' at 150 DPI. When you consider viewing distance for an image that size, nobody is looking at an image that size from 2 feet away. More like 8-10' away.


I think it's mostly about the ability to crop. But, the idea of me going from 30MB files to 60+MB files for every RAW is painful.
A very large CFA Express…which is unfortunately becoming like buying another lens they are getting so expensive.
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The taste of Coke products out of a McD fountain are certainly unique.



In theory, it is the freshest tasting fountain soda available.
Surprising amount of capital and store redesign that will likely be needed to implement the change. McDonald’s has a unique dispensing approach that they utilize for the fountain. They do not use the standard bag-in-a-box.
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Rumors seem to be firming up and expect more leaks this week as the YT community gets their test cameras. Impressive specs that makes the A1ii potentially obsolete.

Hopefully the price isn’t at $5K as rumored. I currently use a Sony A7IV and have been awaiting the RVI launch as a potential upgrade.

re: 529 milestones for Junior

Posted by lynxcat on 5/3/26 at 3:05 pm to
We superfunded ours and are done contributing. Whatever value will be what it is.

I plan to have access that then rolls into Roth IRA contributions as early as possible. That’s the real cheat code.
Wish their was an opt in requirement and then employees had the option to opt out.
You just need some fixed fee counsel.
Building wealth is not necessarily difficult but it requires discipline. Most people do not have discipline to stick to something for decades. It’s a mindset.
Very reasonable to think that billions of humans existing on the planet can have an impact on the ecosystem. How material of impact and the timing of such impact are highly debatable.
You don’t need to invest in individual stocks. Just buy a total market fund and be done with it. You are over complicating this.
Glad Chase is feeling some pain for raising the fees.