PSNOT 3.0 - Let's Talk About University of Kentucky, Baby!

witch doctor was def my fav also. zombie fire wall, pirahnado and all those pets made me overkill. How do you know how many bounties you have left? i was knocking out about 5 bounties in 10 min last night, so thats bout 30+/hour at least, plus more if split bounties like cainiac and i were doing. I think I should have it done by the end of the week if i don't lose focus.

also i think hand of fate dlc is totally worth it. i got it day one on the friday it came out. it adds so many more cards and totally different styles of playing the game. i will def be playing the hand of fate dlc later tonight, hit me up if i forget to stream and you wanna check it out

 
jimbo8574 said:
Wouldn't that though drive the costs down for other majors? What would schools do that teach all those other majors do if no one but the richest of people could afford to go to school and most other kids couldn't get a loan?

And honestly some majors are just junk. Why piss way tens of thousands of dollars to make $70K a year (going by the article kilik linked).

On another board/forum I go to many of the people there are pretty educated eggheads. Many are engineers and the like. However some aren't and think there is some great value in getting a college education is anything. fuck that. If it is going to put you way in the hole and not really give you great earning potential why bother. Fine if mommy and daddy are going to pay for your nonsense degree but if you have to take out loans it should be in a field that pays well and required a higher education.
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Yes that's exactly what would happen. Making only some majors eligible for federal loans would significantly drive down the costs of those non-eligible majors, or even more likely schools would do away with them entirely. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is a different argument, one we have at my work regularly. Is it better to provide as many options as possible for students, or is it better to provided fewer pathways that have proven to be more successful?

But $70K is a nice salary IMO, I don't make that much. If I made $70k and lived exactly how I do now in Utah, I could pay off a $200K debt in 6 years. Maybe that's different for the author and you since you live in the Northeast, I don't know. And obviously some people aren't robots and would want to have a wife and family which also costs a lot of money.

 
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I am going to Gamestop tonight to get rid of some of these games that Best Buy is giving next to nothing for.  I havent traded in to GS in a long time.  There isnt some special hand shake now right?

Also, where do they have the PSN or Amazon or any other gift cards located?  I dont want to be in there any longer than I have to and I am not buying any games there at any point now or int he future.

 
Wrencrest said:
I am going to Gamestop tonight to get rid of some of these games that Best Buy is giving next to nothing for. I havent traded in to GS in a long time. There isnt some special hand shake now right?

Also, where do they have the PSN or Amazon or any other gift cards located? I dont want to be in there any longer than I have to and I am not buying any games there at any point now or int he future.
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There's a revolving rack opposite the counter. You can't miss it.

 
Wrencrest said:
I am going to Gamestop tonight to get rid of some of these games that Best Buy is giving next to nothing for. I havent traded in to GS in a long time. There isnt some special hand shake now right?

Also, where do they have the PSN or Amazon or any other gift cards located? I dont want to be in there any longer than I have to and I am not buying any games there at any point now or int he future.
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They will try to get you to preorder every game in existence like usual, but there is no secret handshake.

Should be a large rotating display with all manner of gift card type things on on it. Usually a side dedicated to PSN stuff. At least that is how every Gamestop here is.

 
tylerh1701 said:
Yes that's exactly what would happen. Making only some majors eligible for federal loans would significantly drive down the costs of those non-eligible majors, or even more likely schools would do away with them entirely. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is a different argument, one we have at my work regularly. Is it better to provide as many options as possible for students, or is it better to provided fewer pathways that have proven to be more successful?

But $70K is a nice salary IMO, I don't make that much. If I made $70k and lived exactly how I do now in Utah, I could pay off a $200K debt in 6 years. Maybe that's different for the author and you since you live in the Northeast, I don't know. And obviously some people aren't robots and would want to have a wife and family which also costs a lot of money.
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Said he lives in washington, assuming the state. depending on where, 70k might not be that much. 70k there might be more like 40k compared to bum fuck utah or wherever that has a lower cost of living.

 
Hey pitfall, do you know if you can get amazon credit in indiana? I thought I read somewhere they didn't have the cards here at all, but if they do, I'll go back and look for some for the exclusives they're getting. 

 
tylerh1701 said:
Yes that's exactly what would happen. Making only some majors eligible for federal loans would significantly drive down the costs of those non-eligible majors, or even more likely schools would do away with them entirely. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is a different argument, one we have at my work regularly. Is it better to provide as many options as possible for students, or is it better to provided fewer pathways that have proven to be more successful?

But $70K is a nice salary IMO, I don't make that much. If I made $70k and lived exactly how I do now in Utah, I could pay off a $200K debt in 6 years. Maybe that's different for the author and you since you live in the Northeast, I don't know. And obviously some people aren't robots and would want to have a wife and family which also costs a lot of money.
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10 years ago IT helpdesk positions were 50K or so here in the NE (a bit more in NYC and probably Boston). You didn't need a college education. You could be self taught maybe take the A++ exam.

But now a days more and more positions that didn't used to require a degree do. For a while we even required a 2 year degree for customer service. Stupid requirement and I even told the HR manager that.

 
ProfessorStotch said:
My political science major would have totally been worthy of a loan.
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It would actually be great to watch the federal government rate every different major and assign percentages:

Qualify for 100% of loans - Computer Science and Engineering

90% - Nursing

80% - Business, other Health Sciences

60% - Poly Sci

10% - Art History

But imagine like 200+ different majors all being ranked by federal gov't accountants. It would be hilarious.

 
jimbo8574 said:
10 years ago IT helpdesk positions were 50K or so here in the NE (a bit more in NYC and probably Boston). You didn't need a college education. You could be self taught maybe take the A++ exam.

But now a days more and more positions that didn't used to require a degree do. For a while we even required a 2 year degree for customer service. Stupid requirement and I even told the HR manager that.
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Our help desk technicians don't make that now.

 
Wrencrest said:
I am going to Gamestop tonight to get rid of some of these games that Best Buy is giving next to nothing for. I havent traded in to GS in a long time. There isnt some special hand shake now right?

Also, where do they have the PSN or Amazon or any other gift cards located? I dont want to be in there any longer than I have to and I am not buying any games there at any point now or int he future.
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Supposedly some Game Stops will not let you buy Amazon CG with credit. Here in NY I have never had an issue. In fact last time I asked the guy behind the counter were the Amazon GCs were he pointed at the rack and said not sure if we sell them but if we do they would be on that rack. They had both the $50 and $25 Kindle cards and I told him they work on Amazon he was like cool and rang me up.

 
jimbo8574 said:
Supposedly some Game Stops will not let you buy Amazon CG with credit. Here in NY I have never had an issue. In fact last time I asked the guy behind the counter were the Amazon GCs were he pointed at the rack and said not sure if we sell them but if we do they would be on that rack. They had both the $50 and $25 Kindle cards and I told him they work on Amazon he was like cool and rang me up.
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You must have given the nod and a wink followed with a hush.

 
GatorBeerGeek said:
They will try to get you to preorder every game in existence like usual, but there is no secret handshake.

Should be a large rotating display with all manner of gift card type things on on it. Usually a side dedicated to PSN stuff. At least that is how every Gamestop here is.
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Funny the one near my job doesn't seem to be nearly as aggressively. Occasionally they ask but not like the ones near my house.

 
tylerh1701 said:
It would actually be great to watch the federal government rate every different major and assign percentages:

Qualify for 100% of loans - Computer Science and Engineering

90% - Nursing

80% - Business, other Health Sciences

60% - Poly Sci

10% - Art History

But imagine like 200+ different majors all being ranked by federal gov't accountants. It would be hilarious.
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Do you really think other Health Sciences would be lower than engineering? I guess a lot of those do not go on to medical school so I could see a separation of undergrad and grad degrees in those majors.

I heard something on the radio yesterday where they ranked the top jobs in terms of long term job prospects due to growth, salary, and work/home balance. I believe it went:

1: Orthodontist

2: Dentist

3: Computer System Analyst

4 and 5: Nurse Anesthetist and Nurse Practitioner in one order or another

ETA: I was SHOCKED Pharmacist was not on there.

 
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tylerh1701 said:
Our help desk technicians don't make that now.
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How much is a 1 bedroom room apartment? Don't forget I work in Westchester County, NY. I don't live in Westchester anymore but a 1 bedroom here or even a couple counties North where I do live is $1200 to start. I think we were paying $1370 when we left the last place and bought a house.

Westchester also has some of the highest taxes and utilities in the nation.

 
kilik64 said:
Again, bum fuck utah aint NE.

You cant compare salaries apples to apples for different areas of the country.
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Yup. 10+ years ago when visiting my cousins out west (Omaha, NE) we got to talking and one asked me what I made. I told them and they said if you could make that here you could live really well. Problem is they don't pay the same there.

 
jimbo8574 said:
How much is a 1 bedroom room apartment? Don't forget I work in Westchester County, NY. I don't live in Westchester anymore but a 1 bedroom here or even a couple counties North where I do live is $1200 to start. I think we were paying $1370 when we left the last place and bought a house.

Westchester also has some of the highest taxes and utilities in the nation.
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#nope

 
jimbo8574 said:
How much is a 1 bedroom room apartment? Don't forget I work in Westchester County, NY. I don't live in Westchester anymore but a 1 bedroom here or even a couple counties North where I do live is $1200 to start. I think we were paying $1370 when we left the last place and bought a house.

Westchester also has some of the highest taxes and utilities in the nation.
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My ex wife's family is from Westchester. They took me to see the Westchester country club when we went up for her grandmothers funeral. Pretty snazzy place up on a hill. It was pretty surreal too for a Florida boy as everything was covered in 1 or 2 inches of snow. It was beautiful really.

 
Sagemoon said:
Hey pitfall, do you know if you can get amazon credit in indiana? I thought I read somewhere they didn't have the cards here at all, but if they do, I'll go back and look for some for the exclusives they're getting.
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Do you mean at just Gamestop or any store in general? I've gotten Amazon cards at GS in the past, but I think the last time was 2013. I'm not sure if they still have them.

 
kilik64 said:
can you post a gif related to whether or not you like it?

thats not really "saying" anything.
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pitfallharry219 said:
Do you mean at just Gamestop or any store in general? I've gotten Amazon cards at GS in the past, but I think the last time was 2013. I'm not sure if they still have them.
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Just gamestop, and yeah I don't think I've seen them lately, but I haven't been looking very hard. I normally just pick up PSN cards or gifts when I have GS credit.

 
jimbo8574 said:
How much is a 1 bedroom room apartment? Don't forget I work in Westchester County, NY. I don't live in Westchester anymore but a 1 bedroom here or even a couple counties North where I do live is $1200 to start. I think we were paying $1370 when we left the last place and bought a house.

Westchester also has some of the highest taxes and utilities in the nation.
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Never really been in the market for one, but I'd guess about half that price for a mid-tier one around the valley.

 
jimbo8574 said:
California has us beat on power (so does Hawaii) but the cost of living depending on what numbers/reports you believe are among the highest. San Fran is off the charts though.
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I believe that #nope was more like a "fuck that!" response to those prices and not disagreeing with the high cost of living there. I could be wrong though.

 
New Yorkers and probably people in Boston and other big cities in the NE pay a fuck ton just to get anywhere.  Whether its the train, a taxi or driving you own car over a bridge that is what $10 one way?

 
Wrencrest said:
My ex wife's family is from Westchester. They took me to see the Westchester country club when we went up for her grandmothers funeral. Pretty snazzy place up on a hill. It was pretty surreal too for a Florida boy as everything was covered in 1 or 2 inches of snow. It was beautiful really.
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I have never been there. Outside my social circle (or wallet). Not a golfer but my dad is. I doubt he has ever played there. If he did it was as someones guest. I will have to ask him.

 
tylerh1701 said:
Never really been in the market for one, but I'd guess about half that price for a mid-tier one around the valley.
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There is nothing around here for $600. Perhaps in the wrong part of some city maybe. Past that there really isn't anything for under $800 for a studio. At least nothing you would want to live in.

 
Wrencrest said:
New Yorkers and probably people in Boston and other big cities in the NE pay a fuck ton just to get anywhere. Whether its the train, a taxi or driving you own car over a bridge that is what $10 one way?
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Something like $10 I think even more actually. I don't go into the city much anymore. I live far enough North that our bridge crossings are only $1.50. One closest to my parents is being replaced. I think at one point there was talk of the toll being like $22 or some insanity. I think it will be more like $10-$15. Train to NYC from my job is like $350 a month not including parking at the station last I looked a few years ago.

 
I was looking at possibly moving to an apt.  I need 2 bedroom at least.  That would cost me about $1200 in the same area of New Tampa that I am in now.  They are around 1,100 or 1200 sq ft I think.

 
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Shipping Rates changed as of about 10 days ago. Did I post that already?

Everything sent first class under 8oz. costs $2.60. Not bad for 8oz items, but a major hike for 2oz items like some of my old games in basic jewel cases.

But it means I don't have to play the weight guessing game anymore. I never sold enough to justify buying a shipping scale and now that everything is one flat rate I won't need one.

 
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