Just Buy Two Bunches of Bananas Everybody has a favorite stage of banana ripeness. Do you prefer them still slightly tinged green? Uniformly yellow? Lightly freckled? Soft and beginning to show brown stripes along the bottom? Whatever it is, act fast, because they’ll be a different color tomorrow. Read more…

My long time GF says it’s dumb to buy our own a house? Long story short she got into some finance course paid by her job and now she says it’s not financially responsible to buy a new house, she says it’s better to rent, citing how maintenance and taxes over time would be more expensive. Now, we don’t live in the US so things my be a bit different here but I know taxes are not that bad in here, also…

Tesla Didn’t Buy or Sell Any Bitcoin for Fourth Straight Quarter in Q2 The value of its bitcoin holdings remained at $184 million.

LPT: if you’re going to buy something on Etsy, search it on AliExpress first I recently got married. I found out (sometimes too late) that some of the products I got from Etsy were just someone ordering it to my address from AliExpress – and charging more for it. I also ordered some stuff myself from AliExpress, and they did customize for me & good quality, and often they even had the same pictures as what was on Etsy. …

These Are Consumer Reports’ Best SUV Deals That You Can Actually Buy The Toyota RAV4 brings a lot to the table, offering practicality, reliability and good fuel economy in a package that also looks tougher than it needs to. So it’s no surprise that demand is still through the roof for them. But if you need a new SUV quickly and don’t want to pay an insane markup, the RAV4 is probably… Read more…

Please help me to decide which one should I buy? Panasonic lumix lx 10 or Sony RX 100 III. If you have any other suggestion you can suggest. My main purpose would be concert photography mostly so the one that will perform better in low lights is better for me. Please suggest me which one should I go for. Also this will be my first professional camera. submitted by /u/Imyourunholygod

It’s Time To Upgrade To Four-Door Performance Practicality | What Car Should You Buy? Read more…

LPT: If you’re gifting someone something that requires a filter, buy an extra one. They’ll be even more grateful to have a backup. submitted by /u/Thisisredred

Can I Buy a House in a Year? I am 20, making 40k a year. Currently live with my girlfriend and a roommate so I’m paying ~450 a month in rent/utilities which seems okay to me. My other bills are $115 in insurance, $40 phone bill and $10 subscription. Credit score currently hovers around 750. In terms of savings, I currently have ~$2,000. However, I plan on selling my motorcy…

LPT: Don’t buy a HP Printer They are garbage. HP are proactively trying to make customers buy their overpriced ink cartridges, by blocking non-genuine ones. Their printers also come with a suite of bloatware which they try to get users to install. These programs come with ads to join their subscription services for ink/paper. ​ Get a toner or laser printer and save yoursel…

LPT: Buy cloth napkins Seriously, people seem to think it’s “fancy” and more expensive than disposable paper towels. It’s considerably cheaper to buy some basic cloth napkins and throw them in with your laundry each week than it is to keep buying paper towels and paper napkins. It’s also better for the environment. And yeah, as a bonus it is kinda fancy. submitted…

Do not buy SqareTrade extended warranty… They do not act as an insurance company even though they are owned by AllState which is a national insurance company. Long story short, the plan they sell on eBay is pretty much useless. On top of that if the need arises they will pretty much wriggle their way out of it. Their customer service is outsourced to another country, the rep was kind o…

LPT: If you want to eat healthier, read about the effects of fast food right when you’re hungry and are about to buy fast food People know that alcohol is bad for them, why do they still drink it? People also know smoking can cause cancer, why do they still smoke? Knowledge is powerful but it’s effects are temporary. You may know something but is it front and center in your decision making right when you need it? Knowledge and remembering it in the right context is a …

Cancel Your Family Vacation And Buy This Supercharged Saleen XP8 Instead Traditionally, Saleen has been known for tuning Mustangs, but that doesn’t mean Saleen only tunes Mustangs. There was, of course, the S7 supercar that it built back in the 2000s, and there was the S1 that Saleen tried to sell in China. But between 1998 and 2001, you could also get a Saleen-tuned performance version of… Read more…

Which 65mm should I buy. MF vs AF for events Hello all, For weeks I have been racking my brains whether to buy the Voigtländer 65mm f2 APO Macro or the Sigma Contemporary 65mm f2. I currently have a Sony A7RIV and have been using legacy lenses for years, mostly Canon FD, even in events. Since I now want to be a bit more professional and also photograph more weddings / events, so a modern l…

We Need A Durable 4×4 That We Can Leave In The Mountains! What Car Should We Buy? Kari and her wife spend their summers in the Colorado mountains to get away from the Texas heat. They both have European sport sedans that are fun on curvy roads, but aren’t ideal for light off-roading and hauling equipment. They want something durable with four-wheel drive that they can leave at their summer home.… Read more…

I escaped poverty but everything is starting to feel awful again. I make money but I don’t even know where it goes. I want to buy a house but it feels unreachable. Just for background, I grew up extremely poor. Immigrated to another country for a woman, got divorced and had to restart my life at 30 or so with nothing. I went back to school and started over again. I now have a career as a registered nurse, and feel like I make okay money with nothing to show for it. My take home pay after 10% to retirement …

Du Già Morning Market on the Hà Giang Loop. Locals come down from the mountains to buy, sell, and trade. Vietnam, Nov ‘22. The loop certainly lives up to the hype! submitted by /u/PilgrimJohn

The best laptop you can buy in 2023 Illustration by William Joel / The VergeThe best laptops for you, from ultraportables to high-powered editing machines Continue reading…

Whether Money Can Buy Happiness, Once and For All The claim that “money doesn’t buy happiness” has always been contested, and for good reason: If you don’t have the money to meet your basic needs, then it’s lack will certainly cause misery. The relationship between money and happiness has become more tenuous across academics as well, with a number of studies coming… Read more…