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Questionable Financial Decision of the Day

$175k annual salary pretax w/last years bonuses. Currently renting with my boyfriend and pay only about $1k in rent on my end, and utilities are covered free. My other expenses generally go towards lifestyle (social outings, clothing, luxury things) though I can easily cut down on those.

Been driving my parents 2011 RAV4, which has been an absolutely amazing experience. It’s been maintained properly and has zero issues, but lacks any sort of sporty flair. I’ve almost given up on life except for my career and education the past 5 years and I thought it was due for a refreshment. I’ve never made my own car purchase, nor do I know the inner workings of them – simply looking for a fun ride. I don’t do much driving as I live downtown and my work/school is very accessible through transit or Uber.

Yesterday I drove home one of my dream cars: a second hand 2017 Porsche 911 turbo with some aftermarket modifications. I financed it through a dealership for $105k 68 months at 6.6% with 25k down.

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Picture of the Day

Google’s 70 qbit Qauntum computer. A refrigerator festooned with microwave cables cools the Google’s quantum chip nearly to absolute zero

A quantum computer is a type of computer that utilizes principles from quantum mechanics to perform computations. Unlike classical computers, which use bits to represent and process information as either 0 or 1, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in a superposition of both 0 and 1 states simultaneously.

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Bodybuilder Jo Lindner, known online as ‘Joesthetics,’ dead at 30

Renowned German fitness influencer Jo Lindner, widely known as “Joesthetics,” has tragically passed away at the young age of 30. Lindner had amassed a remarkable following of 8.4 million on Instagram, where he regularly shared his gym workouts and training routines.

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