Money in Marriage

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How to size a crypto position without lying to yourself

Most people pick a percentage after they've already bought, and measure it against the wrong number. A cleaner way to arrive at the figure.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Stop paying more for ink than you paid for the printer

Most home printers are sold at a loss and earn it back on cartridges. Pick the right machine once and that stops happening.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The first car for your teenager should be dull and heavy

Skip the horsepower, skip the hand-me-down subcompact, and make one phone call before you hand over any money.

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Crypto5 min read

The Bitcoin halving explained without a price prediction

What actually changes in the code, what happens to miners the next morning, and why the four-year clock is a rounding error rather than a rule.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Buy the siren before you buy the fourth camera

Most home security money goes to cameras that record a crime nobody stops. Here's the order to spend it in, and where to put each piece.

GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Resole the boots you already broke in

How to tell whether your boots can take a new sole, what a good cobbler will and won't do, and when to stop throwing money at them.

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What Ethereum is actually for

A plain explanation of the world's second-biggest blockchain, what people genuinely use it for, and the mistakes that cost beginners money.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideGamingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

The co-op games worth buying a second controller for

Which games let a six-year-old actually contribute, which ones end in shouting, and how to tell the difference before you spend the money.

GuideFitnessMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

The other ingredients line is the one worth reading

Magnesium stearate isn't your problem. A capsule that says 1,000 mg and delivers 250 mg of what you paid for is.

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Have the crypto talk before the group chat does it for you

Your teenager will hear about a coin from a friend with a screenshot long before they hear about it from you. Get there first, and get it right.

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GuideBusinessSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Profitable and broke is a real place

Your P&L can say you made money in a month you couldn't make payroll. Both things are true, and only one of them can close you down.

Poll

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GuideSkillsRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The three contract clauses that bite, and how to find them

You won't read all forty pages. Read these three sections properly and you'll catch most of what actually costs people money.

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The dollar in your stablecoin isn't always a dollar

Stablecoins hold their value until the day they don't. What's actually behind the peg, how it breaks, and the questions to ask before you park money there.

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Most razor burn is a technique problem

Stinging neck, red blotches, ingrown hairs three days later. Almost all of it comes from four fixable habits, and none of them cost money.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

Fitness5 min

The home gym under a thousand dollars that covers everything

News5 min

The pro-life work that starts after the baby comes home

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GuideGearWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

Buy the cheap pry bar. Never buy the cheap ladder.

A working rule for which tools you can buy off the bottom shelf, and which ones cost far more than the money you saved.

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Fitness5 min read

How to tell whether a supplement was actually tested

Four logos are worth your money. Everything else on the tub is marketing until somebody independent proves otherwise.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

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