HWR_14

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by HWR_14 7mo ago
> Scan everyone's home while en-route to the 911 call with an infrared camera. That's unconstitutional. Use a regular camera and it's fine for some reason.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
While the US never ratified UNCLOS III (with things like economic exclusion zones), they did ratify the preceding UNCLOS I's Convention of the High Seas and it's freedom of navigation.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Freedom of navigation is a right of countries. Spanish ships have the right to freely traverse the seas next to Greece, etc. So ships have to identify themselves as belonging to a country so that they can benefit from it.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Just like other forms of insurance, you pay a small amount regularly to avoid a large loss. Saudi Aramco stock gives you dividends of X, you regularly pay Y% for insurance in case the Straight of Hormuz closes. When it does, you get the sam
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Financial speculation can serve some useful purposes. If two months ago I worried that a shooting war between the US and Iran could start and adversely affect my stocks, I can use it as a hedge to isolate that risk factor. If I wanted to ma
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
You're the one bringing up caste. Middle class is determined by income and it's not subjective.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
It probably wouldn't be expensive to legally source them either. Kenya has permits you can apply for to collect them. Of course, the destination countries may have an issue with importing them.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
A lot of people consider themselves middle class and are wrong in that self assessment. It goes both ways, you have people making a half a million a year and people making twenty thousand who both consider themselves middle class.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
There is no reason to just strike it. The point is it is a threat and they want to raise the cost of continuing to bomb them. If they can strike and destroy $1 trillion worth of things it would be very dumb to do that right away. Then they
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
That's in between. I would be fine doing away with scratchers as well. But having to go to seek out the tickets is better than your phone reminding you it's tip off in 3 minutes and you have a free $20 to bet on prop bet .
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
But if it's parimutuel, don't you lost more on A than you can make on B? Are you tricking other players, or is the idea that you make lots of bets on A, and then make bets on B fast enough that the bookmaker does not have time to
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
How would that work?
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
The difference between the ability to make bets 2-3 times a week for a dollar or two and the ability to drop $500 every play of a sporting event is dramatic.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
The rates aren't cheap. The standard late payments I've seen work out to approximately 19.5-20% APR.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Why do people keep claiming that every 401k invests in the NASDAQ 100? Few do, and you probably have a choice of a couple of 401k plans, at least one of which will not include SpaceX.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
You have to report barter transactions as income. And Amazon already pays 0% corporate income tax.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
They are pushing hard to be part of the nasdaq 100. You can shift your retirement funds from the nasdaq to the Dow or s&p
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
You had me going until you said this is even clearer why it is important for food. Food is cheaper and has less impact on your life. I'm much more tolerant of a mistake or suboptimal experience with food.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
I can see a lot of advantages for Amazon, but I don't see why it would be tax-advantageous.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Casual users follow the recommendations of power users. Pushing heavy users off your service is a post-growth optimization
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
I thought they were buying it more to keep it out of the hands of their competitors than any other reason.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Right, which is why I never said I was going to simply deliver food aid like it just required trucks and gas. It's why UN World Food Program, an organization with actual experience, designed a plan to deliver and distribute food. Pleas
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Not all areas are equally good at growing food. That can be because of climate, soil quality, war or simply population density requiring housing and industry.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Which is why UNESCO's plan focused on delivering the food, not buying it.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
What use case can't be accomplished by a local model. They can read things out loud and identify what you're about to walk into.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Why do you want to buy a house in the United States that you never plan to live in?
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
No, we really need blind assistance devices that don't store data and process it locally. Those devices are already not banned.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
The ruling makes an exception for assistive devices that are designed not to persist data. And if you need a prescription, you should have a pair of dumb glasses
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
Nicotine is far more addictive than caffeine.
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by HWR_14 7mo ago
In the US, the CFTC regulated prediction markets. They are more regulated (at a federal level) than gambling.

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