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by MR4D 5y ago
Owning a residence gives you two important things in retirement: 1 - it lowers your monthly costs (no house payment/rent to pay) 2 - it provides some protection against inflation so even in bad inflation, your housing cost won’t change
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by MR4D 5y ago
It's the first result in a Google search, so if it isn't, then that would be pretty ironic. Still...
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Bungie slams YouTube DMCA system in lawsuit against Destiny takedown fraudsters(arstechnica.com)
30 points by MR4D 5y ago|13 comments
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by MR4D 5y ago
Page 11 of this document [0] is a good place to start. Clearly people have strong opinions on this topic, so now is a great time to review your changes. [0] - https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/google_w
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US NHTSA reinstates billions in fines on gas-guzzling automakers(electrek.co)
2 points by MR4D 5y ago|0 comments
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by MR4D 5y ago
> Ultimately I think it’s because the internet is just too big! This doesn't address why MSFT can't compete with Google. If you solve that problem, then you really get to the heart of the solution.
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by MR4D 5y ago
Two thoughts on this: 1 - holding bonds versus bond funds are very different, as in the first case, you control the timing of the sale, and in the second, the fund does. That has all sorts of implications about losses (as well as capital
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by MR4D 5y ago
The Intelligent Investor was not written in a time when interest rates were zero (and real interest rates were negative). Using the suggested approach would demolish a bond portfolio. Assuming Barclays Aggregate index as a proxy, if interes
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by MR4D 5y ago
It’s even worse - if the Fed actions tank the markets, then millions of retirees who have been enjoying high market values are screwed and have no other source of wealth or income. I do not envy the position the Fed is in.
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by MR4D 5y ago
Looks like the cancellation is now officially Official: https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/33411099/formula-one-term...
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by MR4D 5y ago
A friend did that with flowers for my wife's birthday during 1st year of Covid (although the person was from the UK, not the EU proper).
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by MR4D 5y ago
I’d add to that Lawyers, Engineers, Financial Advisors, and many other roles that are licensed by territory. Regardless of what the GDPR says.
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by MR4D 5y ago
I’m not the poster, but here’s just one of many I found with my first Google search: https://blog.getintocollege.com/how-home-equity-affects-fina...
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by MR4D 5y ago
> Nobody in positions of power believes for a second that Putin has anything but his own legacy in mind at this point. Perhaps now is their time to fix that situation.
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by MR4D 5y ago
> faster de-dollarization in China. How exactly does that work? As long as Americans send billions of dollars to them for their goods, I don’t see how they can escape it.
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by MR4D 5y ago
I presume this is sarcasm. That being said, if his wealth is all in AAPL, then he would earn about 1/2% on it - roughly $11 million per year.
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by MR4D 5y ago
I would love to see this fought in court for my local neighborhood restaurant. No way would a US court hold that GDPR has any standing.
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PCIe 6.0: What’s New, and When Can You Get It?(howtogeek.com)
2 points by MR4D 5y ago|0 comments
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by MR4D 5y ago
You make a good point, and considering the greediness of F1, if they situation were right, I have no doubt that they would go back. That being said, the rumors are that F1 is looking for a replacement race to fill that spot. So if that spot
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by MR4D 5y ago
I agree completely. However, there are many situations where it can be reduced. For instance, I've heard chatter about people wondering about Apple's exposure to China[0] should China back Russia in the Ukraine conflict. At some
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by MR4D 5y ago
I notice this post got some downvotes. My statement is not a political one, it is a practical one. Anyone who works with SWIFT understands that the system exists at the pleasure of the Americans. If the US decides to not allow SWIFT, then
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by MR4D 5y ago
The Dollar may indeed weaken, but then Americans will not be able to afford to buy as much imported goods from other countries, which will hurt those exporters. China will probably lose the most.
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F1 Cancels Russian Grand Prix Following Invasion of Ukraine(thedrive.com)
8 points by MR4D 5y ago|4 comments
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by MR4D 5y ago
This is interesting... The linked article is titled "Cryptonomicon", and written by Will Stephenson, and a book with the same title was written by Neal Stephenson. Yet, no mention of Neal or his book in the article. So I wonde
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by MR4D 5y ago
Swift won't die until either the US Dollar dies, or the government replaces it with something newer. EDIT: Technically, the US Government doesn't "control" SWIFT, but through banking regulations, their influence is way b
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by MR4D 5y ago
China has one dependency they cannot get rid of - Americans buy tons of their stuff, and if they get rid of that, China has a big problem.
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by MR4D 5y ago
I'm here to second this. While I have no interest (nor time!) in writing an OS, just skimming through this you can see the author put a significant amount of work and polish into this.
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by MR4D 5y ago
Hackernews isn’t IP6 ??? Is it just me, or is anyone else bothered that HN isn’t IP6 yet? I think this and GitHub being non IP6 were the biggest surprises.
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by MR4D 5y ago
I think this is poor design. If he clock had used ZFS, I don’t think it would lose any seconds. I blame it on poor error correction or possibly non-ECC memory. /j
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by MR4D 5y ago
I think you make that point better than the author. The author talks about drills and holes, but to me, the conversation is more analogous to cordless drills versus regular electric drills - they both can do the same thing, but have differe

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