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by Mz 9y ago
I have said that repeatedly on HN. Obamacare is a terrible idea and we need another solution.
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by Mz 9y ago
I think your first three paragraphs are fine, but your conclusion sounds very much like a casual justification for sexism. That doesn't sit well with me. (Among other things) I am not soft spoken. That fact actually gets me a lot of so
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by Mz 9y ago
In the US, flood insurance is provided by the government. And the premiums still jump insanely sometimes. It gets handled this way for the same reason our government provides welfare et al: it makes no sense as a business, but the cost to t
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by Mz 9y ago
Major earthquakes are less frequent than major flooding. If the time frame is large enough and the timing uncertain enough, it can still make sense as a bet.
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by Mz 9y ago
A lot of life insurance is term insurance. So the bet is "will you die during the years that your policy is in force?" Whole life is much, much more expensive.
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by Mz 9y ago
No, that isn't why. I worked in insurance. Not homeowners insurance, but I had a certificate and processed claims. The reason is that most human settlements occur in flood plains because we cannot live without water. We drink it. We ba
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by Mz 9y ago
I'm a woman. I tend to effervesce. I actively work at toning things down. I wonder a lot how much of that is innate wiring and how much of that is socialization. But, generally speaking, when a guy does the same thing, it gets interpre
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by Mz 9y ago
Yet another reason we should create legislation that puts some additional brakes on buying a second house.
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by Mz 9y ago
My medical condition makes the body too acidic. This is a well known thing. Doctors know it. Patients know it. Yet, it is not treated as a primary issue. It only gets treated secondarily to help control specific developments, like acid refl
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A Houston family taking refuge on a roof watched as bodies floated by(latimes.com)
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Newly unearthed pterosaurs were found in Jordan in 2005 and 2008(livescience.com)
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Health groups demand 'R' rating for movies that show smoking(upi.com)
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Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 years(washingtonpost.com)
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Watch Martian clouds scoot thanks to NASAs Curiosity(mars.nasa.gov)
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Climate change pushed songbirds from Bahamas in the wake of the last ice age(upi.com)
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Remains of 19th-Century Chinese Laborers Found at Pyramid in Peru(smithsonianmag.com)
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12k tons of food waste transformed a barren landscape into something surprising(msn.com)
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Privacy is now a right in India. what that means for the tech industry(money.cnn.com)
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Curiosity rover watches clouds on Mars(salon.com)
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NASA's Curiosity Rover spots wispy clouds in Martian skies(foxnews.com)
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China enforces real-name registration to regulate online comments(zdnet.com)
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Hurricane Harvey victims get a tax extension(money.cnn.com)
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IRS Announces Tax Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Hurricane Harvey(forbes.com)
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by Mz 9y ago
I started a freelancing account on upwork/freelancer/similar site, a year or two later, I have an established profile, I want to build a company instead of getting gigs as an individual Generally speaking, your freelance profile
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Biggest health threats from Hurricane Harvey flooding(cbsnews.com)
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In Houston, desperate flood victims turn to social media for survival(washingtonpost.com)
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by Mz 9y ago
When your business owns you more than you own it, time to automate.
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Spokane drivers already living American dream of shorter-than-average commute(spokesman.com)
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Nurse who killed 2 patients may have murdered 84 more(nypost.com)
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German nurse suspected of killing at least 90 in bizarre game to test his skills(rt.com)
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