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by RhysU 6y ago
This is nice in that as more work arises more back pressure appears on one's calendar.
872.
by RhysU 6y ago
I like to think of buying the S&P500 as going long Western Capitalism. If that craters, one has bigger problems than one's portfolio.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Financial regulation should protect people from each other. No one can save you from yourself.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Rank-and-file government jobs have less risk than private sector jobs. Part of the reason the private sector pays more is because it has to compensate for that risk.
875.
by RhysU 6y ago
"Actress" was still in use at the 2020 Academy Awards: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/09/entertainment/oscars-winners-...
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by RhysU 6y ago
Ditto on the 85. Stick with the 85 or similar. I later had a 92 which was sweet but the symbolic capabilities made it easy to not retain a lot of early calculus.
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by RhysU 6y ago
I am implicitly attempting to employ capital in a maximally efficient manner such that minimal energy/resources are expended to achieve any outcome explicitly desired by humanity's collective consciousness. Should I apply? Or will
878.
by RhysU 6y ago
Sunk cost fallacy.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Why is $400K the morally correct number?
880.
by RhysU 6y ago
Paragraphs 3 and 4 call out difficult, extended actions by the administration from which one can infer both ideology and political convictions.
881.
by RhysU 6y ago
Go read Barr's resignation letter. Trump is a high variance process that needs to be smoothed to understand him. Recall that Barr did not need to make a name for himself. Nor does Barr ever need another job.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Well, there's a river with too few bridges.
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by RhysU 6y ago
This. In eight days I am decamping from a dense urban area with 2 amazing, world class parks to a suburban environ. We want to tell the kids to go play outside without the ceremony and the need for dedicated supervision. Because there'
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by RhysU 6y ago
Per https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/ the trailing 20 years of SPY returns, critically including dividend reinvestment, is something like 7% outright or 5% adjusted for inflation. Did your calculations refer
885.
by RhysU 6y ago
(Adolescent) males want to project some level of cool. Hot pink cigarettes interfere with that desire. Also, if pink cigarettes would sell the industry would have already made some pink ones.
886.
by RhysU 6y ago
The easiest way to reduce smoking is simple: each cigarette, by law, should be hot pink.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Harley Davidson dealerships attract traveling Harley owners.
888.
by RhysU 6y ago
You, sir or madam, aced rhetoric and current events. I applaud you. Science must always be falsifiable.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Crypto true believers should be shorting dollars to buy Bitcoin according to those arguments.
890.
by RhysU 6y ago
We deliberately work 2 or 3 major tasks in parallel in anticipation of always being blocked by 1 or 2 goofy things like what you suggested.
891.
by RhysU 6y ago
I have observed the former, written by exceptional coworkers, but never the latter.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Why is it morally worse to rob a worker than a business? An extreme case: What if the business only breaks even and it pays many specialized workers while doing so? Stealing from such a business and thereby killing the business will cost e
893.
by RhysU 6y ago
A coworker and I were recently indulging in dark humor about pandemics being due to load shedding required on account of unexpected simulator platform downtime.
894.
by RhysU 6y ago
I didn't mean fixed vs variable rate loans. Sorry for being unclear. I meant that Congress sets the allowed Federal student loan rates. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertfarrington/2020/05/12/
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by RhysU 6y ago
Federal student loans have a fixed interest rate and therefore cannot be adjusted based on the risk of the borrower to the extent that a credit card or Ferrari loan can. Private student loans can adjust rates for risk. Should private studen
896.
by RhysU 6y ago
Which schooling is frivolous? The GP could really want to be a professional pilot for all the bank knows.
897.
by RhysU 6y ago
Hold my beer while I go get in financial trouble.
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by RhysU 6y ago
Taxation is likewise not adjusted by local cost of living. Federal brackets applied to, say, Appalachia are different than applying them to the big cities.
899.
by RhysU 6y ago
"Lemme go run main" is now ambiguous. The main entry point? Or the main branch?
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by RhysU 6y ago
There will always be homelessness. Always. How much and at what cost is the question.

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