RickJWag

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by RickJWag 9y ago
With thinking like that you'll probably be wealthy some day. Good analysis.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
From the Huffington Post's bio of the author: "Robert S. McElvaine is the Elizabeth Chisholm Professor of Arts & Letters and Professor of History at Millsaps College and the author of ten books and hundreds of articles and op-
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Lots of articles blaming the lenders. Why not blame the schools? They are the ones with the unrealistic cost increases (coupled with a decreasingly relevant product, often times.) The government should get behind formally endorsed MOOC deg
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by RickJWag 9y ago
I'm from South Dakota, where pheasants are plentiful. I have seen zillions of them in cornfields, not a single one in a tree. Then again, we didn't have many trees....
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by RickJWag 9y ago
First, I wish the left-side flood of not-hacker-news-items would let up. Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is in full force here. About the Russian Troll: I am glad they took part, if it helped tip the election. Hillary Clinton cheated B
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Make the change. I'm a career programmer and am happy with it. I had a friend who quit in his mid-20s to go to med school, that was a smart decision for him. If you don't love what you're doing, change now. You have plenty
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Wow, Wal-Mart and JB Hunt. Elon Musk had better spend some vacation time in Arkansas. That 'tiny' state is helping him at an opportune time.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Ditto from Arkansas. We have cities with people of all persuasions, and we have rural areas where you can form your own social circles. Don't believe the media, it's been proven to be working an agenda. See for yourself!
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Congratulations to those countries moving up. Congratulations also to Americans, who feel their country is moving in a better direction. May America be the best America it can be, and the same of Germany, Japan, etc.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
I'm 52, been programming for 27 years. About 10 to go, things still look good at this time. I'd still advise my kids to go into programming. It's been a great gig.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
I was raised in Mitchell, South Dakota, a midwest town of about 15,000. The vast majority were white, a small number of Native Americans (we all called them Indians back then) and just one black family. The black family's father was e
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by RickJWag 9y ago
If this helps to bring sanity to the cost of schooling, then so be it. Colleges have raised rates consistently each year. There's always money for big athletic programs, rich salaries at the top, etc. Students find themselves facing h
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by RickJWag 9y ago
This will again go without noticeable action. Why? Because nobody cares enough (or believes deeply enough) to make radical lifestyle changes. Al Gore still have several huge houses. Leanardo DiCaprio still takes solo jet trips across the
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Facebook and Google should expand the experiment and provide a basic living wage to everyone in San Francisco. It'll be interesting to see what happens to the homeless population.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
I'm amazed that corporate owners would sacrifice great brands like ESPN, NFL, etc. for dubious political gains. ESPN excelled at showing sports. When they veered into politics (especially politics that run contrary to a huge portion o
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Of course Weinstein had Al Gore's lawyer. He also took sheets straight from the Clinton handbook. It's time to de-politicize sexism. I await the day when Hollywood celebrities rush to loudly criticize every Republican slimebag on
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Lutz is the visionary who brought us the Pontiac Aztec. I hope is vision is just as good here.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
So glad she's fired. Civility and decency must again become the norm. People should not live like animals.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Hmmmm. But yet she moved to America. I wonder why?
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by RickJWag 9y ago
In Bill Clinton's run for the presidency they used 'instant feedback' monitors to register audience likes and dislikes. Bill was almost always liked-- he got high marks, no matter the subject. When the camera happened to inc
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by RickJWag 9y ago
You forgot the absolute truth that a 36 week old baby is in fact a baby. To pretend otherwise (to justify murdering it) is just plain denial.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
I didn't vote for Trump, but I now believe he was the best candidate. Hillary's cheat against Bernie and her shaming of Bill's victims is the primary reason I find Trump the best choice. So you'd have to call me a Trump
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by RickJWag 9y ago
It's no mystery why ESPN is going down. They placed their emphasis on things other than sports. Sports fans will pay for sports, not politics.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Thanks for the nicely written article, especially the pictures. Articles like this make for good reading.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Yup, I agree.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
I find it creepy, especially putting the resulting fluid somewhere it might leak into the water table. Yuck!
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by RickJWag 9y ago
2004 wrx sti. I bought it new, it's been fun ever since.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Seems unlikely to drive the cost of education lower. The value of a degree will continue to lose ground against the cost. This is not good.
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by RickJWag 9y ago
Thanks for highlighting Watsi and New Story. I hadn't heard of either before. This is good!
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by RickJWag 9y ago
There is good and bad in this. It's good that Soros sets an example giving to charity. It's bad that his donations go to controversial recipients, including some that ends up in the hands of those who use violence to further their

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