RightMillennial

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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I was hoping these would be some new pictures since Saturday.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
The benefit of the bank account is that you get interest on what you have saved. You only get cash back from a credit card on what you've spent.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Here's a big one: illegal immigration. 1. The US-Mexico border wall. The purpose of the wall is to prevent people from illegally crossing the border to enter the US. Say what you will about its effectiveness. I doubt it would be that e
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Did anything become of the complaint filed by HUD against Facebook for race discriminated housing ads?
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I mostly agree. We should be hand counting all ballots. But also incorporating a counting machine could help improve reliability similarly to a checksum. If the hard counted and machine results are not identical, then recount because there
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
If this is some pun or joke, I don't get it. I assure you a place can be both cold and windy simultaneously, and this is not exclusive to Chicago.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Have you lived in Chicago during the winter? It gets quite cold and windy. I couldn't imagine willingly commuting there on bike even if adequate infrastructure existed.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I took AP Computer Science online in high school as well but in MI in '07. It wasn't nearly as bad as your experiece, and it was an actual easy A (I had prior C++ experience). Granted, it should have been named AP Java Programming
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
For those who drive, certainly. Road tolls in my experience have been either a flat fee (e.g., the ones around Chicago, IL) or by distance traveled (e.g., the Ohio Turnpike). This is effectively a flat tax rate, not a progressive rate. Thus
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
The problem with tolls, and gas taxes and vehicle registrations for that matter, is that they disproportionally affect the poor. I, and many on HN might not give the marginal cost second thought, but for many it adds up.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I just found that same page. The heading to that section is: > Sec. 804. [42 U.S.C. 3604] Discrimination in sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
> The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing transactions including print and online advertisement on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or familial status. Emphasis mine. If the FHA d
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
There was a protest or something by some Google employees a few months ago about contracts with the Pentagon: Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17064776
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Cheaper medical school tuition isn't going to lead to more doctors. The limiting factor is the number of available seats and residency positions, not the cost.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
No, I'd rather say "gear" than "pawn". If I can be well compensated to do what I enjoy doing, why not? But then again I'm satisfied with my employment.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
True, but it's very possible for someone who's not technically Christian to be more "Christian". Not the theological aspect but the whole behavior part: "love thy neighbor", and not throwing out charitable work
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
And that's just for tuition. That doesn't including living expenses.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Are polar ice caps that rare of an event for the Earth? I only see them at 600 (N & S), 450 (S), 300 (S), 35 (S) and 20 (S) Mya.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
What compromise? The ACA passed the House [1] and Senate [2] without a single Republican vote. [1]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03... > The House voted 219 to 212 to appr
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
English does have double negatives, and they're grammatically correct when used properly. They simply cancel each other out which differs from Spanish where they add emphasis.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Chrome on Android doesn't support extensions so you can't install its ad-blockers.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
...it is. The House of Representatives seats are based purely upon population which is determined by a census every 10 years. The Senate is redundant because of the 17th Amendment but its original purpose was to represent the individual Sta
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
More like if everyone is breaking the law, you have your pick of who to go after with selective enforcement.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
There's definitely going to be cultural differences since Grand Rapids is in west Michigan and not eastern Germany. The food's decent, and there are a few art festivals, museums, venues and arenas. Lansing is an hour away which ha
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I think it depends on the state. At least in MI, you only have to pay the difference [1] [2]: > Use Tax on the Difference > If you paid at least 6 percent to another state on your purchase, you do not owe use tax to Michigan. If you p
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I thought with use taxes you owed the remaining difference in tax. Say I purchase a $100 widget in Kenosha, WI with a sales tax of 5.5%, and I live in MI with a sales and use tax of 6%. I would owe MI the 0.5% difference on the $100 which w
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I'd be all for a federal VAT over federal income tax. But that wouldn't remove any of the state or local sales taxes.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Sorry, I thought you were being sarcastic and criticizing those things people use cars for.
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
Those are funny things to get upset over. Most of those don't sound irrational if you have the need, but I don't have any of those. I never knew what that "26.2" bumper sticker meant. I do have a CUV for the winter snow
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by RightMillennial 8y ago
I own my car for pretty rational reasons: to commute to and from work, and to run other errands in and around the medium sized city I live near.

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