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by __derek__ 4y ago
Your GP wrote: > I had to pay PMI ... meaning that they did not have a substantial downpayment. Assuming they bought in Washington state, they probably also had a non-recourse mortgage.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Gotcha. I thought maybe they were planning to skip GPT-5 or something. That's actually a pretty low bar, FWIW. ( rimshot ) Law students spend a few months in bar prep to memorize a bunch of crap that doesn't even apply to their re
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Wait, why 6?
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Sports venues, too. They have the Amazon version installed at Climate Pledge Arena and a few baseball stadiums, but I've seen something similar at a walk-up beer fridge during a Nets game at the Barclays Center.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Alternatively, you can trade them in.[1] [1]: https://www.amazon.com/l/9187220011
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by __derek__ 4y ago
How did it fail? They just announced that eight stores were permanently closed after having been closed indefinitely, one of which was inside of an Amazon office that shut down last year.[1] It looks like they still have 29 Go stores open n
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Gotcha. You were a hobbyist before. That makes sense. I hear you on the instruction. I used to teach climbing courses as a volunteer, and it was always nice watching people grow more confident.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
> I'm now an airline pilot How did you make this move? I've day-dreamed about this, but curious to hear details from someone who did it.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
We're getting closer to Infinite Jest.* * As in The Entertainment at the center of the novel, not the novel itself, which fails to wholly consume the reader in the same manner as The Entertainment despite being captivating enough for a
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by __derek__ 4y ago
You replied to a post above about the inverse ETF, suggesting that that poster was cherry-picking dates. The entire point of the inverse ETF was to take advantage of the ARKK's unrealistic returns in the preceding year. Just for kicks,
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Ideally, that should net out to an expensive market-neutral fund with 0% expected returns minus the management fees and transaction costs, the latter of which could be really high.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
> Note: The time period was constrained by the available data for AXS Short Innovation Daily ETF (SARK) [Dec 2021 - Feb 2023]. Including monthly investment doesn't really help, either.[1] [1]: https://www.portfoliovisuali
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by __derek__ 4y ago
That makes sense. It fits with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which connects Tacoma (urban economic hub) to the Olympic Peninsula (some small towns, mostly wilderness).
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Square wants more store credit. The more lock-in, the better.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
> I've never seen a toll bridge that had tolls in both directions. Huh, I think I've only seen this once (the Tacoma Narrows Bridge). Other toll bridges I've driven have all had tolls in each direction, e.g., Ambassador an
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Apparently merchants can avoid it with store credit: > Additionally, we offer a number of resources and tools to assist sellers in accommodating this change. Our Return Policy Guide & Templates provide sellers with guidance on how to
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Medicare, not Medicaid, although she may be eligible to use Medicaid to supplement.[1] [1]: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/costs/help/medicaid
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Interesting. I had the opposite experience after placing an early pre-order for the F-150 Lightning. The expected delivery date kept slipping back, the price kept increasing, and the salesman I was forced to interact with had no idea what w
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by __derek__ 4y ago
In Seattle, a converted apartment will generally have much lower build quality (e.g., wood walls rather than concrete), so it's not going to appeal to someone in the market for a purpose-built condo. The business of selling condos is a
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Wouldn't that suggest that the development is lagging existing demand? Jersey City seems like a prime spot for spillover demand from Manhattan, so I'd probably expect that cycle to continue until it reaches parity with similar nei
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by __derek__ 4y ago
> an app for dominoes pizza This is a nitpick, but customer-facing ordering and delivery technology arguably is the main product for Domino's Pizza. The food basically defines replacement level, but the tech differentiates the exper
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Can you name a functioning example of design review, though? My experience with them is specific to Seattle, and the program absolutely does not work as your comment hopes.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
That's a contradiction in terms, AFAICT. I was excited to find this in the post: > Meanwhile, a bill moving forward in the legislature introduced by Representative Amy Walen (D-48, Bellevue) would ban design review for housing proje
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by __derek__ 4y ago
> why the emojis in question are financial advice I'm behind on Money Stuff, so I had to go check his column. Unlike the confused headline, he doesn't say anything about "financial advice" because it's irrelevant
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Recent-ish episode of the Odd Lots podcast that's relevant: What Truckers Already Know About the Future of Electronic Worker Surveillance.[1] [1]: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-truckers-already-..
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Right. They're razors, not commandments. Given a choice between two reasonable alternatives, it might be wise to pick the one that's {unrepetitive|simple|explicit|extensible|testable}.
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by __derek__ 4y ago
Thanks for updating. I'm curious how you compiled the data. Perusing the Seattle-based entries, there are some whose URLs don't resolve, e.g., Pure Blue Water Innovation Nexus (probably defunct: http://pureblue.org&#x2F
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> Are you saying I shouldn't have it behind an email-wall? Yes. Readers can't see anything without signing up for a newsletter. The link you just provided would be much better.
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I clicked through because I thought this was interesting, got confused because there was no ability to sort or filter the list, and then realized that it's just a landing page to capture newsletter sign-ups. That appears to run afoul o
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by __derek__ 4y ago
That's how a mortgage broker works. It would probably require a lot more staff to operate that way.

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