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by briHass 4y ago
Why is it always about more money? The US is usually in the top 3 spending per student (beaten only by small countries that represent statistical outliers like Norway or Luxemburg), so really, it spends the most. Yet, as many are quick to p
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You're forgetting that West Chester is the county seat of Chester County PA, the fastest growing and richest county in the entire state (and usually somewhere in the top 25-40 of the US.) So, you have the county courthouse and all the
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by briHass 4y ago
I remember Netflix quickly putting a stop to that by delaying sending out new discs when you got above some weekly threshold. I would drop off my Netflix returns at a huge, regional post office sorting facility, and I knew the discs got bac
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To be fair, it's mostly a mutually beneficial relationship. There are studies that show CC users tend to spend more at merchants than those that use cash. This logically makes sense, because you may not have enough cash on hand and&#x2
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by briHass 4y ago
I've found the opposite, but maybe I'm typically using what you define as a 'systems language' - usually .NET/C#. I really like Protobuf as a pure serializer (not interchange format) to bytes for caching (Redis&#x2F
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Sure, but how many people are looking up congressional voting records, examining budgets, and reading thousands of pages of court decisions and the text of proposed legislation to form honest, independent opinions? It sure seems like most p
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Basic Auth with digests has some issues, but both that and client certs mostly fail because of poor browser implementation. Client certs would really be ideal if browsers handled them better and sync'd the certs between devices (like b
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Not just HTTP-only cookies (no JS), but also the control for 'Secure' (HTTPS only) and 'SameSite' for CSRF blocking. Not using cookies and storing your auth tokens in other places is a rookie mistake. That said, 3rd-part
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by briHass 4y ago
I feel fortunate that, as a child of the early 80s, by the time I started programming (age 8 or so), it was the late 80s and these personal computers were available for cheap at yard sales. One of the first I owned was a VIC20, which I thin
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by briHass 4y ago
Same here. The only time I had anything approaching a problem was buying a plastic shed (~$400) from a sketchy seller. It was cheaper, though not ridiculously so, than the other sellers, and I had a feeling it was some kind of scam. Needles
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by briHass 4y ago
Edge is the way to go for Windows machines,especially if you prefer the chromium engine. MS made lots of Windows specific optimizations, with a focus on memory use. The other killer feature is 'secure mode' that disables JS JIT, w
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by briHass 4y ago
Just to note that separating medical records from government's prying eyes would also include (lack of) vaccination status and would neuter most 'red flag' laws that restrict gun access based on mental health.
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Nobody's counting government benefits. The US also has a similar policy called Social Security and Medicare (for healthcare.) The average lifetime payout for someone retired today is about 1 million. For someone retiring in 2060, doubl
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Not to mention that most state/local teachers unions are branches of the NEA/AFT, two of the largest unions in the country. Also, two of the largest political contributors, to strictly left-leaning politicians. Neither are shy abo
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The lockdowns wouldn't have been possible without the PUA cash infusions; people wouldn't have tolerated it for more than a few days.
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To be fair, the OP with that high cost was using a 'Platinum' PPO plan as the comparison, i.e. zero out-of-pocket (besides modest copays). Almost nobody offers these plans anymore, because they're ludicrously overpriced. Most
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by briHass 4y ago
Do you have some links that show the tax burden for Europe vs US is similar for low 6-figure earners? I can find plenty of calculators that estimate total tax burden for the US states, but not most European countries. For example, I used so
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by briHass 4y ago
That is a bit misleading. 'Low income' is defined as a household income of 80% of the median ($166K), depending on household size. $150K only meets that for a family size >= 4. There's also 'very low' (50% medi
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> doctors prescribing named brand, and you not be allowed to switch back to generic without another $100+ appointment I'm not sure this is that common, unless you have an adversarial relationship with your doctor. It's actually
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by briHass 4y ago
As someone in the US, Robertson is better than Phillips, but Torx/star is superior in every way. Besides the better torque with Torx, the bits don't get mangled as quickly. My experience with Robertson, where it is the default for
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by briHass 4y ago
I don't totally disagree with your broader point, but there's a decent case to be made that basic preventative care reduces costs by catching issues before they become expensive, chronic conditions (or worse.) The 'preventati
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I was going to add the EPA 608 as well. Not only does it allow you to buy/use refrigerant, but it usually counts for warranties for HVAC equipment. Mini-splits and things like that usually want a 'certified technician' to do
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by briHass 4y ago
It might surprise you to learn that all states have some form of laws requiring 'child support for a fetus', or more commonly, prenatal child support: https://personhood.org/2020/02/07/america-prenat
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SCOTUS overrules earlier decisions all the time: https://constitution.congress.gov/resources/decisions-overru...
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It's a bad law if it ends up punishing the people it was intended to help. If the building code had a clause about building decks and max occupancy where the easiest way for a contractor to comply was to post a gigantic sign permanentl
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With the PC Engines' line basically EOL, what is the best hardware to run a home setup < 2Gbps WAN for around or below $200? I'm not too keen on buying a largely unsupported Intel box off AliExpress that has a 40% chance of bei
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Also, forgets to mention 'before fees'. When the ER is included, it is a loser compared to a low ER index fund.
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At least they finally added DateOnly and TimeOnly structs, though support for those is lacking for RDBMS conversions. DT, Offset, and the TZInfo helpers, is better than many languages get. It's braindead simple to convert UTC to a spec
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VS automatically creates a To Do list window with all your TODO and similar comments. If you don't want to go as far as making it a git hook or built into your CI, you can use something like this: https://marketplace.visuals
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by briHass 4y ago
They do, actually. Particularly children, who can be difficult to see, especially with reduced sight lines in modern cars due to aerodynamic improvements. The law to make cameras mandatory was named after: https://www.washingtonp

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