cascom

22 ms·

181.
by cascom 5y ago
I don’t think it’s zero sum, there’s no reason most districts couldn’t add 2-weeks to the school year. That being said, they fact that reading math scores are so low in many places my pre-supposed “advanced” topics life financial literacy.
182.
by cascom 5y ago
I’m not too sure, have heard antidotally from a number of vets about how much time they spent untangling young enlisted personnel from stupid financial mistakes (e.g. high interest car/motorcycle loans, when they could have qualified f
183.
by cascom 5y ago
I’m perpetually shocked that many professional people (e.g. journalists with masters degrees) have a tenuous grasp at best on: basic accounting, how the US tax system functions, simple financial concepts (simple math on NPV/perpetuitie
184.
by cascom 5y ago
Moreover - as you go up the capital spectrum you see an increasing emphasis on teaching financial literacy to children (just look at the marketing materials of private banks an wealth managers purporting to help educate the next generation)
185.
by cascom 5y ago
I actually think they need to bring back home economics separate and distinct from financial literacy.
186.
by cascom 5y ago
Well said - but unfortunately that’s not what what anyone is talking about.
187.
by cascom 5y ago
What happens to embedded e-waste/trash in humans (pace makers, artificial hips, implants, etc.)?
188.
by cascom 5y ago
I think this is the essential question. My hypothesis is that working hard can move you a few deciles on the income ladder (and position your children to start from higher up the ladder than yourself). I also think though that people misest
189.
by cascom 5y ago
The economics of Canadian oil sands production are just not that marginal for production to be affected by this. Suncor figures that their fully loaded breakeven oil price is $35 WTI [1](WTI is currently trading in the $60s). All that has h
190.
by cascom 5y ago
I'd say rail is worse, there is the safety issue, but also pollution (diesel exhaust emissions + carbon footprint), and noise pollution.. would much rather a pipeline going through my neighborhood than a railroad.
191.
Genesis Robotics LiveDrive Actuator Launch(m.youtube.com)
1 points by cascom 5y ago|1 comments
192.
by cascom 5y ago
ProtonMail does
193.
by cascom 5y ago
I have and like ProtonMail - but until it supports calendar in its iOS app it’s an incomplete solution / non-starter.
194.
by cascom 5y ago
How about the oldie but goodie of cable companies/utilities/etc. turning off auto pay for your last bill, in the hopes you miss it in a move and get to ding you with late fees.
195.
by cascom 5y ago
Except the receiver/frame is the part that is FFL regulated and treated the same as an assembled gun from a sales/regulation standpoint - so they are not in fact “Ghost Guns” But my point still stands - the cost and obtainability
196.
by cascom 5y ago
Like Biden’s proposed executive actions on “Ghost Guns” they sound scary, but it’s not as if anyone is using them, especially as there is no market demand in the US given the ease of getting a regular gun. Disclaimer: please don’t infer any
197.
by cascom 5y ago
well the need for this has mostly gone away due to the 2017 TCJA. The short version is you can't do this because as a US (assuming?) individual you are subject to worldwide taxation (unlike the rest of the world (well except Eritrea)).
198.
by cascom 5y ago
This article is pointless - how do you even talk about this without talking about worldwide vs territorial based systems of taxation and the US’s history with them + the recently enacted TCJA
199.
by cascom 5y ago
Why would you not just use a doc saved on an encrypted cloud drive (e.g. text file saved via Cryptomator on google drive?). It’s cross device, secure, and free(ish)
200.
by cascom 5y ago
This in my mind is THE issue of our time - The concept of shared sacrifice has vanished as we divide people (and allow others to divide us) into tribal groups (urban vs rural, wealth, education level, ethnic or religious group, NIMBY, etc.)
201.
by cascom 5y ago
I’m not sure I’d call the incentives perverted (only perverted in the sense that “perfect” software is not the goal). Management and owners are a far from perfect group that make plenty of bad strategic decisions for a host of reasons, but
202.
by cascom 6y ago
For the most part it is...(municipalities >100k) https://www.epa.gov/ccr
203.
by cascom 6y ago
For what it’s worth I’ve reported their non functioning website/and changing my opt-out preferences to the fcc and my state attorney general, not expecting anything, but it was cathartic.
204.
by cascom 6y ago
Same problem https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26305590
205.
by cascom 6y ago
I’ve always wanted to see this + I would love to see two Versions of this, one for a 25th percentile earner, and another for 75th percentile. E.g a) what it costs to rent a modest apartment, drive a Honda Civic, shop at Walmart, have 2.5 ki
206.
by cascom 6y ago
Lol meant to say I’m NOT really sold...
207.
by cascom 6y ago
I’m really sold on the premise that reducing agricultural farmland use is a good thing. It seems one of the best arguments is that it’s a cause of deforestation/bio diversity loss, but it would seem that is primarily driven by urban sp
208.
by cascom 6y ago
I don’t doubt that it’s incompetence over nefarious intent, but at the end of the day, it’s fraudulent/scammy/deceptive to say “you can opt out anytime” when that’s clearly not the case. Furthermore if the website didn’t work, bu
209.
T-Mobile Privacy Center [Doesn’t Work](t-mobile.com)
3 points by cascom 6y ago|3 comments
210.
by cascom 6y ago
T-Mobile’s purported privacy center is a scam - neither the “do not sell” nor the “personal data request” “personal data deletion” functionalities work

More ›