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by cko 5y ago
Same experience here. I am friends with a pharmacist who worked retail with me, and she was starting to get impatient at the guy at Staples because the print job was taking too long, even though he was clearly stressed with a full line of c
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by cko 5y ago
Wait, do you mean handymen like people who repair stuff related to real estate? I hear that's not exactly a low wage job. Or you're saying they do handyman work as a side hustle?
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by cko 5y ago
I second collaborative fund blog, really great stories and reflections
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by cko 5y ago
A friend who trades crypto tells me altcoin prices are all manipulated - the buyer and seller are the same person. What's the point of ownership if the value of the stuff that is owned is centralized?
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by cko 5y ago
How widespread are charging ports? After every ride I assume they'd have to go find one, if they don't have another ride lined up.
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by cko 5y ago
Those are fleets that can rotate vehicles while others are charging, though.
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by cko 5y ago
True. Force can get pretty expensive and difficult to scale, so in practice I'm glad we outsourced it to the state (which is itself a construct). It's turtles (collective beliefs) all the way down. In my opinion if society breaks
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by cko 5y ago
To add to that, many things are tangible like real estate, but the notion of ownership is a figment of our collective beliefs as well.
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by cko 5y ago
Felony murder? I was on the jury of one case. I kinda felt bad for the defendant - he was 18 and some juvenile in his group pulled the trigger. Probably accidentally.
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by cko 5y ago
Ah, Romania. Though this country does seem to have one of the lowest vaccination rates.
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by cko 5y ago
You can borrow against it, and that wouldn't be a taxable event. Not sure what % of your portfolio lenders allow though.
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by cko 5y ago
I think it's sex work parlance for Asian (American?) massage parlors
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by cko 6y ago
I had this casino-going coworker. She and her husband used to go to Atlantic City quite often. Now she's messing around with options trading on Robinhood. I can't help but think a lot of volume is from casino enthusiasts stuck at
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by cko 6y ago
I dismiss it because of FOMO. This irrational part of me wishes I got in on the action early, like my cousin who bought ETH at $10. So I look for any reason / article to dismiss it. I assume similar mechanics work for those who have a
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by cko 6y ago
I also bookmarked as I have been learning spanish on and off. I like that it starts with english, so that I have to try to guess what the Spanish is first. I missed the 'de' in 'de cuyo nombre' and now I don't think
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by cko 6y ago
Is Love in the time of cholera both notorious and prosaic enough?
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by cko 6y ago
By chinese, do you also mean you're living in china? (I'm taiwanese/chinese american.) Would be interesting to get boots on the ground insights on the peoples' views. First point implies younger chinese seem to have more
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by cko 6y ago
Also the Dawnzer lee light. I immigrated to the US at age 5, and I learned English through a combination of Beverly Clearly books (and Babysitters Club despite being male) and PBS channels.
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by cko 6y ago
I hear you. I may do something similar. Like buying cheap land and building a tiny house on it by hand. And eventually joining a co-living community in Austria.
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by cko 6y ago
Probably more of a want-to-want. I have a few days of motivation and then succumb to procrastination when I realize (surprise) that nothing is easy and it's all hard work.
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by cko 6y ago
I worked a dead end pharmacy job for 9 years and saved hard. I never actually pursued the ambition, if that makes sense, as they were more fantasies than anything else. So maybe moreso FOMO and jealousy (and also fear of losing everything).
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by cko 6y ago
How do you sustain this dialed down ambition? Community? Physical labor? Every time I read HN or watch youtube my ambition goes up. And I tried to retire last year but my mind is still restless.
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by cko 6y ago
In my experience as a pharmacist, it wasn't first line, but sometimes it's second line. For UTI, respiratory tract infections, and skin and soft tissue infections. Pretty common actually.
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by cko 6y ago
I have mild social anxiety. Maybe more than mild. I have to say sometimes it is easier to be social in another setting. For example, in hostels the expectation is to just start talking for no reason and tell that lone traveler that you are
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by cko 6y ago
I saved and invested 80-90% of my after tax income (as a pharmacist) for eight years. I planned to just backpack for the rest of my life from age 32 onwards. After the fifth night of European hostel living and walking around during the day,
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by cko 6y ago
Youtube ad rates seem really high for the personal finance dudes. Graham Stephan and Andre Jikh come to mind. I think that genre allows for showing those scammy get rich quick motivational guru type ads, which pay well. Everyone else has to
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by cko 6y ago
The OP said these apps are a practical way to not get screwed as an individual traveler. I didn't read any negative generalization about the citizens of these countries. Also there are many posts here about taxi drivers of developed co
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by cko 6y ago
Serious question. As someone who has lived in his car voluntarily for 6 months, what's the feasibility of just buying an Airstream and towing it behind a used Ford F250? And parking somewhere closer to work?
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by cko 6y ago
There's levels to it. If they bought the place cash, then the only thing they have to cover is the property taxes and maintenance. They are still getting a return on investment, but it's like 5% per year (assuming property values
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by cko 6y ago
I've been a landlord for ten years and I've always been a renter. For people like me with no desire to have kids and minimal ownership of furniture and toys, renting is nice. I've always wanted to be a renter for life, but re

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