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by cudgy 4y ago
Could it be some of the deaths were caused by the instability that toppling the existing Saddam Hussein government caused and not only by direct US military involvement? Some consequences that come to mind are warlords battling for control
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by cudgy 4y ago
Why was this downvoted?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Why does it matter whether statements were made? It’s quite obvious to any objective observer that a large, powerful nation would perceive an enemy alliance expanding to its border would be perceived as a threat. How would the US respond to
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by cudgy 4y ago
All the more reason not to lower them to unreasonably low levels in the first place.
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by cudgy 4y ago
> the political pressure made them backtrack Wasn’t the fed created to some extent to prevent political will from whipsawing the credit markets? How did the politicians force the fed? Isn’t this expected? The fed did it to themselves.
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by cudgy 4y ago
> The U.S. is a capitalist system. Really? Doesn’t look like one when it comes to large institutions or large banks. They scream “Capitalism! … for everyone” during the boom times and “Socialism! … for corporations only” when they screw
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by cudgy 4y ago
Two words … bond ladder. Stagger maturities to meet reasonably expected distributions and interest rate trends. Basic financial management 101.
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by cudgy 4y ago
How does this explain food increases? Everyone decided to eat twice as much food because their student loan payments were paused?
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by cudgy 4y ago
I might pay your mortgage if comparable rents will cover it. There’s no guarantee that will be the case, and you could be stuck with a house you can’t sell or rent for more than the mortgage, taxes, insurance, hoa fees, hoa assessments, la
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by cudgy 4y ago
More chattel does not necessarily mean a better life. Dictators that look more like you are not necessarily more beneficent.
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by cudgy 4y ago
In which states? Under what conditions? What is allowed if a mob threatens or begins to pull you and your family out of your car and beat you to death?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Top 10% wealthy of population in France holds almost 50% of net wealth of the country, which is around $16 trillion. That gives $8 trillion that could be taxed at higher rates, which is a far greater pool to extract from than just billionai
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by cudgy 4y ago
Or wash the big items by hand and load the many small ones in the dishwasher.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Customers don’t always know what they want until they experience it. The overall point of this article might be true most of the time, but in order for there to be advancement of products beyond the obvious pain points, teams must sometimes
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by cudgy 4y ago
What if it went the other way? The strategy you described is a silly gamble that could have resulted in bankruptcy. Read the book Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb for a treatise on why your thinking is wrong.
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by cudgy 4y ago
> Did you buy real-estate in 20/21 when the mortgate rates were 2%? If you didn't that's a terrible decision. You need to make a good decision and learn more about the fact that what you pay for an asset (which is fixed fo
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by cudgy 4y ago
Is this not also the case when using iOS content blockers?
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by cudgy 4y ago
There is a 0.1% chance they will tell you.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Several cars with automatic climate control I owned have a sensor on the dash that detects sunlight and adjusts the system accordingly.
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by cudgy 4y ago
The question they should be asking is: why are people here with 10+ years experience not worth more than a recent grad?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Of course, but why work for someone else, especially a huge corp, if your good enough?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Perhaps if they have a million plus mortgage on their house in SF, a couple car loans, a new health insurance payment, cash flowing a kid in college or private school, child support / alimony payments, vacation home, etc.
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by cudgy 4y ago
“Everyone leaves and goes to Google. What happens if Google decides to pay less? They go off to Microsoft or Amazon.” Problem is that Google, Amazon and Microsoft aren’t hiring right now.
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by cudgy 4y ago
So replacing “Zoom rectangle team members” with retinal image team members makes that much of a difference? Magically they become actual people once you see them with your own eyes, resulting in increased effectiveness and no resentment fro
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by cudgy 4y ago
Looks like we found the guy that pushes everyone away. Who else would excuse this behavior from a “lead” developer? A lead developer should be working (or at least trying) with their team to empower the team as a whole, not blazing ahead o
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by cudgy 4y ago
Some companies may not have even existed 2 years later if they spent the money and time earlier to optimize.
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by cudgy 4y ago
What do you use?
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by cudgy 4y ago
As opposed to “I, the executive or founder, am going to do my best to make sure that I get mine, even if it harms the company and my employees." Who has the most incentive and power to be the narcissist? Employees would be smart to und
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by cudgy 4y ago
Why is it baffling? Not everyone needs a company to create a work environment for them, and not everyone has to be commuting in order to catch up on their podcasts. Not everyone needs a company to decide what they eat for lunch, and most pe
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by cudgy 4y ago
Aw thanks for asking. I am the all-knowing oracle of fair pay, but you can call me cudgy.

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