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by cudgy 4y ago
Wages are moving down in real terms. Many home purchases are made with 40% of gross income presently. Increased (3x) home costs would mean buyers would be paying out an even higher percentage of gross income. Eventually too many buyers are
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by cudgy 4y ago
Bond funds are generally a poor way to invest in bonds, especially in a rising interest rate environment.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Same inventory purgatory issue happened to me about 6 months ago with Best Buy. Ordered an item for same-day delivery that was in stock at my local store, and they were unable to deliver the item for several weeks even though the item was c
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by cudgy 4y ago
> calling Twitter a monopolist of the public square is absurd, when it is used by less than 1/4 of American adults and occupies only a fraction of their attention. Monopolies are not determined by simply referring to their affect up
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by cudgy 4y ago
Maybe when presented with such an unfortunate design you may be able to search the items for a nonsensical search term, resulting 0 items in the list. Then, the footer should be visible.
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by cudgy 4y ago
This only works if the data is static. As soon as any item before 999 is deleted or added, offset 999 no longer points to the same data.
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by cudgy 4y ago
> the user doesn’t really care if they start over. This user certainly does, and, unless there is strong evidence otherwise, I’d go out on a limb and assume that most users would dislike having to “re-scroll” to the point they were in th
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by cudgy 4y ago
“Frequently, users will click on an item in the infinite list or feed to go to its detail page and, when they come back, using the Back button, they will find themselves at the top of the list, having to scroll down through screenfuls and s
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by cudgy 4y ago
Well said. It is especially important to have balance in the undergraduate B.S. degree. At this point, the foundational knowledge is presented, and a broader perspective of the applications of computer science (e.g. software engineering, da
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by cudgy 4y ago
Your wallet is being invaded to take actions that have actually increased anger against the US.
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by cudgy 4y ago
The notion that housing prices are being driven up by restrictive zoning ordinances is true for expensive coastal cities like New York and San Francisco, which represent a huge minority of the housing in the United States. The above linked
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by cudgy 4y ago
This web page highlights the problem with modern web sites. Tried to read this article, but the absolute predominance of ads and the screen constantly shifting caused me to give up. How has this sort of web page become remotely acceptable t
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by cudgy 4y ago
Obviously and unfortunately these people are exhibitionists and make their cars loud to get attention from people outside their car.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Opposite for me. Tons of Chargers … might see a new Corvette once in awhile. Tesla’s are quite common.
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by cudgy 4y ago
You are absolutely correct. This happens far too often, but I don’t think that is the case with Vitamix … yet.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Virtually every city other than a few that are essentially islands or peninsulas that are fully built out like San Francisco and New York City. Some examples of cities with plenty of residential buildable land to expand into in the United S
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by cudgy 4y ago
How many Saabs have you owned?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Apple’s News app is worthless to me and provides no value or access to objective, rigorous journalism. It’s more like corn flakes … they provide simple, bland calories, but why eat them when there are so many other interesting options? It i
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by cudgy 4y ago
Just exist. Otherwise you fall for the sunken cost fallacy. Don’t justify … act towards what you want with the “bonus” days you are granted or enjoy the freedom to just perceive and not act.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Similar story with old Honda’s. Simple cars that just worked with few problems, but they were simple cars with few electrical motors and digital features. Automatic, heated, air conditioned seats? No. Automatic climate control? No. Speed ad
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by cudgy 4y ago
Old refrigerators may not be as efficient, but they were built better internally and last longer. The savings from an efficient refrigerator that only lasts a few years is meaningless.
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by cudgy 4y ago
This is the root of the problem. Quality machinery costs more and most people think they are getting a good deal when they buy junk at cheap prices. However, sometimes you get lucky buying cheap stuff that lasts and that is the experience w
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by cudgy 4y ago
Get a Vitamix. 5x the price and seems to last forever. In fact, there are even very old (decades old) used Vitamix’s on eBay that are still running and usually just need a new canister.
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by cudgy 4y ago
The zoning argument is such a myopic perspective on the problem. The issue with housing affordability is across many communities, most of which have no issues with shortages of buildable land nor even shortages of housing. The primary impac
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by cudgy 4y ago
What is “modern software”?
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by cudgy 4y ago
Aren’t most common vegetable cooking oils already toxic due to the source product being soaked in solvents during manufacturing process? My understanding is that you want to buy cold expressed oils to avoid these nasties.
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by cudgy 4y ago
Alphabet has $170 billion in total current assets and they are threatening their employees with possible dismissal. Why don’t they spend some of that money to help the employees improve their productivity, if that is truly an issue. Example
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by cudgy 4y ago
25k saved (the difference in price between the cars) is more than most people have in savings. It would at least delay the fall of the guillotine long enough to find another job.
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by cudgy 4y ago
True, but the parent post did not mention use of force. We cannot deny that there is a brain drain in many third world countries that desperately need well trained workers that is accelerated by acceptance of immigrants into developed natio
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by cudgy 4y ago
The BOGO Big Mac deal is what always pulls me in.

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