cykros

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by cykros 3y ago
And furthermore, they're too busy writing tickets to the beavers, who are doing the real damage.
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by cykros 3y ago
When you're facing an illegal occupation, firing rockets back is called resistance, and there's a reason it is widely recognized as legitimate. As for how indiscriminate it is, hard to take seriously from someone who's defend
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by cykros 3y ago
If we're not funding and arming organizations known for killing, kidnapping, and raping, I'm glad to hear the IDF will not longer be receiving arms manufactured in the US and UK. Meanwhile, it's amusing the rape claims keep c
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by cykros 3y ago
A dozen were accused, and summarily terminated. There has not been an investigation at this point. At least two of them are already dead. Meanwhile, back at the too big to fail bank land, HSBC was found doing business with actual terrorist
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by cykros 3y ago
Macs are still munitions if you have a trebuchet.
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by cykros 3y ago
The leagues and/or teams are too greedy is more like it. You used to be able to watch sports on broadcast (antenna) TV, for free. Then cable channels started bidding up sports contracts, to motivate subscriptions. Then, more recentl
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by cykros 3y ago
The one place they do seem to care a little is on Chromebooks, but perhaps that's because Google has been utterly shameless in many cases, turning those into paperweights after only 1-2 years. When it doesn't even last through th
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by cykros 3y ago
At one point perhaps people thought that the cost factor would weigh in, but given how many people buy Macbooks to use google docs and watch cat videos, I think it's safe to say that thriftiness is a lost value.
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by cykros 3y ago
Lack of imagination. The amount of things people think of as impossible is staggering. Staying inside every box they've ever been put in, until they get put in the one that goes in the ground. Even when it's cheap enough to not s
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by cykros 3y ago
If it's all you need, it's all you need. But comparing Gnumeric to Excel is a bit like comparing nano to emacs.
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by cykros 3y ago
Tell me you don't scratch the surface of what Excel is capable of without saying it directly. Use PowerQuery and PowerPivot for a few months and then try to go to Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Gnumeric, or any of the other supposed repla
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by cykros 3y ago
What you can afford is based on what you've modeled based on assumptions about your future cash flow, unless you're talking about what you can afford to pay out of pocket, without taking on any debt in the process. Which isn&#x27
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by cykros 3y ago
And the Bay Area is the outlier everyone points to when talking about absurd housing markets. So, you know, ridiculous. It also seems to be finally hitting a wall post COVID.
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by cykros 3y ago
Most people don't take 30 years to pay off their mortgage, which is why mortgage rates tend to move with the 10 year treasury rather than say, the 30 year rate. The investors generally assume the average prepayment results in them bein
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by cykros 3y ago
You don't need to sell it to a millenial or zoomer. You sell it to a company, who rents it to a millenial or zoomer.
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by cykros 3y ago
Nah, they'd live in a house that they rent from Blackrock. Possibly at a lower rent due to reduced demand without small landlords in the fray, and due to a lower cost of financing for Blackrock, but it'd take actually banning res
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by cykros 3y ago
It's not that they won't sell at a loss. It's that they won't sell at a loss AND take on a new mortgage with a rate that is 2-3x what their existing mortgage costs to service. Owning a home creates losses of its own. I&
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by cykros 3y ago
Some of this is also fuel economy regulation. You can't make an F150 the size they were in 1992 without onerous fees because of the gas mileage the engine will get (while still being able to meet the needs of anyone who wants a truck,
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by cykros 3y ago
Buyers want more house? Or builders want richer buyers? Starter homes generally just don't get built, as it generally costs more per square foot to build a start home than a larger home (as some of the features are going to mostly cost
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by cykros 3y ago
What defines them as middle class then? It seems more like "Americans believe middle class has shrunk, drastically."
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by cykros 3y ago
That they don't seems to have as much to do with Android not supporting it as anything. Being able to send messages locally without going through any surveillance checks would be a godsend for protest movements, which may well have som
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by cykros 3y ago
This is the crux of the matter. If you're the face of an institution, different rules apply. And your compensation and benefits should reflect this. Most importantly, it should be in BLACK AND WHITE in your contract when you start.
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by cykros 3y ago
Taught? Of course. Do it? lol. America is the land of "the rules are all there for someone else to follow." See how we feel about genocide, presently.
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by cykros 3y ago
If it's really pedestrian fatalities we're concerned about, we should be implementing red right-facing arrows, which are on when the walk light is on. Right on red, unless that arrow is on. Perhaps a blinking yellow arrow for when
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by cykros 3y ago
When I was a cyclist, at least when there were multiple lanes, I'd hop to the left of cars turning right. When there is one lane, you do sort of have to pay attention to blinkers. Well designed bike lanes, where they exist, typically a
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by cykros 3y ago
If a child is old enough to be crossing the street without an adult present (holding their hand), then they're old enough to be looking both ways before crossing. That was a kindergarten lesson, and in my experience, those kids tend to
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by cykros 3y ago
It never ceases to amaze me how much people discount the existence of things because they "only" exist in the minds of those who believe in them. Nobody has yet shown me a flawless proof that they themselves exist, or anything els
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by cykros 3y ago
It's a leap year mate; you've gotta get to 366.
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by cykros 3y ago
Everyone except for almost the entirety of the UN, and a good chunk of the domestic American citizenry. That it could even seem like "everyone is on Israel's side" should probably explain just why it is so important to post a
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by cykros 3y ago
Don't forget, the 80s rave band The KLF burned 1 million GBP back in 1992, so this is hardly without precedent, or the largest event of its kind.

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