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by dh2022 9mo ago
Why you could not refinance when the rates went to 0%? In the US a lot of people did that in 2009/2010 and then again during COVID
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by dh2022 9mo ago
I think a lot of laid-off programmers would settle for any job in this environment... It is a employer market definitely.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
The biggest item on SALT is the real estate taxes and mortgage interest expense. A household has only one address - and thus it makes sense to have tax deduction for just one real estate/ mortgage interest expense. As such it makes sen
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Because households that share housing have more disposable income than individuals living by themselves.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
There are about 65 total Amazon Go + Fresh stores [0]. Their corporate headcount is a drop in the bucket of 14,000 layoffs. [0] https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/amazon-closi...
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by dh2022 9mo ago
What I meant to say is that the lifestyle of the average US dev is not that much better than the lifestyle of the average EU dev. From the examples you gave I only recognized the racing and boating lifestyles - both of which are accessible
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by dh2022 9mo ago
I looked at your other posts in this thread. The lifestyle you describe is not the average US based developer lifestyle. You must live in a very selective circle. Because I only know one developer who owned his plane-that Canadian guy who l
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by dh2022 9mo ago
This process also display coordination within a group and memory. Quite impressive.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
I guess you have not lived in Canada... In Canada consumption taxes is for both federal and provincial (and city) governments. In US there is no federal consumption tax. (I think it is you who needs explaining not me....)
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Canadian income tax rates: [0]. Lowest tax rate for Ontario is about 19%(federal + provincial). For Quebec it is about 28% (!!!) For WA state - we only pay federal tax so the comparable tax rate is 12% [1]. These rates mirror my perception
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by dh2022 9mo ago
In the US rich people have been separating themselves from the rest for a while now (gated communities is just the first stage of separation. Rich people would rather take a short flight than be stuck in traffic among the hoi polloi. Rich p
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by dh2022 9mo ago
If you are going to play this game you also need to adjust for taxes. I lived a few years in Montreal, then a few years in Toronto and after that I moved to US. During this years my perception of income taxes went from “they are pretty high
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Don't you worry, deposed farmers (those farmers squeezed between their mega-size suppliers and mega-size customers who had to sell their farms) voted for Trump last year.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
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by dh2022 9mo ago
They are lunatics by very basic standards. Like do not shot protesters in the face. Do not invade other countries that did nothing to you. Do not threaten other countries that did nothing to you. Do not break doors without a warrant from a
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Europeans volunteered troops in Afghanistan to help America fight Al-Quaida. When America was not right about invading Iraq, European nations tried to help America to see the truth. When America took on Libyan dictator Kadhafi European nati
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by dh2022 9mo ago
If you are looking for people to blame look at Trump supporters. 42% of Americans support Trump - even after grabbing Maduro and after giving immunity to that ICE killer in Minessota. These lunatics are not going away and cannot be put down
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Based on Trump’s current approval rating (42%) I think 1/3 of Americans are lunatics. These people are not going away and cannot be put down. America’s sundown is unstoppable.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
That is the problem though - a third of the US population is basically lunatics... This will not go away. And one cannot keep a third of the population "down".
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by dh2022 9mo ago
The Hyundai my parents have been driving for the past 7 years does not have AC nor automatic windows :). They live in Montreal, and hate the lack of AC during the summer, but it is what it is - car is cheaper without AC.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Not quite... US can freeze certain assets. It did that for Iran for example. It froze the assets for a few decades (from 1979 until 2016). In 2016 it paid back the principal and interest: https://www.brookings.edu/articles&#
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by dh2022 9mo ago
But polling is still scientific and harder to manipulate than the betting markets. All of this is covered in th article. You should read it-it is a good article.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
You obviously missed the point of the article. The point is that validating and advertising Polymarket on national news outlets will have ugly consequences.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
The article’s point was not that Polymarket is the problem-the point is validating and advertising Polymarket on national news outlets will have ugly consequences.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
There is a difference though: Kaiser’s power was un-checked. Currently there are some GOP senators who are looking to check Donnie’s ambitions. a couple of GOP senators said they will not even look at Donnie’s candidate for Fed Chairman rol
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by dh2022 9mo ago
How about Wilhelm II, the last German Kaiser? Some strong parallels - both were thin-skinned, both were idiots with a short attention span, both damaged relations with traditional allies (in Kaiser's case, these allies were also his re
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Still blaming Biden for the economy? This reminds me of this joke: How many MAGAs does it take to screw in a light bulb? None - they all sit in the dark clapping while Donnie tells them the light is on.
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by dh2022 9mo ago
Which part of Western Europe is afraid to send weapons? Britain who sent Shadow missiles to Ukraine? Germany who sent tanks? France who committed troops on the ground if there is a peace treaty in Ukraine? Germany, UK, and France have conti
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by dh2022 9mo ago
The high prices due to Donnie's policies absolutely impact me. I paid $5 for a piece of plastic that before used to cost $2. I paid $55 / fire alarm - this used to be under $30. I paid $55 for 2 dishes at a "cheap" Chine
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by dh2022 9mo ago
It looks like the behavior of EU governments contradict what you wrote. Germany is not selling off Ukraine (last week Merz re-affirmed full support for Ukraine's security) And the US are now being hated by Europeans. Supporting Donnie&

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