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by drdec 5y ago
I understand where you are coming from, but I think there's room to be a little more charitable to the author. While her experience with depression may not be applicable to everyone, that does not invalidate what she had to say. Her
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That is not the problem, IMHO. I would suggest that the problem is that the consumer, i.e. the patient, is doubly removed from price considerations. Firstly, insurance shields the patient from the direct cost of healthcare. Second, many pe
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> you need to do some more maths with the three numbers to figure out what the right date to use is. We did this all the time at a previous job. We had a spreadsheet in which we put in the three estimates. They were combined in some ra
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That's what I get for not proofreading for autocorrect errors
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I had this problem as well. I eventually found a setting to title which for zoom to leave the mike alone. Check you settings...
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Yes, I agree that a fixed rate mortgage is a necessity for this strategy.
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> interest payments from the mortgage can be directly compared with rent, but not the principle repayment portion of the mortgage. You keep saying this but my mortgage payment for the past six years has been 0. And when I had a mortgage
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Social security has been buying government bonds for a lot earlier than 2008.
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Inflation can be good for young people. If you really think there will be significant inflation, go buy a house, borrow more than you are comfortable with it necessary. Inflation will make the debt easier to deal with in time.
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The proper term for these "rewards" is kickback.
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With online account availability I've moved to paying my credit card weekly. I pay for everything with it.
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But old Kirk is the one who gets to decide if new Kirk even exists.
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Right, but how does old Kirk feel about it?
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I'm in the America/New_York zone and I see the proper times for the values with "Z" vs the values with "-4:00". That is, they are off by four hours.
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I think that's a proxy for inflation hurts lenders and helps people with debt.
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Part of the phenomenon in the 2nd paragraph might be the way the data is picked, in the same way you might find that a basketball team averages 8 more points per game in wins vs losses.
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> There's a $10k deduction for state taxes. If the state tax rate is greater than the federal rate, then they won't pay federal income tax. That would be true if it were a credit, but it is a deduction.
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Don't forget about the rust belt. Our problem is no one wants to live here.
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Sounds great, so what brand and model are you using now?
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Ask HN: Recommendations for a Developer's Business Laptop?
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All inkjets perform poorly in the infrequently used use-case.
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You might be surprised to learn what the foot in football (all varieties) actually refers to.
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Yes, the new browser would rise like a phoenix from the ashes, a firebird if you will...
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To be fair, it is not unusual for native English speakers to conflate the two words as well.
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I believe the GP was making a distinction between jail and prison. Jail is where you are held until your trial or you make bail. Prison is where you are sent after you are convicted. A penitentiary would be a prison, not a jail.
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This sounds every much like my experience. After being diagnosed with diabetes and greatly reducing the carbs in my diet, I lost around 25% of my body weight over about eighteen months. (Overall I'm down a third from my peak weight t
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What we learned from that article is that Michael Huemer will only be winning $1000 if he is ever lucky enough to play this game. The key to one-boxing is to commit to it early and don't waver when the time comes.
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There's also the definition of baby boomers as those aged 51-69, which would correspond to those born in 1951-1970, off by five years or so from the usual definition.
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But does quarter-pounder really sound better, or is it that that has always been the name of a burger for us? The same way The Beatles has always been the name of a band and seems like a great name until you think about it and realize it is
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Seems like a good place to point out that during the pandemic John Linnel of They Might Be Giants recorded an EP called Roman Songs entirely in Latin. It's available on Spotify (you'll have to check other streaming services yours

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