elindbe2

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by elindbe2 6y ago
Real numbers
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by elindbe2 6y ago
As someone who is currently moving out of a major city, I think this is overblown. COVID will end, probably next year, and the vacuum that drew people and dollars into NYC will resume. Some people and businesses will move out during COVID
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I hate road noise so much. They have a large botanic garden near me. The problem is they built it close to the highway and you can hear constant road noise throughout the entire park. It completely ruins the experience of what would be a
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Marxists hating people is not evidence of anything. Very similar groups of people hate each other all the time. The catholics vs. protestants in the middle ages comes to mind.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Yeah I just hope and pray that this century doesn't turn out like the early-to-mid 20th century.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Stated more generally, it breaks the concept of fungibility. One unit of currency would no longer be interchangable with another unit of currency. This makes it harder to use because now each bill has to be inspected before acceptance.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Having spent much time there I've encountered plenty of people who haven't been bored in retirement. That's the beauty of being FI anyways, if you want to work then work. If you don't want to work then don't work.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
A job at Google? I've seen plenty of videos and articles with titles like: "Ex-googler explains the meaning of life".
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by elindbe2 6y ago
That seems overly dramatic. Yes, you can retire in your 50s (or 30s-40s with a good paying job) and stop working. There is always plenty to do in this great wide world that we live in if you have even a modicum of imagination.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Those costs really doesn't add up to much for me. Most of the stuff I would have anyways (internet, electricity, HVAC). There's some small marginal increases I suppose. And I would bet that the costs are less than the savings f
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Couldn't they build upwards though?
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by elindbe2 6y ago
In areas not close to Munich?
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by elindbe2 6y ago
That doesn't explain the lack of new building though. Is it NIMBYism?
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Anecdotally, I've been quite addicted to coffee since college and wanted to try giving it up. Going to work every day, I had trouble going cold turkey, but once COVID hit and I started working from home I gave it up almost effortlessly
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I'm not understanding the legal argument for funding private secular schools but not private religious schools. That seems like clear discrimination on the basis of religion, which is a protected class. It seems like in response thou
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I feel like there has been a concurrent pandemic of post hoc ergo propter hoc logic since the COVID-19 pandemic started. I can empathize with the desire for certainty but I feel like alot of the time it might be better just to say we don
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Lab mice have extremely long telomeres compared to wild mice and humans. This would theoretically make them better able to heal but more prone to cancer. This also makes them a poor model for testing the toxicity of drugs because they wou
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by elindbe2 6y ago
True, he should donate more, to the point where he's in the same living situation as the people he's supporting.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I agree that's kind of shitty, but hopefully the board can just ignore his request. I rather like his larger idea though. If you honestly believe in something, then donate your wealth away to support it, rather than worsening wealth
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Seems reasonable. A lot of white people are out protesting. Why not put your money where your mouth is even if it hurts your future? Though I suspect in Ohanian's case he'll be rich for the rest of his life regardless of what h
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by elindbe2 6y ago
But you're not including any other taxes required to run the federal government and you're also handwaving away the effects of a 97% tax rate. Tax rates would have to increase even more just to counteract the fall in government r
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Forgive me, I'm still not understanding. Increasing my income from $101k to $233k would net me $4k after taxes? Isn't that a marginal tax rate of 97%? I have to imagine there would be some kind of economic fallout from that. I
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I'm not quite following you, you still seem to be suggesting that they go from ~$18k avg. SS payment + $11k avg. Medicare payment = ~$29k to an $18k per year payment, a loss of $11k per year on average. Am I missing something? What a
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I don't think it's reasonable to think that UBI could replace SS and Medicare, elderly people aren't going to give up those benefits for a significantly smaller lump sum. The average SS payment is already greater than $18k p
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by elindbe2 6y ago
You dirty, evil price gouger! Crawl back into your cave.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
We already have that, it's called Excel.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Caffeine has the unfortunate side effect of raising my blood pressure about 10 mmHg. While I love coffee I had to give it up. I can't imagine that would be good for me long term.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
Somewhat interesting article but I don't come away from it with any idea what to do about the problem the author outlined. I'm also fairly certain if you look at the people moving away from the city you'd see they have good
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by elindbe2 6y ago
I don't know about you, but I have very sensitive conversations with my self--out loud--while making toast.
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by elindbe2 6y ago
How would you do that in practice? Tax capital gains annually?

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