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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> Will these results be accepted, or are we off for another round of whatever the last 6+ months of daily outrage can be called? Mueller is a partisan who offered to fall on his sword to provide Bush Jr political cover during a scandal.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Its Mueller, not Comey, who is a staunch Republican who was appointed by Bush. And then offered to fall on his sword for Bush during various domestic wiretapping scandals. Personally, I wouldn't trust anyone that partisan to investigat
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Most of which is not true for the average homeowner that isn't investing as they are immune to capital gains and income tax due to the homeowner exclusion. So they eat ~8% (tops). Landlords have to buy and hold because they eat the tax
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Its not difficult if you buy something similar size to what you are renting and hold it for 5+ years. The tax credits, inflation working in your favor (instead of against) alone is generally enough to cover the fee after 5 years.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> I'm leaving a startup I founded due to disagreements over team/strategy. I worked on it for about 16 months. > Is it reasonable for me to keep 10% of it. - They think it's way too much. 33% over a 48 month vesting sch
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Probably worth keeping in mind that many SSDI requests are denied and the process can take 18 months. So pretty much everyone needs an 18 months of savings + COBRA costs. Even then its quite likely not enough unfortunately.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> If an insurance company can "remove" you when you become unhealthy, then they weren't providing insurance in the first place. Yup, hence Obamacare with mandatory enrollment and the removal of all the tools they used to i
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> Insurance companies are the most aligned with your wellness financially. They want as many healthy people to pay in as possible. That is only true if they are forced to accept people blindly and without screening. Otherwise, they simpl
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
https://www.bio.org/sites/default/files/Clinical%20Developme... > A more interesting question would be how many would have a significant safety issue without FDA approval. tl;dr > FDA approval (LOA) re
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> No, it is not. Then your assertion they are pro-terrorist doesn't make any sense. Helping to free people who were tortured at some point during their captivity isn't the same as being "pro-terrorist". Being a civil
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
It's not so ppl can't work. No one wants to live on $10k in the US. Even LeanFIRE types want $20k/year.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> It's a lot more than "simply pro-Islam" as you say http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1098105... . So your argument is torture is OK because they are convicted terrorists
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> It's worth pointing out that while some outlets (Guardian etc) report it as just another NGO, Cage is an Islamist pressure group. Alright, so all the Christian pressure groups should get that kind of treatment in your view then?
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> Not joking btw. It's rather amazing that employers who expect rational, logical decision making on the job want applicants to suspend their reasoning and good judgment when it comes to negotiating compensation and employment terms
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> But we don't have a solution to the problem of global capital chasing efficiency globally, and thereby hollowing out the middle of the income distribution in Western economies. It isn't a solvable problem, honestly, is the bi
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> Houses need roofs that last. Why put a new roof on every 15-20 years if you can put one on that lasts the lifetime of the house? Please don't seriously suggest Tesla's solar roof will last the lifetime of a house to people. T
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Tbpfh, that is only true for people of above average ability to remain calm in the face of failure. I've seen many, many people make dumb decision after dumb decision despite having all the facts because of emotions.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> EDIT: That's sort of the kicker. A regular roof does not get a 30% federal tax credit (plus possible state incentives), nor does it produce power for 30+ years, nor does it have a lifetime warranty. If you can obtain low cost fina
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
That sounds about right to me. A roof that exceeds 10% of the purchase price is likely to push the house outside of the price range of buyers in the target market. I know a friend of mine (who has a solar system, not quite the same) but bas
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Sorry I quoted the wrong bit. He was actually fired. > ut the stubborn Republican FBI Director refused to go voluntarily, finally provoking Bill Clinton to telephone Mr. Sessions on July 20, 1993. The President called twice. The first
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
He was pressured by Trump partisans in the FBI and elsewhere (in accordance with his obligations) to release that and Obama blocked him from writing an Op-ed about Trump before the election. I think he genuinely tried to stay neutral but th
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-U... > When Bill Clinton took office in January , 1993, his FBI Director was William S. Sessions, serving an appointment made by Ronald
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
I've seen that kind of diaspora before in internet forums and ran some for awhile based on that principle. It does work more or less in that case. I'm not 1000% sure it'll work with Wikipedia but in the case I was personally
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> No one outside of WMF is downloading and storing the dumps they provide to the public? No one who is actively marketing and encouraging contributions on a scale people are aware of them. If they existed, you'd have told me who the
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> I imagine the cost of the disorganization or loss of volunteer contribution effort in the splintering of WP spinoffs/mirrors is orders of magnitude larger than load offset from mirroring. I'm sure it would be but at the end o
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
Frankly, the problem with this Op Ed is there is a very simple solution available to anyone who is concerned about a "doomsday" scenario for Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
The OP is complaining about personnel and fundraising costs rather than actual hosting costs.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> How true are his statements? I seriously don't know enough about the WMF or the fiscal policies in place to make even a guess. Its true in the sense any forecast is true. WMF operated in line with its projections, however, so its
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/fbi-hacked-over-8... Its 2016 news.
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by fictioncircle 9y ago
> Can the applicant draw on knowledge of complexity to distill their Google search? Without that types of test your answer is "hopefully." It isn't difficult to structure a complex question that requires research and have

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