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by ixacto 5y ago
You are finding that corruption, but at some point “render unto Caesar” is just about the only viable option. I personally view the government as amoral, it is not supposed to be the source of morality that is your own personal responsibili
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by ixacto 5y ago
Lex Fridman when he’s talking to big names in STEM subjects. If he’s taking martial arts or comedians that’s a little too close to the JRE but tech he’s great IMO.
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by ixacto 5y ago
What will happen is that inflation will cause these promises to be meaningless and throw many elderly into poverty or menial jobs in their old age, hello Walmart greeters... Getting 1x social security is not going to work when you get rent
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by ixacto 5y ago
The US tax system is designed by people who in theory represent the will of the people, but in reality that are advocating for special interests. You have things like SALT tax deduction and mortgage interest tax deduction which are directly
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by ixacto 5y ago
The individuals on Twitter are an extremist “mob” on both sides of the political spectrum that really has little relevance to larger society, except for politicians and the like who use it for communication. Follow the science and draw your
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by ixacto 5y ago
It is a single investment that is government-subsidized with loan-interest subsidies, that you can live in, that also people tend to have great emotional attachment to an unhealthy extent. Home loans at least in the United States taken out
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by ixacto 5y ago
“It sort of forces everyone into one slow lane,” he said. “The ones who are capable are never going to be able to move fast enough.” -TFA We don’t need slow/fast lanes but we need less bs in schools and to push STEM and particularly th
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by ixacto 5y ago
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine does not use mRNA and it is currently available in the United States. There were adult women under the age of 50 who had some medical problems with it but, it is much better than getting COVID. If the mRNA
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by ixacto 5y ago
Most states have eviction moratoriums until 6/30 right now due to the pandemic.
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by ixacto 5y ago
While it might not make sense to give children smartphones, they will find a way to see what they want. This is preferable to sheltering them until they go to college where it is all on display for obvious reasons. One of my fondest childho
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by ixacto 5y ago
Yes I think this is more a play for Facebook mindshare with parents.
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by ixacto 5y ago
It’s totally possible that pedophiles and abuses are using tiktok and Instagram to groom children, but most of the time it’s someone that the child knows that actually does the abuse: “ A common myth is that child sexual abuse is perpetrate
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by ixacto 5y ago
COVID freaked out the stock market last year. Then it rebounded due to tech companies bring such a large part of the index. Residential real estate did great dispute COVID in some markets.
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by ixacto 5y ago
It doesn’t matter when it comes down, next year or 4 years from now. The market will come down for stocks and cryptocurrencies. These are not sound investments for retail investors and it will cause many people that could have been using th
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by ixacto 5y ago
WA/TX/FL do not have an income tax and still pay more to the Federal Government than they receive. IMO the SALT deduction is a horrible thing and allows state governments to become way too bloated.
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by ixacto 5y ago
Why should people in states that do not have an income tax have to effectively subsidize the SALT tax deduction? Maybe it will make ca/ny think twice about having such high tax rates…
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by ixacto 5y ago
CRT teaching and COVID-lockdown related psychosis is going to lead to more adolescent health crises e.g. Columbines than we can imagine. This is going to cause issues with a whole generation of kids until we realize the damage it’s done and
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by ixacto 5y ago
That is without employer subsidy or tax credits? We can purchase insurance from state (ACA state) or federal exchange (non-Aca state), and also from the companies themselves. The cost will be either $0-1500+ Per month per person, yeah it va
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by ixacto 5y ago
Exactly. I find it this ironic it is the same phrase that Bush used, and now the left has taken it over too https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_are_either_with_us,_or_a... . Really this whole controversy is asking for
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by ixacto 5y ago
I'd make SF and all the large costal cities look like this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Hong_Kon... . That is enough density to have a condo cost 100k instead of 500k. Sure t
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by ixacto 5y ago
This is the real problem IMO. We need more dense condos like Chicago, where the median condo price is 268k versus other large cities where it is almost double that. This is just people being taking advantage of their housing...investment&#
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by ixacto 5y ago
Early 2000s Toyota Camry, with <100,000 miles. I’m hoping it will be the last internal combustion vehicle that I own.
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by ixacto 5y ago
This app wants you to sign in and change the color scheme before using. This is not good UX, it should be more like https://www.firecalc.com/ where you just type some numbers and hit "go". Not everything needs a
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by ixacto 5y ago
Well based on this article I sure wouldn’t want to work at Vice, sounds like a toxic nightmare. Basecamp on the other hand sounds great, having introduced a 10% profit sharing and removing a bunch of superfluous programs. You can fight you
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by ixacto 5y ago
Finding other ways to exercise can be difficult when it is cold and rainy out. I'm a month past having my 2nd dose of Moderna vaccine, covid is not really an issue anymore apart from people still being afraid of it/antivaxxers.
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by ixacto 5y ago
Being overweight/obese will kill more people than COVID, and will still be killing people when COVID is eradicated. But the government is not doing a ban of HFCS by executive order.
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by ixacto 5y ago
This is much better than it was before, but Visible is $25 w/ party pay and includes unlimited everything, although tethering is capped at 10mbit.
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by ixacto 5y ago
For some people prison is 3 meals a day and a place to sleep, paid with your tax dollars.
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by ixacto 5y ago
The death penalty should not be abolished because to some criminals in society the threat of force is the only thing they respect.
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by ixacto 5y ago
Yes Microsoft does have an incentive to make a POSIX dev env available on their OS and also make the experience of using it not suck. I'm curious as to why they didn't just purchase https://x410.dev/ and integrate

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