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by jogjayr 9y ago
> If the parents were fined a day's daycare fee for being ten minutes late you can bet their attitude would change. I think upping the pain works better. What's a daycare going to do with so many gallons of milk?
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Why can't we have both?
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Karnataka is governed by the Congress Party of which Indira Gandhi was the leader (and Prime Minister of India). I think that's the only connection.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
As in it checks the license in the source repo and prevents installation of dependencies with licenses that prohibit source modification?
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by jogjayr 9y ago
> The House bill would also end the student loan interest deduction This seems even more mystifying to me. Unlike taxing grad student tuition waivers (which affects a tiny minority of the population) this seems like it would affect a lo
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by jogjayr 9y ago
You can already take a tax deduction for eligible educational expenses for yourself or dependents. Undergraduate tuition certainly falls under that
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by jogjayr 9y ago
It's not so crazy if you apply it to babies. I'm sure a lot of new parents would very much appreciate knowing why their baby is crying now . What's that old quote about babies and the same error code for many different pro
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by jogjayr 9y ago
> And what happens if you cannot afford the land tax? Does your home get taken away? That can happen with property tax too though. If the land tax goes that high, it means more value could be extracted from that land by building more den
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by jogjayr 9y ago
> If torture didn't work, Kiefer Sutherland would never have gotten anywhere. But if everyone were against torture, the show wouldn't have existed. If you want to see a fictional counterpoint to the "torture works" ar
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by jogjayr 9y ago
That just moves the problem away from stock-picking to manager-picking. How do you pick a "good" manager as a retail investor? A winning track record could just be the result of survivorship bias.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
It's entirely possible for any household earning 2x median income. That means you can have the lifestyle of the median household (with 0% savings rate) and save 50% of your income. Of course 2x median is quite high for most people; tha
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by jogjayr 9y ago
I know right? Interviewers say "the solution isn't important, we just want to understand your thought process" but if you don't get the solution dollars-to-donuts you're not getting the offer.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Alternatively they could acquire DuckDuckGo
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by jogjayr 9y ago
But it's impossible to make affordable and below-market housing profitable unless the underlying issues, land acquisition costs and zoning, are addressed. That means the government will have to subsidize these units and they still won&
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by jogjayr 9y ago
> anybody, in any market, would prefer to make luxury units. It really depends on the market. Builders aren't stupid. If there's no one willing or able to pay for granite countertops they won't spend the money putting them
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by jogjayr 9y ago
There are reasons for developers to prefer to build high-end housing over low-end housing. 1. City parking requirements drive up the cost of construction to the point that only luxury units would be profitable. 2. Land acquisition costs (re
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Ah of course. Thanks
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by jogjayr 9y ago
It seems reasonable to be against taking away tax deductions for state and local taxes; you're asking to be able to deduct taxes paid to a government. As a counter-example, it's also legal to take deductions for foreign taxes pa
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Completely agree that weather makes a huge difference to how much you enjoy strolling outdoors over being in a mall. My main complaint about malls is how _loud_ they are: visually and auditory-ly (someone please tell me what the right word
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by jogjayr 9y ago
That doesn't make p2p video streaming useless though. Or even inferior.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
You can combine it with point 3: attend community college the first 2 years then transfer. I know at least some CA community colleges let you become an instate student after your first year and even out-of-state tuition at a community colle
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by jogjayr 9y ago
> I think schools should be required to press upon students prior to taking out these loans honest and factual statistics about their future job prospects, needs for advanced education, and the average graduates ability to pay back the l
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Even if you have insurance you get a statement from your insurance provider detailing how much everything cost and how much of it insurance paid for.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
In a practical sense, I wonder how they'd successfully do it in the US. Stents cost on the order of $11k-$44k per the article. Wouldn't you just know from looking at your bill afterward whether you got the stent or not?
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Given how much harder it is to leave a marriage than it is to leave a job, I'd think the gap between those two should be much larger.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
You may also like Lake Jackson, TX where you can shop at the Aldi on This Way St or eat at the Wurst Haus on That Way St.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
Compared to the 1950s it's also far easier for the average individual to learn how to do basic home maintenance, change their own oil or cut their own hair. It's not all doom-and-gloom.
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by jogjayr 9y ago
> A startup is actually hiring someone for a role and they can't take the risk that their guy will lose the lottery. If they hire someone who already has an H1B working at another company they only have to perform a transfer, which
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> one person alone is essentially powerless Yes one person alone is powerless in the face of a global problem. We have to work together to solve this thing. Having said that, there are things one person can do to "do their part&quot
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> doing something over and over again doesn't lead to mastery Mastery is probably unachievable without guidance (unless you're an undiscovered genius in the field) but competence is well within reach for most. For people who ne

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