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by jsoc815 8y ago
Cool. It happens.
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> * the original purpose of the food stamp program was clearing agricultural surpluses (hence why the program was created in the Department of Agriculture...* This!! I am always a little disappointed to see so many people on HN talking a
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by jsoc815 8y ago
I've never had the displeasure of being around so many drugs as when I went to prep school-- not some random private school, but a legitimately prestigious one to which future U.S. presidents and or their spawn are sent. Kids there wer
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Well I guess w/o knowing the specifics of our situations it's difficult to know why our experiences were so different, but if that is in fact what you did experience and you weren't trying to game the system (which it seems m
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> ...FAFSA still considers you a dependent until you're 24. I was told that only with documentation of leaving an abusive household would a dependency exception grant be applied. Would you mind saying when and by whom you were tol
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by jsoc815 8y ago
1) This would be a solid purchase. Hell, I've often thought about buying Landmark myself. (But alas, slightly short on funds @ present) 2) This would address a problem that Netflix had/has w/awards (your 'film' isn&
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by jsoc815 8y ago
Thanks for your support. The Matrix Trilogy, IMO, is highly underrated. The 'action' (and lack thereof in parts 2 & 3) really distracted people from understanding what the whole thing was about. And of course, because of its a
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by jsoc815 8y ago
I'm sorry to say that beenBoutIT is spot on. As someone who actually values learning about a broad range of things, I find the more I learn the fewer people I can interact w/. This is because 1) it becomes more difficult to tole
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by jsoc815 8y ago
I appreciate your digging into this. The 1913 tidbit is an interesting wrinkle. I'd say, based on experience and conversations w/ elected officials, at the end of the day "encourage home ownership" is less likely to be a
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What exactly is the problem w/this post? As someone already mentioned, "zombie houses," which as far as I'm concerned qualify as shadow inventory , have existed for some time. The portfolio sales did not help the averag
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> The entire (expressly stared) reason to make mortgage interest deductable was to encourage more home ownership. IIRC it was actually to encourage more borrowing so that the banks could securitize and sell off the loans . Increased
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> Then the bank holds... gets a bail out, the home is written off, and the market is just as tight as it ever was. This! I've been talking to people about this for years. Most don't believe me when I say it. In fact, I'v
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Agreed. I really have a problem w/ the censuring of someone for asking a question or for answering one w/factual information. For a group of people on pride themselves on being logic-driven and smarter-than-the rest , the behavio
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> Opsec in depth routine for a new laptop... I really like your style, and can't quite comprehend why your post merited down votes. As for the rest of you,stating that covering/disabling mics and cams is silly: Just beca
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Amazon plans primary care clinics for employees(cnbc.com)
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Same, although I can see some cooperative deal w/ DC and possibly MontCo (MD). However, I heard the Virginia's governor speak about this broad topic, and given what he'd already indicated the state had done to attract tech an
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It seems that in Finland, and I'm sure they're not alone, that isn't a wholly viable option for many. [1] As was said above, cash is probably one's best bet, which is part of the reason that there is currently so much
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by jsoc815 8y ago
Ah, down voted for provided facts again. Excellent. To mortenjorck and inetknght , I've not said that the typical individual user would have an easy go of things. What I did do was present options for userS to employ, en masse
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by jsoc815 8y ago
While I don't quite appreciate your sentiment, I do appreciate your honesty . What you say is quite true, and most people are unwilling to admit that in public. However, if most people internalized the fact that your POV is pretty m
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by jsoc815 8y ago
The likely argument would be that within the TOS or elsewhere there is (broad) language granting them the ability to do so. Of course, because users dutifully accept/sign the documentation placed in front of them, such practices are le
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How to End Japan’s Deflation? Abolish Cash(bloomberg.com)
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Microsoft warns investors about A.I. risks(cnbc.com)
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U.S. Treasury backs special federal charter for fintech firms(reuters.com)
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by jsoc815 8y ago
Not making any statements about the post in question, but I do think it would be more helpful if posters where given reasons for why posts are being flagged and/or downvoted. The legal profession exists because rules/laws are subj
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by jsoc815 8y ago
Against my better judgment, I'd like to wade into this to point you to a recent article in The New Yorker .[1] [1] https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-sociologist-ex...
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Having long ago heard that most of the satellites were long past their intended 'expiration' dates, I'm still a little surprised to see articles like this appearing today. As for your book rec, does it add much substance to h
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> New York law applies here. While the contract states that, that part should actually be unenforceable unless a certain set of conditions is in place. As I noted in another post, it's important for people to review the rules of
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by jsoc815 8y ago
> and only block new submissions if the previous one had upvotes or discussions. If it's based on upvotes, there must be a threshold, because the link I provided appears to have been upvoted by someone. All the more reason why I a
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by jsoc815 8y ago
Sorry. Thought I was being helpful here. Can you explain why the system allows the same link to be posted multiple times? I seem to remember a time when it filtered them out (at least for me).
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by jsoc815 8y ago
[Dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17608080

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