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by jurassic 5y ago
I would love if sites containing too many affiliate links were de-ranked in google. Google doesn't get a cut of the affiliate revenue, so I don't understand their incentive to let this kind of spam proliferate.
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by jurassic 5y ago
I interpret the typical advice to cover DIY materials, required service calls (e.g. plumbing issue), and occasional high-ticket items (roofs, water heaters) but not relative luxuries like paid lawn care. I guess it depends how fancy your ne
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by jurassic 5y ago
I don’t have a horse in this race, but from the WSJ article I read it sounds like the dead president was a Trump-style wannabe dictator who was narrowly elected in 2016 and then refused to leave office when his term was up. When people don’
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by jurassic 5y ago
Public speaking is certainly expected. Accommodations might be possible for somebody with an obvious and documented disability like muteness, but most people just experience different levels of anxiety which is considered "normal"
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by jurassic 5y ago
These aggressive activists do more to inflame anti-trans sentiment than any other. I'm fine with live and let live. Call yourself what you want, wear what you want, marry who you want -- no problem. But today's trans-activist is n
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by jurassic 5y ago
If your skill is moving boxes onto a delivery truck your work is not more useful/valuable as part of Amazon than at a small traditional company with no scalable internet components. The excess value in these companies should flow to th
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by jurassic 5y ago
By my calculation, if this person made ~$120k year and lived in a typical $3000/month 1-bed apartment in San Francisco, they should have about $40k/yr left after taxes and housing costs are paid. Out of this $40k they'd need
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by jurassic 5y ago
Is this a real thing? I can’t tell if you are joking or not.
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by jurassic 5y ago
> Have you ever lived in a state of fear, wondering which thing you've been putting off – the toothache, the weird noises coming from your car, the surprise bill, will bring you over the brink into homelessness? Assumptions are funn
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by jurassic 5y ago
> This feels like an expression of the "just world" fallacy[1]. It's entirely possible that many of the people stuck in 50hr/week jobs did all of the things you list but didn't get the lucky breaks Tim did and so
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by jurassic 5y ago
You have a choice to do something other than what you're doing right now. Having clear goals for where you want to end up that guide your choices, you can eventually stop working a job you hate and do something you find more fulfilling
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by jurassic 5y ago
The author has crab in a bucket mindset. One person having enough success to have the lifestyle they want does not mean somebody they employ is being victimized by them. This might resonate with some, but for me it is a big turn-off. It sma
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by jurassic 5y ago
Rent vs buy is a complicated question, but I'm sure there are those who would prefer to keep their money invested rather than tie it up in the downpayment on a home. Especially if they think they might only be in that location for a fe
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by jurassic 5y ago
Give me a private office with a door that closes and pay me enough to live a 5 minute walk from the office without compromises to other aspects of my lifestyle, and I might consider coming back to the office. Until then, I'll see you o
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by jurassic 5y ago
It is, and it's still clunky.
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by jurassic 5y ago
It would be easier if I had more ports on my computer, but the trend from Apple and other computing providers is to reduce, streamline, and eliminate opportunities physical connectivity. Even with a top-end Macbook Pro, you've only got
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by jurassic 5y ago
I'm a prosumer hobbyist with a Nikon D850 and a handful of expensive lenses that I enjoy, but I'm not sure I would buy them again. I love the experience of shooting with them and loath the experience of getting my images off the d
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by jurassic 5y ago
Agreed. Bubble envelopes can work okay if they are the correct size, but I often get normal-sized books shipped to me in XXXL size Amazon envelopes. These mailer envelopes are big enough for the book to rotate freely in amy direction inside
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by jurassic 5y ago
> ...this moronic interview practice would alienate an obvious asset > The lack of faith in our fellow humans is disgusting. This kind of catastrophizing and dismissive language makes me want to ignore everything the author says. If y
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by jurassic 5y ago
I got screwed by Capital One when they refused to wire my funds to a different institution when I needed them to for a big stock option exercise. The rep on the phone told me their policy was to only do wire transfers for home closings. The
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by jurassic 5y ago
I think the value is similar to the value of a personal trainer. There's no rocket science involved in maintaining fitness, but many people find value in the added accountability and planning support.
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by jurassic 5y ago
There are plenty of bootcamp grad alumni from the ~2013 era that are now senior and staff level engineers. Any company that wants to be stuck up about university degrees is missing out on a lot of potentially strong contributors. The bootca
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by jurassic 5y ago
After discovering a favorite album of mine got dropped from the Spotify catalog, I feel a strong impulse to return to physical media. But first I have to decide on which audio components to get. Thinking back, I think I had a much stronger
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by jurassic 6y ago
Different people have different motivations in collecting. Some people are really into the completionist aspect and really enjoy hunting very specific items on a checklist; this type of collector might set out to assemble a date set with on
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by jurassic 6y ago
Coins are a great hobby. Something at every price point, with art and history to appreciate. My current “serious” collecting project is to assemble an AU quality US half dollar type set, but I also have a few themed collections (sailboats,
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by jurassic 6y ago
Probably that ball is what saved the kid’s life.
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by jurassic 6y ago
I don't think it's fair to assume harmonized tax rates are mutually beneficial. Taking Ireland as an example, how many of the companies that shifted profits there for favorable tax treatment would continue to do that if they had t
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by jurassic 6y ago
I don't see any reason why the Irelands of the world would be amenable to the idea of a minimum corporate tax rate. There are huge economic benefits to be had by luring US and UK companies with favorable tax treatment. Yellen's fa
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by jurassic 6y ago
Anybody reading this site can afford to pay for YouTube Premium to eliminate the ads. How much is your time worth?
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by jurassic 6y ago
Dividends are taxable while price appreciation doesn’t become taxable until you sell. Unless you need income, it’s more tax efficient to shareholders if the company reinvests free cashflow in continued growth.

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