lucidmote

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by lucidmote 4y ago
I actually want to go back to just physically possessing bullion. Nobody has convinced me central bankers won't eventually abuse digital currencies as badly as they do fiat ones. We need a deflationary currency. We need one that has ve
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by lucidmote 4y ago
As an American, I've seen it spelled both ways and I don't think it matters. People get too emotionally invested in these things. Languages evolve and for most of history there wasn't universally consistent spellings for many
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by lucidmote 4y ago
Most of the people I have known that rave about Chomsky actually read very little of his work. I've tried getting through a few of his books, and I actually find his linguistic publications more interesting than his geopolitical ones.
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by lucidmote 4y ago
I've considered it. I'm Jewish and qualify for Israeli citizenship, and theoretically I could keep SSDI while living abroad. I'd prefer Spain though honestly. There's a Puerto Rico loophole that allows US citizens to mov
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by lucidmote 4y ago
I've never been able to get a mortgage while on SSDI. It's theoretically possible. I do have credit cards and a car payment though, so access to credit isn't entirely non-existant. I'd love to get qualified for USDA loan
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by lucidmote 4y ago
People have no idea. I've done Darpa internships in IT and full stack developer internships in DC, and could have a lucrative career someday, but I'm stuck in this strange pocket of SSDI where I can't afford to return to work
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by lucidmote 4y ago
So, I'm in networking, but we typically charge the equivalent of $100-120 per hour for labor. We generally don't make any money on materials unless it's something we bought before a price hike. I don't generally get too
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by lucidmote 4y ago
I've been disabled since 17, finally got approved for SSDI in 2017 after almost two decades of struggling to work and make ends meet. I can say definitively that employment in the US does not follow the guidelines as they exist and tho