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by mcknz 16y ago
The Daily Show has a bias against stupidity, which both major parties have more than enough of....
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One reason people recommend BBC is that it's a place to get a view of the US from the outside, from perhaps a more "objective" point of view, as opposed to domestic coverage that is a part of what it reports. I like Newshour, and it seems
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Add MSNBC to your Fox habit and you should be fine. MSBNC is left-leaning. NPR does a lot of international reporting and stories regarding the arts, which I think is why they sometimes get unfairly labeled as left-leaning. If you take a
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alpha tester.
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They thought they were ordering a kindle.
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And 500 of those were Microsoft employees.
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File under: gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion
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I certainly don't have all the answers, but part of why parents hate parenting is a one-size-fits-all approach to what parents are "supposed" to do: issue time-outs, "recite the rules of the house to a 2 year-old," or overuse the good old "
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Everything I Know About Tennis I Learned from Cow Paths(paul.kedrosky.com)
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Because it's about hackers and satisfies our intellectual curiosity. Oh wait....
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Don't jump too far ahead -- medicine is a secondary issue right now. The important thing is to go see someone who is trained in mental health issues and get a diagnosis. When someone is in a depressed state they don't realize how messed u
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At risk of a further beatdown: Certainly not my intention to pretend special knowledge here, and I don't mean to be argumentative. Specifically I was thinking a long-short mutual fund like HSGFX might work as a hedge for a small investor i
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Not suggesting that there are many good active funds, but the ones with long-term managers are worth at least some research -- you don't have to beat the benchmark each year to be a long-term success.
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This discussion is already far more interesting and entertaining than iPhone signal strength.
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Sure, it costs money, but it also costs money to be in an index fund that falls 40-50%. No-load, low-expense index funds are extremely useful but not foolproof. Something to be said for cash right about now as well....
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One good thing about actively managed mutual funds (as opposed to index funds) is you get the experience of the money manager working in your favor. The majority of actively managed funds fail to beat the market, but if you do your researc
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Certainly the personalization is not out of pure altruism, but speaking for myself, after having been pummeled for years with clearly impersonal solicitations for various financial services (some more dubious than others), with one credit c
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Better him than Tiger Woods.
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because only juveniles have 4+ hours free to sit in a movie theater...
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Correct, but convenience is a strong motivating factor -- why else would people pay 20-30% interest just to take their own money out of an ATM? Most people just want to get a phone with service, and don't really want to mess around with th
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You can get more for your money if you can find an existing framework/solution to modify (e.g., BuddyPress), and can find a solid freelance developer or small shop to do the work. People who charge 100-150 an hour are not doing web sites fo
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It's funny I just noticed this the other day on my account -- they even tell you when you try to log in that your password must be 8 chars. Might as well tell you that all passwords must begin with A.
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I thought they put alcohol before privacy? Maybe that was before money. After Google?
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Dollar cost averaging to zero is still zero. Best to stay away from hot IPO stocks until they have a history of earnings.
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weak passwords? 8 characters ought to be enough for anybody.
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The Motley Fool is itself a contrary indicator. The real question is should anyone be buying equities right now....
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But that makes for a boring customer service case study.
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Whatever it is, apparently next-generation JavaScript tools are needed for its implausibly excellent dynamism.
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I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and I have earned trust in the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken to the Messiah. But, I have never gone to colleg
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I'll pretend to be surprised here. GASP

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