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by mrep 4y ago
That article mentions "reserves" 5 times and cost/price not once. Same type of articles were written about peak oil and then the price of oil went up and magically reserves grew as it be came profitable to find and extract n
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US inflation slows to 8.3% in August but prices still rising(theguardian.com)
13 points by mrep 4y ago|13 comments
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by mrep 4y ago
Ok, lets compare SF and Austin then: San Fransisco: $1,576,808 [0] * 1.18248499% [1] = $18,645.5179 Austin: $661,337 [2] * 2.2267% [3] = $14,725.991 [0]: https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca/home-values/ [1]:
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by mrep 4y ago
Don't know why you are being downvoted. CA: $788,679 [0] * 0.73% [1] = $5757.3567 TX: $315,235 [2] * 1.69% [3] = $5327.4715. [0]: https://www.zillow.com/ca/home-values/ [1]: https://smartasset.com&
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by mrep 4y ago
It effectively already is. You cannot cross the border with more than $10,000 in cash without declaring it.
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by mrep 4y ago
Yes they do. These are 406 MHz Emergency Distress Signal devices: "Distress alerts transmitted from ELTs, EPIRBs, SSAS, and PLBs are received and processed by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, the international satellite syst
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by mrep 4y ago
You can get some without a subscription but they are not as fancy as they just broadcast your location in an emergency. I've got these 2: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V6CWS26/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
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by mrep 4y ago
Emergency Locator Beacons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_position-indicating_... I've got these 2: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V6CWS26/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b... https:
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by mrep 4y ago
Doesn't matter if they are willing to make that bet if the bank isn't and banks are going to be underwriting their loan based on the current mortgage payment and interest rate.
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Gas prices soar and pound and euro fall as Russia shuts Nord Stream pipeline(theguardian.com)
1 points by mrep 4y ago|3 comments
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by mrep 4y ago
Eh, there's easily enough rich parents to co-sign/pay their kids loans to fill the top 50 schools and I doubt any of the top schools would cut costs and risk lowering their perspective ranking so you'd effectively screw kids
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by mrep 4y ago
Lol, no they don't: https://www.statista.com/chart/14636/defense-expenditures-of...
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by mrep 4y ago
> Cancelling student debt is a lot cheaper than the F-35 program What math are you using? From wiki: "F-35 program's expected acquisition costs to $406.5 billion, with total lifetime cost (i.e., to 2070) to $1.5 trillion in th
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by mrep 4y ago
That is a terrible comparison chart as we were way more in pandemic mode a year ago. Exxon the biggest one on that list made more profits in Q2 of 2012 than Q2 of 2022 [0] and that is not even accounting for inflation. While that was proba
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by mrep 4y ago
Yes, see https://www.kalzumeus.com/2019/6/26/how-brokerages-make-mone...
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A tale of two states: Contrasting economic policy in California and Texas(siepr.stanford.edu)
21 points by mrep 4y ago|7 comments
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by mrep 4y ago
> "I'm taking the USA out of NATO" is synonym with "the west can trust Russia". Trump was all over the place so it's hard to know what his exact positions were but he definitely bitched about European countr
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by mrep 4y ago
Housing doesn't have to appreciate to be an investment though because you still have rental income.
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by mrep 4y ago
> especially for those borrowers with fixed-rate loans Which is like 90% of US mortgages [0]. [0]: https://www.financialsamurai.com/adjustable-rate-mortgages-a... .
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by mrep 4y ago
Actually, you do need to google up if you want to look at an actual data analysis. I mean, you aren't even counting the rental income in your comparison. If you look at the rate of return on everything from 1870-2015, equity markets
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by mrep 4y ago
Prices are a little higher lately though. I paid $850k for my 650 square foot condo back in march. How big those $600k units?
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by mrep 4y ago
> Is A16Z simply hoping he'll recreate the hype and they'll be able to cash out before it all comes crashing down? Yes, this is the same VC firm that argues against 10 year exercise windows in the hopes that employees who leave
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by mrep 4y ago
So completely destroy the rental market? Do you really want a city where the only way you can move there is to full on buy a housing unit?
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by mrep 4y ago
It is not about deducting but adjusting. In an inflating currency with a constant profit margin, you are basically always going to report "record profits" because a 10% margin on $11 is nominally more than a 10% margin on $10 fro
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by mrep 4y ago
Do you not have base charges? I'm paying ~$50 a month even if I use no gas.
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by mrep 4y ago
$6.23 at the harbor for me and my boats got a 130 gallon fuel tank...
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by mrep 4y ago
Or you know, we live on the other side of the country and we don't want to have to pay 5x for a comparable home in commuting distance...
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by mrep 4y ago
My citi double cash card has it.
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by mrep 4y ago
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
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by mrep 4y ago
So you are actually paid 4.2x (24*7/40) for oncall weeks? That sounds way too good to be true.

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