orthros

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by orthros 3y ago
So this is SubStack revisited I take it
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by orthros 5y ago
I tried all my cars and the values are really high. A 2003 Toyota Sienna with 200,000 miles isn't worth $5,500 in Good condition. I mean I wish but no. Maybe $3,000 under crazy current market environments but probably more like $2,000-
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by orthros 5y ago
That sounds small but over 40 years that would net a portfolio about a quarter smaller than in a country without one.
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by orthros 5y ago
I'll be the pedant to point out it can't move more than 100% on the downside. Which since it has risen more than 100% in less than a year seems like a decent deal although fraught with risk to be sure.
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by orthros 5y ago
TL;DR Employers need to cough up more $$$
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by orthros 5y ago
No way this could possibly come back to bite people at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Nope.
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by orthros 6y ago
Ideas have consequences. Who could have foreseen.
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by orthros 6y ago
No longer Catholic, but Matthew 23 has to be interpreted in context since Christ also says to call no one a teacher but we don't freak about that at all. Also, St. Paul says you don't have many Fathers in the faith but he is one.
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by orthros 6y ago
I own an Apple Watch 6, but I'll tell you the problem: charging $400 for a watch. If they got down to $100 or so, you'd see wide adoption. Which is why the Wyze Watch at $20 is so fascinating to me. At this price, you can just buy
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by orthros 6y ago
I wish I had read this paper before entering CMU back in the mid-90s. My advisor would enthusiastically agree, I bet.
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by orthros 7y ago
My work required me to change passwords every 90 days. I worked there for 8 years. My first password was [password]1 and my last one was [password]34. I'm guessing this isn't what they had in mind.
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by orthros 8y ago
And the other 3 lied
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by orthros 8y ago
It's a big deal because the numbers will (hopefully) get large quickly. A $3M account that pays an extra 0.1% per year is dinged for $3,000 a year, every year. The cumulative compounded effect over 20 years is north of $75K.
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by orthros 9y ago
In high school, I recall drooling over a 1GB hard drive in Computer Shopper magazine for $1,699. I'm guessing that in 30 years we'll be looking at 1PB drives in the $150 range, inflation adjusted. What a time to be alive.
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by orthros 9y ago
I have 7 kids, my wife stays at home and homeschools them. We live frugally. Outside of enormous COL areas like San Fran, NYC, LA, etc. it can absolutely be done. The first couple kids are the most expensive, by the way. And thrift stores a
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by orthros 10y ago
Well, I could care less about most environmental regulation - I rather think it's a waste of time and resources - but I am OK with supporting certain laws that are supported by people who I respect, even though I personally could ca
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by orthros 10y ago
If you truly believe that an unborn child of 8, 6 or even 4 months is just a blob, the local 4-D ultrasound center would like to have a word with you.
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by orthros 10y ago
It's neither necessary nor sufficient. One doesn't have to be affected by rape to oppose it. I can reflect that there are others whose opinions I value. And thus throw support behind issues that, if left to my own opinion in a va