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by rdouble 14y ago
Yes but that was not always the case. Malaria was endemic to North America and existed from Florida all the way up through Minnesota. The CDC was formed as the center for malaria control. I was responding to the point that "pretty much all
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by rdouble 14y ago
There is little worth seeing between South Carolina and the northeast besides DC and the Shenandoah Valley. New York may be hugely different than Charleston but there are few interesting differences between all the suburban areas in between
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by rdouble 14y ago
The USA has ideal conditions for malaria. Washington DC was a giant malarial swamp at one point.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Exec and Uber aren't gouging, though. Exec is actually cheaper for cleaning than something like Merry Maids. Plus the workers get paid way more. Uber is more expensive than a cab, but it did not come into existence because the founders want
845.
by rdouble 14y ago
With the normal family deductions take home would be $20K in New Jersey. Chinese nanny is $1600/m. Mortgage on $600K house is $3000/m. No insurance fees for a derm. They are in high demand and insurance is covered by the practice. There is
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by rdouble 14y ago
http://createdigitalmotion.com/2012/09/shine-an-led-wall-loo...
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by rdouble 14y ago
A professional job that pays $400k is being a dermatologist in New Jersey. Even after the nanny and $600K house you are still putting away $200K a year. Your husband's $100K hobby job as a stay at home dad/computer programmer can be used as
848.
by rdouble 14y ago
If you buy new putters for mom and dad for Christmas.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Working for Rakuten would be an easier way than trying to work for a startup.
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by rdouble 14y ago
It's simply because of different breeds of hens.
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by rdouble 14y ago
There was a salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter just months ago. All of the peanut butter at Trader Joe's was recalled.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Brown rice is about 8 cents per 200 calories.
853.
by rdouble 14y ago
My peanut butter and banana sandwich costs less than 75 cents, and I buy the fancy bread and peanut butter.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Because it sucks to deal with strings in C & C++, and the web is mostly strings.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Minneapolis is one of the most PC places on the planet.
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by rdouble 14y ago
NYU has been been buying its way up the reputation ladder for the past 15 years.
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by rdouble 14y ago
That is part of the problem. But largely it's just because it's a desirable place to live. Manhattan has plenty of residential skyscrapers and that hasn't made rent go down.
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by rdouble 14y ago
I wasn't debating semantics, I was just wondering what he meant.
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by rdouble 14y ago
The plan B gentrification destinations don't collapse, they just stay in a state of half-gentrification forever. Oakland, Jersey City, Northeast Minneapolis, etc. They have been the next hot place to live for the past 20 years.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Oakland is much cheaper. Berkeley is as expensive as SF. What do you mean by some of the other little towns? There aren't any "other little towns." Alameda?
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by rdouble 14y ago
My usual suggestion to my Oakland bound artist friends is to move to Los Angeles.
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by rdouble 14y ago
A decent programmer makes more like $150K a year. A decent house costs over 1 million dollars. A rental for your family will cost $3-4K. The schools in SF aren't great and there is a lottery system. This means your kids could be going to sc
863.
by rdouble 14y ago
...45% of people are in the service or entertainment industries... 70% of the US economy is service industry already.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Wasn't Aaron a fellow at Harvard Law school and didn't he hang out with Larry Lessig? The part of the story I don't understand the most is why the high profile lawyer who was egging Aaron on to break the rules seems to have played a minor r
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by rdouble 14y ago
Okay.
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by rdouble 14y ago
The problem with this idea is that it's impossible to become a farmer unless you've already made enough money in software to quit and buy a farm.
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by rdouble 14y ago
5-10lbs a week is beyond what's considered a normal weight fluctuation. Either your scale is broken or you should see a doctor.
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by rdouble 14y ago
Although I didn't cite any stats (google "art market booming" if interested) it's not an opinion. There has been an art boom over the past decades, and there are more artists making a lot more money than ever before. Certainly more than in
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by rdouble 14y ago
As for the museums, unfortunately kid science centers, imaginariums, and aquariums aren't science museums. My estimate was only including institutes accredited by the American Association of Science and Technology Centers. They definitely
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by rdouble 14y ago
If ever a time comes when one could sustainably make money selling art Now is that time. Poetry is another thing altogether, but more visual artists are making more money right now than they ever have at any other point in history.

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