rs999gti

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by rs999gti 2y ago
EV sales and resale values cratered in 2024. Instead of forcing EVs on consumers, why not allow the market and consumers choose?
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> settled the debate on calorie reduction. Really? Because GLP1s reduce hunger and food cravings, less of those means less eating, less eating means less calories. The drug just makes people involuntarily fast, it has no thermogenic of l
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Not the lifeline for us fatties. > Medicare enrollees, however, still won’t be able to access the drugs for obesity under a federal law that prohibits the program from paying for weight loss treatments Also, you have to be severely ill o
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Insurance needs to be not-for-profit or a government enterprise. There are many examples of this in the insurer of last resort, which are non-profit or government insurance when the private insurance can no longer cover. Insurers of la
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Take State Farm, for instance: its CEO was awarded $50 million in compensation over just two years — 2022 and 2023. Honestly, no one would care about CEO pay if the insurance companies would just pay out and make customers whole. Inste
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> I'm just wondering if the commenter that mentioned "black swan event"(a very popular theme in Russia and unrelated to wildfires) What does this mean, "popular theme in Russia"
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> The truth is that the rich diversity and stunning landscapes of places like Yosemite and other natural environments in the United States were intentionally cultivated by Native Americans for thousands of years. And their greatest tool
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> but if you have a house to insure you're worth protecting. American home owners pay property taxes, any politician would not want to kill this income source off.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Public insurance. That only guarantees you have insurance. It does not guarantee that you will be covered or made whole in an incident or emergency. See FL Citizen's insurance and other insurances of last resort as examples. What
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> “Little Red Book.” As in Mao's Little Red Book - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34932800
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by rs999gti 2y ago
If California does not do controlled burns to the underbrush like what nature or the American Indians were doing when the Conquistador arrived, then there will be more and more wildfires. This is regardless of climate change or what politic
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Democratic state majority since Reagan and California still can't get anything done.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
This is Allstate, the house, trying to maintain their edge over their customers, the players. If they get additional info that tells them you are an unsafe driver, then their odds of you not getting into an accident diminish and their goes
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by rs999gti 2y ago
In the article, I did not see anything about mental illness or addicts. How did FI solve for those people? Both groups have people who want to be homeless, so they can be left alone.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Breaking Bad does not feature medical debt, or even medical costs But it is the story of a father doing everything possible to make sure his family is taken care of after he is gone.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> no Marxist country has ever had a french fry problem No food, no food problems (head tapping meme guy pic)
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> I am a Lenovo guy myself Hell yeah, Lenovo ThinkPad for life.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> I call it the Toothpaste Dilemma It's called Tyranny of Choice - https://longevity.stanford.edu/the-tyranny-of-choice/ > Too many options can decrease the likelihood of making any decision at all
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Traditional banks and the financial industry are generally sub-optimal, but at least if you are scammed, they will do their best to either recover your money or return you whole. To have this safety, money and finances have to be centralize
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> American startup culture is so weird. But it works for the USA. Most, if not all the start ups that matter, originate in the US and a lot of them are the unicorns we all use daily like TSLA, GOOG, NFLX, MSFT, META, etc. And the founder
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> I think software and firmware should be free if critical functionality depends on an Internet-based service. Anything that requires the effort or labor of another person should not be free regardless of criticality. Get a private or pu
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by rs999gti 2y ago
To be a middle man to the middle man at 1USD/month.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> sell trade flows This is the real reason for low/no broker fees. Don't believe any broker that says they will input orders without taking their cut otherwise they (automated or not) would not exist.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Americans will eventually make themselves hated by everyone Who's everyone?
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> If their duty is to deliver education, why are they sitting on a $20B hoard? Rich alumni, patents, etc. Also, it is a warchest for innovation and expansion. Same thing as other businesses, you have a surplus of cash for reinvestment.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> UPenn is THE most obvious. Sitting on a $20,000,000,000 endowment fund that went up +170% over 10 years while Philadelphia rots with drug use, poverty, and gun violence. Why is it UPENN's responsibility to solve these issues? This
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Lawfare? Yes the court's judgment is so high, 1B USD, that he cannot make money without it being garnished. How does he get back to work? I personally do not think anyone should lose their livelihood over speech, NOTE: I did not s
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> How is censorship? How does he make future money, you know for living? The judgement basically means the courts get to garnish his wages until the judgement is paid. Jones is a goof to me and I like seeing him rant and rave and wear fo
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Alex Jones is such a big name and has other channels (x.com, Joe Rogan etc.) that he can easily build a similar site/business under a new domain name. Maybe but the judgement was for 1B USD. So any profits would probably be garnis
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Why are you using PCPs? The urgent care route seems more efficient, scales, and takes advantage of electronic medical records. I personally have not had a PCP singular doctor or doctor group in years. I use an urgent care franchise as my PC

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