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601.
by troupe 9y ago
As someone who grew up well below the poverty line, I suggest you look into what is actually considered poverty in the United States. It is an extremely high threshold in terms of absolute poverty and reflects an ever-increasing dollar amou
602.
by troupe 9y ago
Have you actually talked to some of these people who are food insecure? I have yet to find any that are going hungry because of total lack of resources. I've talked to one family who said they never have enough to eat with their $400 p
603.
by troupe 9y ago
I don't know of anyone who advises people to invest all of their 401k funds in a single company. Every piece of reputable financial advice on retirement seems to suggest that you should NOT do that. I'm not trying to minimize thei
604.
by troupe 9y ago
Who were they trusting to responsibly invest it other than themselves? I thought the people who lost were the ones who had it all invested in Enron. I'm not aware of any financial advisor who would consider this responsibly invested.
605.
by troupe 9y ago
Agreed. Some people are concerned with getting people out of absolute poverty. This includes things like access to clean water, a roof to sleep under, the ability to not die at 30, etc. Other people are concerned about the spread of income.
606.
by troupe 9y ago
> Legal brothels have much lower rates of abuse. Because there is less overall abuse? If you make something legal you will increase the number of people who are concerned about the legality of their actions which will reduce the overall
607.
by troupe 9y ago
Good point. Although I think many of the disengagements are basically the car saying "I don't know what to do safely" and without a driver to take over it would simply pull over and stop.
608.
by troupe 9y ago
If you do want to extrapolate from their data, it would be worth looking at the total number of accidents--not just fatalities. Insurance companies say people file an accident claim every 18 years on average. If the average miles someone
609.
by troupe 9y ago
I had relatives that worked at a grocery store, but they did stuff like deliver 50-pound blocks of ice all around town. I'm pretty confident that agriculture, mining, and other work similar to what I described represented a much larger
610.
by troupe 9y ago
I'm not defending their position. Just clarifying what they meant. :) If someone has a better service, many people in the US feel it is just fine for them to capture a lot of the market and this isn't an inequality issue. Others t
611.
by troupe 9y ago
So you think the majority of the people you are referring to, were using condoms and most of them failed? I think that is unlikely. If it is unlikely then it means the fact they have kids are a reflection of their decision making, self-cont
612.
by troupe 9y ago
Typically if someone has a lot of money, they or someone worked hard for it at some point. But yes, people do win the lottery so there are people who haven't worked for it. But the fact that there are some people who didn't have t
613.
by troupe 9y ago
I think most people have no idea of what it was like living back in those time periods. Yes, you could get a job back then without a diploma. You might be digging ditches or loading hay in 100-degree weather. I really haven't run acros
614.
by troupe 9y ago
> Plenty. Some have kids. Others are in grad school. Some are even dealing with both. Yes people who go out and have kids without thinking through how they will provide for them usually have to work pretty hard at first. Still most of th
615.
by troupe 9y ago
Fortunately, you can increase your skill through training, reading, etc. You can increase your opportunity just by trying when you fail. Someone who only applies to a single job is less likely to be employed than someone who keeps on applyi
616.
by troupe 9y ago
It isn't the quality of the service or product that is being compared. It is the fact that when you buy from companies with really good/popular products you are doing so with a bunch of other people and that puts more money in the
617.
by troupe 9y ago
This is a very good point. Regardless of talent or luck, the person who is willing to keep trying dramatically increases their chances of success. Someone who only applies for one job and stops if they don't get it, is much less likely
618.
by troupe 9y ago
Keep in mind that many of those immigrants were still doing a lot better in the US than they were where they came from. So they may "well off" in significant ways even if not compared to someone who was born here. And for some peo
619.
by troupe 9y ago
You see many people in the United States who are working hard and avoiding foolish decisions that cannot seem to provide for their needs and set money aside for the future?
620.
by troupe 9y ago
What Aaron Swartz did with http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/continuity seems kind of relevant. Of course what he said he wanted to have happen and what the people who had access decided should happen weren't the same t
621.
by troupe 9y ago
Agreed. If continuous delivery means you can release your software at any time, then that seems to assume you have integrated all the pieces of your software. If continuous deployment means automatically deploying every passing build, it se
622.
by troupe 9y ago
> in order to goad you into using their proprietary clients. Does Netflix make a proprietary client for Windows and OS X?
623.
by troupe 9y ago
> until the system decides they are no longer a danger to the rest of us. Which kind of implies that one of the goals of prison is/should be to move to a state where they are no longer a danger.
624.
by troupe 9y ago
Tax laws are designed to encourage certain types of behavior. Funding non-profits is one of those behaviors. IKEA is setup to fund a non-profit that has a mission that tax law is designed to encourage. If you wanted to donate all of your in
625.
by troupe 9y ago
> A huge different that's obvious to me is the language we use. Meaning that people making $10 per hours use more or less coarse language than people making $50 per hour?
626.
by troupe 9y ago
Lisa Nowak
627.
by troupe 9y ago
Doesn't that study basically suggests that there is institutional sexism against males?
628.
by troupe 9y ago
> maybe those other are more likely to be women. Is that controversial to say? James Damore can probably tell you if people find this type of statement controversial or not. :)
629.
by troupe 9y ago
Bloomberg claims Trump bought the right to lease the building for the next 60 years or so. Trump does not own the property at 40 Wall Street. He is paying something like $1.5 million per year in rent. He bought the rights to lease the build
630.
by troupe 9y ago
Make sure you are getting enough sleep and at least some exercise.

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