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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I've bought some lab created diamonds made with CVD. THey're great. If anything, they're too clear. I recommend to all newly engaged couples to buy them and save the money for more important things like raising children or bu
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
But when you have less money, every dollar counts. The income tax in places like Cali or NYS can be huge because it eats into the disposable income. It could easy cut your disposable income in half or maybe eat it all.
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When they retire, they sell their house in the place with the job and move full time to the no tax state.
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A lot of vacation towns have pretty good school systems thanks to the fact that many of the people who pay the real estate tax don't send their kids to the schools.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I'm sorry and I'll be voted down for this, but I do think that it will attract plenty of fibbing and deliberate or not-so-deliberate stretching of the truth. Anyone who is rejected tends to be a bit angry about it. In this case, w
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I believe that at least one person has gotten a posting removed about himself by complaining directly to Apple. He presumed that Tea wouldn't care. https://x.com/JacobJohnson494/status/1948222924235624870
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
They communicate. They nurture their young. Some rely heavily on social networks. But you go on believing. Frankly, your intransigence tells me that they're more sentient than you.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I'll be that other person. Have you looked at how sentient plants can be?
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Many bush pilots charge cash to fly people. And in the age of pretty good long-distance telemetry, I'm sure that 99% of the time there's not much need for the second pilot in a big jet. It's that 1%.
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It does seem to me like the US Vice President is advancing a pretty tech savvy policy. He's pushing for privacy. Am I missing something?
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I had a similar experience in Europe. The store told me that VAT was refundable, but they didn't mention that the process was so convoluted that few actually did it. I persisted and they sent me a check that could only be cashed in Eur
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So it seems like you get the $250 back if you honor the terms and leave by the end. It's an interesting monetary incentive, not unlike the bottle deposits.
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If a business is losing money, then laying off some percentage will certainly hurt them. But it could save the jobs of the others. The leadership has empathy for both sets and it's emotionally mind numbing.
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Is -> Seattle a good idea? I've heard the high extra taxes are driving companies out of Seattle.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I've gotten some lab grown diamonds and they're amazing. Very clear, almost too clear. If anyone is thinking of buying an engagement ring, discuss lab grown diamonds before hand because it could save you a bunch of money that you
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Oh please. Don't dig yourself deeper. So what if the copyright owners set what you think of as an unreasonable price? In almost every case, those works are not part of the collective culture you celebrate. If the creator doesn't w
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Copyright laws don't prevent people from engaging with their own culture. They just insist that users pay what the creator wants. Any person who is willing to pay can engage as much as they want. It's like saying that laws against
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Do your own research. Look at the CEOs throughout tech. It's hard to find CEOs with parents who were born in the United States. Many of the CEOs themselves were born overseas and they came to America either as children of grad students
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
None? I think almost all VC partners are vested in their funds. They have skin in the game. Yes, they do profit from managing the money of others, but I think it's rare for them not to be putting their own money on the line.
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It's true that eBay did well during her tenure. And it's also true that she was a better grownup than the people running it before. But she also said that a monkey could drive the train. Would someone else have done better? Could
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Yup. That's where I discovered it too. Greatness.
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Hah....but these kind of places serve something better than hash.
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The real reason is safety. People have known about the efficiency of swimming under water for the longest time, but competitors would pass out or even die when they held their breath too long. So the rules changed to force people to the sur
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Look at the two estates that former President Obama bought on Martha's Vineyard and Oahu. Does it look like he thinks that global warming is going to be a factor in his life or the lives of his children?
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But why does it matter if you're on the fringe or not? Galileo was on the fringe, but he ended up wrong. Hitler was very popular and not a fringe person after he assumed power. Yet, he was pretty wrong. Somehow I bet Kate Blackwood is
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Why? Hold outs, zoning, greedy politicians and more. I drove through a blighted neighborhood. There were 60-70% unkempt houses and maybe 10-15% in great shape. Some won't want to move for their own reasons and they'll refuse to se
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Let's be fair. This was all Michael Crichton. It's in the original book. He worked through the details. Spielberg just didn't delete them.
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Doh....
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There have been fictional bands before like the Archies or Sabrina and the Pussycats. What's old is new again. Why pay some human who will often get a big ego and a drug abuse problem too?
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They are more transferable than not. Many companies allow people to gift their miles. I agree there aren't liquid marketplaces and easy ways to just send them like Venmo, but that doesn't mean they aren't transferable.

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