braincat31415

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by braincat31415 3mo ago
You should have said "to buying a new cheap watch". The average cost of maintenance and worn-out parts' replacement for a self-winding Omega (worth 7k+) was about $800 in 2020, done once every 10 years.
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by braincat31415 4mo ago
Well, I personally prefer having physical assets a lot more than cash. Just mentioning that to show that math does not favor ownership, provided that the rates stay high. Note though that there is never a shortage of demand in that area fo
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by braincat31415 4mo ago
Nah. I own a property in the gold coast area, and my property values have barely changed in the last 20 years. I only see an insane increase in real estate taxes and assessments. These are the things that price renters out, plus the Chic
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by braincat31415 4mo ago
One can always count on Trump being brought up in any discussion. Trump is definitely not the Second Coming as his proponents believe, but the previous admin is not the Saint Incarnate either, on this particular subject. Biden's EPA f
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by braincat31415 4mo ago
Home Depot vertical rails and shelves serve me just as well.
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by braincat31415 5mo ago
Didn't know about this one, it's excellent. Thanks.
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by braincat31415 5mo ago
Iron Maiden for me :)
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
Well said. I find it interesting that a single proton-m total cost per launch is about 70 million. Of course its lift capacity is much smaller, but if the 4 billion figure is correct, it does seem like a ridiculous amount. But then again t
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
It wasn't really a question.
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
You must be really dense. I don't repeat anything. I am saying that I am paying through the nose to heat my house as a result. I don't give a flying duck about your Ukraine and Iran. None. Got it? Saving the patch of dirt on th
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
Hehehe. Nice try. All I am saying this is not our fight. If you really think it is, don't be a coward and join in, instead of having Ukrainians die for you. Thank you for proving what I said at the very beginning of this conversation
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
> Preventing Ukraine from being taken over by Russia improves US security. Just sitting and doing nothing would be incredibly stupid and amoral. The only thing it improves is the pockets of the US MIC. It will be taken over anyway, bein
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
Not to me. Both involve us in wars that have nothing to do with us, both are sucking away the money that could be spent on improving things domestically instead of spending it on MIC. Both use lame excuses for justification (WMD vs "f
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
War - history won't agree with you. Trump started Iran. Biden got us into supporting Ukraine on the other side of the planet. I like neither. Crime - I don't care about "going down for years". I look at Chicago where
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
Don't look at the forums. The majority of normal US population is not on them.
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
It does not matter what favors which administration (btw like I said, food inflation stats look awful during Biden's admin, although covid is probably more to blame). The grass is always greener on the other side, and people that cann
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
That's exactly the kind of simplistic thinking that I was talking about. People had legitimate concerns about cost of living, food inflation (look at the charts of food prices 2020-2024), ballooning national debt, military adventures,
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by braincat31415 6mo ago
Depends which people. The question is why people voted for Trump en masse.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
If you look at the map, there is no place to stage it. The border with Turkey is very small. Staging in Iraq would mean troops under attack from both sides even before they cross the border.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
It is almost impossible to order decent cognac (e.g. Chateau Montifaud) from small french manufacturers. Fine Drams for example simply refuses to ship to the US and to deal with tariffs and paperwork.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
Sweden all-cause mortality was indeed higher if an immediate pre-pandemic year is taken as a base. However, pre-pandemic years in Sweden show a substantial dip in all-cause mortality, something that neighboring countries did not see. It i
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
So one person says, USSR was still catching up in industrialisation, the other one says, they were far more productive... what is it? The whole argument still feels far-fetched at the very least.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
"still had vast reserves of labour in the countryside to tap" There was a huge shortage of labor in the countryside after the war.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
Yes, and absolutely, yes. I am old enough to realize that these are the sides of the same coin. They have different but overlapping sets of masters, but the end result is always the same. I don't see the point of losing time at the po
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
You are mistaken. Just don't assume that diminishing support for Trump will result in increased support for the democratic party. I find both equally disgusting.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
ww2 history begs to differ. The USSR has seen massive economic growth in 1946-1950s.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
Bravo. It does take real courage to bully people anonymously while safely posting from your mom's basement.
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by braincat31415 7mo ago
I think most of what you said is incorrect. You need to chat about this with high school teachers. From my personal experience and that of my friends who have teen kids right now -- Talking to kids about these issues is useless; they will
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by braincat31415 8mo ago
For me, randomly missing NFS mounts after boot were the last straw. I could not solve this problem. I am back on sysv init.
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by braincat31415 8mo ago
Sigh. I give up.

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