buddavis_

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by buddavis_ 2y ago
twitter doesn't have near the income it used to have. or audience. it does have the same profit. 0%
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
kind of drive themselves.
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
This does not make any sense. Is the person speaking drunk or mentally impaired in some way?
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
Social Security is advertised as an "insurance fund", rather than a transfer payment. If it was advertised as a handout, then many of the recipients would be asking for a broom; provided they were able.
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
No. The story I read was for "Interim Top Secret". If you have a clear National Agency Check (arrest and convictions), and do not flag as a drug user / mental case, then you can be given an "Interim Top Secret" wh
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
The average SS recipient receives more in benefits than they contributed. (including reasonable interest). It is a tax, and an income redistribution program. For the record, I agree with the overall program. Old people need some support f
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
The 'brand' of the FBI is worthless. For half of the country it was investigating the criminal. For the other half of the country it is the result of the purge. No-one will trust the FBI from here on out. Need to delete it and re
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
I am 62 years old. What is the number 1 discussion topic with my retired colleagues? How to minimize taxes in retirement. (the RMD causes panic because if forces taxation). Many get a pension, social security, have a 401k, paid off house,
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
The interest payments are yesterdays sins. Increase social security taxes (example: no longer stop taxing wages over $150k for a start) Decrease social security benefits. Means testing. If you have over $200K of income, then no check (or
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
Oh, but they did. Trump has been spewing out his plans for 10 years. His inability to understand complex situations, lack of world knowledge, ignorance of history. The voters knew exactly what they were voting for.
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
Googling for statistics was difficult. Lots of month to month 'headlines', but the averages were difficult to determine. Highly variable. Best I can come up with is last year 250,000 non citizens were removed from the US. (depor
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
there is a bit of sarcasm in there, but most server and desktop machines stay on all the time. Amortized over 1000 days of uptime, that 30 second boot time is not worth messing with.
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
There are many multi user systems still in use. Think HPC, universities, places where the security requirements do not allow code / data to be shared by access from a users laptop. Operations vs. Development. Operations is much more
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by buddavis_ 2y ago
The conspiracy I follow is systemd is the result of a bunch of noobs trying to duplicate the Mac experience on linux. Such as the focus on laptop over traditional multi-user systems. And a desire to minimize boot time. See also, "wayl