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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Okay, then why gate it behind a recurring fee instead of a one-time unlock cost?
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I just saw an interactive tool for this recently: https://www.movemap.io/explore/us
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
We bought a house recently where the sellers left behind the fridge. The fridge had a handful of broken plastic shelves: things like broken clips and cracked frames. I thought it would be cheap to repair. Wrong. Fixing every broken item (~1
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
If I've learned anything from watching "Idiots in Cars" videos on Reddit, it's that you can go from "driving normally" to "in an accident" much faster than you think. Most people have very little expe
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I noticed that many artists that I like put out albums in 2021, but far fewer have put out albums in 2022, even accounting for the year only being half over. I think this is partially due to the pandemic: with artists unable to tour, many t
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Seems like we're seeing this pattern across the board in the economy: shortages of labor, and salaries aren't increasing enough to lure people in. Are employers unable to raise salaries, or are they unwilling? If they are unable,
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
This page really drills into you how pathetic this settlement is. Less than $3 per affected person for something that affects over a hundred million people. And as if to rub salt in the wound: > 3. I don’t want Equifax to have my data. W
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
If you finance the car and invest your money in something with a rate of return higher than the interest rate, you'd end up with more money than paying cash. ...though of course many who finance cars aren't choosing to do that. Th
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I think that falls back to (A) in my original post. You certainly don't need a Master's in pure mathematics to teach 3rd graders how to add fractions, but you probably do want to understand what teaching techniques are effective
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I definitely think teachers need (A) understanding of effective teaching methods and learning development and (B) a deep understanding of their subject. Both are important at all ages, but (A) seems more important at younger ages, where you
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Thus continues the downward spiral. If you remove the college degree requirement, you can lower the salary even further for teachers. Combined with Arizona's move towards school vouchers, it's hard to see a positive future for the
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Is this a shock? - Low pay. For STEM fields, you can easily make far more in industry. - Decreasing resources and investment from the community. - Decreasing freedom in what you teach and how you choose to teach it. - Half of parents see yo
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
How do you draw the line between grouping it under 'old age' VS the actual proximate cause?
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I always say that people only choose public transit over driving when it's (A) cheaper, (B) faster, OR (C) more practical. And ideally it needs to be two or even three of those. In the US, it's pretty rare that any of those thre
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Over the last two years, it feels like even undesirable places have had huge price increases too.
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Does anyone have any financial advice on how to handle extended periods of inflation? What about if it turns into stagflation?
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
For me, often the amount of time I've hung on to the item becomes the reason I keep it longer, rather than the item itself. "Oh wow I've had this trinket since the 5th grade. It's not really significant to me anymore, bu
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
To me this reflects the large variety and volume of content out there today. As the amount of content grows, people with less mainstream tastes spread out their consumption, but people with more mainstream tastes stick with popular choices.
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
True, but if a company wants to restrict something and cites productivity as the reason, I would hope they could provide concrete evidence. Most of the publicly stated reasons against remote work/WFH seem to be qualitative and only ref
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I can't comment on the recent issues, but it's always been a peeve of mine that the express lanes operate even when it's not in the main commute direction at the time. For example, the 680 lanes operate M-F, 5am-8pm. But nort
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I think most of what I listed, except pay, has gotten worse since the pandemic started. - A large fraction of patients see the pandemic as overblown and nurses as perpetuating the myth. It's gotta be hard to care for someone who mistru
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Travel nursing is definitely a great way to turn the tables if you can do it. The money you can make is clearly quite high! I fully support those nurses using travel nursing to get greater pay. But it also isn't an option for everyone.
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Is this a shock? - Demanding work: 12 hour shifts, irregular schedules, night shifts, physically exhausting, limited breaks (including bathroom/water!) - High responsibility with unsafe conditions. You're literally responsible for
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I wish Snapchat had kept its momentum among my friend groups. I much prefer social media where you explicitly choose who to send things to. It feels way more personal than the usual model where you post to your whole network on some public
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Sadly, the first 3 of those 4 bullet points seem like something that Congress would be happy to have. The 4th doesn't seem like something that they are concerned about.
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
Pretty much anywhere in California that's a desirable place to live with reasonable job prospects has a high cost of living.
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
And here I am, relieved to have locked in 3.75% a couple of weeks ago instead of 4.75%
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by pbuzbee 4y ago
I struggle to reconcile this with the number of cash buyers, though. Higher rates aren't going to affect their ability to pay.
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by pbuzbee 5y ago
However, 29% of Americans are non-religious: https://www.pewforum.org/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-a...
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by pbuzbee 5y ago
Well we have a comparison here, right? Levi's Stadium, where the 49ers play, was built in the South Bay. I wouldn't say that Levi's Stadium sparked a major transformation in the area even after being open nearly 8 years now.

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