shagymoe

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by shagymoe 2y ago
That's hilarious.
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by shagymoe 2y ago
Oh yes, the United States, founded on religious freedom, is the place where you get stoned in the street for blasphemy.
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by shagymoe 2y ago
I'm going with the scientists on this one, not some random dude on HN.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Tell me another way you can have a chance to change your life and the life of everyone you love, so substantially, for just $2. If you can spare $4/week it's worth the chance IMHO.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Way to completely discount the thousands of smart people who actually made it happen.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Probably fees, but that's true of the many S&P 500 funds also.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Cover letters are a scourge on society anyway.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Are you serious? Every pregnancy doesn't follow the precise set of rules you've laid out here. What an arrogant comment.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
When you’re always in danger of going broke from a medical condition or emergency, $80k isn’t enough to feel secure. The system is designed so it’s never enough but you can reduce risk with more.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Given that 2 million is barely enough to retire on, does that mean you think everyone should work until they die?
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Ruby on Rails is still the best at what you're describing if it's a web app.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
You haven't seen Florida drivers turn right on red. Also, is death the only measurement? Would you be happy to be paralyzed or maimed?
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by shagymoe 3y ago
A Prius will kill or seriously injure someone with something like 85% effectiveness of a larger vehicle, no?
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by shagymoe 3y ago
A shoebox house 45 min by train from SF costs $1 million. Rates are approaching 8%. Taxes are close to 10%. Your car windows can't survive 5 minutes in the city. The air is occasionally not breathable, typically during the best mont
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Did you get the same amount of money as all the companies with forgiven PPP loans?
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Do you think there's still anyone alive that doesn't know about fingerprints?
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Paul's Thoughts on Liberals(twitter.com)
3 points by shagymoe 3y ago|2 comments
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by shagymoe 3y ago
You clearly haven't worked a labor job. "Keeps the body young"? No, it generally destroys the body. Also, there's a reason the phrase "regulations are written in blood" gets repeated. Spoiler: It's beca
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by shagymoe 3y ago
I prefer privacy of whatever small improvements will be made to the UX through data collection. In 20 years of software development, I've not seen data collection actually move the needle much in terms of UX improvement. The pasteboar
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Nothing about the "quality" of art, including music, is objective. These sound waves are better than those sound waves? No. Beauty and the quality of art is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
This is exactly what I mean so thanks for demonstrating. If you can't imagine a single useful purpose for Bitcoin, you're not even trying.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
It's selfish to reject something beneficial to everyone because you won't benefit as much as others, no? Maybe jealousy is a better adjective. You continue to call it a "scheme" but it was literally invented due to the
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by shagymoe 3y ago
As noted by another poster, all transactions cost someone something on every monetary network. You're also completely ignoring all the benefits miners provide by securing the network etc... Celcius, FTX, et al the many thousands of sh
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Here's some lazy ChatGPT info: However, there are certain factors that can lead to individuals falling out of the official unemployment statistic: Discouraged Workers: If individuals become discouraged and stop actively seeking employm
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by shagymoe 3y ago
And probably also low because every unemployed person drops off the list after 6 months AFAIK.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Yes, and it's provably happening but there's still an army of people willing to deny rapid extinction of many species. At what point will you be convinced?
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by shagymoe 3y ago
I've done this on a smaller, temporary scale and it wasn't for me. You end up spending a lot of your time planning, packing, unpacking and generally working around all the things you never have to think about when you just live w
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Really? How? I needed to transfer money from the sale of a property in Europe and the fees + currency conversion was over $1000.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
Thanks! I'm pro vaccines and just have to accept that he lost the vaccine lottery. The annual incidence of GBS is estimated to be between 1 to 2 cases per 100,000 vaccinated people.
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by shagymoe 3y ago
It was confirmed. There is a government fund to cover the costs of care related to vaccine reactions and my son received IVIG which is costly and was covered. Unfortunately, his ongoing medical issues are not covered and he's ineligib

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