simplecomplex

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by simplecomplex 7y ago
The number of representatives apportioned for each state does not dictate how they vote on any particular issue. The Senate has existed long before our current president. The purpose of the Senate is to give all states equal suffrage in th
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
The Senate is more necessary than ever in this age of unconstitutional and almost unlimited exercise of federal power. The Senate ensures less populous states have an equal vote in our united (federated) states.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
I hear this a lot from people who've never been to a yoga class. It's more of a stereotype than reality. All the yoga classes I took have never mentioned anything resembling yogababble.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Eat vegan and ignore the haters.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Let’s see... at every tech job I’ve had I received: - 6 figure salary - healthcare - paid vacation - comfortable safe work environment often with free food What “rights” would the union be fighting for, exactly? 4 weeks vacation instead of
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
“repo operations”, “quantitative easing”, and “emergency asset relief” are all fancy methods of printing money.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Main Street is starting to see that the Fed will monetize anything, with no limit. They’re starting to demand access to the printing press. The moral hazard with permanent ongoing QE is becoming a reality if Yang is taken as an omen of what
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
> All the research indicates Which research would that be?
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Fastmail is pretty snappy for me. Why else would I want to switch to Superhuman besides a snappy experience? Also I mostly use mail via IMAP using the iOS mail app, in which case the web client is entirely irrelevant.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
The war on drugs doesn’t work. the government should not have the authority to interfere with what people put inside their body. Stop blaming drug addiction on everybody but the drug addicts.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Huh? There is no spam with RSS or IM. The user chooses what to consume. And spam is a solved problem with email.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
> Big Mac isn’t unhealthy Neither is nicotine, necessarily. Neither is smoking if it isn’t done long term and on a regular basis. But of course people who eat Big Macs tend to do it more than occasionally. People don’t have to intake sug
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Downvote all you want. The facts are the facts. Unhealthy eating is just as bad as smoking. If the government is going to regulate our personal health choices, then it needs to be consistent.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Why can't we ban sugar?
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Okay. But there's a double standard when it comes to food. Why do fat people get a pass? Why is it legal to eat cheeseburgers and drink soda? The health risks from obesity are statistically just as bad as smoking. It's the leading
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
It’s not a gain unless it’s realized. If one owns a stock and the price goes up 10% they don’t make any money. They would have to sell to make money. At some point “Bob” needs to retire, hopefully that’s not during a downturn.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Some say debt to GDP does not matter, because we can print dollars. My question to them is: Would a 1000% matter? 100000%? At some point people will start demanding the government provide everything because they’ve been told debt doesn’t ma
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Yup. You’ve got it right. I am far more interested in preserving capital than chasing returns at this point. So keeping it parked while using it to capitalize cash flow from businesses and real estate is more to my liking than making one gi
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
I don’t even know what agency in the government did this. Or that I was part of an investigation. Or anything. Different people at different positions in the bank would say the same thing “the computer says your account is flagged” “the sys
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
> you don't like the way this is done, i suggest you take it up to your congressmen. I wish they would listen. Everyone in congress right now supports an unconstrained federal government that does things like freeze your bank accoun
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Where else would I keep it? In the stock market where it can disappear overnight? Where do you keep your savings?
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
Nobody knows. HN has downvotes for a secret group of users. HN weights votes using a secret algorithm, so some users may have the ability to grey out posts with a single click.
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
I’ve experienced it first hand. One day my card was declined while paying for dinner. I paid cash and thought something was wrong with their card reader. I checked my bank account, and it had $30k in it (my life savings at the time). So I t
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Ask HN: Should I forgoe health insurance in US?
1 points by simplecomplex 7y ago|10 comments
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Ask HN: Registrar won't honor premium status domain incorrectly listed
3 points by simplecomplex 7y ago|4 comments
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
I don’t get the fascination with Yurts. It’s a tent. People stopped living in tents as soon as they could, because they don’t stay cool, don’t stay warm, and don’t stay dry. They only work well in gentle, temperate climates. The one advanta
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
When the Fed monetizes assets (QE) it adds to bank reserves (monetary base) AND adds to demand deposits at commercial banks (money supply) that held those assets. Where does the Fed get money to purchase the assets? They create it. Obviousl
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
The Supreme Court has been a treasonous organization since Wickard v Filburn (8 of 9 justices then of course appointed by Roosevelt) NSLs are unconstitutional. > The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
> The US is allied with Afghanistan’s government. The US allied with the Northern Alliance after invading Afghanistan, and they had no say in whether we invaded or not. The US asked the Taliban to extradite Osama Bin Laden, they refuse
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by simplecomplex 7y ago
They did rapidly expand the monetary supply and it did cause inflation. Assets are sky high (stocks and real estate). Properties are priced 10-20x cash flow. Stocks are similarly trading at absurd earnings ratios. Does anyone remember http

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