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Bubbadoo
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Comment #29512337
Delightful program, another oldie but a goodie is the 'melt' app which melts down all of the ui elements on your screen. I remember, back in the day, setting my display variable to…
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Comment #28674109
Consistent with the general decline in quality from the big 3. Check Scotty Kilmer out on youtube. He's not always right, but he is on this.
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Comment #28057103
It is illegal. I'd try it but the last half-dozen flights I was on, we were lucky to get 4-oz bottles of water.
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Comment #28057071
Sure, it goes well with one of the worst rail systems in the world and some of the worst roads in the third world. Seriously, why is it Washington has such trouble investing in inf…
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Comment #27335256
Yes, the whole drop-shipping scam that get-rich-quick types were pushing on instagram had to do with buying merchandise at market price then marking it up for sale on Amazon. Amazo…
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Comment #27000549
All points you make are very true. In addition, aluminum tends to crack as it ages and you'll find aluminum wiring is usually a culprit in electrical fires. In the world of mobile …
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Comment #26829284
Elected officials of all stripes and all levels should have the same trading constraints employees of Wall Street banks have: -30 day lockup on all trades -DOJ should be listed as …
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Comment #25689476
More great news showing the competence level of our elected leadership.
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Comment #24692472
Your anecdote reminds me of my experience in Salt Lake City. When I lived and worked in SLC back during the mid and late 90s, light rail was being proposed, especially with 2002 Ol…
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Comment #24690513
This hits the proverbial nail right on the head. In many towns and cities (of various sizes) across the US, pro-growth agendas are enriching a handful at the expense of residents. …
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Comment #24379085
Very good point. Even today, MSFT has such control over the hardware world, if you want to run Windows 7 on a Z490 mainboard, you're SOL. The latest mainboards force you to run the…
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Comment #24378941
Makes me miss Windows XP ;)
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Comment #24358306
The 'ACA' is not one plan and it certainly does not require health insurance carriers to pay for 'ALL' healthcare expenses after you reach your deductible. Coverage varies by state…
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Comment #24357476
I too am a fiscal conservative and see the merits behind a comprehensive single-payer health care system. Realize the American people are being told that 'socialized' medicine will…
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Comment #24357332
Actually, hospitals do publish prices. Well they do and they don't. As in, good luck finding that price list. The Feds require them to do that so hospitalizations can be indexed fo…
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Comment #24356660
Health insurance in the United States' for-profit healthcare complex is a nightmare. Besides the fact the premiums are onerous, it is the health insurance carriers that evaluate if…
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Comment #24227627
Does look like fun, but let's face it, 50 nautical miles is nothing on the water. I guess if you're on a lake the just under 60 mile range is enough to water ski but it's definitel…
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Comment #23961028
I started working from home around 2006. My torturous commute was around 4 hours, assuming the train was on time, so working from home was a godsend. Also my kids were young and wi…
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Comment #23442235
Yes, and after sybperl, DBD::Sybase/DBI became all the rage in the late 90s. The IBM patent is obsceleted at this point, though I still try to see how many lines of code I need to …
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Comment #23185961
Studies have shown it takes about 3 years of constant trading to develop a sense or intuition about markets.
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Comment #23185936
The idea of buying deep OTM options is that they are 1. cheap 2. still have the possibility of turning green prior to expiry.
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Comment #23185909
Your making me glad I've been day trading instead of founding a new startup.
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Comment #23185891
Short term capital gains rates have been 15%, right? Which is, based on my last gander at the tax charts, less than the regular w2 tax rate bracket many successful traders would fi…
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Comment #23185867
Costs? as in commissions? I haven't paid a commission in two years. Many brokers are now commission-free.