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Eh, this is a little bit of a tangent because there's no reason to block users ever I feel (and in this particular case blocking IE 10+ is stupid), but honestly? It's rarely worth …

I think it's just the inevitability of any site that starts gaining mass appeal. It's the heat death of the universe: you can try and stop it, but entropy will increase no matter w…

Not to sound like a complete dick, but... duh? Is this a controversial opinion really from a finance perspective? I was under the impression that almost all arguments surrounding r…

Obviously also applicable to SF and Manhattan/Brooklyn. It's interesting to compare this to other cities: a cursory glance at LA craigslist shows some apartments in nice areas that…

Man. If there was ever a guy I feel awful for, it's moot. Maybe awful isn't the right word, but sympathetic for. Short of doing something incredibly brilliant in the future (which …

> well-developed, deep setting. > And in the end you don't save the world or some such nonsense. You simply conclude your own story, and life goes on. I guess I don't see those two…

Nothing silly about it. It's a very stark reminder that death doesn't just take the old, or the chronically infirm, or the careless. Sometimes it's very swift, subtle, and brutal. …

I thought it was pretty clear that the implied irrational part of it is the opportunity cost of choosing your hometown, not the actual attachment itself. If I'm a brilliant mathema…

I'd say that's heavily biased by the fact that Chappelle spent lots of time growing up in Ohio (and specifically Yellow Springs). Lots of people have seemingly irrationally strong …

> Lawyers and doctors are asked trivial questions just a handful of times in their careers during their bar examinations and boards. Of course, this obviously means there are exami…

> Can you help me to understand victim blaming? Is it victim blaming to say someone was exercising poor risk management? Er, yeah, it is. The victim always knows they exercised "po…

> I've made life long friends with some of my clients. That, more than anything else on this list, has made consulting special to me. Hah, I had the exact opposite experience freel…

Hey! I'm a New Yorker who has definitely lived in apartments this small. I currently live in a studio that's 325 sq ft. I also live pretty minimally, so it's actually not that bad.…

Aha: > I'd assume the majority of it does go to pay out goods and services in the future, probably nearer to the end of life Most of those expenses involve healthcare, which is pro…

I suppose I'm more curious about the 'racist' part of it. 'Xenophobic', perhaps, but 'racism' doesn't really seem to be at the root of their statement. I also worry that sometimes …

> The salaries of professors, lecturers Most professors don't earn that much money[1], unfortunately. > college employees, construction workers, Why do you think it's going to them…

> My question was, what is the macro impact of them defaulting on student loans. My mistake, I thought your question was more about the impact of student loan debt as a whole on th…

That's awesome! Congratulations. Financial discipline is definitely a nice side effect of this mess - sink or swim, as it were. That being said, frugality is also not necessarily g…

> Current students paying money to the college is stimulating the economy Ehh, it's stimulating the higher education economy. And even that's debatable depending on how that influx…

Ouch. Sorry to hear that. I'm guessing you have easily a small mortgage in student loan debt =\, which is probably not that uncommon these days. (if not you're totally getting scre…

> doesn't threaten the rest of the economy in the same way that housing loans did I dunno about that - it's probably just a lot more insidious and less panic-y. Adults repaying stu…

> the aversion to debt isn't occurring very fast considering that outstanding auto load debt is around 886 billion dollars. Credit card debt in 2014 was very similar, with an avera…

> student-debt problem is so severe that it seems to be reducing the formation of new households Perfect! Housing bubble averted. In all seriousness, this + an influx of foreign in…

What was racist about that?

> In Austin, nothing on the menu is above $12 at Midnight Cowboy or The Garage. Now compare that to the other cities on this list. I dunno if that's a great metric - or maybe it is…