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Never, just like the headlines about the new biggest disk drive.

There are a lot of great solar projects going on, but I don't think it really helps to bring up Elon Musk.

What do you mean by "less wasted time"? I found I wasted a lot less time when everywhere I wanted to go was a five minute walk away, and work was a 25 minute train ride away.

What we learn is: Autopilot is a very clear name for the commenters in this thread. These commenters understand that an autopilot does not replace a driver. Apparently, it's not su…

It seem like, these days, anyone talking about how something is good is "advertising". You're not allowed to praise or recommend anything, only criticize.

Only up to $10k. I can withdraw $10k from my traditional IRA using that loophole, then a lot more from my roth.

This is info people should be aware of, but it doesn't help me if I only have money in a traditional IRA and want to use $100k for a down payment on a house.

You can take your contributions (the principal, not the growth) out of a Roth account before you reach retirement age. The exact rules are complicated, but that's the big core bene…

This is true only if your home is running an electric heater. Burning hydrocarbons like natural gas, oil, and wood to heat your home directly is more efficient than using them to r…

It seems like the high spending per student is a bigger issue than who is paying. If 100% of people go to college, a massive amount of money will be spent on college at current US …

Let's consider the distributional effects of giving college aid to 10% of the population vs. 50%. If the 10% were people who would not have otherwise gone to college, it looks like…

Universities get a property tax exemption that allows them to do things with land in downtown areas that wouldn't be economically rational for typical real estate investors.