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There are many options, probably mostly equivalent, just depends where you can negotiate a price agreeable to your budget. But to answer the question, currently using Inspectiv.

Yes this is true. "In general, any vessel equipped with a VHF marine radiotelephone (whether voluntarily or required to) must maintain a watch on channel 16 (156.800 MHz) whenever …

> and nothing bad has happened This is the same reasoning for not wearing seat belts or a helmet on a motorcycle. Nothing bad has happened yet so obviously there is no need for any…

> universal payments system that requires absolutely no efforts from companies. Indeed. I use a third party company (not HackerOne) to handle our bug bounty and the primary reason …

If you want to put it that way, yes. The US government is split into three branches with separation of powers. The executive branch does not have the authority to give orders which…

> A 'robust' healthcare system that the government runs is a pipe dream. Oh yes, the usual argument of how what most industrializes nations (and many poor nations as well) have ach…

> what should be ICE's interest? Like any agency, their primary objective should be to follow the constitution and all the laws.

> How does this square with FOIA obligations? ICE doesn't exactly have a track record of following any laws or courts in general. So I wouldn't expect them to answer any FOIA oblig…

> I guess I'd rather have the state maintain a monopoly on violence. Yes, until they go completely outlaw rogue like ice has done in the USA.

> The US is not really capitalist, it’s an oligarchy - a small number of people like Larry Ellison essentially control everything. This oligarchy is the inevitable conclusion of ca…

> Freedom means parroting whatever nonsense Trump says today. But even more contradictorily, to them "freedom" means violently eliminating all freedoms (of press, assembly, protest…

> "Dictator" is a word that has a particular meaning. Indeed it does. What did you think the definition is?

> If you want to optimize traffic throughput you can replace numerous intersections with roundabouts. Roundabouts are awesome, love them. Be pragmatic, the world is not going to re…

> Right turn on red is an insane idea that any sane person would heavily disagree with. Obviously not since it is so widely adopted. Right on red is an extremely useful optimizatio…

The philosophy that most resonates with me is Colin Chapman's "simplify, then add lightness”, so I really hate everything about what cars have become (even ignoring the spyware par…

> As someone who has hung out in Reddit's personal finance areas for many years now, the paniced posts of March 2020 and in 2022 were very real. Those were just minor blips. 2020 w…

> Yeah, but did you know which ones from the start? You don't, you can't. You pick the best ones, many won't give you much return or even a loss, but sometimes you get a 100x. My b…

> Sticking with index funds is very good advice: Believe what you like, I'm cool with that. I have many Wall Street friends who are aligned with your approach, so you are in good c…

There is some luck, for sure. But it's not pure luck. Find good companies in an industry segment you fully understand (for me, that's Silicon Valley enterprise tech), invest early …

> And experiences come from the bulliest of bull markets. That is very true and a trap that is important to be aware of. Anyone who started investing after ~2010 has only ever expe…

> Some people want a new car all the time. Leasing is not a bad way to do that. True. But does that make any economic sense? If you're so rich that it doesn't matter, sure why not.…

> The seller explained us how a lease was so much better financially than outright buying. Of course a lease is better than buying.. for the dealer. So the seller was honest, just …

> Never buy or sell an individual security. This is controversial but very bad advice. No index funds, by their nature, will ever match the return of high-flying company stocks. If…

When young and lower income (lower tax rate) the best deal is to max out Roth 401k and Roth IRA if you can. Then you'll have a lifetime of tax-free appreciation.

> So if I want to actually read the article I'm going to have to load their page. Right here, that's how HN RSS feed works. I only follow HN through the RSS feed. But it only gives…