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If you buy MSFT specifically you'll get regular, fairly predictable dividend payments and not just an unknown amount of money in the future. MSFT goes up a tiny fraction when you b…

> how common was it for farmers to take orders from another man like he was their boss? Historically most farmers were some form of serf. So I think it was common.

This page https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/InStoreRedemptio... says regular stores take them too. And the recycling center I went to was right smack in the middle of Sou…

> California - you pay 5 or 10 cents but there is no practical way to redeem it I once brought my cans to a recycling center and got paid. This was in the Bay Area. For the cost of…

Speaking from experience, both are necessary. Public childcare and afterschool programs aren't a replacement for quality time with grandparents. They also don't cover weekends or e…

A professional usually needs a tool when they need it and can't rely on the vagaries of availability at a library. And it's easy to kick out someone who checks out a tool all year.…

I like tool libraries. I belong to one myself. But I also own some tools, like a car jack and and torque wrench, even though I use them exactly twice a year. If I relied on the too…

Who would even want a Waymo in Mumbai? Human-driven taxis and autorickshaws there are cheap and comfortable. Public transit is fast and low-latency. It seems perfect for cities wit…

Waymo works where it works and it's useful where it works. Can a Mumbai autorickshaw handle an American freeway? Does that make it a pointless vehicle?

I, a human who learned to drive in Mumbai, can't handle driving in Mumbai anymore.

> A french door refrigerator with ice maker costs about $25 per month to run Which one?

Money quote: “As automakers were profit maximizing during the supply chain crisis era, you are going to prioritize the bigger vehicles, the more expensive vehicles with their highe…

> a $1M house bought with $100K down and $900K mortgage is a worse deal for the seller as compared to $500K down and $500K financed. Do sellers in the US know how large your down p…

> But that $2k a year? $18 * 12 = $216

Like I said it's non-zero value. But is it more value than a fair wage, negotiated without artificial restrictions? Why can't they grant the athletes admission and give them the op…

Sorry it sounded like you were saying there isn't a problem because you said > there is no real wage theft occurring I know you qualified it with > Outside of top men's basketball …

It's non-zero value, but we can't say it's the market-clearing price for their services. And anecdotally the quality of that education is compromised. Student-athletes in the serio…

The USA wasn't plundered as a colony.

Singapore allows visa-free travel to passport holders from 159 countries + many more with an e-visa or visa on arrival. The UK allows only 83 countries' passport holders visa-free.…

Outside of the places where money is being made, money is not being made. Edit: but even when money is being made, the athletes don't get it.

In Canada we get a carbon tax rebate, fixed per-head. A family of four will get up to $1800 in 2024-25, and rural areas get more than everyone else. High income households consume …

You always need a license to fly your own plane. You don't always need a license to do your own plumbing. There might be many test pilots or double-phds fixing the plumbing on thei…

> Loblaws is a luxury retailer Is that why they own the chain "No Frills"? > with a limited set of stores Only in the sense that it is a finite number of stores. Loblaw Companies i…

It isn't a truism. Summer is when the weather is good.