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So this is SubStack revisited I take it

I tried all my cars and the values are really high. A 2003 Toyota Sienna with 200,000 miles isn't worth $5,500 in Good condition. I mean I wish but no. Maybe $3,000 under crazy cur…

That sounds small but over 40 years that would net a portfolio about a quarter smaller than in a country without one.

I'll be the pedant to point out it can't move more than 100% on the downside. Which since it has risen more than 100% in less than a year seems like a decent deal although fraught …

TL;DR Employers need to cough up more $$$

No way this could possibly come back to bite people at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Nope.

Ideas have consequences. Who could have foreseen.

No longer Catholic, but Matthew 23 has to be interpreted in context since Christ also says to call no one a teacher but we don't freak about that at all. Also, St. Paul says you do…

I own an Apple Watch 6, but I'll tell you the problem: charging $400 for a watch. If they got down to $100 or so, you'd see wide adoption. Which is why the Wyze Watch at $20 is so …

I wish I had read this paper before entering CMU back in the mid-90s. My advisor would enthusiastically agree, I bet.

My work required me to change passwords every 90 days. I worked there for 8 years. My first password was [password]1 and my last one was [password]34. I'm guessing this isn't what …

And the other 3 lied

It's a big deal because the numbers will (hopefully) get large quickly. A $3M account that pays an extra 0.1% per year is dinged for $3,000 a year, every year. The cumulative compo…

In high school, I recall drooling over a 1GB hard drive in Computer Shopper magazine for $1,699. I'm guessing that in 30 years we'll be looking at 1PB drives in the $150 range, inf…

I have 7 kids, my wife stays at home and homeschools them. We live frugally. Outside of enormous COL areas like San Fran, NYC, LA, etc. it can absolutely be done. The first couple …

Sorry. I didn't realize Tumblr was leaking over into YComb. Carry on.

Well, I could care less about most environmental regulation - I rather think it's a waste of time and resources - but I am OK with supporting certain laws that are supported by peo…

If you truly believe that an unborn child of 8, 6 or even 4 months is just a blob, the local 4-D ultrasound center would like to have a word with you.

It's neither necessary nor sufficient. One doesn't have to be affected by rape to oppose it. I can reflect that there are others whose opinions I value. And thus throw support behi…

You win the thread, even though it'll get buried by middle-class liberals who never have to live with the consequences of getting rid of the death penalty in their neighborhoods. N…