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Okay, then why gate it behind a recurring fee instead of a one-time unlock cost?

I just saw an interactive tool for this recently: https://www.movemap.io/explore/us

We bought a house recently where the sellers left behind the fridge. The fridge had a handful of broken plastic shelves: things like broken clips and cracked frames. I thought it w…

If I've learned anything from watching "Idiots in Cars" videos on Reddit, it's that you can go from "driving normally" to "in an accident" much faster than you think. Most people h…

I noticed that many artists that I like put out albums in 2021, but far fewer have put out albums in 2022, even accounting for the year only being half over. I think this is partia…

Seems like we're seeing this pattern across the board in the economy: shortages of labor, and salaries aren't increasing enough to lure people in. Are employers unable to raise sal…

This page really drills into you how pathetic this settlement is. Less than $3 per affected person for something that affects over a hundred million people. And as if to rub salt i…

If you finance the car and invest your money in something with a rate of return higher than the interest rate, you'd end up with more money than paying cash. ...though of course ma…

I think that falls back to (A) in my original post. You certainly don't need a Master's in pure mathematics to teach 3rd graders how to add fractions, but you probably do want to u…

I definitely think teachers need (A) understanding of effective teaching methods and learning development and (B) a deep understanding of their subject. Both are important at all a…

Thus continues the downward spiral. If you remove the college degree requirement, you can lower the salary even further for teachers. Combined with Arizona's move towards school vo…

Is this a shock? - Low pay. For STEM fields, you can easily make far more in industry. - Decreasing resources and investment from the community. - Decreasing freedom in what you te…

How do you draw the line between grouping it under 'old age' VS the actual proximate cause?

I always say that people only choose public transit over driving when it's (A) cheaper, (B) faster, OR (C) more practical. And ideally it needs to be two or even three of those. In…

Over the last two years, it feels like even undesirable places have had huge price increases too.

Does anyone have any financial advice on how to handle extended periods of inflation? What about if it turns into stagflation?

For me, often the amount of time I've hung on to the item becomes the reason I keep it longer, rather than the item itself. "Oh wow I've had this trinket since the 5th grade. It's …

To me this reflects the large variety and volume of content out there today. As the amount of content grows, people with less mainstream tastes spread out their consumption, but pe…

True, but if a company wants to restrict something and cites productivity as the reason, I would hope they could provide concrete evidence. Most of the publicly stated reasons agai…

I can't comment on the recent issues, but it's always been a peeve of mine that the express lanes operate even when it's not in the main commute direction at the time. For example,…

I think most of what I listed, except pay, has gotten worse since the pandemic started. - A large fraction of patients see the pandemic as overblown and nurses as perpetuating the …

Travel nursing is definitely a great way to turn the tables if you can do it. The money you can make is clearly quite high! I fully support those nurses using travel nursing to get…

Is this a shock? - Demanding work: 12 hour shifts, irregular schedules, night shifts, physically exhausting, limited breaks (including bathroom/water!) - High responsibility with u…

I wish Snapchat had kept its momentum among my friend groups. I much prefer social media where you explicitly choose who to send things to. It feels way more personal than the usua…

Sadly, the first 3 of those 4 bullet points seem like something that Congress would be happy to have. The 4th doesn't seem like something that they are concerned about.