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I made a fifth of what he did and literally did exactly that: quit my job to spend time with my kid. I’ll never be a billionaire, but I’m feeling on excellent terms with myself and…

I lived in central SF for many years. I prefer a cool house (some visitors might say “cold”). I was able to go months at a time, winter and summer, without using gas heat at all. O…

> For additional clarity, the world will be at about 5 billion at 2040, without war or plague. I can find no immediate evidence that any demographers actually claim this.

Internet people are garbage, and HN is not special in this regard. This is because people are garbage. People love tearing others down. This is the rule.

Given that it’s literally as simple and inconvenient as using various financial tools to avail oneself of FDIC insurance for one’s entire portfolio, what even is the difference?

Yep. For all cafe-like spaces I’ve been involved with, drip coffee == free money.

This is a non-answer. None of what you’ve described will help a parent with a kid today / for the time in which the kid will be in school. It’s pandering.

This constantly comes up because people have different understandings of what “middle class” means, or perhaps more importantly, should mean. I think a reasonable meaning (that the…

I think indeed it’s not a conspiracy theory but just an observation of what might be happening that requires no collusion, just individual greed. (I hence appreciated the quotes). …

The majority of planners I’ve met are what you might call “urbanists”. They are generally limited by policy and politics to maintain the status quo, and are therefore frustrated. (…