And you can be 2-3 hour drive from a small-to-mid-size city with all the stores, hospitals and other amenities, and probably about 20 minutes away from fire/police/EMT service.
That sounds like hell to me! As much as people complain about the cost of housing in Silicon Valley, having stuff nearby (but also being able to be a homebody and have stuff delivered), plus the weather, seems well worth it.
Hush, you fool! Do you really want DeBeers in the moon rock business?
DeBeers isn't effectively modeling the supply and demand. They're lying about the supply and making it SEEM more rare than it really is, thus duping some folks. (Which is good advertising, but not true supply/demand equalization.)
Ridiculous. The stock market is the greatest wealth creation device, for ANYONE.
Invest money in an S&P500 tracking fund with the lowest fees, for the long long term, and you'll likely beat the return on other investments.
As for the original topic of this item, at least the summary doesn't describe how much VC money USUALLY disappears in a year. This is more well known (to tech people) companies than usual, I guess. However, VCs do live in a different world than you & I. They invest in many companies, EXPECTING that most of them lose money, and make money on the very low percentage that do well, or very very well.
But how can you call it conviction that he keeps flip flopping (sometimes in the same speech), and definitely many times currently vs tweets he's made just a few years ago? Changing his opinion once in a while based on new evidence, great.. That's not at all what he does though.
That seems like the opposite of conviction to me.
I would call what the Tea Party politicians do as having more conviction, since they're unwilling to compromise at all (though that also causes great problems).
(Social Security is YOUR money which is beneficently invested for you by the all-knowing, all-loving, all-caring Federal government.)
Not exactly.. It's my money which is being taken by the government to give out to current retirees. Like a big Ponzi scheme.
(Now, I could possibly be convinced that a 'mandatory 401k', at the same rate as Social Security taxes, but kept entirely in each person's account, would be reasonable.. since apparently many people are not smart enough to do a 401k on their own.)
That and subsidized home high voltage charger installation.
There was a 30% tax credit, that included things like electric vehicle charging equipment, that was around for many years that expired at the end of 2015 or 2016.
FYI, they fixed this part of it -- you can now link to the different areas (e.g. main news, business, etc.).
Even my original set of links works again.
It still looks bad (IMHO), and it's funny that their own blog has a picture of before and after.. and while I admit the "before" looks like a cluttered list of links... For news, that I'm going to open a few in separate tabs to read/skim later, that's exactly what I want. The new look fits WAY fewer article links on a page.
It's horrible. I would actually put up with the "look" part of it, if I could still get the FUNCTIONALITY part, which I can't.
I want to have a set of tabs that I can click on to open various sections I care about in tabs.. e.g. main news, technology, entertainment, etc.
I can't do that anymore. I even tried manually clicking on the section and saving the URL (the URL _does_ seem to change, to show the section info in it).. But trying to go to that URL still brings up the main section.
I changed from Yahoo news several years ago when they made a change that made me unable to do this.
Are there other news aggregators that will let me have stable URLs to various "sections" (analogous to sections of a physical newspaper) that I can open in tabs?
Title says "can't cap the cost of cross-state prison phone calls", the summary says "little wiggle room for advocates of price-capping, with the possible exception of the cross-state caps".
The title should really say intrastate (or in-state) prison phone calls.
I haven't tried any of the knock-offs, and maybe I'm missing something, but they do seem rather expensive to me.
Maybe someone else will reply and show that this is BS, but SUPPOSEDLY (yes, I admit I am passing on something I heard with no proof) actual Lego interlock better and for a much longer time (i.e. don't wear out due to connecting/disconnecting).
Supposedly "more accurate molding process" or something like that.
Anyone who seriously thought a Baywatch reboot or yet another Johnny Depp pirate film were going to be smash hits ought to be forced into early retirement.
I'm not completely disagreeing with you, but there are a very few examples to the contrary -- I thought both of the "Brady Bunch" movies (and IIRC there was a third made for TV one I never saw) were very funny, they made fun of the TV show to some degree. "The Addams Family" was decent. "21 Jump Street" (I haven't seen "22") was very good and had an awesome cameo.
I think the other Pirates movies have done amazingly well, though I think only a couple have been 'ok'.
I'm in Silicon Valley, and my power is $20-$30/month. It's only me in the house, and I even have a plasma TV (considered to be a power waster though I think that got better towards the later ones, like mine).. I'd like to get solar, and may eventually, but with my low usage, it's hard to make sense fiscally..
Yeah, but IMHO it wasn't "intended" to be for a lot of usage. It was to give you "the first one for free" to hopefully make you want to pay for a higher limit plan.
I use it just to have podcasts keep downloading, e.g. even when it's in my car (before I go to the gym).. I still end up using the full 200 MB before the end of the month, but the "freebie" was still worth it for me to pay for the cell hardware in the first place.
(I had thought they might creep up the free amount as years go by, but wasn't expecting it.)
I actually think it's reasonable to force Uber and similar services to follow the same rules as taxis in various areas.. (But really, the better solution is to REMOVE some of the rules from taxis, though I realize that screws over those who own the valuable medallions.. So maybe phase in the rule changes over time.)
This seems really stupid though. I would just purposely tip $0, just like I do now on the starbucks app!
BTW, the 2017 model I was talking about is 65" for $900. (Though looking there again now, there are two slightly different 65" models for the same price.. I haven't yet seen what the differences are.)
The jump to 70 or 75" seems like a huge jump in price (5" more for $300, 10" more for $1100), though a few months ago I saw an LG 70" for $1100 at the store).
Aah, I hadn't realized the purchase hadn't gone through.. I was wondering why there were still new LeEco and Vizio TVs on sale.
Though I know it's always the whiners that post about it, I have read a few people give reviews saying their Vizio died just out of warranty.
I have sort of been waiting for cheap "last year's" TVs to come around, but they have a new 2017 model that's currently cheaper than the other guys' 2016 models. (I'm looking at "giant" TVs, for my living room.)
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This is from the summary, not the linked article.
Get an editor.
That sounds like hell to me! As much as people complain about the cost of housing in Silicon Valley, having stuff nearby (but also being able to be a homebody and have stuff delivered), plus the weather, seems well worth it.
DeBeers isn't effectively modeling the supply and demand. They're lying about the supply and making it SEEM more rare than it really is, thus duping some folks. (Which is good advertising, but not true supply/demand equalization.)
Who are you, Robot Shakespeare?
Ridiculous. The stock market is the greatest wealth creation device, for ANYONE.
Invest money in an S&P500 tracking fund with the lowest fees, for the long long term, and you'll likely beat the return on other investments.
As for the original topic of this item, at least the summary doesn't describe how much VC money USUALLY disappears in a year. This is more well known (to tech people) companies than usual, I guess. However, VCs do live in a different world than you & I. They invest in many companies, EXPECTING that most of them lose money, and make money on the very low percentage that do well, or very very well.
But how can you call it conviction that he keeps flip flopping (sometimes in the same speech), and definitely many times currently vs tweets he's made just a few years ago? Changing his opinion once in a while based on new evidence, great.. That's not at all what he does though.
That seems like the opposite of conviction to me.
I would call what the Tea Party politicians do as having more conviction, since they're unwilling to compromise at all (though that also causes great problems).
Not exactly.. It's my money which is being taken by the government to give out to current retirees. Like a big Ponzi scheme.
(Now, I could possibly be convinced that a 'mandatory 401k', at the same rate as Social Security taxes, but kept entirely in each person's account, would be reasonable.. since apparently many people are not smart enough to do a 401k on their own.)
Then why does he flip flop so often?
There was a 30% tax credit, that included things like electric vehicle charging equipment, that was around for many years that expired at the end of 2015 or 2016.
FYI, they fixed this part of it -- you can now link to the different areas (e.g. main news, business, etc.).
Even my original set of links works again.
It still looks bad (IMHO), and it's funny that their own blog has a picture of before and after.. and while I admit the "before" looks like a cluttered list of links... For news, that I'm going to open a few in separate tabs to read/skim later, that's exactly what I want. The new look fits WAY fewer article links on a page.
It's horrible. I would actually put up with the "look" part of it, if I could still get the FUNCTIONALITY part, which I can't.
I want to have a set of tabs that I can click on to open various sections I care about in tabs.. e.g. main news, technology, entertainment, etc.
I can't do that anymore. I even tried manually clicking on the section and saving the URL (the URL _does_ seem to change, to show the section info in it).. But trying to go to that URL still brings up the main section.
I changed from Yahoo news several years ago when they made a change that made me unable to do this.
Are there other news aggregators that will let me have stable URLs to various "sections" (analogous to sections of a physical newspaper) that I can open in tabs?
If you let it "sit around" in an S&P 500 index fund for a very long time, you can.
No they don't. Patents support innovation, by allowing people to make money on their inventions.
Stated where?
[citation needed]
You do realize that most people used those "online services" before there was a widespread web, AND most people didn't have access to Usenet.
So those "online services" were what provided the content (including chat) for people.
(BTW, I'm NOT one of those who used those services, since I started on BBSes before that [mostly non-networked], then a shell account at college.)
Title says "can't cap the cost of cross-state prison phone calls", the summary says "little wiggle room for advocates of price-capping, with the possible exception of the cross-state caps".
The title should really say intrastate (or in-state) prison phone calls.
Doesn't anybody read anymore?
Maybe someone else will reply and show that this is BS, but SUPPOSEDLY (yes, I admit I am passing on something I heard with no proof) actual Lego interlock better and for a much longer time (i.e. don't wear out due to connecting/disconnecting).
Supposedly "more accurate molding process" or something like that.
I'm not completely disagreeing with you, but there are a very few examples to the contrary -- I thought both of the "Brady Bunch" movies (and IIRC there was a third made for TV one I never saw) were very funny, they made fun of the TV show to some degree. "The Addams Family" was decent. "21 Jump Street" (I haven't seen "22") was very good and had an awesome cameo.
I think the other Pirates movies have done amazingly well, though I think only a couple have been 'ok'.
I'm in Silicon Valley, and my power is $20-$30/month. It's only me in the house, and I even have a plasma TV (considered to be a power waster though I think that got better towards the later ones, like mine).. I'd like to get solar, and may eventually, but with my low usage, it's hard to make sense fiscally..
You mean SAVED and not lost, right? or else you're being sarcastic?
Yeah, but IMHO it wasn't "intended" to be for a lot of usage. It was to give you "the first one for free" to hopefully make you want to pay for a higher limit plan.
I use it just to have podcasts keep downloading, e.g. even when it's in my car (before I go to the gym).. I still end up using the full 200 MB before the end of the month, but the "freebie" was still worth it for me to pay for the cell hardware in the first place.
(I had thought they might creep up the free amount as years go by, but wasn't expecting it.)
I actually think it's reasonable to force Uber and similar services to follow the same rules as taxis in various areas.. (But really, the better solution is to REMOVE some of the rules from taxis, though I realize that screws over those who own the valuable medallions.. So maybe phase in the rule changes over time.)
This seems really stupid though. I would just purposely tip $0, just like I do now on the starbucks app!
BTW, the 2017 model I was talking about is 65" for $900. (Though looking there again now, there are two slightly different 65" models for the same price.. I haven't yet seen what the differences are.)
The jump to 70 or 75" seems like a huge jump in price (5" more for $300, 10" more for $1100), though a few months ago I saw an LG 70" for $1100 at the store).
You make $500K/year?
Aah, I hadn't realized the purchase hadn't gone through.. I was wondering why there were still new LeEco and Vizio TVs on sale.
Though I know it's always the whiners that post about it, I have read a few people give reviews saying their Vizio died just out of warranty.
I have sort of been waiting for cheap "last year's" TVs to come around, but they have a new 2017 model that's currently cheaper than the other guys' 2016 models. (I'm looking at "giant" TVs, for my living room.)