Once you reach the point where you're financially independent (able to live off investment returns), why wouldn't you "retire" from your day job? I don't know about you, but I have plenty of things I could spend my days doing.
I have people telling me I'll be bored, but I can remember Summer vacation when I was younger and I was always out having fun. I've been working 20 years and I really miss those 4 months off every year! You can always do consulting or contract work if you want more income.
In my area the public schools provide free breakfast and lunch for all children and there are assistance programs like SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and WIC (women with infants and children). There is also a Summer Meals program that provides free lunch to all people up to the age of 18.
With all of these public programs, how is food insecurity an issue?
I have a Yuibkey NEO which uses NFC to talk to the phone. I can encrypt and decrypt messages using OpenKeychain by pressing the two devices together and entering the passphrase to my private key.
I paid about $330 for my Moto X Pure. It works great and does everything I need; great display, microSD slot, and plenty fast enough. What exactly is "low end" about it besides the price?
I'm with you, there are a lot of things in society you can just choose not to participate in.
I did try using social media sites like Facebook for a few years, but I eventually realized there wasn't much value in spending time there. My feed consists mostly of pictures of peoples' babies, people on vacation, opinion and some links to articles. All things I don't much care about. Sure, I miss hearing about what others are doing, but if I never see or speak to them in real life then why do I even care?
I'm middle-aged and finally got the hint that I don't have as much time left as I think I do. After a youth spent playing video games, watching television and going to movies I now prefer to spend my time in reality and not fantasy. I work on things that either earn me money or improve my mind/body like studying martial arts and playing musical instruments. Once you've unplugged from our rotten popular culture, it's pretty sad to see how much others around you are invested in these false realities.
B) Traditional init systems are very limited and badly limiting nowadays. Like still using DOS as the underpinnings of your actual system. A more generic event/trigger system is much more sensible.
Yes, the traditional init systems are so limited that I've never ever had a problem with them in the 25+ years that I've been a *NIX user and admin. The fact is they work great for the vast majority of users.
I'm so happy that my environment was migrated from RHEL to Amazon Linux where I don't have to deal with the systemd nonsense.
Yes, you're supposed to get worried when the lower classes start discussing it in the streets and people borrow money they don't have to "invest" in it.
There has been a lot of talk about cryptocurrencies and bubbles lately, but the great unwashed masses aren't the ones that have been buying it up. Even the institutional investors are just starting to put their money in. I expect the crazy price gains to continue.
When Bitcoin was trading below $700 I had considered taking out the maximum 401k loan I could and moving it into Bitcoin. I'd be a multi-millionaire today if I had done that.
I bought in a few years ago at an average price of $500 or so, I'm doing very well on paper today, but I really wish I had continued putting money into it vs. my traditional investments. Even another $10,000 earlier this year and I could have retired on my gains.
The situation with Litecoin is even crazier! I bought in at $9 and started to get worried when it had that long decline starting towards the end of 2015. 1,000 coins purchased during that low period would be worth millions today.
I'd be very hesitant to put new money in at this point, but that kind of thinking in the past is why I'm still at work today. Who knows where this will eventually end up?
In both of your examples the FTC would step in pretty quickly to put a stop to those practices. It would be considered unfair competition for an ISP to prevent customers from accessing others' services.
Why would you pay your mortgage down versus investing the money? Is the rate on your mortgage really that high?
I just bought a place a few months ago and got a rate below 3.9%. Meanwhile my worst performing investment has increased by 12% this year. At the time I wanted to make the biggest down payment possible, but in hindsight I sort of wish I have put down the minimum required. In the current environment it wouldn't make any sense to put any more money into the mortgage.
If I just want coffee it's no big deal to do a pour over or French press at the office, but how do I make a latte without the required equipment? Yes, $5.00 for a drink at Cafe Baci is expensive, but what's the alternative? Starbucks and Lavazza cost just as much. Should I just do without?
In any case, why are we listening to a guy who only drinks a single cup of coffee a day? He's clearly not someone who really likes it. There are a lot of things in life we don't actually require to go on living, but if we get rid of all of those things what's left to live for? You can't take your money with you when you die.
Billionaires don't have a billion dollars. In fact their actual income is quite modest compared to what you think when you say, "Billionaire". Wealth doesn't mean cash in your bank account.
At a certain point finding places to put your wealth becomes an actual problem. Wealthy people don't have a big vault where they keep their money like Scrooge McDuck, they have to invest it in things. That's one of the reasons I detest class warfare and demonizing the successful. It's those evil wealthy people that invest in companies and hire employees, that buy expensive products and who pay the majority of the bill for the social safety net. And yet people keep accusing them of not paying their "fair share" when they are already paying their share along with a lot of other peoples' share.
Institutional racism was eliminated from the United States many years ago.
Personal/individual racism is still an issue, but it's foolish to think you can totally eliminate it from a heterogenous and free society. People are racist for lots of reasons, sometimes they are socialized to be racist and sometimes they develop racist thoughts and beliefs through interactions with other groups. There's nothing you can do about either one.
What about the suits they wear when doing an EVA? Bacteria gets transferred to the suit during handling and then attaches to the ISS during a spacewalk.
I don't think it's ridiculous or outlandish. It was all consensual. They weren't his employees and no quid pro quo took place. Inappropriate is not illegal and it's debatable if the behavior was even inappropriate. Some women like to watch and he asked, he didn't just whip it out.
I'm assuming you're referring to power such as being able to recommend to a club owner that they promote a certain act or that they shouldn't let a particular person on the stage. Did that happen here? Did Louis make any promises or threats? No, he didn't. Did some women possibly assume that they could get ahead if they said yes, or that if they said no they would lose out on gigs? Possibly, but that choice was made by them. If they felt any pressure to say yes, it was self-generated. Saying yes and then later claiming you felt pressured and couldn't say no is just an attempt to avoid personal responsibility for their own choices.
I'm still not sure what exactly Louis C.K. did that was so wrong. He asked and they said yes, there was no coercion involved. A lot of people are trying to make him out to be some kind of sick sex freak, but the fact is that some women do like to watch. I have had girls tell me it's a fantasy of theirs.
Claiming later that you felt pressured to say yes is a cop-out and an attempt to avoid personal responsibility. If you didn't like it, fine, but you did say yes. We used to be told, "no means no", now we also have to worry about, "I said yes, but I really wanted to say no"?
I'm starting to get the feeling that some people really do think they should be able to go through life and never have anything unwanted or uncomfortable happen to them. That they should never have to tell someone no, and if you do say yes, but later wish you hadn't, then it was the other person's fault.
Slashdot Mirror
How exactly are they going to regulate it when anyone with an Internet connection can send and receive Bitcoin? With a Great Firewall?
Who do you appeal to when the government seizes your banking and brokerage accounts?
So long as you protect your private keys, no one can take your Bitcoin from you.
How do you transfer a piece of gold to the other side of the World without leaving your desk?
Once you reach the point where you're financially independent (able to live off investment returns), why wouldn't you "retire" from your day job? I don't know about you, but I have plenty of things I could spend my days doing.
I have people telling me I'll be bored, but I can remember Summer vacation when I was younger and I was always out having fun. I've been working 20 years and I really miss those 4 months off every year! You can always do consulting or contract work if you want more income.
In my area the public schools provide free breakfast and lunch for all children and there are assistance programs like SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and WIC (women with infants and children). There is also a Summer Meals program that provides free lunch to all people up to the age of 18.
With all of these public programs, how is food insecurity an issue?
I have a Yuibkey NEO which uses NFC to talk to the phone. I can encrypt and decrypt messages using OpenKeychain by pressing the two devices together and entering the passphrase to my private key.
I paid about $330 for my Moto X Pure. It works great and does everything I need; great display, microSD slot, and plenty fast enough. What exactly is "low end" about it besides the price?
What do I get by spending three times as much?
I'm with you, there are a lot of things in society you can just choose not to participate in.
I did try using social media sites like Facebook for a few years, but I eventually realized there wasn't much value in spending time there. My feed consists mostly of pictures of peoples' babies, people on vacation, opinion and some links to articles. All things I don't much care about. Sure, I miss hearing about what others are doing, but if I never see or speak to them in real life then why do I even care?
I'm middle-aged and finally got the hint that I don't have as much time left as I think I do. After a youth spent playing video games, watching television and going to movies I now prefer to spend my time in reality and not fantasy. I work on things that either earn me money or improve my mind/body like studying martial arts and playing musical instruments. Once you've unplugged from our rotten popular culture, it's pretty sad to see how much others around you are invested in these false realities.
B) Traditional init systems are very limited and badly limiting nowadays. Like still using DOS as the underpinnings of your actual system. A more generic event/trigger system is much more sensible.
Yes, the traditional init systems are so limited that I've never ever had a problem with them in the 25+ years that I've been a *NIX user and admin. The fact is they work great for the vast majority of users.
I'm so happy that my environment was migrated from RHEL to Amazon Linux where I don't have to deal with the systemd nonsense.
Yes, you're supposed to get worried when the lower classes start discussing it in the streets and people borrow money they don't have to "invest" in it.
There has been a lot of talk about cryptocurrencies and bubbles lately, but the great unwashed masses aren't the ones that have been buying it up. Even the institutional investors are just starting to put their money in. I expect the crazy price gains to continue.
When Bitcoin was trading below $700 I had considered taking out the maximum 401k loan I could and moving it into Bitcoin. I'd be a multi-millionaire today if I had done that.
I bought in a few years ago at an average price of $500 or so, I'm doing very well on paper today, but I really wish I had continued putting money into it vs. my traditional investments. Even another $10,000 earlier this year and I could have retired on my gains.
The situation with Litecoin is even crazier! I bought in at $9 and started to get worried when it had that long decline starting towards the end of 2015. 1,000 coins purchased during that low period would be worth millions today.
I'd be very hesitant to put new money in at this point, but that kind of thinking in the past is why I'm still at work today. Who knows where this will eventually end up?
In both of your examples the FTC would step in pretty quickly to put a stop to those practices. It would be considered unfair competition for an ISP to prevent customers from accessing others' services.
Tap water is perfectly drinkable if you don't mind the lead, minerals or sulphur smell. There's a reason people buy reverse-osmosis filtered water.
Why would you pay your mortgage down versus investing the money? Is the rate on your mortgage really that high?
I just bought a place a few months ago and got a rate below 3.9%. Meanwhile my worst performing investment has increased by 12% this year. At the time I wanted to make the biggest down payment possible, but in hindsight I sort of wish I have put down the minimum required. In the current environment it wouldn't make any sense to put any more money into the mortgage.
But he doesn't even like coffee! That's like saying I saved $1,000 by not buying the iPhone X I didn't want.
If I just want coffee it's no big deal to do a pour over or French press at the office, but how do I make a latte without the required equipment? Yes, $5.00 for a drink at Cafe Baci is expensive, but what's the alternative? Starbucks and Lavazza cost just as much. Should I just do without?
In any case, why are we listening to a guy who only drinks a single cup of coffee a day? He's clearly not someone who really likes it. There are a lot of things in life we don't actually require to go on living, but if we get rid of all of those things what's left to live for? You can't take your money with you when you die.
Billionaires don't have a billion dollars. In fact their actual income is quite modest compared to what you think when you say, "Billionaire". Wealth doesn't mean cash in your bank account.
At a certain point finding places to put your wealth becomes an actual problem. Wealthy people don't have a big vault where they keep their money like Scrooge McDuck, they have to invest it in things. That's one of the reasons I detest class warfare and demonizing the successful. It's those evil wealthy people that invest in companies and hire employees, that buy expensive products and who pay the majority of the bill for the social safety net. And yet people keep accusing them of not paying their "fair share" when they are already paying their share along with a lot of other peoples' share.
Institutional racism was eliminated from the United States many years ago.
Personal/individual racism is still an issue, but it's foolish to think you can totally eliminate it from a heterogenous and free society. People are racist for lots of reasons, sometimes they are socialized to be racist and sometimes they develop racist thoughts and beliefs through interactions with other groups. There's nothing you can do about either one.
What about the suits they wear when doing an EVA? Bacteria gets transferred to the suit during handling and then attaches to the ISS during a spacewalk.
Behind a closed door it's impossible, short of secretly recording (which isn't always legal), for a man to have any evidence to defend himself.
My office has glass doors.
statute of limitations
The statue of limitations for the IRS to asses taxes is from 3 to 6 years. There's a 10 year limit to collect.
The odds of OP having a problem are pretty low.
I don't think it's ridiculous or outlandish. It was all consensual. They weren't his employees and no quid pro quo took place. Inappropriate is not illegal and it's debatable if the behavior was even inappropriate. Some women like to watch and he asked, he didn't just whip it out.
I'm assuming you're referring to power such as being able to recommend to a club owner that they promote a certain act or that they shouldn't let a particular person on the stage. Did that happen here? Did Louis make any promises or threats? No, he didn't. Did some women possibly assume that they could get ahead if they said yes, or that if they said no they would lose out on gigs? Possibly, but that choice was made by them. If they felt any pressure to say yes, it was self-generated. Saying yes and then later claiming you felt pressured and couldn't say no is just an attempt to avoid personal responsibility for their own choices.
I'm still not sure what exactly Louis C.K. did that was so wrong. He asked and they said yes, there was no coercion involved. A lot of people are trying to make him out to be some kind of sick sex freak, but the fact is that some women do like to watch. I have had girls tell me it's a fantasy of theirs.
Claiming later that you felt pressured to say yes is a cop-out and an attempt to avoid personal responsibility. If you didn't like it, fine, but you did say yes. We used to be told, "no means no", now we also have to worry about, "I said yes, but I really wanted to say no"?
I'm starting to get the feeling that some people really do think they should be able to go through life and never have anything unwanted or uncomfortable happen to them. That they should never have to tell someone no, and if you do say yes, but later wish you hadn't, then it was the other person's fault.
Look out everyone here comes the Love Police!