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Comment · 9 years ago
Take less adderall.
Comment · 9 years ago
As a young, healthy male in my 20's pursuing entrepreneurship, the best health insurance for me is the ability to declare bankruptcy. I have chosen to go uninsured and pay the ACA penalty because it's so much cheaper than paying for a catastrophic health insurance plan. Why would I pay $4000 per year for a $6000 deductible? I do not see any benefit from that except in the case of catastrophe. It's just flushing money (that I don't have) down the toilet.

If I have to go to the ER and have a hospital bill so high that I literally cannot afford it, I will just declare bankruptcy. After all, it's not like I have any money to lose. And bankruptcy will disappear after 7 years.

This is selfish, but I really don't give a shit. The healthcare system is so messed up and overpriced that I feel no social obligation to it.

Comment · 10 years ago
I like my coworking spaces like I like my haircuts; effective with nobody talking to me.
Comment · 10 years ago
As someone who graduated from an Ivy Leage school, and boarding school before that, all on full financial aid with zero loans, I count myself incredibly lucky. I also see the student loan system as incredibly fucked up.

The worst aspect of it to me is that the most predatory loans go to the lowest qualified students, who are the ones who get the lower paying jobs. Top universities are the only ones with loan-free, need-blind financial aid programs. Yet they're the ones with students who would be most qualified to pay any loans back. Meanwhile lower tier universities charge tuitions almost as large as the top tier ones, yet send students to $40k/yr jobs.

The students who need the money most don't get it.

Comment · 10 years ago
Happened to me. I posted about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11880008

It's a relatively new personal account I created to be "clean" of google tracking. The night before I had been in a youtube chat of a donald trump rally and may or may not have been "spamming" posting memes too quickly. Could be that.

I had the account reinstated quickly after sending them an email like wtf?

Comment · 10 years ago
As a hacker news reader, you should understand the difference between business and personal bankruptcy. One is a business tool, the other is a statement against your financial capabilities.
Comment · 10 years ago
I assume you're referring to Stefan Molyneux. He has some very interesting ideas and presents them articulately. However he gives off quite the "cult leader" vibe and tends to deride or mock counterarguments, rather than critically engage with them.
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm highly educated and voting for trump.
Comment · 10 years ago
Nice example of how positive momentum of AWS leads to more defensibility (a dedicated third party site) of market position. Reinforcing positive cycle of success.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
What about dates jumping around because it's categorized by something other than date? e.g. "Entrepreneurial experience," "Full Time Jobs," "Internships"
Comment · 10 years ago
Sidenote since this is getting so much attention: How does the website control the URL of an external tab? Is this effectively tabnabbing?
Comment · 10 years ago

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