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Comment · 1 year ago
10 year old me definitely checked out the Clan of the Cavebear books and similar from my local library, no one cared.
Comment · 3 years ago
Lowering stomach acid can throttle calcium absorption so is linked to osteoporosis but i don’t know how common that is in practice.
Comment · 4 years ago
In NYC you are spoiled for choice, my go-to is Mani marketplace that periodically gets a batch in from their dad's grove in the Mani :)
Comment · 4 years ago
> The packing tips here are utter nonsense, as well as the suggestion that you get better exchange rates with cash than with credit cards.

I was surprised on a recent trip to Europe that my (fee-free) credit card got me almost exactly the exchange rate I see on Google. Much better than ATM withdrawal with fees or any posted rate I saw in towns. Also all the internet advice about needing cash left me with lots of unspent euros and zlotys, I used apple pay almost everywhere (in fact my cash was refused in some places!) Maybe a covid-times switch away from cash, not sure.

Comment · 4 years ago
As if the workers don't care about inflation and it doesn't affect their financial stability? At the lower wage end these price increases are eating up all of their nominal wage growth and more. There is a reason this inflation has become such a major political issue, people are angry about it. So yes, slowing the economy will slow down business demand e.g. for oil and that will bring some stability to gasoline prices. Powell's wishlist I'm sure is that companies will be able to freeze wages and stop new hiring for a while but avoid mass layoffs. That may not work out but the conspiracist mindset is absurd.
Comment · 4 years ago
This is misleading for athletes and the article is clear that the BMI increase could be due to sports nutrition and new training methods.
Comment · 4 years ago
I saw an etsy tv ad the other day. My wife is an etsy seller so I thought this was interesting. They pitched it as a place where you can find someone to put your logo on a sign. The interaction with the seller was minimal, their name was even shown as anonymous "etsy seller". This seems like a use case that a bigger co could easily support and downplays the value prop of etsy as a place to connect with a craftsperson/artist to buy their work or commission a unique piece. I guess they are trying to move away from that model to more print-stuff-on-signs/shirts/etc.
Comment · 4 years ago
funny i am the exact opposite, always disappointed when the bag of carrots I bought is full of skinny little guys. so much more chopping to get the same amount of carrot!
Comment · 4 years ago
Not for title III. As another poster here asked this remains unclear whether a web-only SaaS business needs to comply.
Comment · 4 years ago
seems you've got the idea that you 100% believe is true, now search for people who disagree :)
Comment · 5 years ago
Consider the american built environment since WW2, gas at 7.50/gal would simply make many people’s daily lives unaffordable, and the most impacted people have the largest clout politically due to the rural bias at every level of our government. We would happily commit climate suicide first.
Comment · 5 years ago
The article is about the estate tax, not an annual wealth tax, and loopholes to work around it ultimately taking advantage of lower tax rates on capital gains than on estates (not to mention wages) and deductions for "charitable" donation. You don't need new taxes on the wealthy to close these loopholes, you just need to eliminate them: charity is a nice thing you can do with your after-tax income, and all income should be taxed on the same progressive schedule.
Comment · 5 years ago
deflation is a tax on borrowing which discourages growth, causing more deflation ad nauseam.
Comment · 5 years ago
One thing to remember about NYC's crazy tolls and congestion pricing plans is that there are not many reasons why visitors should need to drive in. There's NJTransit, PATH, light rail to Hudson valley and CT, LIRR, Amtrak, so many regional bus routes and frequent shuttles to EWR and other popular places, where most of these have park-and-ride options. And then of course once in the city there are subway and buses. Other cities that want to copy the car-discouraging policies should think about what the alternatives are.
Comment · 5 years ago
but what is a 'pop'? maybe ordinary swings in both directions due to various minor panics and manias and profit-takings that average out to a decade of nominal gains but depressed real returns?

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