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Right, and this is a hard point to overstate. The average home price was around $80,000 in the early 80s, whereas it's currently $525,000. If we see home prices drop by 85% we won't be buying homes with US dollars any more.

You cannot do a cash out refinance if you don't already have a mortgage on the property. You can do a home equity loan or line of credit but those come at higher interest rates than a refinance.

But yes the real winners are almost always those who have ample resources.

It's like 12 years to get there and another 12 years to get back. Sending information back at the speed of light is preferable.

She had a different boyfriend when she was murdered, so by your logic shouldn't it be Clinedinst in prison and Syed free?

Is it possible that Jay could have given false testimony in exchange for unrelated drug charges being dropped?

It's been a long time since I've listened to the show so I may be way off here, but it did demonstrate that the prosecutor's timeline was flawed, the cell phone data was unreliable, and that Syed's counsel overlooked a potential alibi witness.

In any case Serial was a landmark in the fields of true crime and podcasting, so it holds some merit as a historical piece if nothing else.

A bank seems like one of the worst businesses to operate as a money laundering front. They are subject to a lot of disclosures and reviews other companies aren't.

I looked into your statement about bitcoin mining preventing methane emissions and it doesn't add up to me. Oil drillers already flare the methane, which turns it into carbon dioxide. The solution these bitcoin miners are implementing is to burn the methane in a controlled manner so they can harness the energy produced for electricity to mine bitcoin. The same chemical reaction occurs, converting methane into carbon dioxide. The companies internal research claims this reduces carbon dioxide equivalent units, but I'm pretty skeptical. Of course, they would want their research to show they are doing something good. Sure, I guess it is more useful to harness the energy than to just burn it fruitlessly, but I don't see how it reduces emissions. Is there something I'm missing as to why this would make sense?

I thought about this too, but I'm not sure there is anything you can do to make this group happy, short of removing the turbines. So is it worth even considering their perspective? I know that's a harsh question.

Heavy duty trucks are exempt from many federal safety standards in the US.

Who is the target market for this? People that can afford a private plane ride for short distances but also care about reducing their emissions? It seems like there isn't much of an overlap there.

This is addressed in the article. The plaintiff provided evidence that intelligence does not impact job satisfaction, however the courts ruled that the factual reality did not matter. What mattered is that the hiring department thought that his intelligence would be a problem.

They could have just used baking powder.

They haven't all. Look up Asia Durr if you want an anecdote. #2 draft pick for WBNA and hasn't played since her rookie season due to long haul covid effects.

I am not aware of any study on covid in athletes in particular, though.

And they would laugh at you and think you're a dullard for not being able to navigate in the jungle and identify every plant you come across.

IQ tests have ingrained cultural factors just like the standards of intelligence those tribes have.