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purplecpa··on The Number of Older Student Loan Borrowers Is Rising
But why spend a dollar to save ten cents? If you paid off your loans quicker the savings in interest will far exceed the savings in tax deductions and depending on your rate of return in the market could even trump those gains.
purplecpa··on Thoughtbot removes gendered restrooms
So they remove the urinal and call it a win for diversity? Almost certainly incapable of even seeing the irony in their actions.
purplecpa··on Grokking Deep Learning
I'm interested but thought scikit-learn was the go to for Python machine learning. Is there a reason there is no mention of it?
purplecpa··on Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic
Use a credit card instead of debit card and pay it off each month. If they steal your debit card number and get money out of your bank account it's a huge hassle to clear up that can take months with out getting your money back. If it's a credit card you can easily get the charges removed and even if you have to fight it you still have your money in your bank and can just refuse to pay the fraudulent credit card bill.