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> If their properties actually cost $200,000 per year to insure, then that's what they should have to pay! If they don't like it, they should either build something cheaper (that's the other half of the product) or move to somewhere with less risk.

Or build something adapted to the risk it faces. In my home town there are houses that were built on flood plains that have recently been flooding every 5 years or so. Luckily they are brick and in order to get these covered you now need to install flood barriers over the doors, and your ground floor has to be adapted to flood without sustaining damage (tile floors, special plaster etc.)

Now when we have a severe flood warning people will move their valuables upstairs if they're house floods they just have to clean out the mud. There are also a couple new houses right next to the river that float and rise and fall on stilts when the banks burst.

i vote we move to the korean system where everyone gets a year older on January 1st

i don't think the above comment is saying it has to be large, just that it's less obvious on a smaller clock

> This defers taxes and allows the funds to be reinvested without tax.

All business funds are re-invested without tax, this is actually a good thing. Also for the majority of business owners taking a loan against your assets to pay yourself is a terrible idea, yes it may defer taxation but that tax will still come due and now you have to pay interest.

> Someone who owns their own business could also easily drop their salary significantly for the year prior to applying to college.

This could be a problem but i think the amount of difference this would make would be negligible - most people don't plan like this. You could also emancipate your 17 year old or have them live independently for a period of time (my friend actually deferred his entry and worked for a year in order to get a full ride)

While I agree, I can't picture how trump was more charismatic than Harris.

He seems like a used car salesman to me...

do firefighters not get qualified immunity when acting in their official capacity? I think in this case jail might mean pay a big fine.

Realistically though if california wanted to fund and manage this i'm sure the feds would be extatic.

I've been laid off twice, neither time has been performance based.

once i was on a team of 2 ICs and a Manager - only the manager stayed - the company is now about to fold. Other time i was let go as part of the entire US arm

I'm thinking that ozempic and zepbound will have something to say about this. When ozempic becomes available as a generic (2032) it's going to be available for $10 a dose and a huge amount of people will be taking it.

Best course I ever took was one on how to counter your own cognitive biases

At worst it's a partial fraud though.

Given that other companies have self driving cars operating (but not for sale) today (I've taken rides in them).

I think Tesla might have to accept they need to use more sensors, and maybe even licence someone else's tech but Tesla will not accept being the only "luxury" automaker not offering self driving.

It's not normal. It is however possible.

This is ridiculous but what I can't work out is why they don't just (correctly) claim that they neither own nor operate the restaurant. It would be absurd to hold a landlord responsible for the actions of their tenant.

This will absolutely change in the next decade.

i wonder if it's a function of a consistent cleaning schedule. Many uber drivers seem to wait far to long between interior cleans.

I had 2 working parents and a community. The perceived safety and walkability of an area has a lot to do with it. My parents weren't worried if they didn't see me from morning until dinner time (and obviously they had no way of getting in contact with me other than maybe phoning all the other parents - assuming we weren't off in a field somewhere).

> Maybe cities could extend outwards instead of making existing BY hellishly dense?

This is what we have been doing. It's not working

> What about the investment in the house and the quality of life of those having the BY?

As the neighborhood gets more dense you'll probably hit a point where the value of your land gets to a point where you can move somewhere slightly out of the city and have a chunk of money in your pocket.

> hellishly dense?

I dont see why you equate density with hellishness, with density comes more services, entertainment options, (ideally transit options) and unless you sell your land is still your land. And generally we're not talking about turning your suburban neighborhood into Manhattan usually more something akin to a european neighborhood.

in a standard casual home game i feel like we'd be playing with denominations you never see in casinos anymore anyway (5c,10c,25c,50c,$1) etc.

The EU has consent elections, it's just a proportional representation forces people to work together to get anything done, so you end up with a lot of relatively uncontroversial work happening. There's also little point in trying to score points as you will never have a majority

We do live in a world where it's basically impossible to live without violating one law at one time or another (often unknowingly and without malice)

This is a hot take these days. The world seems to need to take a side on everything and most of the Palestine supporters fail to condemn Hamas and the Israel supporters don't tend to criticize Israel.

Broadly I think Israel has the right ambition (the destruction of Hamas) but are going about it in a terrible manner and it will now backfire on them spectacularly.

The motives don't always have understanding of the root cause however. We knew that eating raw meat was unsafe even though we didn't know about salmonella.

>People have diarrhoea a lot today, in developed countries with stable access to clean water and food

My personal experience suggests it's pretty uncommon. Maybe once every few years, and I eat all sorts of questionable things.

> It's not a security boundary.

It is a security boundary, just not necessarily the best one.

Not OP but it's likely some modern rap. A lot of the language used deviates significantly from what we would consider to be standard English and derives from cants that are not very old (80s/90s maybe).

> Where are the local restaurants with unique cuisines and traditions?

Basically everywhere (at the upper end of the market). It's all the rage to have hyper local dishes made from local ingredients. Many places it's no longer a beef burger but a hand crafted burger from Dave and Sue's farm 10 miles up the road.

Two random samples I just happened to pick: the graf Zeppelin had a top speed of 80 mph and a Sopwith camel (biplane) had a stall speed of 48 mph.

As far as I have read this was not an easy process generally, however aborting and trying again would be fairly easy as you're nowhere near the ground and have plenty of time to recover.

It got a couple sequels but they were Xbox only and from what I hear not as good. But I agree it could do with a reboot. And a setting so I can actually hook the plane onto the airship rather than just getting close enough.

kinda, the article mentions that certain cards allow you on certain categories to get more than the interchange rate. what they don't mention in the article is that square charges the same fee to the business whatever kind of card is used, in this case whenever you use an amex card it's less profitable for square. If i were using a more traditional processor they may pass this cost on to me.

also milage reward points can hit as high as 2.3 cents per dollar so assuming i want to fly to japan with ANA i could in theory get 8.6c in value of MR points per 2.6c i charge myself. However i would not expect to get away with this and i'm sure square would figure this out.

Interestingly my flat fee with stripe is less than my reward rate on my credit card for some categories. It obviously is against the contract terms and probably considered fraud but I could theoretically make about 1.4-3 cents on the dollar (depending how you value points) by charging myself money.