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woofyman··on Miami Woos New York Homebuyers Fleeing Over Tax Law
That makes no sense. If you own property anywhere, you have to pay property taxes. Plus you don’t have to own property to claim residence. Fraudulently or not.
woofyman··on Road Tripping Around Europe in a Tesla Is Less Fun Than You’d Think
You’re describing a plug in hybrid or a serial hybrid like the Chevy Volt.
woofyman··on Audi e-tron first drive review: a solid electric SUV
He meant “paddle shifters”. They allow manual shifting of an automatic transmission.
woofyman··on Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed Rail Project
Over 100 workers died building it.
woofyman··on Economic Analysis of Medicare for All
>How does that make it right to make him pay more money?

Because he can. And yes, he does use more Government services.

woofyman··on Facebook policy chief admits hiring PR firm to attack George Soros
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-facebook-...
woofyman··on Facebook policy chief admits hiring PR firm to attack George Soros
Sandberg admitted that it “came across her desk”.
woofyman··on Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
That’s not Atlanta. That’s Cobb county.
woofyman··on In defense of Elon Musk
1) accusing a man of being a pedophile

2) selling vapor ware (full self driving)

3) stock price manipulation

woofyman··on 42 percent of new cancer patients lose their life savings
>only in the US could a new $60K car be described as "a low cost model"

Only wealthy people consider 60k a low cost vehicle.

woofyman··on 42 percent of new cancer patients lose their life savings
Make Congress buy their own health insurance.
woofyman··on U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time in a Decade
> I don't know if there's a proper name for it

Voodoo Economics

woofyman··on Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job to mental health issues
When I’ve been depressed, here’s what worked for me.

1) long walks in nature 2) eat well 3) sleep (If necessary get a prescription for trazodone, they’re cheap $7.50 for 90 pills) 4) antidepressant meds

woofyman··on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers
>Policing ideological speech: Hate speech laws.

Hate speech is protected by the 1st amendment.

woofyman··on Nerve implant 'restores consciousness' to man in vegetative state (2017)
Euthanasia is illegal in the US. The only thing you can do is remove artificial means of life support. It’s in humane. People should be able to die with dignity. We treat our pets better.
woofyman··on Hayabusa-2: Japan's rovers send pictures from asteroid
I doesn’t, It jumps.
woofyman··on 'We're moving to higher ground': America's era of climate mass migration is here
> I walk away from that house

The bank sues you for the 100k unless you live in a non recourse state. In that case, the feds consider that forgiven 100k income and you’ll owe taxes.

>In no scenario have I lost $200k

The median US house price is 200k not 100k.

woofyman··on PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars
PayPal has free speech rights as well. Would you force a Black owned printer to do business with the KKK?
woofyman··on PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars
That has no relevance in this discussion since the Government wasn’t involved.
woofyman··on PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars
In Colorado they were a protected class.
woofyman··on Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct
>appeared that 276 registered voters managed to cast 670 ballots, the piece describes numerous other issues with both voter registration and electronic voting machines. (In fact it was later corrected to show 3,704 registered voters in the precinct.)

The headline is incorrect. The turnout was 18 percent.

woofyman··on Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update
You need to look at the demographics of the drivers. Younger, inexperienced drivers drive smaller cars.
woofyman··on Eight low-tech ways to keep cool in a heatwave (2013)
White roofs stain and get dirty. Especially if leaves get on them.
woofyman··on A Closer Inspection of Tesla’s Autopilot Safety Statistics
>The actual number of miles driven with the Autopilot active is closer to 300 million miles at this point.
woofyman··on Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
Police are reporting that it never slowed down. Hitting the pedestrian at 40 mph.
woofyman··on Atari 8 Bit Computers FAQ
>TI 99/4 That was a 16-bit machine
woofyman··on YouTube Hiring for Some Positions Excluded White and Asian Males, Lawsuit Says
>I'm just saying in today's world you can identify as whatever the hell you want

That’s pretty flippant and insensitive to the struggles that trans people go through.

woofyman··on YouTube Hiring for Some Positions Excluded White and Asian Males, Lawsuit Says
>There’s no attention in getting men teaching. Where 80% teachers are females.

That’s not true.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/22/male-teacher-...

woofyman··on YouTube Hiring for Some Positions Excluded White and Asian Males, Lawsuit Says
There’s plenty of interest in getting more men in nursing.

http://blog.diversitynursing.com/blog/topic/male-nurse

woofyman··on Apple dictates that all new apps must fully support the iPhone X screen
>So, nothing new

The notched screen and rounded corners makes it a different beast.

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