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  • Something tells me it was longer than 0.74 seconds. And typically the person that suffers the consequences of the lead car not paying attention is the cars further back sitting through another light cycle because you can't put down candy crush while driving

  • Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit
  • If the juror is allowed to keep the money after the trial if they report it, just means we will have open bribery of jurors.

    "Yes, I got this $100,000 cashier check to vote guilty, so I'm going to vote not guilty to keep the $100,000"

  • Never Forget
  • https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

    72% chance from here. Probably high enough that swing state voters opted to stay home. This was the vibe practically all October. The FBI felt confident enough in her win to announce they were investigating her to appear unbiased.

    Polling being inaccurate for whatever reason doesn't change the article after article assuring everyone Hillary had it in the bag.

  • Grocery stores promoting gas discounts are not helping the transition away from gas vehicles
  • Gas discounts are pretty small.

    At least for Kroger, you get $0.03 baseline with no discount. After you spend $100, you get one fill up with $0.10 discount up to 35 gallons. My vehicle in particular has 11 gallons. So my maximum discount is $1.10, up from base line $0.33 discount. $1.10 discount per $100 spent is barely worth it.

    Even if you used all 35 gallons, that's $3.50 discount per $100 spent.

    So if you have a massive vehicle that takes 35 gallons, you can save $35 off the fill up after you spend $1000 in the store. Could you have saved that $35 by shopping at a different grocery store?

  • What's the draw of watching/following streamers?
  • The most popular streamers aren't popular because they are good at games, it's because they are entertaining. The game might be used to draw people in, but it's not really about the game itself.

    I would say watching sports is about the game. No one is watching NFL because Madden was casting it (I know he's gone, but I don't know any famous sports casters/commentators).

  • Get rid of landlords...
  • So... The sewage backfills into the house and you put in a petition to the government to come fix the problem? You just move out and until the government gets around to fixing the house, it just sits vacant and the problem exacerbates itself?

  • Get rid of landlords...
  • A co-op is not renting. It's basically a building with condos/apartments that has a built in HOA. If the roof needs repaired every apartment needs to chip in for the sudden payment if the co-op isn't properly saving for those capital expenditures.

  • Get rid of landlords...
  • That same logic applies to landlords though. They don't provide housing, they provide a service. They provided the capital for the construction workers, plumbers, electricians, etc.

    Insurance and taxes are forced as part of typical mortgage payments because otherwise people wouldn't pay them. Coordinating repairs and hiring out those jobs is also part of the service.

    Part of the problem is that rent is more expensive than a mortgage. Another problem is that a majority of rentals are owned by corporations that cartel to have ever increasing rental rates. Rent increases aren't tied to anything except they can raise the price on a whim.

    If you mortgaged $200k at 3% in 2020 you had a house note of $850. That same house would require a $350k mortgage at 7.5% is $1400. The landlord has the same house note on the same property but is charging rent like they just bought the house last week.

  • Get rid of landlords...
  • Can you elaborate on that? The only thing I can think of is the government owns the property and rents it out and can keep the rent to what it costs I suppose. But utilization of the spot seems problematic over the long long term.

    High value locations due to proximity to services and public transit would be filled almost instantly and a family could live in that spot for 80+ years.

    Someone moving to a new city would basically only be able to find housing in less and less desirable locations. Living in the city center versus 30 minutes out of town would cost the same I assume. You'd really want to know someone who works in the organization that manages properties to know when something is coming available and put in your application before it's public.

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