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‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age
  • Exactly. SS is too popular. There will be some sort of reform/funding, but congress will wait to the least minute to fix a problem. See any sort of continuing resolution government funding bill or the last time SS had problems back in the 80s. The '83 reform only occurred a mere months prior to insolvency. The fact that SS is still years/decades from major problems means it's someone else's problem to our elected representatives.

  • Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?
  • The newest revision of the prius has an option for rooftop solar. The break even point is relatively long, in the 5-8 year time frame iirc. The energy generation isn't massive; at 185w it won't substantially extend the range something like 5 miles per day.

  • Trump VP contender faces backlash for Jim Crow comments
  • One can't help but wonder if these easily avoidable public gaffs are purposeful to avoid being tapped to be trump VPs. They would likely be compelled to not say no, else he couple mobilize the MAGAts against you politically. At best it's probably a dead end political position that could consume the remainder of your political career, at worst he may entice a mob to try to kill you.

  • Thousands of US Uber and Lyft drivers plan Valentine's Day strikes
  • Somehow I don't believe their numbers. Average $30/hr and $23/hr after expenses. IRS milage is $0.67/mi. Are they really saying über drivers are only driving about 10 miles every hour, or are they just offloading that working expense onto drivers and only accounting for the ~$3 per gallon fuel consumption?

  • Donald Trump spent over $52 million in PAC donor money on legal fees last year. Here's where it all went.
  • Definitely has some strategic value. According to polls a sizable fraction have said they wouldn't vote for a convicted candidate, so in effort to not lose voters he has to delay cases past the election or obtain not guilty verdicts.

  • It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription
  • I have prime for the no rush shipping. Every time I delay my same day or next day shipping to the 3-4 day no rush shipping I get a few dollars of digital credits which I use to buy ebooks. Over the course of a year it essentially pays for the cost of prime with free books I would have bought anyway.

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