[–] 1 point 3 hours ago

That's what I do. I know my monthly income, and everything gets put on the same card each month so I have a dead simple budget to keep track of. Plus all my payments are on virtual cards, so I don't care about the number getting stolen in a data breach, they're all locked by vendor. And I can shut off any virtual card any time I want if a company doesn't want me to cancel.

Side bonus, I use the cash back as our xmas fund. I know friends that use the miles instead.

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  • [–] 37 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

    The US has about 3.8 million valid citizens with no official records, and about another 21 million that would need to jump through very difficult hoops in order to obtain their documentation. It's called the Burned Counties phenomenon, because records were kept at the county level, that had a court house burned down. Or flooded, or destroyed by unrest. We like variety in our destruction.

    As will come to no surprise, the majority of those affected, are minorities who vote for Democrats. So the laws being proposed are designed around blocking them from voting, not getting them documented to vote.

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  • [–] 8 points 19 hours ago

    Economic activity is economic activity. Laws are regulations are just expenses that lead to market distortions. If all works as planned, the cost of violating the law minimizes the size of the black market, but it's always going to be there. Because of that, spending will get shaped around not only that market, but legal avoidance as well.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    What makes it even better is they bought up all the existing equipment for data centers that aren't even built. And a lot of them won't be. And by the time they are, what's been bought and piled up in warehouses, will be obsolete and need replacement. Before it's ever taken out of the box.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    RIP Koenig, you'll be missed.

    On that note, George Takei best be taking care of himself. There's just something wrong about Shatner being the last man standing.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago

    I think Warhammer Online had the best mix. They just had some balance problems, and of course huge technical issues. There were some great elements to the game though. The automatic pickup raids and scenario system were pretty good ideas.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    When you look at how actual modern fighters work like the F-35, they're taking on targets over the horizon before the targets even know they're being engaged. At that point, what is a fighter but a mobile missile platform? Does being maneuverable matter when your enemy is never going to see you in the first place?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Github will call you if you hit 5GB in a repository, Google drive lets you have 15.

    You'd have to write your own sync routines, and Github also has individual file size limits.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago

    You could replace Chinese with Russian and the author with Ayn Rand. If she had had kids.

    It's the same rationalizing of hatred and disdain. A wounded mind lashing out at the source of it's pain.

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    Saw a post mentioning an old Scottish gentleman that had saved a bottle of whiskey to drink the day Margaret Thatcher died. And I'm quite sure he enjoyed the drink.

    So my question to the community, what's the best drink for the day any major politician finally kicks the bucket? Should it be your own favorite spirit, or something to denote the character, and vitriol, of the deceased? Something sweet to enjoy the day, or harsh to remember the bitterness of their character?

    I'm trying to plan a shelf for my dining room. Each bottle labeled for who they're waiting for.

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