[spdrun]

See, you can’t win if you want interesting times…

If it doesn’t pass, markets might freak out.
If it does, I suspect it will raise taxes on the average American and actually dampen the economy.

[spdrun]

Credits for grad students (after 1st year) also will end. Part of the GOP’s plan to screw academia for not supporting them?

[spdrun]

Wouldn’t it have to make more than it loses to be legitimate?

[spdrun]

The biggest risk the plan in its current form is that it will hit the coastal housing markets hard, effectively this increases the cost of buying a home in these regions significantly and will crash the market which in turn will affect economy and job losses for folks down the chain.

Risk or feature. Depending on whether you’re interested in investing in distressed property or not 🙂

[spdrun]

Is it 500k *maximum* deductibility, or does deduction cliff to zero after 500k+ loan balance?

[spdrun]

POE — you need the right kind of switch.

[spdrun]

DVR?

Throw ZoneMinder on an Intel NUC.

[spdrun]

Indiegogo is the site where it’s being marketed.

Thanks but no. I’ll set up my own cameras … and stream to a DVR located in an unobtrusive location under my own (and only my own) control.

Little point in giving an outside party access to photos of my property when a DVR can be the size of an Intel NUC. NUCs are available for $150 with memory. Stick a $50 laptop hard drive in one, and you have enough room for 1000+ hours of storage.

They’re small enough to live in an unobtrusive location that’s unlikely to be stolen — inside an electrical panel or a wall.

[spdrun]

Detroit advantages:
* central location
* rail, road, and water links
* cheap real estate
* UMich near by in Ann Arbor

Disadvantages:
* crime
* reputation
* climate

[spdrun]

..

[spdrun]

no. not unless it’s in a handful of US cities that I’m interested in anyway. my goal isn’t wealth, just for property to pay for basic expenses. honestly, my goal is to teach and be an academic long term, not mess around with property as a day job.

that’s what I want. to live out my life in a controlled environment (academia and guaranteed income from property). I don’t care about being a businessman, I don’t wish to be bothered by such things full time.

[spdrun]

I think there are two kinds of people in the world…
(1) those that chase money for the game itself
(2) those that can say, “right, I’m comfortable now” and focus on things that are more interesting

[spdrun]

Love how you put things. But pretentious hipsters are necessary evils. Without them, there is no dinero to fix things.

NYC is doing fine without more hipsters and techbros. Stay out, Amazon.

[spdrun]

Detroit is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with America — from exporting the auto industry, car culture, to urban crime, decay, and mismanagement in favor of suburban hellholes. I don’t wish it well, especially not as a host for a parasitic corporation like Amazon.

[spdrun]

I haven’t done this in several years since the advent of Venmo/Square Cash/Paypal. Has made the bill-splitting, paying for piano lessons, etc. much simpler. Also I love having a record to go back to if needed (especially when dealing with kids!) and it is so easy/quick to do. Really have almost no need of cash ever.

Unless it’s tax-deductible, why would you want a record? If you pay cash to a restaurant that you know, they’re more likely to give you a discount and/or perks. Cash makes small businesses happy. No transaction fees, tips get paid directly, maybe lower other expenses, who knows?

I’d probably pay the piano teacher in checks since I’d need to 1099 anyway.

[Author]

Posts