I always carry cash. I'm surprised when people don't. Came in handy when the hurricane hit, gas stations only took cash. Cash is also good for negotiation.
Avoiding payment fees, negotiating a discount by having cash ready to fork over, etc. Its always good to have $100 or so in your pocket, quick way to smooth over small fender benders/paint nicks if you accidentally damage someone else's car in a minor way.
I say this as someone who lives in part of the US where shops and medical practices are starting to go card only. Having cash is still really handy, though many people here can get by without touching cash for months.
"quick way to smooth over small fender benders/paint nicks if you accidentally damage someone else's car in a minor way"
Anytime I've had a body shop repair dents or paint nicks it has cost so much more than $100 that I would literally laugh in the face of anyone that tried that with me.
If your driving a car 5+ years old that was $30k or less, a small nick such as the one I mentioned isn't apt to be repaired. All one is trying to do is satiate the party that had their car damaged, and that is generally possible for a fairly reasonable cost.
Agreed, but I'm not giving over any significant amount of cash to an individual without getting a signed release. $50 and hope I never hear from them again? Sure.
$100 and we don't exchange info/I made sure no pictures were taken or license plates studied is generally baseline IMO. Even if they're at fault, if it's minor I do not want my insurance to know about the accident. It will boost the premiums much moreso than paying off those involved.
You can still negotiate a final amount to be paid via non-cash payment though. Sometimes the rounding off of numbers might even make paying by cash more expensive. Don't think that's a particularly strong point.
Not long ago I walked in to a store with $150 of cash and asked for a thing I needed that would be within the amount I had with me and they gave me the $165 item for $150 because thats all I had with me.
I never need cash except when a hurricane is coming. But hurricanes are like being stalked by a turtle. I just go and grab the cash once I get notified there might be one :)
I'm sort of with you with housing and education but where I'm in violent disagreement is health. Some are born with a terrible hand and there's little that they can do, on their own, to resolve those issues. It's unacceptable to lose everything for health treatments. People have options with school and housing. People can put forth effort to improve their situation. With health, you can't just get up and move somewhere else to be healthy.
How is this even validated or profitable? Companies ask me for various information all the time and I usually just make it up or use an old #, old zip code, etc. Once they have the data, then how do they make money?
If some of these companies still manage to correlate this fake data to you (i.e. you didn't play the game well enough), it might earn you the flag 'untrustworthy' on your profile, and you'll experience the blowback from that.
I don't know the real reason but for myself, I actually uninstalled Spotify after I found out about the P2P feature. There was a noticeable lag when I would play online console games and had Spotify open on a PC or laptop. It was never really an advertised feature and it kind of pissed me off that they would do that without a clear notification. Took me a bit to troubleshoot as well. I'm sure it was in the user agreement but come on, who reads that.
I disagree. A share is worth a portion of the business. That is a defined unit. The share price is what people will pay for a share of the piece of company. Baked into the price is the underlying assets (real value) in addition to the fuzzy speculation piece.
The share prices can be analyzed by looking at the financial reports. True value can be assessed by looking at assets minus liability, debts, dividend payment, etc.
This value per share then is compared to the buying price. There is a lot of speculation built into the price now a days. An investor does not have to buy at this real value + speculation price, the investor can sit it out. People are willing to pay for a share of this company, a non-defined amount, it's the only way to continuously offer a share of the company for sale.
Race baiting comment. Context is key. The article advocates equality and you cherry picked a wikipedia section of a historical and clearly wrong assumption. Look over the wiki and try to find something where Benjamin Rush does not advocate equality, then you can shoot your shot.
Is it even worth it to post now that this article has been up for a few days? Funny how all of these comments just sit there on a server somewhere. Produced. But what value does it add? Will anyone even look at this?
For me it's about the job but I'm sure everyone has their own reasons. I'm secure and don't have to struggle. I apply for jobs and don't hear back, interview and don't get the job, etc. I'd be willing to move somewhere new if I knew I had a job lined up. While savings is good, it's stressful and scary to have no income. It's like holding your breath and eventually panic sets in. Doesn't feel good. I'd love to move to a bunch of different cities but many of those places don't seem to have jobs that fit my background. I'd jump to a new career but not sure I could float the expenses while also saving for the future.
Acids? Like stronger acids than the stomach acid already inside of the human body? I doubt that considering stomach acid damages teeth. Nobody would have teeth left.
Large protein consumption? Like what many many people do for health reasons, keto, body builders, etc? People in prime health condition?
And what about fructose malabsorption with certain fruits and vegatables? Some people can't eat certain things otherwise it will make them sick due to this illness.
Go back to reddit with your pseudo science trolling. HN is one of the few decent spots on the internet for discussions and it certainly isn't improved by people like you.
