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felix_n commented on SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes   nytimes.com/2025/08/15/te... · Posted by u/pretext
_acco · 4 months ago
False, payroll taxes are split.

And Texas is famous for its property taxes.

felix_n · 4 months ago
Also false, SS and Medicare taxes are split, but federal income tax is not, with the latter typically being higher.
felix_n commented on California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working   wsj.com/articles/californ... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
hackernewds · 3 years ago
Disallowed him is a neat framing for, he made a hard conscious choice.
felix_n · 3 years ago
You probably still won't get it, but replace "dog" with "kid" or "friend" and say that sentence again. That might give you a sense of how attached a lot of people are to their dogs.
felix_n commented on California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working   wsj.com/articles/californ... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
x0x0 · 3 years ago
What people do consider is that it's extraordinarily unfair for many people who struggle with housing costs -- imagine what eg SF-area rents do to a cook or cleaner earning even $50k annually -- if we're going to provide that for free to junkies.

Until there aren't large segments of SF who work very hard and are housing insecure anyway, it's just going to be politically impossible to provide homeless free housing.

felix_n · 3 years ago
Are _you_ saying that it's unfair, or are you speaking for the working class?
felix_n commented on Need help with students who've turned my class into a dating service   academia.stackexchange.co... · Posted by u/jabriel
ndriscoll · 3 years ago
My wife told me when we started dating that she picked math in university to find a STEM boy (who was expected to get a high paying job. No math grad school for me). And yes, I helped her with her homework and with studying only because I was attracted to her and dating her. We're both happy with how that turned out.

Honestly assuming we send our kids to college (it's looking like a house and a trust fund will be cheaper by the time they're 18 if we're trying to be financially optimal), we'll definitely be telling them that finding their spouse is going to be the most important thing they could possibly do while there. Almost all of our two social groups are not married, and we probably wouldn't be either if we hadn't met in university (I almost certainly wouldn't be). It is probably the best opportunity for one of the most important events to set the course of your life. Absolutely people should treat it that way.

felix_n · 3 years ago
So your wife copped to seeking out someone based on expected lifetime earnings? I'd be pretty pissed, personally.
felix_n commented on Need help with students who've turned my class into a dating service   academia.stackexchange.co... · Posted by u/jabriel
murrkat · 3 years ago
Begging the question.
felix_n · 3 years ago
Piss off Plato.
felix_n commented on Need help with students who've turned my class into a dating service   academia.stackexchange.co... · Posted by u/jabriel
lazide · 3 years ago
Why do you assume the women aren’t as interested in dating as the men?

Seems pretty sexist frankly.

felix_n · 3 years ago
I guess because they're complaining to the professor about it? Nice attempt to turn the table though, with social skills that subtle I bet you'd fit right with the bozos in this class.
felix_n commented on Need help with students who've turned my class into a dating service   academia.stackexchange.co... · Posted by u/jabriel
ZephyrBlu · 3 years ago
Effort is generally a pretty good proxy for respect. If this isn't a respectful attempt, can you explain what is a respectful attempt?

You go to a class, offer to help a girl and then at some point later (End of the class, etc) you ask for her number. If she says no at any point you leave her alone. What's disrespectful about that if you're genuinely helping her?

Of course if you're leering and won't leave a girl alone that's disrespectful, but taking a class and offering help to attractive girls isn't inherently disrespectful.

felix_n · 3 years ago
Damn you sound like such a clown.

"You don't get me Amanda, I'm stalking you because I just have so much respect for you. I'm one of the nice ones!"

"Well detective, I felt like we got off on the wrong foot because I kept a journal of her movements and social circle in a purely respectful manner, but she thought it was creepy. So then I thought, how much more respect can you show a woman than by carefully planning her murder and meticulously cleaning the scene and disposing of her body?"

felix_n commented on Need help with students who've turned my class into a dating service   academia.stackexchange.co... · Posted by u/jabriel
nhchris · 3 years ago
> This might be hard, as no unwanted advances are taking place. We simply have students excelling at the course, and drawing-in a crowd. I should've been more clear with my "leching" comment. Still, it seems harassing in nature.

It seems increasingly that society demands a world where dating only happens during designated and approved dating times and venues, and outside those strictly delimited places, men are to behave as eunuchs, and all prospects of romance are to be extinguished.

Then wonder why marriage and fertility rates are tanking.

felix_n · 3 years ago
Ohh hey Jordan Peterson, nice of you to weigh in!

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felix_n commented on US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc   theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/samizdis
felix_n · 3 years ago
Somewhat tangential to the main point of the article, but wasn't there some big news somewhat recently about sodium-ion batteries reaching "close-enough" parity with lithium-ion batteries for EVs? Did I get hopeful based on false pretenses?

u/felix_n

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