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someguy3

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  • TIL that the US is #10 in foreign aid per capita.

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  • The whole point of breaking down per capita is to account for the US having 4 times the population of Germany. It doesn't even get to GDP per capita (which is lower in Germany).

  • Algae Rock!

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  • Sounds like we need to genetically engineer super algae.

  • TNG O'Brien versus DS9 O'Brien

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  • His love of combat rations and Sisko's hate of them says it all.

  • Don’t chase your dreams

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  • Also, it's easier to maintain a steady jog pace rather than running all over the place like in soccer.

    (They studied soccer players and found they don't actually cover much distance. But it's exhausting.)

  • Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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  • "Bill Gates wants to put a chip in my brain!" [Riots.]

    "Musk is eliminating any oversight so he can put a chip in my brain!" [Thunderous applause.]

  • Tyranny of choice

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  • You can still use the mugs and glasses (nothing says they both have to be full), so get rid of the unusable fork.

  • Programmer buys a boat

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  • That's a good one.

  • US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class

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  • Point is it goes way further back.

  • US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class

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  • Doesn't surprise me, a C-17 is not laid out for passenger efficiency. Commercial planes and their schedules are all laid out to maximize efficiency (and thus profit).

  • US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class

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  • They don't get a choice! That's the whole point of a military.

  • US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class

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  • That's exactly why the US doesn't have social programs, except it started with not wanting it to go to black people.

  • Elon Musk says he might sue Gov. Tim Walz over accusations he gave a Nazi salute

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  • I never knew Hitler was so heartful.

  • Mark Zuckerberg starts Meta earnings call by praising Trump administration

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  • It's so Trump doesn't target them. He could effectively destroy their business.

  • Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

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  • No that's not what it says. It says you have to be at retirement age to get the pension.

    EG. If I work for the govt from age 20 to 40, then leave from 40-60 to work in private industry, I have to wait until age 57 or 62 (see complicated chart) until I get the govt pension that I accrued from age 20 to 40.

  • Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

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  • If you leave your Government job before becoming eligible for retirement:

    you can ask that your retirement contributions be returned to you in a lump sum payment, or

    if you have at least five years of creditable service, you can wait until you are at retirement age to apply for monthly retirement benefit payments. This is called a deferred retirement. View the deferred retirement web page.

    Yeah that's how it should work. You don't "lose" your pension at all, it's either transferred to you or you get it when you reach retirement age. You just don't continue to accrue any more, which is not "losing" your pension.

    The closest you can come to saying you "lose" your pension and it's a stretch to use the word "lose" is if you work for less than 5 years, it looks like you only get your contribution back. 5 years is a bit too long for, effectively, vesting imo but sorry to say you really have to pick a better word.

  • Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

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  • That doesn't sound right at all. People quit all the time and you want people to quit if they aren't in the right job. For DC pensions you transfer out what you accrued, but for DB pensions the calculations are more difficult. I just don't have first hand experience with govt DB pensions.

  • Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

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  • The whole point is to not fill them.

  • Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

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  • if you resign, you then lose your pension

    Uh are you sure? That doesn't sound right.

  • How to avoid arthritis later in life?

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  • I've not extensively researched this but: Fish oil. And I think everyone should take a multivitamin. The magnesium oxide and zinc oxide in multis are hard to absorb, so take additional magnesium and zinc. Zinc comes in 50 mg, RDA is 11, so I cut it into 4.

    Ergo keyboard.

    Finally motion is lotion. Go through full ranges of motion. Cartilage has very little blood flow and requires the fluid around it to move to get nutrients and such. Little bits throughout the day are probably better than lots once a week. Don't resume running because that's high impact. Do sprints if you really want that kind of motion.