Everything posted by Nice Guy Eddie
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
The surgeon general has also warned watching or reading the news around inauguration is bad for your health.
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2025 Celebrity Death Pool
The older brothers were a good band musically. They became overshadowed behind Donnie and Marie and that style.
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Trump’s America
Plenty of people have lost out on profits by trading based on politics. Be careful. (I get the concept of a trailing stop loss, but that can trigger and then run up 20%.)
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Things not going well for Facebook
I can’t imagine that I will ever reactivate my facebook account.
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General Health Care/Health Cost thread
You do know that over 50% of senior citizens use a Medicare advantage plan which is a private insurance plan except it just has the name Medicare in it. It’s branded as Medicare and has nothing to do with govt other than they approved of the plan. And this is the direction that more and more senior citizens are going because of costs. Govt run Medicare is too expensive for them. If Medicare for all is actually Medicare Advantage for All, it’s no different than calling it Cigna (or Blue cross) for All. and FYI, Medicare advantage plans are considered much worse than traditional Medicare from a care perspective.
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Things not going well for Facebook
UFC's Dana White joins Meta's board. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/06/ufcs-dana-white-joins-metas-board-weeks-before-trump-takes-office.html weird but putting a Friend of Trump on your board can be a low cost method of protecting yourself.
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How much do you pay for siriusxm?
I'm in for $9 total (taxes, fees, etc.) per month. I figured I could get a better deal but felt it wasn't worth the effort.
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General Health Care/Health Cost thread
A key component would be how is the situation handled when someone WANTS to stay out of Medicare for All. Will they be given a tax break or refund if they pursue health coverage on their own, or through their employer? I'm not asking you for the answer but I'm curious if this is optional or the only method for coverage. Personally I don't think that I've ever had insurance coverage through my employers that is worse than Medicare. Why should I switch to have worse coverage?
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General Health Care/Health Cost thread
But there are also surveys where a high percentage of people rate their insurance as excellent or good. It’s like Congress ratings. People universally hate Congress but a majority like their own rep. and while many seem to want Medicare for all, Medicare is really great because it’s highly subsidized by younger taxpayers. I’ve never seen one analysis that describes the costs of all of those younger people being moved into Medicare. Not to mention that Medicare would need to open up more coverage for areas that they never/rarely cover like pregnancies or children’s health. and finally hospitals and doctors depend on the higher reimbursements from insurance other than Medicare and Medicaid. We can tell them to suck it up and accept less revenue but there are negative impacts to Medicare for all.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
Can’t leave a dog in a car. Dangerous for the dog in hotter temps, and dangerous for your windows in mild temps.
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Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.)
The AI platforms have been a hot commodity lately, see Virtuals Protocol. Another is Eliza OS which is behind the Ai16z project. The projects definitely have a meme coin feel to them but they are actual projects working to deliver a product. Very volatile pricing and as you mentioned, you can’t buy them on the major exchanges. Buyer beware on purchases.
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General Health Care/Health Cost thread
Im single so mine is different. And I was quick on my $333 quote, it’s actually double that since I forgot the quoted amount is per paycheck. Its the employees+family portion only.
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General Health Care/Health Cost thread
Insurance is $1.5k per month in premiums? I just checked any my employer has it at $333 with a $500 annual deductible.
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General Health Care/Health Cost thread
I’m in this camp. $8K/yr for someone to stay alive is acceptable to me. People are dropping more than that to drive new pickup trucks. Why are we pissed when life saving care costs that much but we’re cool about “regular” vehicles quickly being north of $70K? Funny how you never see someone complaining about their high car payment that they just signed up for 84 months.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
For a male, binge episode is 5 standard drinks or more. If you're drinking this much, the average doesn't matter because it's harmful drinking. If it's 4 or less per day, you can average that out over week. If you're at or under 14 and you have no binges, this is considered moderate drinking. 14 drinks a week all the way to 1 drink a month is moderate drinking for men (7 for the ladies). The CDC may say that 14 drinks per week is moderate, and therefore not harmful, but that definition is also there to support the alcohol industry. I grew up thinking it was normal for parents to have several drinks every night but later learned it’s uncommon. With 14 drinks someone is in the top 20% of drinkers not at the middle as implied by the word moderate. and no judgement I was a previously heavy drinker on weekends.
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Rolling 401K advice, not mine
One word of warning for anyone who changes jobs frequently. The switch might be needed or worthwhile but you frequently lose out on any retirement matching because you’re not fully vested yet. It needs to be considered with the overall decision.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
That's how it is for me. 3 drinks, especially later in the night, and I barely sleep. Maybe I'm technically asleep for a few hours but I feel like it was close to zero hours and I'm functionally at half speed the next day. And in terms of the original post about drinks and health (cancer), I'm fairly certain that poor sleep is bad for your health. For those that can handle more drinks, no judgement. I used to be able to but not anymore.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
My drinking level is so low these days and hangovers are so bad, I couldn't imagine the hangover with 10 drinks. Much less if I followed that up with a day of 10 more. A friend of a friend was mentioning how he normally went through a case of beer per night. That can't be good for you.
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
not sure if serious. You're stuck on dividing your total weekend drinks by 7?
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
2014 analysis of drinking. Crazy how much the highest 20% of people make up of the total drinking. You have to assume that the health problems are mainly with them.
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PayPal (Honey) in trouble?
Im not saying that the filing of a lawsuit indicates how it will end, but at least one lawsuit has been filed against PayPal for this.
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New Orleans New Years Terror Attack [15 dead, 20+ critical/injured]
- All Encompassing Investment and Financial Planning Thread for the Surly 99.5%
You might want to check to see if any of your banks can display your credit score whenever you log onto your web portal. I see that via Chase. Regardless it’s good to check the full reports once per year. IMO.- New Orleans New Years Terror Attack [15 dead, 20+ critical/injured]
Different people read a situation differently. Failing to cooperate with the authorities is not a sign of guilt. As others have posted here, Richard Jewel is the perfect example why your interactions with law enforcement need to involve a lawyer.- New Orleans New Years Terror Attack [15 dead, 20+ critical/injured]
I can see that a mosque advises their members to have legal representation when talking to the FBI. I would do the same. The FBI would not be interviewing you to find out what you knew about the terrorists, they would be interviewing you to see if you’re also a terrorist. This is the sole purpose of an investigation into someone who is already dead. - All Encompassing Investment and Financial Planning Thread for the Surly 99.5%
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