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johnnyb9··on Student Debt in America: Lend with a Smile, Collect with a Fist
Every time she came across adversity, the answer was "get more higher education". Suzie Orman (love her or hate her) always yells at people on her show whenever they talk about "going back to school" as a way out of their financial ruin.
johnnyb9··on How Bad Will It Get for American Express?
I live in Manhattan and my experience has been that every bar accepts Amex.
johnnyb9··on New York City's MTA Exposed (2005) [pdf]
And it takes like 2-3 months in my experience.
johnnyb9··on The Man Who Broke Atlantic City (2012)
My understanding is that the 6-deck shoe confers a mathematical advantage, not simply a card-counting advantage, over an 8-deck shoe. If you use the calculator here you will see that it improves odds even under basic strategy play: http://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/calculator/
johnnyb9··on Goldman’s Icy Arbitrage Draws Interest to Meet EPA Rule
There were probably other deciding factors beyond economics, such as carbon footprint.
johnnyb9··on [dead]
"Although the federal government will pay for the expansion, many governors cited cost, even though the expansion would actually save money."

Quite an absurd claim here -- that expanding medicaid would save money? The author links to a survey that makes no such claim.

johnnyb9··on I don’t understand American healthcare – doesn’t mean I shouldn’t provide it
In the context of the entire paragraph, the author is stating that your right to something at another's expense is to the detriment of the other person's right to liberty. You may disagree but I believe there is certainly a tradeoff.
johnnyb9··on I don’t understand American healthcare – doesn’t mean I shouldn’t provide it
If you are really interested in learning why some people think universal health care is not a "right" I encourage you to read this article:

http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?id=13873

johnnyb9··on Why I have issues with Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us
"Leading experts on the STEM workforce, including Richard Freeman of Harvard, Michael Teitelbaum of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Paula Stephan of Georgia State University, Hal Salzman of Rutgers, Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown, and Norman Matloff of the University of California-Davis, have said for years that the US produces ample numbers of excellent science students. In fact, according to the National Science Board’s authoritative publication Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, the country turns out three times as many STEM degrees as the economy can absorb into jobs related to their majors."

http://www.cjr.org/reports/what_scientist_shortage.php?page=...

johnnyb9··on Show HN: Weekend project, fun spin on dating. Only friends edit your profile
Love the idea! One suggestion is to add a footer, even if it's just a copyright. Like Marissa Meyer said for Google, it gives the site more of a punctuated end.
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