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I do see the occasional person bringing their SO to the Navy and Marine balls.
Finding consumer lawyers willing to take FDCPA cases is tough.
Only AmEx sued me (and we settled). I later sued most of the collection companies with the help of a lawyer and netted about $40K in settlements. Some had called my parents and told them they’d call the police and arrest me that day (they paid). Another called me work repeatedly and told my boss (he didn’t care other than the endless harassment).
It took 7 years for my credit to be clean. I still get calls from scummy bottom of the barrel collectors about debt I paid/settled - even 20 years later. They give up easily though, statute of limitations is long past.
Anyway my point is it’s not optional, you can get sued. And they'll harass you endlessly.
NPR had a bunch of economic reporters and they’re mostly ok but they still get a ton of stuff wrong, so it’s not a great solution either.
Starlink is also way more conservative
> SpaceX’s satellites move when the probability of a collision is greater than 1 in 100,000, while NASA and other industry firms use a threshold of 1 in 10,000.
Although they did do a very good job. The app is well thought out and the service has been rock solid since launch.
I’ve switched to shrooms and one trip every 3-6 months seems to reliably keep depression and panic disorder at bay. It did require some work and I really had to process some awful memories from my childhood.
But these things did more for me than years of psychiatric meds ever did - literally dozens of them. Mirtazapine made me gain weight - 60 lbs in a year. Prozac gave me bruxism and I cracked 3 dental crowns in a month. Effexor turned me into a suicidal yet somehow also emotionless zombie. I got addicted to Ativan and couldn’t sleep without it. I’m off it all, and happier than I’ve ever been.
So I subscribe to the Washington post instead who do offer exactly that kind of subscription.
Lol we literally can, or at least mitigate. It’s easy to pass a law (if the particular legislature works for its people and not the corporate interests) that makes job offers binding and getting out of them requires making the other party at least partially whole.
It's not understandable, Google is doing financially fine. If they determine they made a mistake they should have to pay a penalty. You would not get that grace in your own personal life, I don't know why we grant it to companies in employment contracts. Sign an apartment lease and change your mind? You'll be on the hook for a huge payment. Companies revoking offers should be subject to penalties and to make the other party whole.