Muddybulldog

This is incorrect. The conditions here are applicable to former employees who are collecting a pension from an employer that did NOT contribute to social security.

The number of people that this impacts is small but not insignificant. About 2 million people, or 3 percent of Social Security beneficiaries, according to a February 2023 report by the Congressional Research Service. Most are former federal workers who were hired before 1984, when the U.S. civil service was brought under the Social Security system, and ex-employees of some state and local government agencies.

Commodore ROM BASIC; 1980

While you may have IPv6 it doesn’t do anything if the services you utilize don’t support it.

MANY major websites and domains have no IPv6 support. https://whynoipv6.com/

Slackware 1.2. It was easier to install than Debian at the time.

“it’d just take a couple of landlords to have some morals”

So much for that idea.

Might want to avoid religion, too.

having your boss say “stop” at 32 hours is the intent of the bill.

The irony of you tooting about 1A, celebrating your “right” to free speech, based on your ability to post something in a forum where 1A doesn’t apply.

It’s delicious.

There’s already at least one company doing it (based on a quick Google search).

Project much?

Interest deduction… meaning not 8% anymore. It doesn’t change the math, it changes the rate.

Not sure how zip code factors into “simple arithmetic” but you do you.

No, it’s not.

You’re rationale that 8% of 300,000 = 24,000 therefore $2,000/mo., by dumb luck, comes close at 8%.

• 12% of 300,00 = 36,000/12 = 3,000; actual is $3085/mo
• 8% of 300,000 = 24,000/12 = 2,000; actual is $2200/mo (not $2025)
• 4% of 300,000 = 12,000/12= 1,000; actual is $1432/mo
• 2% of 300,000 = 6,000/12 = 500; actual is $1108/mo
• 0% of 300,000 = 0/12 = 0; actual is $833/mo

It’s algebra, not arithmetic.

P = (r * A) / (1 - (1 + r)^(-n))

where:

• P is the monthly payment
• A is the loan amount
• r is the monthly interest rate (APR/12)
• n is the total number of payments

For the most part, I don’t visit websites. I can parse through hundreds of articles in minutes and jump immediately to what interests me. Hell of a lot faster than hopping from site to site in the hopes there’s something of interest.

Daily. Pretty much all of my news, regardless of topic, of delivered via RSS. If’s fast, lightweight to search, and makes it really easy to see what topics are really trending hot.

That “ Microsoft CEO Satya Narayana Nadella Has a Very Dark Past as a Refund Scammer”.

One of the upsides of Lemmy’s smaller size is there is, relatively speaking, a good selection of quality conversation. On the other the hand the garbage really sticks out, particularly if you’re someone who sorts by NEW.

All the underlying data is the same. Only differences are the ways to visualize it.