bluGill

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The minivan is important. That sliding door means my kids never slam the door open into the next car... Many people get too attached to perfect paint on their car even though they have a history of trading in "that old thing" every 3 years.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago

Taking profits mean you have something else to do with the money. It could be you think something else is a better investment. It could be you want to bu a yacht. There is no telling.

Most financial reporting uses terms like "taking profits" as a way to explain things without digging into the details of what investors are really doing. (which to be fair in most cases an investor is harming themselves by telling the truth)

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

A human can, but as soon as that is discovered that human is rejected. They have to slowly develop a whole new persona, likely taking years - before they are trusted again.

At least for now when Kids regularly grow up enough to join the internet and so we have to have ways to let new people in. If tokens ever trade to a real verified human it may not be possible to get another. (though I doubt this - governments in some places will issue tokens to bots and real humans and so there is no way to tell without cutting off someone real.)

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

It isn't regularly, it is what you do on the margins. that one trip a year. Those really cold days in winter (ICEs have a built in heater). 200 miles is more than enough most days, but once a month it will be really close.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Only a few. Nearly every farmer is facing a problem of There just aren't enough for the hands to hire. Farming is generally very seasonal you work very hard for long hours during harvest, but that's only two or three weeks a year. Planting season again, you work very hard for a couple weeks, but the new it's done and you just wait for things to grow. It's not just waiting, You occasionally have to get out to weed and monitor the conditions, but there's many weeks where there's little to do and no need for a farmhand.

Many farmers have a second job of some sort that they work between farming tasks.

immigration restrictions also hurt because people who are poor and would take anything and be happy with work for those few weeks can't get in. In the poorest countries, you can easily have a nice living only working a few weeks a year in the US.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io -1 points 7 months ago

My guess is they started the site in the first place.

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