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The O' Club / Re: A 50 year mortgage..

« Last post by DmonSlyr on Today at 08:56:35 PM »

Those who do not understand economics will perpetually elect people who will enact economic policies that bring about their ruin. Just like those ignorant of history and civics.

Don't confuse economics with accounting and finance. For a high schooler, there is is nothing they can do to shape macro or micro economics. They are too young to shape a businesses micro economic model and get a job actually doing that. They have no impact personally on what the macro economy does. Its good theory to learn and should be taught, but imo, is a poor career choice and doesnt teach personal growth. Where as accounting, well if you learn that, and can make yourself a personal balance sheet and income statement, well now you have the skills to really learn how money works and you can save a lot more for yourself. It terns out to be a great career choice too.

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The O' Club / Re: Project Hail Mary

« Last post by AKIron on Today at 08:50:52 PM »

I've been digging The Expanse. I know, I'm a bit late to the party.

Read the first book years ago. And watched the series. Maybe I should read more of the books in the series.

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The O' Club / Re: A Nice Movie

« Last post by AKIron on Today at 08:46:01 PM »

88 is an oldie?!

I know, right?

Did you get the movie that line was from?

I should have attributed the quote.

"but for the children" -Lawrence Jamieson

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The O' Club / Re: Kerbal Space Program Successor

« Last post by Rocco on Today at 08:31:57 PM »

I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. The original KSP dev is involved (he had nothing to do with 2). But they still have a long way to go.

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The O' Club / Re: A Nice Movie

« Last post by Tumor on Today at 08:30:28 PM »

I always had a thing for Helen Hunt.  Still waiting for the sequel to Castaway, with her stuck on the island for a few years.  No hairdresser, no makeup artist, and no razor for legs and armpits.

I did too, until I saw "The Sessions".  Then I was all like, "EEEWWWwwwwww".

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The O' Club / Re: Kerbal Space Program Successor

« Last post by Tumor on Today at 08:24:01 PM »

I bought II. 

I'll be waiting until LONG after release before diving into this one.

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The O' Club / Re: A 50 year mortgage..

« Last post by Captain Virgil Hilts on Today at 08:22:40 PM »

I never had any need for literature, trigonometry, calculus, or geometry, but we had to sit through all of those classes, which are way harder and generally less useful to the majority of the Americans than Accounting and budgeting. Id have much preferred to learn robotics, mechanical machinery, electrical understanding, and forestry skills than sit there and read freaking Shakespeare and do huge formulas ill never use in the real world.. they'll teach economics though which also doesnt matter to a high schooler and will have 0 practical use.

Those who do not understand economics will perpetually elect people who will enact economic policies that bring about their ruin. Just like those ignorant of history and civics.

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The O' Club / Re: A 50 year mortgage..

« Last post by Captain Virgil Hilts on Today at 08:20:14 PM »

exponential growth..with no end or correction in sight..

Eagler

So long as a massive portion of the constituency longs for representatives who steal from the rest for them, nope, there's no correction in sight. Then there's that other element that is even further out.

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The O' Club / Re: Project Hail Mary

« Last post by Devil 505 on Today at 08:11:36 PM »

So what's some other good sci-fi reading as of late?

I've been digging The Expanse. I know, I'm a bit late to the party.

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The O' Club / Re: Project Hail Mary

« Last post by AKIron on Today at 07:53:00 PM »

So what's some other good sci-fi reading as of late?