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maracle replied to the Apple board. 2:19 PM

Re: Top 25 Apps of all times

App adoption follows a curve with the largest number adopting within the first few months then a long tail of people adopting it on an ongoing basis. Google Maps early adoption phase is over and it's on the tail right now. Google Maps will [more]

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maracle replied to the Political Asylum board. 12:02 PM

Re: 5-yr-old kills 2-yr-old sister with rifle

Really? In what state is it expressly prohibited to serve your child alcohol in the home?

It's illegal for minors to possess alcohol, including in their blood stream. This is how a minor with any BAC or alcohol on their breath can be [more]

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maracle replied to the Computer & Video Gamers board. 7:47 PM

Re: Bioshock 1/2 vs Bioshock Infinite

I just played Bioshock 2. Beyond the issue of crashing a million times I found it to be a bit of a grind...there are just too many splicers you have to kill to get another little piece of story (generally, the diaries). With combat mechanics as [more]

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maracle replied to the Political Asylum board. 1:11 PM

Re: I HAVE LEUKEMIA .... NO BS, JUST FACT

As for "insurers like to get rid of people who are actually expensively sick." they like to, but as long as you continue coverage they cant (say ... have job, get laid off, carry cobra for a year, get another job or wife gets job with [more]

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maracle replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 6:00 PM

Re: Simple Solution to 401K Expenses

I would be very surprised if the all in fees were the .016% and .014% you quoted. My guess is that this does NOT include the fund fees.

Definitely not, I was just surprised to find I'm in a plan with 600 or so participants and the [more]

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maracle replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 5:12 PM

Re: Simple Solution to 401K Expenses

I've taken another look and maybe found more details. Fidelity does have a fee disclosure document for each account. It's meant, I suppose, to be consumer friendly. It is in plain english and though I doubt many people would want to read it the info [more]

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maracle replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 3:10 PM

Re: Simple Solution to 401K Expenses

After reading these posts, I decided it was finally time to figure out what to do with my old 401k accounts. Right now I have:

2 old employer 401ks through Fidelity
My current employer 401k through Fidelity

The obvious choices [more]

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maracle replied to the Apple board. 4:43 PM

Re: un-Flipping-believable!

Load up your credit-card and consistently make the minimum payment required every month for a few years and your score will sky-rocket however.

Even better, you don't even have to carry a balance for this to work...the CC companies [more]

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maracle replied to the Imp This Ride board. 12:49 PM

Re: I hate insurance

Why can't I get that in medical care? That is a rhetorical question, in case it wasn't obvious.

That's what those ACOs they're experimenting with are for, I think. The ides is that a certain medical issue gets paid a certain amount [more]

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maracle replied to the Computer & Video Gamers board. 3:14 PM

Re: My first PC...

I was just talking about this with someone the other day. My first computer was when my dad bought at 286, and I seem to recall it was $1200 or something like that. Which was some serious cash back in 1990 or whatever it was.

The thing I got [more]

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maracle replied to the Computer & Video Gamers board. 11:48 AM

Re: EA named worst company in America

Man, that response from the new EA guy was pretty defensive. He admitted they could "do better" without really acknowledging any single thing they might do, and the rest of the blog was defending all the crappy business practices that [more]

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maracle replied to the Living Below Your Means board. 9:00 PM

Re: Deception At the Door

I know MetroChick can be abrasive at times, but this entire thread is pretty much an unprovoked attack. All she did was suggest putting up a no soliciting sign. That is perfectly reasonable.

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maracle replied to the Apple board. 2:33 AM

Re: Apple's posh new campus

I know investors have trouble seeing past their shoelaces to next week, and the idea of a business investing in something that will last 50 years sounds insane in this current "what have you done for me lately" atmosphere. But that's the [more]

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maracle replied to the Apple board. 1:51 PM

Re: Apple's posh new campus

Whoops...that was supposed to be carried on a litter. :)

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maracle replied to the Apple board. 1:50 PM

Re: Apple's posh new campus

The physical plant is relevant, but not highly so. The new fancy building is, I suspect, an SJ vanity project (as was the original Apple campus). Other than getting people together in one general area, it is of little use to engineers (and most [more]

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maracle replied to the Computer & Video Gamers board. 3:28 PM

Re: My game is finally out, and I don't like "F

Cool game, I enjoyed it. I'm assuming the whirlpool levels are algorithmically generated? Interesting programming problem, takes me back to some of my university classes!

I like the fly minigame mechanic, it's a good idea.

Hope [more]

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maracle replied to the Computer & Video Gamers board. 12:30 AM

Re: My game is finally out, and I don't like "F

I'll definitely check it out and let you know what I think! Thanks for keeping us in mind.

It's nice to see that there's a strong attitude among smaller developers to do F2P in a smarter way (enhancing the game or selling cosmetics, etc) [more]

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maracle replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 6:01 PM

Re: Not a Talent Shortage-a Broken HR Process

Taleo is the WORST. It's got to be sold based on legal compliance and the empty promise that Taleo can automate the jobs of HR. Instead it drives people away with 2 hour long applications that half the time don't even work, and an automated method of [more]

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maracle replied to the Credit Cards and Consumer Debt board. 11:10 AM

Re: Mismanaged Student Loan

Can't you make a one time electronic payment for the missed month?

I would also suggest checking the terms of the .25% rate discount. I know these things change from time to time, but my Stafford loans had that as well but the discount [more]

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maracle replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 1:35 AM

Re: Budget exercise: Broke on $50K/yr.

I stand by my statement that a car loan is not a necessity.

These discussions are always so pointless, as everyone's circumstances are their own.

You've owned two "clunkers" and they've been reliable with only a [more]