Living Stingy

Act rationally in an irrational world.

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Gift Cards Suck

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Gift cards are a great deal for merchants, a shitty deal for consumers. I wrote about gift cards before.   They are a crappy deal, an...
Friday, September 15, 2023

The Internet Generation

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Kids raised on the Internet have seen a lot of bad things. I was surfing the Internet the other day and saw a discussion by a group of young...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Sirius XM, HughesNet, Iridium, DirecTV, Starlink - Why is Direct Satellite Service So Unprofitable?

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Turns out, launching satellites is costly and has a narrow bandwidth. That's a LOT of satellites! Years ago, we bought the lake house an...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Happy Patriot Day! ( A Day Late)

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I am not sure that 9/11 should be a holiday, but then again, other horrific events have served as the basis for holidays in the past. "...
Monday, September 11, 2023

What's The Point of a Spelling Bee?

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Kids who win spelling bees end up going on to doing great things, like getting jobs, having a career, and retiring. I was curious as to whet...
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Robert Platt Bell
Robert Platt Bell is a Retired Patent Attorney in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
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