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		__turbobrew__ 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China tells its AI leaders to avoid U.S. travel ov... My colleague makes mid 6 figures in the bay area and just scrounged enough money together to buy a house from the 1950s with asbestos.

hypothesis 5 months ago [–]

Did they pay premium for asbestos?

__turbobrew__ 5 months ago | [–]

Yea, 10 years of his life.

hypothesis 5 months ago | | [–]

Certainly a steep price to pay.

I recall that some states were happy to deice roads next to schools with radioactive brine, which might come back now with EPA being dismantled.

https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-...

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