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Re:If you didn't cancel the credit card you used for linode.... by marshray on Thursday June 06, 2013 @04:19PM (#5834904)
If you're uninsured in the US and break your leg, yes, your debt is now $10,000.
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Re:If you didn't cancel the credit card you used for linode.... by rosser on Thursday June 06, 2013 @04:22PM (#5834923)
...which is utterly irrelevant to credit cards.
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Re:If you didn't cancel the credit card you used for linode.... by mikeash on Thursday June 06, 2013 @04:22PM (#5834919)
Or much higher, but this is unrelated to credit cards.
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Re:If you didn't cancel the credit card you used for linode.... by marshray on Thursday June 06, 2013 @04:29PM (#5834962)
"A credit card would give me the ability to instantaneously take on $10,000 in debt. I don't want this." is a responsible and admirable position for someone to take.
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Re:If you didn't cancel the credit card you used for linode.... by mikeash on Thursday June 06, 2013 @04:57PM (#5835128)
Agreed, but once again irrelevant, as that's not what anybody in this thread of conversation has said.
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