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Just curious why you are in every Tesla thread providing critique? I understand the general skepticism/pessimism/negativity which goes along with HN comments bu

Just curious why you are in every Tesla thread providing critique? I understand the general skepticism/pessimism/negativity which goes along with HN comments but it seems as if you go out of your way to always be in Tesla-related threads arguing why they will fail or why their latest decision is pointless. The last month of your comment history proves my point.

dragontamer 7y ago
1. I find stock analysis to be fun. There's a huge variety of information available because of the required 10k forms, quarterly filings, and so forth. I've been doing this since the start, you can ask the Tesla Bull "Toomuchtodo" about it, he and I often butt heads on this subject (but we both enjoy the discussion). 2. Tesla is such a divisive topic right now, that you can gather a lot of opinions and viewpoints on this stock. Other stocks, like Costco or Target, are less exciting. There's so little discussion that almost no one would want to talk to me about those stocks. 3. I can state strong opinions as a test to myself. They're documented, and sometimes I'm wrong. But making predictions and improving my own predictive skills in the market is absolutely essential if I want to make money in the long term. So I'll get my "paper practice" with Tesla, with regards to investing strategy. 4. The topics I DO care about deeply, don't get upvoted and don't get discussed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19702487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19702487 . It takes two to tango. I post interesting subjects when I can, but everyone around here is talking about Tesla. I'd rather talk about GPUs and CPUs, but there really isn't as much discussion around that subject these days. (Unless... Tesla makes an ASIC chip. Then I get to talk about GPUs, CPUs, AND Tesla at the same time!) If you're insinuating that maybe I have a greater reason... I own ZERO Tesla stock. The shares I do own are Costco, Lattice Semiconductor, Ford, SPY ETF, Pebblebrook, and a few others. Tesla is purely a theoretical exercise for me, since there's a lot of discussion online and analysis available. Other stocks don't even have a fraction of the analysis or discussion Tesla has, so its great "practice" as far as I'm concerned. I don't short shares either. So no shorts, nor do I have any put options right now. (My last put options / bear bets were on Kellogg and on Bank of America, if you want to know my stock-trading history). I don't make many bear bets or play it short very often... its very difficult to predict short squeezes and other issues like that, so I recommend people to stay away from shorting.
pretendscholar 7y ago
Why don't you provide a rebuttal to the critique rather than go comment hunting? If the argument is good then it doesn't matter whether the comment was made by an astroturfing shill.

dragontamer 7y ago

1. I find stock analysis to be fun. There's a huge variety of information available because of the required 10k forms, quarterly filings, and so forth. I've been doing this since the start, you can ask the Tesla Bull "Toomuchtodo" about it, he and I often butt heads on this subject (but we both enjoy the discussion). 2. Tesla is such a divisive topic right now, that you can gather a lot of opinions and viewpoints on this stock. Other stocks, like Costco or Target, are less exciting. There's so little discussion that almost no one would want to talk to me about those stocks. 3. I can state strong opinions as a test to myself. They're documented, and sometimes I'm wrong. But making predictions and improving my own predictive skills in the market is absolutely essential if I want to make money in the long term. So I'll get my "paper practice" with Tesla, with regards to investing strategy. 4. The topics I DO care about deeply, don't get upvoted and don't get discussed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19702487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19702487 . It takes two to tango. I post interesting subjects when I can, but everyone around here is talking about Tesla. I'd rather talk about GPUs and CPUs, but there really isn't as much discussion around that subject these days. (Unless... Tesla makes an ASIC chip. Then I get to talk about GPUs, CPUs, AND Tesla at the same time!) If you're insinuating that maybe I have a greater reason... I own ZERO Tesla stock. The shares I do own are Costco, Lattice Semiconductor, Ford, SPY ETF, Pebblebrook, and a few others. Tesla is purely a theoretical exercise for me, since there's a lot of discussion online and analysis available. Other stocks don't even have a fraction of the analysis or discussion Tesla has, so its great "practice" as far as I'm concerned. I don't short shares either. So no shorts, nor do I have any put options right now. (My last put options / bear bets were on Kellogg and on Bank of America, if you want to know my stock-trading history). I don't make many bear bets or play it short very often... its very difficult to predict short squeezes and other issues like that, so I recommend people to stay away from shorting.

pretendscholar 7y ago

Why don't you provide a rebuttal to the critique rather than go comment hunting? If the argument is good then it doesn't matter whether the comment was made by an astroturfing shill.