B4CKlash

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by B4CKlash 9y ago
The math isn't as simple as $280M for 50 jobs and it's unfair to frame it from that perspective. The facility itself will cost $1.3B. That's a direct injection of capital into the surrounding community. Even without the jo
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by B4CKlash 10y ago
Giving up NET profit for a single day is still huge. That being said, the hyperbole doesn't bother me. Voting with your wallet is the single most important thing an individual can do (akin to reverse Citizens United). Giving consumers
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by B4CKlash 10y ago
From a practical standpoint it means that all of the <Legal> currency translations are done inside of china. You wire 100MM USD to a Chinese bank, they preform a book transfer and deposit the equivalent into your RMB account. The ba
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by B4CKlash 10y ago
The Yuan is a restricted currency. This can mean a number of different things (depending on how a country wishes to restrict it's currency). In the case of China it means that its' currency cannot be held outside of China. In L
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
"The three 100-m resolution Proba-V images shown here were acquired on 27 April 2014, 20 July 2015 and 22 January 2016 respectively." "But the lake’s shallow nature, with an average depth of just 3 m, coupled with its arid hi
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." ~ Ben Franklin
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
I didn't intend to draw a direct comparison between the two companies. I was merely highlighting that valuation is not solely based on current day financials (it's actually an estimation of future discounted cash flows). That bei
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
Is anyone surprised by this? Amazon had a net income of (241,000,000) in 2014 and a market cap well over $100 billion... I know the comparison is a little strange, but these big startups/tech companies (i.e. Uber/Amazon) feel rem
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
Would there be an overall economic net gain or loss if the Taxi industry was replaced entirely (or close to it) by Uber? I can't help but think it's not a good idea to convert an entire industry to contract workers...
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
This is a slight exaggeration but.... I've always secretly wanted the death penalty ( insert other serve punishment ) for cases like these. This type of corruption & abuse of power systematically reduces our overall faith in the g
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by B4CKlash 11y ago
An office manager with a BS in Biomedical Engineering...Wow
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by B4CKlash 12y ago
>YAPF is not an official Google product (experimental or otherwise), it is just code that happens to be owned by Google.
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by B4CKlash 12y ago
Licensed Use of Master — $0.00668 I can imagine this licensing fee differs largely and contributes heavily to Vulfpeck's anecdote.