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by DevKoala 6y ago
It happens to my posts here every now and then whenever I say something that doesn’t make the CCP look good. To be honest, I think the Chinese people are awesome and have a great culture that has given the world a lot. I am just extremely c
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by DevKoala 6y ago
https://gfycat.com/oddballfairgerbil
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Tencent is owned by the CCP: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/28/commentary/w... However, this isn't specifically Tencent. I don't know why the title doesn't highlight thi
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I keep falling for these clickbait titles in the hopes I will find a fair argument. However, the moment I realize the article is trying to sell me a product based around an argument, I lose faith on the perspective of the writer. If the tit
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I completely forgot about that. You are right. That must have been another factor with perhaps a bigger effect.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
The crypto boom of 2017 was fueled by the launch of new trading platforms making it easy to trade for small investors. Most of those investors graduated to stocks and options, and never looked back. There has not been anything to increase t
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by DevKoala 6y ago
TIL: That PG agrees that the source for Twitter’s toxicity is the pursue of engagement at all costs. Those recommendation algorithms that surface content that triggers people’s emotions and spur divisiveness are clearly one of the main reas
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by DevKoala 6y ago
IMHO the situation of the USA is worlds apart from what I experienced as a kid in South America. The systemic corruption is normalized in Latin America. I remember when my dad bought a car that looked nice and we considered trading it becau
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by DevKoala 6y ago
This story reminds me of the stories that were common on my country of origin in South America. We had free high level education, but there was a system rigged to preserve nepotism. I was in Russia for the World Cup in 2018 and heard the sa
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by DevKoala 6y ago
That division’s revenue is declining YoY, and they are about to incur research costs for the new hardware, and perhaps subsidies. It just seems hard to believe for me that the opportunity cost is there, at least with their approach.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Seriously... As a fan of Halo, I want them to support the Xbox forever, but as an investor, I wish they'd stop.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
WB's gaming unit makes okay games that become successful due to the weight of the media franchises in which they are based. You take Batman away from the Arkham City games and you end up with a game not many people want to play. For ex
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Argentina is not a dictatorship atm. You are glad that a super power became more powerful here.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Consumers are already buying as much as they can from Walmart. There are shortages on items that are not being produced. Walmart is incurring on new debt because the upstream actors failed. It is a healthy business that will come back the m
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Consumers don’t subsidize the revenue of even a 30% of existing industries. If the payments were made to individuals then all of the companies that have Walmart as a customer would go down along with Walmart.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Exactly. The disinformation campaign is staggering.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
You are making an argument of CLO’s having more risk than CDOs by using the following from Fartnoy: > Later this summer, leveraged-loan defaults will increase significantly as the economic effects of the pandemic fully register. Bankrupt
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by DevKoala 6y ago
His piece challenging Frank Partnoy’s fear mongering comparison between CDO’s and CLO’s is great. https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/worst-case-scenario-or-i...
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by DevKoala 6y ago
This is surreal.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
It also weaponized the outrage and ruined the lives of innocent people. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/stop-firin... I don’t understand how people can justify the collateral damage; it
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Because we have statistics to prove it. The productivity of our whole eng organization has been great while being 100% remote. As a caveat to this, before the pandemic only half of us went to the office. I believe that helped us be prepared
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by DevKoala 6y ago
The “best schools” have been exposed for the scam they are under the pandemic. The schools can’t open and are providing the next few semesters of lectures through Zoom while trying to keep their prices. In turn, students are suing for lowe
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by DevKoala 6y ago
As a team lead in a group distributed team, we make sure we include everybody regardless of physical location. You Zoom with people enough, and over time you realize there is nothing extra than the office provided except easy distractions.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
It is going down from looking at Zillow data.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I don't consider earning cash back to be a reward, but I see the credit card as a product that lends money based on a risk evaluation. At that moment in my life, the risk on lending me money was high and therefore the product I could a
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by DevKoala 6y ago
It was a painful year that taught me a lesson. Looking at how fiscally responsible I have become, I really have no complains.
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I had poor credit at a point in time. I "bought" a credit card to build my credit by putting a deposit. After 1 year of on-time payments I was able to graduate to a credit card with cash back. The system didn't feel punitive
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Exactly this. Even in this site, there are tons of questions from tech savvy individuals who don’t understand the data business. The data is farmed and sold to influence your purchase decisions, political preferences, dieting habits, etc. I
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by DevKoala 6y ago
I actually blocked the feeds on my main development machines so that I am not tempted to visit them when I commit to work. I left them available on the phone, but perhaps I should block them too. Outside of HN, most sources of content are j
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by DevKoala 6y ago
Excellent. I am trying this. Thank you.

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