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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
> or example, if you own three ordinary apartments in Lisbon, you can live in one of them and easily make a good living by renting out the other two as holiday apartments. Because cleaning services, guys who do repairs, etc., are cheap i
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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
> Hypothetically speaking, how hard would it be to kill someone like this? I've always found it strange that what happened to Abe recently hasn't happened to just about every world leader, most of whom do public events on a dai
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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
> We can hem & haw and browbeat consumers, but if they want to buy big trucks.. better EV flavored ones than V8 coal rolling polluters. Yes, or perhaps regulate these tanks that are a disaster for human life in all the years past 215
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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
True, but I exclusively watch YT on laptop and have the link to my subscriptions. It really does help.
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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
It's pretty universal as a kid, as someone in their 20s? Much less so. Sure, if you're getting a degree in CS and will land a 150k a year job soon, saving anything significant from your $14 an hour parttime job as a student makes
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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
> The real issue is that I'm very unlikely to choose this option, no matter how convenient the booking It's broader than just convenient booking, it's also integrated servicing, scheduling and infrastructure. With integrat
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by NoLinkToMe 4y ago
Absolutely loved taking the train in Italy, fast, convenient, cheap, good amenities. Of course the country very much lends itself for rail (more or less an elongated territory that can run a very fast high-capacity north/south backbone
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
> So today the median income has massively less buying power compared to 1975 while chained dollars still outgrew the inflation. Wait, I don't follow. What I linked was real median income, i.e. it's already adjusted for inflati
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Here's median, quite clearly 50% higher than the 70s: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N Agreed that people cherry pick the specific goods vs inflation to defend their point of view. TVs vs College a
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N easy to calculate! here's median.
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Sorry, should've linked median, I thought I did but took the wrong one: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N Trend is clearly up, although some generations can experience a flat decade or so. Compariso
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Apple has famously stated it buys a company every 2 to 3 weeks. That's not the type of Yahoo buying Tumblr purchases. It's companies that have technology, skills, products, networks, that are improving Apple's products in a w
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Sure, if you want to ignore the fact he was part of a C series funding round of $55 million, say just two months ago as an example, and believe he's solely done seed funding, be my guest. If you want to ignore the fact he's been a
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Unfortunately I've been a member of this club for 20 years :(
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
This really is a terribly written article, wouldn't get a passing grade for a high school student. There's absolutely no coherence to any of the arguments, it's just a rant and poor understanding of finance. I'd like to
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
> Balance sheets or income statements as he knows they can be full of bullshit Agreed. However, I do have a question for you: what do you think can be more full of bullshit, an oral financial statement by the founder during a conversat
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
This really is just arguing semantics on the internet, one of the least interesting activities, usually. I can almost guarantee that Paul Graham has read material produced by companies, which contain information on a business' plans an
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Manipulate is a big word... If you're on Netflix, obviously you'll want at least some of the suggested content to be relevant to you. If you love basketball, of course you'd want to be reminded of The Last Dance documentary.
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Just approach it from a planetary scale. Total planetary demand is local + overseas demand. Suppose it was 5 + 5 units = 10. If you reduce local demand by 2 and overseas demand remains at 5, then total demand will go down to 8. Any economic
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
> Is there any evidence that the thousands of Americans who have gone vegan over the last few years have reduced the carbon footprint of the meat producing industry at all? Reminds me of the covid prevention paradox. > the numbers ar
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
> Foxcon's worker's deaths are a cost of doing business of delivering iPhones to YOU the consumer. Their blood is on YOUR hands. Correct. If you bought iPhones from someone you know is driving people to suicide with their busin
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Not sure there's much to add. Economies of scale, specialisation and technological innovation are probably three of the oldest and most fundamental concepts in economics. It's the difference between one layman person spending an h
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
There's 'don't like' and then there's 'dangerous anti-scientific medical advice'. Can you appreciate there's a difference?
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
Had no clue who he was, but I commend him for this principled stance. How he'd have to be embarrassed for me not knowing who he is, I can't fathom. He also doesn't know who I am. I don't think he expected Spotify to canc
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by NoLinkToMe 5y ago
> Most people are not risk-takers and are mainly status-seekers. They live their lives in ways to reflect this and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But there is always the niggling feeling for many (I am one) that while I may