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by TDL 15y ago
People can only escalate the cost of having their identities uncovered. I don't believe it's possible to be completely anonymous. Of course, when the people who want to know about you have no economic limitations (i.e. governments or the
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by TDL 15y ago
Thanks for the link. "Build habits for consistency" is exactly they way I view. I believed strongly in "discipline" for a long time, but never built any strong habits to reinforce what end goal or lifestyle I was trying to attain. Inevita
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by TDL 15y ago
I second this. "The Power of Full Engagement" is a rather good book on how to manage your energy. I like Cal Newport's blog, but what I think often goes unmentioned is the energy required to sustain this regime. It's not going to happen o
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by TDL 15y ago
Hey now, not all MBAs think this way;-)
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This possible, but the profit margins that exist in the illegal drug business would not be replaced. Their smuggling networks & personnel would become a massive financial burden (how long it would take for that financial burden to dest
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It Started Digital Wheels Turning(nytimes.com)
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by TDL 15y ago
A necessary condition for this scenario is that these people are being compelled to work for a $1/day. If the options that exists are $1/day vs. privation vs. criminality vs. selling sex services, most people would choose a $1/day.
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Another flaw in the methodology is that if I own no slaves, I have no slaves working for me.
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A simple way of finding out if it's a scam is by looking at the balance sheet. If you see little to no assets it is most certainly a pump & dump; this "firm" has not assets. These scams are usually formed through reverse mergers, that
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Isn't the whole reason the "West" does manufacturing in the China because of the labor arbitrage gambit? If Foxconn goes into robotic manufacturing where is their competitive advantage?
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Agreed and a good point. Not worthless, just not worth as much as it once was. Simple supply & demand, same problem w/ JDs at the moment. Credentials still have market value.
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German court grants injunction against Apple(engadget.com)
14 points by TDL 15y ago|4 comments
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There are plenty of "soft skills" and it is good to have some academic work done in management, ops, marketing, finance, etc. However, this does not necessarily mean that this knowledge & these skills can't be acquired either on the jo
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by TDL 15y ago
I completely agree with this. I went to one of the top 10 private high schools in Illinois and I was stuck with a math teacher, for two years, who's job it was to make sure no one got less than a C average. Understanding the material was
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by TDL 15y ago
As an MBA I can tell you, that the degree is not as highly valued as it once was. A STEM degree is much valuable even is rolls that were once filled by business types (some finance rolls, operations, etc.) A MBA is a relatively easy Master
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The no-brainer is letting someone else define your marketing strategy & the name of your business? If more small & mid-sized companies fought these silly claims there would be less of them.
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Below is a link describing the "netting" effect that occurs in the derivative markets. https://derivativedribble.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/netting-d...
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You may also want to follow Radley Balko who's focus is criminal justice & the legal system. He was at Reason for several years, he is now at Huffington Post.
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by TDL 15y ago
Actually finance is a very socially oriented business. Not to the extent that you use in your example, but frankly if the M.D. doesn't like the person they spend 60 to 100 hours/week with that person will be out of a job. Same thing goes
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by TDL 15y ago
Much has been said about whether or not to drop out of school (or whether to go college at all.) How about those w/ limited technical skills going back to school to pick up a CS degree? Regards, TDL
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It's not just not getting a large part of the up side. If the company fails, there isn't enough base pay to create a financial cushion to rely upon in the lean times. Something I have personal experience with. Regards, TDL
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by TDL 15y ago
Salespeople can certainly be talent, even recruiters. Too many in sales fields are transactionally oriented as opposed to building long term relationships (which are easier & less costly to sell to.) Regards, TDL
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A local (Chicago) angel/entrepreneur & friend of mine told me that it is a lot harder to get follow through from VCs & angels in Chicago. I wonder if your experience comports with that view. I personally have pessimistic view on th
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by TDL 15y ago
This is a profoundly inaccurate definition of money. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Money Regards, TDL
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by TDL 15y ago
It looks as though you are taking a much more sophisticated approach to investments. In which case, you are current to have higher expectations. I was more reacting to the general belief among asset managers where they assume they can ave
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by TDL 15y ago
Please, please do not use 9% as your expected investment return. The numbers touted over the past decade & a half are mostly an artifact of the post WWII period. Furthermore, consider the demographic issue of boomers retiring. These bo
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by TDL 15y ago
To piggyback on your comment. Being frugal allows people to have capital when opportunities come along. Being cheap is generally undercutting someone else in order to save a nickel or a dime. Being frugal is delaying gratification in ord
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by TDL 15y ago
Not everything went down in either crash. Also, 80% of trading any financial instrument is risk management, position sizing, & dealing w/ losses & gains. Stock selection & timing are a small percentage of trading, they are just
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by TDL 15y ago
One other point (and I will stop posting to this thread.) Stay away from options, futures, & leverage (with real money) until you have a solid handle on how markets function. The same goes for ETFs & ETNs that make use of leverage
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by TDL 15y ago
I'm surprised that HN picked this up. Learning about the markets comes down to what you want to do (trade [stock, options, futures; pairs, scalping, etc.?] or invest [value, trend, momentum, etc.?]) I wish it was as easy as "buy low, sell h

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