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by a3n 7y ago
I have submitted an insider trading complaint to the SEC, https://www.sec.gov/tcr In their list of categories describing the person being reported, Member of Congress is not included. In their list of categories describing
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by a3n 7y ago
Well actually, no, it's exactly like insider trading. Literally. Senator dumped up to $1.6M of stock after reassuring public on Covid-19 (propublica.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22631832
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by a3n 7y ago
[Violent suggestion deleted.] I believe the gentleman's actions should be submitted to the relevant ethics committee. Harumph.
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by a3n 7y ago
The implication it's that to be fair to Tesla, we should look the other way when they break the rules, because the structure of their gathering is somehow less harmful than other gatherings. I'm not on board with that.
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by a3n 7y ago
This is vaguely like insider trading. He knew something was bad, based on privileged information he had from the government, and told a small group, who had bribed him with campaign donations, so that they could "benefit." Meanwhi
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by a3n 7y ago
> To be fair to Tesla Why do we need to be fair to a blatant rule breaker in a health crisis?
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> Aw, you mean @elonmusk actually has to follow some rules? No. No he doesn't. Privilege has its privileges.
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by a3n 7y ago
> and actually going sometimes back to the 70s Try 1725, especially for those of us who (still) set their editors to favor 80 columns. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card
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by a3n 7y ago
Yes, it does, doesn't it?
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by a3n 7y ago
"Oh my god, it's we that have been inside the tank! Look, here's that bench that the human chicks like to stand on!"
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by a3n 7y ago
> A buyback is a form of capital return to shareholders. > Improvements in leg room, amenities, services, infrastructure, etc, are a form of capital return to customers. And bailouts are a form of wealth redistribution from people of
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It used to be, but they wash it in bleach each time these days.
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by a3n 7y ago
They're looking at it.
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by a3n 7y ago
At the physical expense of his wage slaves.
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by a3n 7y ago
We used to ask if we could buy backup batteries already charged. "Oh ... No reason."
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by a3n 7y ago
Which will be good for industries that depend on large loans for development and construction. Like commercial real estate.
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by a3n 7y ago
It is, but it still "sounds a lot like." Not exactly like, but a lot like.
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by a3n 7y ago
Serious question: Is this now a good time to refinance a home mortgage? Or should we wait until negative interest rates, which would surely set up the minimum positive mortgage rates. Or does it become irrelevant to mortgage rates at some p
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by a3n 7y ago
Well, that would be all that, plus military life and military pace of operations. Think twice, and go for it, if that's for you.
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by a3n 7y ago
So, the police rioted.
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by a3n 7y ago
> "We're tryinjg to maintain the relationship between individuals and their healthcare providers." ... ... because drive-throughs and their lines and problems are visible to everyone, but visits and phone calls to doctors
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by a3n 7y ago
Even if the President has to have a good reason to do something, that has no practical effect on whether the President will do something. There will be no consequence to the President, and in most cases to his order followers, beyond &quo
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by a3n 7y ago
> Advertising fraud is already illegal. Yeah, OK. But here's what happens if a company gets publicly caught. "At ConCo we take ethics seriously. The statements by the employees in question are not in line with ConCo's poli
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by a3n 7y ago
Excellent and concise text and illustrations conveying technical information to non-technical people.
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by a3n 7y ago
I dimly remember that it's up to each individual airport.
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by a3n 7y ago
> Just wait until they actually start testing people in earnest; the infected numbers will skyrocket in a very short period of time The President, while visiting the CDC, said that he would prefer not to let the Oakland cruise ship passe
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by a3n 7y ago
> It's also not clear what advantage "public healthcare" is supposed to have in this context. In place and redeployable infrastructure.
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by a3n 7y ago
This part has always bothered me. The TSA agents wear gloves. They handle your ID and your possessions. Whatever one passenger may have, that the gloves protected the agent from, is going to be smeared on to subsequent passengers' ID a
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by a3n 7y ago
Gonna suck for foreign undergrads, or anyone who doesn't have a "home" to return to. I think student loans or similar would pay/contribute to dorm living and eating, but living out on the economy might not. ?
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by a3n 7y ago
> I’ve done a lot of research and I think psychiatry is pseudoscience and antidepressants are largely placebo. For you. There are many causes of depression, and many reactions to the depression and to the various treatments. For me, the

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