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account73466
7y ago
>> why should the reviewers be obligated to give you the benefit of the doubt? That is a technical paper with 5 pages of text. Their PI has a few hundred papers published so he probably just does not care. The reviewers usually don&#x
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>> This result isn't even peer-reviewed yet. ArXiv pre-prints are pretty normal in physics and math. >> that doesn't have anything to do with the science, it does say something about the sloppiness of the researcher, I
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7y ago
He didn't, I modified the text to avoid misunderstanding. Sorry for that.
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My point is that (and as you also said) investing is something for upper-income people. However, once median-income people see that all their money are in stocks (even if it is 5k), it may change their attitude. This would be a light form o
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7y ago
Don't forget about dividends. If you account for 10 years, then 8% is pretty conservative. If you plan to hold for less than 10 years, then things are much more uncertain in both directions.
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7y ago
Of course, I am not talking about WSB like "investing". Long-term investments is basically 8% per year when holding long-term (e.g., more than 10 years). In other words, your capital doubles every 10 years. Inflation is slower t
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7y ago
Interesting. I could imagine something like "hey, we rich people cannot make just 8% per year as the average Joe!".
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7y ago
Long-term investing in stocks is a well-known way to get rich. If median income people will keep all their money in stocks, then things may change quite drastically. I am wondering if this would have any power to affect the inequality gap.
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7y ago
To understand their echo-chamber one needs to read the mentioned Wikipedia article.
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7y ago
Thanks! Seems like all of them are pro-Trump (I am not his supporter).
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account73466
7y ago
Nigerian prince does not want to waste his time, he is only interested in easy-to-manipulate people.
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7y ago
Knowledge inequality is growing the same way as economic inequality is growing.
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7y ago
Hmm, it seems that you are good at hiding your preferences, otherwise propaganda would be much better tailored.
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7y ago
Is it even legal for Twitter to disclose activities of US-based intelligence agencies? (I assume that most worldwide agencies play on Twitter in one way or another)
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7y ago
Alternatively, they didn't come from Africa but from Asia.
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7y ago
Because when you feel threatened, you are fine that your government passes laws (e.g., surveillance laws) you would never let them to pass.
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7y ago
Pretty much this: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/64/9f/29/649f29232b7d89e9aee662222...
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7y ago
To ensure a ring of bases around Russia (like a potential base in Crimea before the war in Ukraine) so that any military activity of the latter can be interpreted as aggression (e.g., "Russia tries to re-establish its evil Empire"
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7y ago
>> a stable life with people you really care about is worth a lot more than the memories of traveling all over the world in your youth A straw man argument. A) I said "for example". B) I didn't mean "fuck all, I am
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7y ago
Your previous highly downvoted comment was about another war. It seems that you are bombed with hateful information, take a break.
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No, that would be a stupid argument. The argument is that by saving almost all your after-basic-expenses income you postpone too many things which would be just much less interesting or cool when you are over 55. For example, traveling when
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>> The worst that those who post anti-LGBT sentiments have to fear is getting flagged, lambasted in the comments, and perhaps an account suspension. No, it can be reported via social media that you from the company X spread some aggre
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It is like to post something negative about LGBT and claim that you fear being attacked by their active members. China and Chinese don't give a XYZT about you. HN is full of anti-Chinese comments and this will only continue as the war
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>> You're defining the cashier by their job/role, as well as how they spend their money on saving for retirement. Textbook classism. I didn't talk about cashier nor I defined any role. What are you talking about? It loo
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You take it out of the context and then accuse me of pushing ageism, well done! The context is that we compare a life where i) you save one third of your income and then start to flash money when you are 55, and ii) you spend one third (or
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7y ago
less interesting
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>> Not "close" to most European/western countries. You may be really disconnected from normal people revenues. He was specific - Sweden. Just divide all numbers by some factor if you prefer.
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>> a cashier ending up as a multi millionear set for life at 55 Except that the most interesting part of life is over
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"1) I ask why this applies to most industries 2) You point out it applies to FAANG" That is a lie because I said "often" in "You see that from papers published at top ML conferences. Top contributors are often from
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7y ago
>> Who said anything about beating the S&P 500? I said. >> and every comment you are redefining what that means That is false. You could learn something. Instead, you wasted my time.
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