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akhatri_aus
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Beware Scam.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
The list misses Koos Bekker which would hands down be on top for turning the initial $30m investment in Tencent into > $160bn.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Foxconn is Taiwanese, not Chinese.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Sloppy and marketed as a stability build. There were hardly any new features in it.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
What exactly do you miss out on, going forward its only likely these trucks will be cheaper and more in abundance. If anything its better to wait.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
It's likely for VR, the 'reverse' of the Lytro allows projection to the eye at multiple focal points.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Russia does employ 'Maskirovka' so it is pretty standard for them to deny anything despite being aware of it.
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9y ago
> Too fast increase in interest rates will cause their debt obligations to balloon and lower profitability Its not so bad for companies that export with a weaker dollar. Also for primarily domestic businesses where higher inflation corre
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
On talent to maintain quality with Macs & OS X, instead of only having all top notch human capital into iOS.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Exactly my thoughts, this effectively puts a price premium on ads under any of Alphabet's networks.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Yet its the same problem today that prompted the Opium Wars as back then: The West buys more from China than China buys from The West. Hopefully that colours the decisions made to rebalance the trade system.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
This is really really irritating on OS X when you want to hit something on the toolbar or a tab.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
The very fact the price is under $1, and holding, means they're not defending the peg; There might be a promise that it's redeemable but if the price shows this for long enough, it means its broken.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
You could hold USDT in your own wallet but the problem would remain.
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That's where the oil is as well as relatively cheap electricity. The area is quite developed for the purpose of extraction.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
If it doesn't generate cash flows its not an asset. When you invest in something you're buying an asset.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
> When you print money you devalue existing money Unless those billions in asset price increases buy less consumables than they did before QE, there isn't any inflation in the US yet, it just means Americans are richer.
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9y ago
> export your inflation in the world Which country has the US exported its inflation to? Venezuela? Apologies for the tongue-in-cheek but even an economist would not be able to reconcile why there isn't really any inflation amongst
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9y ago
If they let their currency free float instead of only allowing you to borrow it using swap lines.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
Its only a 'fluctuation' if it goes back up.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
You can still seize Bitcoins with a court order.
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9y ago
It's not going to be hypersonic 100m from the earth's surface, or it'll burn up. So it wont be because of speed i'tll just be too far away.
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9y ago
If they're available for $50 after it means the market price has gone up, if they can sell them at $50 why can't you? Securities/Tokens are a two way street not your typical discount aisle.
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9y ago
> I suppose one wouldn't be surprised if a gold conference didn't accept gold payments. What a false equivalence. That is specifically why processors like Bitpay exist, because Bitcoin _is_ meant for these type of transactions.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
so update your iPhone.
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9y ago
You've made an odd comparison about a market demographic for American producers, that you could aptly apply to China too, which is quite a good comparison - and somehow related this to colonialism with logic that doesn't hold for
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It depends on where the contract designates the court of arbitration/which jurisdiction disputes will be settled. So yes it can be enforced.
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akhatri_aus
9y ago
During the Great Depression though, life expectancy rose - especially during the dust bowl.
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9y ago
You're missing the point though, the point s/he's trying to make is Capgemini doesn't undervalue the price of labour.
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9y ago
To do this you can only make money if the insurance is priced at more than the chance of it happening. Or the reinsurer wouldn't be able to offer any insurance either, & the float wouldn't exist because it would be paid back i
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