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by bedhead 9y ago
My assumption is that Softbank's new fund will invest something like $25-50 billion into Amazon.
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by bedhead 9y ago
The FTC tends to see consumers...people.
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by bedhead 9y ago
That is not how the FTC sees it.
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by bedhead 9y ago
One big difference is that Google is free its customers.
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by bedhead 9y ago
All correct...again, no price transparency, and every single party in the chain (other than the consumer) benefits from higher prices.
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by bedhead 9y ago
Besides being illogical (i.e. it's bad to eliminate waste), this exemplifies the problem with change. Any time there is a ANY constituency that is rendered worse off, no matter how justified it is, it is nearly impossible to effectuate
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by bedhead 9y ago
There are many, many problems with healthcare in the US. Off the top of my head, the big ones are: * Endless number of middlemen and administrators. * Every player in the healthcare chain benefits from higher prices. * No price transparenc
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by bedhead 9y ago
He would/will get slaughtered. The guy lives in a bizarro world, surrounded by a legion of handlers and yes-men. I strongly believe that history will be very, very unkind to him.
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by bedhead 10y ago
Jeff Bezos' annual letter, released yesterday, had a good line (one of many) that immediately made me think of this United situations and broadly the crazy rules we've created for air travel and the culture that surrounds it all:
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by bedhead 10y ago
"In all these realms, the international community can be helpful: by opening space for mutual reconnaissance and discussion; facilitating expertise on key issues; applying pressures and offering incentives to participants; providing tr
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by bedhead 10y ago
The ColorWare special edition old school iPhone wrap is pretty slick. If the cost of these wraps can come down, I think they will prove to be quite popular with the younger crowd. Who wants to wait for Apple to come out with a new color sch
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by bedhead 10y ago
While I wouldn't literally describe Uber as a ponzi scheme, I think you are right in the figurative sense. It usually helps to make that distinction. But yeah, it's hard to not see Uber running into a massive liquidity crisis at s
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by bedhead 10y ago
Among the circumstantial evidence, the self-funding aspect is what jumped out at me the most. This is the equivalent of a hedge fund manage buying something based on inside information, but only for his personal account. Why cut other peopl
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by bedhead 10y ago
I booked a spare room in London a couple years ago in the Mayfair neighborhood, a quite expensive area. The woman who owned the flat wasn't the one in the photo, and a number of things about the flat seemed rather odd. Long story short
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by bedhead 10y ago
They know they can't win a spec arms race.
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by bedhead 10y ago
Yes though it will depend on the bylaws of the company and the state they're in. There are some dual share classes in the US that do have materially different dividend policies in addition to voting rights.
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by bedhead 10y ago
Interest misalignment leads to all sorts of problems. Think of it as part of a system with checks and balances.
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by bedhead 10y ago
You will die many years from now, generally prosperous but completely miserable. I pity you and the misery you peddle. It is sad to see minds turn to mush like this.
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by bedhead 10y ago
I'm sorry you're a miserable person. Your mind has been poisoned. It's not your fault.
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by bedhead 10y ago
Your mind has been poisoned and I genuinely pity you.
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by bedhead 10y ago
I use the word "believe" because it is something that is inherently observable to me or you, whether you like it or not. You rely on other people to tell you it's real, so when you say "we understand" what you reall
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by bedhead 10y ago
The responses were as grandiose as I expected. Start bashing a religion and the zealots come out in force. Another lamentable issue in all this is that it's become impossible to have a calm, reasoned discussion about any of this. Take
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by bedhead 10y ago
I believe in climate change, however, I'm not sure what the big deal is. It is a natural byproduct of increasing prosperity. Humanity can cope with the effects, and do so with relative ease. As a whole, the world gets better every day.
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by bedhead 10y ago
About fuckin time.
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by bedhead 10y ago
Getting fired after three weeks for incompetence simply doesn't happen at anything above junior levels. I've seen a few very quick firings up close and personal. On the junior level they really were incompetence, but usually mixed
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by bedhead 10y ago
It is probable that it's entirely legit, but my god it spews of so many red flags. Than again, there is always this: http://time.com/money/4209599/bernie-madoff-new-ponzi-scheme...
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by bedhead 10y ago
I am in the investment world and have long found Dalio to be crazy on the order of batshit level, and frankly there are a number of issues regarding Bridgewater that make my BS detector go wild. Their returns are a complete mystery to me. T
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by bedhead 10y ago
Admittedly I haven't been following this extremely closely, nor do I want to come off as an apologist, but has the Obama administration released, well, any evidence of that Russians were behind this? Or is it all being claimed secret
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U.S. Hits Russian Officials with Sanctions Over Election Hacks(bloomberg.com)
5 points by bedhead 10y ago|3 comments
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by bedhead 10y ago
The Hulseman's live close to where I grew up and I went to school with his kids. Super nice family.

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