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by bedhead 11y ago
Funny, I've had this bookmarked for two years since I visited Iceland in 2013...still look at it from time to time. What an incredible experience, I fell in love with everything except the food. I think Anthony Bourdain said the only p
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by bedhead 11y ago
I have never suffered from clinical depression but generally speaking, I would strongly endorse the idea that exercise helps the mind. It's very difficult to articulate why this is, but it is. I cannot stress this enough.
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by bedhead 11y ago
Sneakers is wildly entertaining on many levels. Plus it was an early hacker movie which was cool. Primer is trippy, one of those rare movies where you will instantly watch it again after the first viewing. Then you'll google the plot a
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by bedhead 11y ago
Spinal Tap. Point Break. Sneakers. Primer.
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by bedhead 11y ago
I am generally a movie curmudgeon with a high bar. I got it as an iTunes rental for a long flight. iTunes only gives you 24 hours once you press play. I watched it three times before expiring.
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by bedhead 11y ago
Interesting. Not sure how I feel about a children's media company (or any company for that matter) that has "Morgue" as a division within the management group.
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by bedhead 11y ago
During the KP trial I had always kept an open mind towards her arguments...until I later learned she was married to Buddy Fletcher, one of the biggest scoundrels and thieves in the investment world in recent years. The character and judgmen
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by bedhead 11y ago
Very, very low liquidity for foreigners. I don't even know what the rules are for nationals. Maybe some hedge funds are doing some otc stuff but otherwise there just aren't any serious options.
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by bedhead 11y ago
ASHR is the etf with the most liquidity.
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by bedhead 11y ago
When a certain amount of time is needed to process new information, then halts make sense for relatively brief periods. Otherwise it's silly. Halting Pets.com in 2000 wouldnt have mattered, just like I suspect the halt in the majority
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by bedhead 11y ago
Sovereign debt is inherently unsecured. It's a credit card for the government, nothing more. The primary motivation for servicing the debt is that it will enable more borrowing. And like people, countries don't pay off their debts
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by bedhead 11y ago
Taylor Swift's got juice. Indie devs don't. In other news, the sun is hot.
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by bedhead 11y ago
I honestly think Taylor Swift wrote this entire letter herself. She famously takes pride in writing her own music and going out of her way to say things that go beyond promoting herself. (Fwiw I kinda like her album) But she's wrong he
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by bedhead 11y ago
Except they aren't passing any costs to artists. There is exactly zero marginal cost for artists. Artists make their music available for free for a mere three months in exchange for Apple making a massive investment in the service. Kee
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"All detractors"? Evidently I'm the only one :)
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by bedhead 11y ago
Musicians will hate ANY streaming deal. In fact, nearly everyone (it seems) is on record hating all these services. Yet the overwhelming majority of them don't opt out. Why is that?? Hmmmm...maybe streaming isn't such a bad deal s
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by bedhead 11y ago
Well, what I've learned by looking at comments and all my downvotes (despite making perfect sense) is that people want Apple to pay musicians more, just 'cuz. Apple makes a lot of money and many artists don't, so, uhhh, like,
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by bedhead 11y ago
I'm fine with Taylor Swift maximizing her own revenue...if she was simply honest about it. She is demonstrably not. She decided to turn it into a moral crusade and in her own words, "This is not about me." I am so turned off
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by bedhead 11y ago
You are talking about a three month gap for a small minority of users, who will then become paying subs for presumably many years, locked in to the world's most powerful ecosystem, at HIGHER royalty rates, with a company that is insa
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by bedhead 11y ago
Except in her own words: "This is not about me." She is of course, lying. So if she plays hardball with her own album's access, she will be exposed as the liar she is. Streaming revenues matter to only but the top .1% of musi
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by bedhead 11y ago
I really, really lament Apple caving in on this. The deal they had before was perfectly reasonable - everyone's interests were aligned and both sides brought something to the table. Apple wasn't paying royalties during the trial b
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by bedhead 11y ago
They are not handing out music for free. They incur costs, such as IT costs, marketing costs, plus the costs of having amassed hundred of millions of users. You could just as easily turn your argument around: the musicians incur zero costs
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by bedhead 11y ago
What is fundamentally wrong with a model that essentially works as, "You make money when we make money"? Meanwhile, both sides are contributing resources to the trial - musicians the content, Apple the back-end and a gazillion use
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by bedhead 11y ago
Not only this, but people became addicted to their phones. Use of one's phone now comes in first place, right ahead of sex, of things people couldn't live without, according to surveys. So people cared deeply about the phones th
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by bedhead 11y ago
I officially banned Chima and Ninjago sets from my house. Just awful, miserable experiences to build and hopelessly unable to repurpose because of the overwhelming number of insanely tiny pieces. The City sets you can still do a lot with th
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by bedhead 11y ago
I agree, it's impractical. Just wishful thinking.
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by bedhead 11y ago
I wish the airlines would dictate the size of carry-ons based on the type of plane, because the size of overhead storage bins varies tremendously by aircraft type and vintage. It's nuts that they have the same carry-on rules for a regi
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by bedhead 11y ago
Circumstances matter. I suppose if Uber hadn't entered into a partnership first, the whole thing would be more palatable. But by going this route, Uber is sending a clear signal to all potential future partners - watch out. I just find
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Uber certainly isn't doing themselves any favors when it comes to shedding their reputation as the most brazen assholes in tech.
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E&P companies are effectively subsidized through wildly favorable tax treatment that allows them to expense all capital costs upfront which are usually not deductible. Most independent E&P's (ie the ones who are almost entirely

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