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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
> The SEC embodies the modern drift of the administrative state at its worst; its many regulations are not laws passed by Congress, which is the only branch empowered to write legislation. The SEC is empowered by Congress to enact regula
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
The country was undergoing decolonization following WWII and got caught in the middle of two nuclear powers who couldn't openly fight each other without risking a nuclear exchange. It's a miracle that Vietnam isn't split in t
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
Some employers don't have the luxury of selecting the employees that work for them, many union shops in the construction business for instance.
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
These are called financial derivatives.
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
Nathan, this is a bit transparent...
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
If you spike the brakes at the wrong time on snow/ice, you will lose control of your vehicle and end up in a far worse situation than if you manually brake.
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
They're all 18650 cells at heart. Your Milwaukee Fuel drill and impact have brushless motors, probably with higher capacity batteries (measured in Amp-hours) than the Ryobi set, which have brushed motors and probably 1.5-2 Amp-hour bat
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
CC cash advances are almost as bad as payday lending, why on earth would you pay a fee of 3-5% of the amount borrowed and 18-25% interest that compounds daily starting on the day the advance clears? Just use an ATM and take money out of you
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
Don't do that. You risk scalding burns. Far more people get scalded by tap/shower water that is too hot than contract legionnaires by several orders of magnitude. 120F is the max recommended hot water temperature in the Internatio
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
So open a free RH acct and buy some REIT ETFs.. It's free. Not sure I'd buy into REITs when interest rates are set to go up, if you buy into a highly leveraged REIT and their interest payments go up you're going to lose a lot
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
If you want to assume lots of risk, trade options or futures instead.
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
> 1. It's been medically shown that some drugs cause aggressive and violent behavior. Why should we allow an increase in that kind of behavior if it could be largely prevented as it is now? The #1 drug responsible for violent behavi
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
You can get 37.5 ounces of Four Loko for $3 (1.5 cans), at 12% ABV you're getting 4.5 ounces of ethanol which is equivalent to 9 1.5 oz 80 proof shots. This will absolutely destroy you compared to a half gram preroll joint filled with
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by buttcoinslol 8y ago
You could also sell the booze at a loss out the back door and then launder THAT money :)
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
> it's insurance against permanent hearing damage, breathing fiberglass, etc. You can buy ear plugs and N95 rated masks for cheaper than paying someone to do the work.
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
It takes about 5 minutes and $15 max in parts to fix anything inside the cistern on a toilet if you have a wet/dry vac, you don't even need any other tools. A bit of knowledge can save you a $150 service call from a plumber.
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
We'll see about that when the time comes to test self-driving cars during an actual winter with snow, ice, black ice, slush, cars being parked 6" to a foot further into the street, et cetera. Driving around this winter in the uppe
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
Dupe of - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16648000 - This article/discussion is still on the front page.
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
>I would quit a job that treated me as a child which must be supervised in such a manner. Did you miss the part where the interns were acting like children? >A few years back, a group of interns started privately harassing other inter
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
"Colonel Cargill was so awful a marketing executive that his services were much sought after by firms eager to establish losses for tax purposes. His prices were high, for failure often did not come easily. He had to start at the top a
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
> Why not shoot at some CEO who makes $100m/yr? The CEO making 100 million a year has no-shit legit bodyguards that shoot back.
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
Bookmarklet that unlocks WSJ articles (may require FB acct): javascript:window.location.href='https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
No, they don't use PT lumber for framing whole houses in Canada, that guy is just making assumptions. They use it exactly like we do, for wood that comes into contact with concrete. PT wood is roughly 4x the cost and substantially heav
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" -Upton Sinclair Your surgeon's income depends on people getting bariatric surgery. You can add in exercise to increa
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
Around noon, there were 2 days of losses in a row going into Monday and the S&P was moving down after being up slightly at the start. I figured it'd be another losing day with possible losses continuing into the week, so I made a m
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There are a range of ETFs that aim to have inverse daily returns to different things. I bought some SPXU, which aims to offer 3x the inverse daily return of the S&P 500. It works for this use case, betting that the S&P will fall. Th
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
I like to think that you can't time the market, but you get lucky sometimes. > However, as my history has shown me - one doesnt assume this makes them smart. No doubt. In my case, I still need to close out my short position so I&#x2
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There are other strategies to protect long positions if you have cash or an appetite for risk, this allows you to realize the gains from holding during the entire runup. It does require a good exit strategy for whatever hedge you choose.
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
I shorted the S&P instead and made a 12% return on that position today, protecting my long positions. Bitcoin is down 12% today with no sign of stopping it's movement downwards, and all crypto prices are tied to bitcoin. Traders mo
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by buttcoinslol 9y ago
When you have enough money to influence the people who make the tax rules, what is it then? Avoidance or evasion?

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