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by cko 9y ago
Several thoughts: You could read the article as sour grapes. Like his business didn't reach unicorn valuation, so well, that wasn't his goal in the first place. I remember seeing a YouTube interview (I believe it was on TWIST) whe
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by cko 9y ago
Yes, it would have similar results. It seems that some of these combo drugs have shorter patents (and will have a generic equivalent sooner), so in the first 3 years it would still be cheaper to complain to the prescriber about cost and hav
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by cko 9y ago
There are many drugs like this. This is definitely not news. Examples of drugs that came out way later than their similar genetic counterpart: Namzaric: combination of memantine and donepezil, both of which have been generic for a while. Co
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by cko 9y ago
Assuming this is all accurate, imagine if the Mid-Victorians had access to the vaccines, antibiotics, surgeons, and dentists that we do.
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by cko 9y ago
Is military spending that large a percentage of US tax revenue? Tomahawk missiles and F15s aren't cheap, but I thought Medicare + Social Security chew up a majority of our tax dollars.
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by cko 9y ago
Yes, that was one concern. pedrocr's reply below (in addition to all the other comments) makes sense - if the current inflow in passive funds is just active funds being sold and reallocated, doesn't seem too bubbly. Though I am an
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by cko 9y ago
Here's what bothers me. Ten years ago I was still in school and came across Malkiel's 'A Random Walk' book. Then I started reading Graham's 'Intelligent Investor' and was like "dude I'm not going
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by cko 9y ago
I've had many similar experiences right before falling asleep as well, though I wouldn't have known to describe it as well as you have, but yes, I'd be mid-thought in something and forget the thoughts leading up to that one.
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by cko 9y ago
Alternatively, if you've read Felix Dennis' humorous book 'How to get Rich', he says to never part with any equity. He gives an example of a time his top executives get together and ask him for a piece of the pie, and he
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by cko 9y ago
EDIT: employees to give you your meds
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by cko 9y ago
Unfortunately, this is probably the best hack. Put assets in some kind of trust, then have the American taxpayer pay for those expensive last years. I am a pharmacist at a long term care pharmacy, and assisted livings in my area charge up t
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by cko 9y ago
The last paragraph reminded me of the end of "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean.
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by cko 9y ago
If you believe in the 2% inflation figure put forth by the government, yes. So let's say it's $60k, before taxes. Seems like a bummer, do you think?
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by cko 9y ago
> When you do pay taxes on the money in retirement, your tax rate will likely be lower. The only reason it will be lower is if income is lower. Some people say to not contribute more than the match, because you end up paying more taxes i
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by cko 9y ago
Sounds good, though 100k in 25 years would be like 30k in purchasing power.
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by cko 9y ago
Holy shit, thanks for taking the time to write up all that.
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by cko 9y ago
Before this becomes one of the many ignored bookmarks in my Favorites folder, can anyone tell me how useful this resource is to a self-ascribed mathematical lightweight as myself? I took calc BC back in high school and now I'm 31. I re
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by cko 10y ago
As crimsonalucard stated, it was on one hand something I've always wanted to try out. Just living on the barest essentials and seeing how far I could take it. Also I don't have any people I consider close family in my life, so in
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by cko 10y ago
It would have been way different for sure. If only I enjoyed travel.
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by cko 10y ago
I lived in my Toyota 4Runner for about 6 months. It was definitely not glamorous - my coworkers thought I was crazy. I parked outside of work. At night I would pee in a bottle. Sometimes the bottle would spill. I had to drive everywhere - t
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by cko 10y ago
Link to the article mentioned in the post: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/how-to-be-a-sto... Raptitude is a pretty neat blog - I really enjoy his earlier posts. My favorite article is title
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by cko 10y ago
Good point, I guess I do care how people on the internet react to my comments
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by cko 10y ago
Ridicule and disdain would likely have caused more pain, which he would have tried to escape from - with food. The article already mentioned tabloids and I'm sure having no companionship were already negative feedback mechanisms. As an
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by cko 10y ago
What resources have you used to study Buddhist history? I've been an avid reader of accesstoinsight but want to learn more. Email in profile.
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by cko 10y ago
Not just chrome, on mobile Safari I couldn't back out either.
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by cko 10y ago
There were sone mentions in the Nikayas about "aeons of cosmic expansion and contraction". Some people parallel that with big bangs and big crunches.
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by cko 10y ago
I think that's a reference to the Heart Sutra, a text associated with the Mahayana tradition.
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by cko 10y ago
But don't you ever get weary? Like "oh, this again. I've seen this before, in a slightly different form. This too shall pass." I've felt this way since I was 20, and I haven't seen much.
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by cko 10y ago
I have all the free time in the world and I have that "ugh do I really need to eat again?" I find it hard to hit 2500 calories daily to not lose weight.
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by cko 10y ago
Haha. They (bloggers, gurus) are all like that. But I really appreciate his writing style.

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