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by cmdli 5y ago
Insurance is often highly regulated as to what they can do price discrimination on, oftentimes limited to things which directly impacts the cost of that insurance, like age (side note, I don't believe race is legally part of that). Tin
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by cmdli 5y ago
Trains require a lot more infrastructure, which is why they are at a cost disadvantage. The miles of constructed track, power lines, bridges, etc cost a lot of money to build and maintain, while planes just use the air, which is basically f
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by cmdli 5y ago
> Shouldn't the FTC be a neutral body? How did the FTC miss this criminal activity for 10 whole years? I think an investigation should be called for. The supposed antitrust laws have failed miserably. This must be the one of the FTC
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Cryptography from the Ground Up(cmdli.github.io)
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Cryptography from the Ground Up(cmdli.github.io)
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by cmdli 6y ago
It seems to me that the problem is what these students should be the "best" at. Taking tests and learning academic material? They appear to be super successful. Being able to navigate the world of business and working with other p
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by cmdli 6y ago
Renewables aren't infinite; they are constrained, just as you said, by our manufacturing and natural resources to build vehicles to collect them. Unless BTC somehow manufactures more solar panels or provides more natural resources, the
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by cmdli 6y ago
Well, the easiest way to comply is to simply not serve EU folks. Chances are finding new advertising partners and changing up all their software is much harder, especially for what looks like a relatively local newspaper.
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by cmdli 6y ago
All of those things have intrinsic value in that they bring people some measure of joy. Bitcoin, by comparison, brings people very little joy in and of itself (you might argue it provides entertainment value, it certainly does for me). Not
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by cmdli 6y ago
It's not the price that necessarily matters but the market share, which is often represented in the price. A company like Facebook (a large social media corporation) buying WhatsApp (a large messaging app) creates an even bigger compan
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by cmdli 6y ago
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1499/
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by cmdli 6y ago
> If you are in a regulated market or are using the regulated utilities like ConEd in NYC, you'll see limited rate increases to deal with the increased cost to supply. These rate increases need to be approved by the state's Pub
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by cmdli 6y ago
But it does affect me. Apple's "walled garden" approach only works if they are able to actually have walls and force companies to abide by their rules. Removing those restrictions removes any leverage Apple (and by extension
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by cmdli 6y ago
To be fair, Fortnite did try to get their players to use sideloading to get around the 30% cut Google took. With Apple's more aggresive consumer protection stance, it wouldn't be surprising for more companies to take that step.
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by cmdli 6y ago
As a user, I'm free to buy Android if I want to. I buy iPhones specifically because software developers are forced to go through Apple's more strict guidelines (see the Apple/Facebook fight for a recent example of why I per
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by cmdli 6y ago
I think "communicating through the barkeeper" makes the barkeeper's involvement sound much more intentional than it actually would be. It's more like if a group regularly gathered at the bar, using the barkeeper's s
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by cmdli 6y ago
Just to be clear here, they are restricting opening new positions. If you are short on GME, you are allowed to buy in order to close out your position. However, most people are long, so they only have the option to sell.
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by cmdli 6y ago
Honest question: why does Google care here? They don't really have a stake in the GME situation, with no short or long positions (I'm assuming). They aren't that connected to Wall Street companies. Why protect Robinhood at
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by cmdli 6y ago
In fairness, you can close out your positions if you are long or short. If you are shorting the stock, you are allowed to buy to close the position.
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by cmdli 6y ago
IANAL also, but I would imagine that they would need to represent themselves accurately to their investors at the very least. Perhaps they could be telling their investors something different privately?
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by cmdli 6y ago
Those regulations still allow brokers some freedom in how they run their business, and even require brokers to take actions like this (according to some interpretations). AFAIK, there isn't an SEC regulation requiring all brokers to pr
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by cmdli 6y ago
> Do you actually know the rules? Brokers have been doing this for decades; it's clearly within the bounds of what they are allowed to do [0]. Maybe this lawsuit can prove that they are conspiring with hedge funds to manipulate the
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by cmdli 6y ago
Legally speaking, Robinhood is a private entity with no obligations to provide users the ability to trade. Users can still sell or trade their assets out of Robinhood, they just can't open new positions with Robinhood's platform.
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by cmdli 6y ago
Not trying to defend Robinhood here, but it would probably go like this: Robinhood is a private service and potentially has liability from what it enables users to do. They are under no obligation to provide trades on specific stocks, and i
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by cmdli 6y ago
According to Pew at least [1], about 85% of workers are "satisfied or very satisfied" with their jobs, with 49% being "very satisfied". That still leaves a lot of unsatisfied people, but there is also a lot of people rel
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by cmdli 6y ago
Plenty went broken. People stayed inside, stopped going out to restaurants, stopped practicing their hobbies, stopped traveling to see family. Most people lost their jobs not just because the government ordered them fired, but because most
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by cmdli 6y ago
I would argue that we are already seriously building more and more solar and wind power, along with research into better battery storage. Even if we solve the current climate crisis with solar and wind, we may still be able to do even bet
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by cmdli 6y ago
From context, it's pretty clear who he is talking about.
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by cmdli 6y ago
Civil disobedience typically involved still getting punished as a matter of protest to change public opinion. If Elon Musk is doing this as civil disobedience, he is using the resources of Tesla and the forced compliance of his workers in
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by cmdli 7y ago
I wonder. If you're an investor, all you really care about is how much your shares are earning you. If the amount of earnings per share goes up, then the value of that share also goes up.

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