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by counternotions 5y ago
Sounds like websites like Open Collective shouldn’t raise VC money in the first place. Now the community needs to make philanthropic donations to bail out the equity holders.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Not a “black box” advisory service from my experiences, which cause some to underrate Vanguard’s professional services. Recommendations are publicly in whitepapers like this: https://personal.vanguard.com/pdf/ISGGEB_042
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by counternotions 5y ago
We see a lot of retail investors being fomo’d (by media, by peers, and forum threads like this) into dumping cash into stocks, like everyone else. That will likely not end well. Cash is a call option on opportunity.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Was there an Apple Store response for the overheating / overnight-charging problem?
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by counternotions 5y ago
Vanguard PAS (Personal Advisory Service) lately recommends 60/40 diversification on equities, where domestic represents 60% and international 40%. VTIAX is a low-cost fund to hold.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Do they really though? For some coastal elite business tycoon, is the estate tax scheme worth spending half a year in SD?
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by counternotions 5y ago
I understand the point they are trying to make, but this story is grasping for straws. $14 million peeled off into a trust from a global commodities operation is not much. Trifling in the larger scheme of the leak.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Seems like an unnecessary personal attack and clickbait headline, when Drew is self-aware enough to admit that this is a system-level cultural issue without any real solution proposed here: > I'm picking on Mark today, but he is jus
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by counternotions 5y ago
Surprised there’s no mention of what kind of privacy-protecting indicator these will sport, to inform those around you that they are being recorded.
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by counternotions 5y ago
The fantastic storytelling unfortunately falls flat on its face here: > So far, they’ve worked on a shoestring budget, having received about $100,000 from private donors and a tech incubator. They’ll need another $250,000 or so to fully
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by counternotions 5y ago
Sounds like the desert arcologies from the book Water Knife : self-sustaining biospheres where the rich and privileged bubble themselves off, breathing clean air and enjoying long, hot showers.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Very excited to see a decentralized alternative to Amazon-owned Goodreads & LibraryThing, the latter which I recently learned is 40%-owned by Amazon through a subsidiary AbeBooks. I'm not too familiar with the fediverse model. I no
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by counternotions 5y ago
There’s always that one guy: > “That’s my reputation,” Baasiri said. “Gravity fucks the market.” 5% commissions on transactions though, that’s really steep!
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by counternotions 5y ago
Here’s an example of sleuthing the public ledger to uncover some high profile scammers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xw9rWmTQfc&feature=youtu.be
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by counternotions 5y ago
Weird they are taking this so seriously. I thought this was just another one of those spam VPN review sites?
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by counternotions 5y ago
Surely this is a guaranteed path to get nailed as a toxic employee. Conducive if the goal is to get fired and collect unemployment.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Scary thing is if Google offered this as a free app, most people would happily use it.
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by counternotions 5y ago
Most serious crypto traders purport that the risks of Tether are already “priced in”: https://twitter.com/raoulgmi/status/1408921296281407488?s=21
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by counternotions 5y ago
What is up with what appears to be the growing audience of “doom porn” enthusiasts?
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by counternotions 5y ago
In the future, with the lessons of history behind us, how can the Bitcoin community avoid another stablecoin debacle that we are seeing unfold in front of us in real time (namely Tether, and the faux liquidity it has been injection into the
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by counternotions 5y ago
Bear is my primary notes app on iOS because of this. Share to Bear as a markdown-formatted titled link or the full web page content, and from there I can also prepend or append to an existing note.
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by counternotions 5y ago
LYT with MOCs is the best note organizing framework I’ve found for Obsidian, really game-changing: > The LYT system super-charges your digital library by giving you the ability to use fluid frameworks—like MOCs and a Home note—to enhance
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by counternotions 5y ago
Frigate is another open-source object detection engine that works amazingly well with Home Assistant: https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate
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by counternotions 5y ago
This pattern should get more attention. To add insult to injury on the growing wealth gap, mass media has been successfully signaling the middle class to remove themselves from the gene pool.
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by counternotions 5y ago
> He primarily communicates with his eight employees and his clients, which are mostly sports teams, over text, Instagram messages and Zoom calls. Poor examples of businesses to drive an agenda home. It’s fashionable to say email sucks a
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by counternotions 5y ago
Should have been qualified with middle-class Americans living in the suburbs . Growing up in a rural area with Chinese takeout as the only Christmas option is well protected from the pre-conditioned Honey Baked Ham holiday lifestyle.
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by counternotions 5y ago
How would a lawsuit against him work in a case like this?
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by counternotions 5y ago
All of the above, plus space exploration. Not condoning, merely pointing out what’s already in motion.
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by counternotions 5y ago
This is all fair game for Juul, and merely serves as a distraction by the media. Modern capitalism enforces no moral responsibilities on companies besides enriching its shareholders. The academic system has long been exploited by these same
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by counternotions 5y ago
More on this: > When Russian hackers do target victims in Russia, Moscow’s response is swift and harsh. In 2012, eight men were arrested by Russian police after stealing some $4 million from several dozen banks, including some in Russia.

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