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by cwperkins 7y ago
The ECB is currently at a -0.5% deposit rate. The SNB is at -0.75%. Perhaps there is room to go down, but the banks are struggling and pushing back.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I want to be clear that I think the Germans, Dutch and Swedes can afford to do more for the benefits of their own economies and of Europe’s. Germany needs to ween itself off of lignite coal and get better broadband infrastructure as well as
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Be careful what you wish for. I agree with Stieglitz that the Troika has historically not chosen the best path for crisis countries by implementing austerity. My fear with using Fiscal Policy and running deficits is that it is hard for a po
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by cwperkins 7y ago
My thoughts exactly, I am hoping that these closures start leading to lower costs. If the price of education outpaced wage growth for a decade then we need a big correction to get back to where we used to be.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
More people need to be aware that Uniqlo sources some of its cotton from Xinjiang where the Uyghur were/are detained.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I wonder if the rent freeze in Berlin will have any effect on Tesla attracting top talent.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Why is this wrong? If you want to argue for higher corporate taxes then fight for them and make an argument that wins in the majority of people's minds. The tax cuts from last year encouraged companies to repatriate money from overseas
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Look at the problems that Eskom has. I'm no expert in the field, but I don't think this would alleviate the problem much. It sounds like PG&E needs investment to dig cables underground and probably should've done so a whi
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Is it any coincidence this happens the week that CA is debating a bill that can drastically change how they compensate drivers? It appears like they are trying to gain leverage from an outsider’s perspective.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I think I’m well within the minority here, but I am Conservative and support this initiative. I support it mostly because I’d prefer a transparent system used widely to a bunch of different opaque systems at all the various universities. I
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I'd love to engage in any debate because ultimately I think that having diverse viewpoints ultimately leads to the most ideal solution. And not just Diversity of background, but diversity of bias is also important. I think the single m
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by cwperkins 7y ago
With all due respect, I did not vote for the president but now find myself more aligned with the Republicans than any 2020 Democrat. Its a smear that they are anti-Diversity. A lot of the young men I know feel disenfranchised in a system th
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Interesting to see how they mention Old Democrats are closer in value to Young Republicans. I highly suspected this, but its nice to have data.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I see you say you’ve lived in America and it sounds like you’ve emigrated. May I ask why? I’m also from America and this couldn’t be further from my own experience. I come from a more religious family from the Midwest, but grew up in the su
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by cwperkins 7y ago
It’s actually getting quite annoying. Reddit started off with r/programming being by far the largest community. It’s pretty obvious to see how it has drifted with time. I see the same phenomena happen to HN and I come here for tech new
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by cwperkins 7y ago
This is a touchy subject because it gets into the realm of the people are not the regime. Its terrible that everyone gets wrapped up in international conflicts, but I always have to ask what is an alternative plan? In the case with China, n
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I understand moving the Overton window, but a plan like this just seems infeasible and dangerous. Like drug prices, the price of higher education should absolutely come down (or wages rise faster than the cost of higher education). I actual
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Its quite telling that the promo video only shows people from countries with a substantial unbanked population. I do think that getting these people banked is safer and more secure for them (mitigates risk of being robbed) and enables a mor
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I will eagerly wait to see how this unfolds. Count me in the skeptical camp though. From an outside perspective it looks like the Overton window in Berlin is skewed heavily because of the runaway prices. I remember just last month the huge
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I'm ok with sites working on de-radicalization by making certain content more difficult to find, but I think we need transparency in all of this. I'm weary of a giant corporation like Google deciding what is "correct" di
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Reminds me of the outage that hit the Northeast U.S. in the early 2000s.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Joe Biden said it himself, he didn't like how elitist America is becoming. I couldn't agree more and couldn't be happier to see people choosing a career in the trades. They can be high paying and stable.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
Whatever side you are on here just remember, Freedom of assembly is such an important right to hold dear. With the censorious nature of the Chinese Communist Party, I fear what the implications of a bill like this could lead to.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I applaud any effort towards deradicalisation, but we need to work towards transparency. My gut reaction to the college board instituting an adversity score, was that it would’ve disproportionately impacted a guy like me growing up, but I’v
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I prefer this to school's independently coming up with their own non-transparent systems. That being said I hope this is like Affirmative Action, only meant to be instituted for a length of time ~10 years once the problem has been deem
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by cwperkins 7y ago
It's a filing for CrowdStrike to go public. They open their books for the public to view. HN is a very entrepreneurial board and we applaud any Silicon Valley company going public.
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by cwperkins 7y ago
I want to spur a discussion on whether bias in search results is ok or not. I’m trying to provide a counter example to argue the point that I believe that google search results should be free from bias by arguing using a corollary that hiri
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by cwperkins 7y ago
How about an analogy with recruiting: Should googles tech workforce resemble that of the broader US? i.e. Would having a workforce that resembles the US signify an elimination of bias in the hiring process. If you believe that Google’s work
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by cwperkins 7y ago
How do you feel about conservatives ignoring news sources because they’ve been labeled “left-leaning”?
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by cwperkins 7y ago
One of my big fears is the fragmentation of society and a conservative vs. a liberal internet. The echo chamber could be ratcheted up without exposure to a different viewpoint. I understand catering to customers, but I don’t see the cola ex

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