david927

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by david927 6y ago
I couldn't disagree more. In fact, I would say that most unorthodox beliefs are absolutely on the list of things you "can't say." Most people don't have strong egos (i.e. as "sense of self") and most hav
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by david927 6y ago
It could ... But each dollar they add puts the country's solvency at risk. And it's already deeply at risk. But you're not alone thinking this. I'm deeply concerned at how many people think that the Fed can just &quo
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by david927 6y ago
Debt is fine if payments can be made. What's coming is an inability to make payments. Further, credit is tightening, so that, say, companies that have been using credit to stay alive (zombie companies) won't be able to anymore.
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by david927 6y ago
By nine months it will be a debt crisis which has become a liquidity crisis which then forces a fire-sale of assets.
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by david927 6y ago
Of course it's a short squeeze
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by david927 6y ago
I think what most people don't realize is that the pandemic is more of the pin that is popping the bubble. Remember the Fed was dropping rates all last year like a lead balloon and injecting liquidity in massive way last fall -- all b
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by david927 6y ago
And that seems to imply that it is a valid alternative, maybe not for large hedge funds but individual investors.
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by david927 6y ago
Mix the smart and the rich paints and call it one color.
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by david927 6y ago
1983 was they year when I got into computers and programming, and I am 100% with the author here. We have expanded the scope, to be sure, in that time but we've done it without a very deep understanding of the fundamental processes and
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by david927 6y ago
Andrei Tarkovsky was one of the greatest film directors, ever. Here is a shot vs shot comparison with Iñárritu's 2016 The Revenant film which won an Oscar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpcdhNq_VPM
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by david927 6y ago
This is a wonderful critique and made all the more enjoyable with hindsight. Wells here represents a common view but not an enlightened one and history has favored the latter. Joyce was arguably the greatest writer of the 20th century. Wel
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by david927 6y ago
The wonderful thing about this is that it effectively eliminates the legalized bribery that happens with lobbying. There are 15 lobbyists per congressperson just for the finance industry, each sitting on top of who knows how much money. Al
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by david927 6y ago
You're right, that is funny! I was thinking after I wrote that comment that I should have put a caveat about the target group for my comment. I don't think it's a great place for singles in their 20's -- exactly for th
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by david927 6y ago
I'm an American but I'm lucky enough to have lived in six countries. The winner for me is Nice, France. It has it all: culture and history, swimming and endless fun in the summer, skiing in the Alps in winter. I lived there for
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by david927 6y ago
You'll pay lower taxes than, say, in America. But it's expensive for many things and it can be hard to make friends. That said, it's a stunningly beautiful place to live.
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by david927 6y ago
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
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by david927 7y ago
You're right, America has long given up the notion of what is "for the good of society" in favor of making money. Walking around SF (until recently) meant literally seeing both millionaires and people defecating in the stree
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by david927 7y ago
> Socialization would see the government forcibly taking control of these corporations. That's not what Socialism is.
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by david927 7y ago
This is what no one is talking about.
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Trump Declares National Emergency(nytimes.com)
76 points by david927 7y ago|159 comments
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by david927 7y ago
I couldn't agree more. In the next week, we'll see flights canceled to and from most countries in Europe anyway, so this is a cheap attempt to point the finger at Europe, and away at this administration.
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by david927 7y ago
Global, but some countries will feel it more than others.
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by david927 7y ago
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by david927 7y ago
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by david927 7y ago
In both, visitors can see the skulls and bones of people who died in the 1600s—a century full of devastations, including the Black Plague and the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano—and didn’t receive a proper burial. The Black Plague was in
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by david927 7y ago
The law would be destructive only to the half who foolishly lent money. To the half who foolishly took it, it would be tremendously constructive. 50/50. The law shouldn't favor just one side, by definition.
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by david927 7y ago
I disagree. For each loan, you have both sides. So if one side suffers, it doesn't qualify but if the other side suffer is does qualify? Also, you can't gain from the interest, make all that money, and then expect the law to pro
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by david927 7y ago
Destructive to the organization making money off of the interest is not destructive "in general". If you make a loan, it comes with risk. End of story.
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by david927 7y ago
My understanding is that it lowers your credit score for a few years. Not ideal but not formidable either.
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by david927 7y ago
> This ruling can't stand. It would crush the economy. Law doesn't work that way.

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