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by dnadler 7y ago
I read recently that there was one pilot who made visual contact. He described the object as a cube inside a sphere, which sounds a bit like the plasma cloaking theory described above. I'll try to find the link.
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by dnadler 7y ago
I would imagine that rotation implies the objects are all orbiting in roughly the same direction (eg. Clockwise) counterclockwise). It's possible that a group of objects (likely captured) would be orbiting in a very disorganized way.
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by dnadler 7y ago
I mean, that sounds like maybe a bad or overconfident analyst, but it's a bit extreme to declare it ALL BS because of one guy's bad models.
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by dnadler 7y ago
It's typically done by estimating future earnings that "belong" to shareholders, and then computing the current value of those earnings. That's a dramatically over simplified explanation, though. Look up divided discount
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by dnadler 7y ago
> ...and adhere to health-and-safety laws... Aside from wages, it sounds like you agree with the sentiment of 'minimum working conditions', just perhaps disagree on the specifics of what that means.
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by dnadler 7y ago
It was sarcasm. Edit: I think
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by dnadler 7y ago
I'll take my government insured bank account over cryptocurrency any day of the week.
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by dnadler 7y ago
Your insurance has access to spend your HSA? That's certainly not how mine is set up, and I'm surprised that's even possible. Did you give them your account number and authorization to spend your money?
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by dnadler 8y ago
I'll second this. I commute to downtown via the southwest corridor bike path, and most of the drivers are pretty patient and give me enough space once I get on to the roads. The worst parts of the commute are usually the torn up roads
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by dnadler 8y ago
That's a commonly made point, but to be a little pedantic you are definitely twisting the definition of the word 'freedom'. Those are benefits to be sure, and they may certainly be better than the US's, but not really &#
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by dnadler 8y ago
They were probably just testing the thrust it puts out in that atmosphere by measuring the force applied to the tether. They could also test the stability by trying to maintain a constant force on the tether (by not simply pulling as hard a
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by dnadler 8y ago
All good points, and why this really requires a good amount of financial literacy to understand and properly utilize.
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by dnadler 8y ago
One interesting real estate related fact is that a primary residence is there easiest and cheapest leverage a normal person can get. So that 3% can actually be 5x - 20x that depending on the individual circumstances. Not that I'm advoc
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by dnadler 8y ago
The problem with your analogy is that, in the real world, you don't know if the $20 is real or not. It could even be a -$20 bill.
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by dnadler 8y ago
People also gloss over the fact that there are multiple neurotransmitters involved.
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by dnadler 8y ago
I don't understand your argument for not prosecuting MNPI trading. Are you saying that because the general public doesn't understand what MNPI is, the law shouldn't be enforced? Are you taking issue with reason the law exists
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by dnadler 8y ago
Same can be said of altimeter adjustments which would literally cause you to fly into the ground, but that isn't stopping us from allowing manual adjustments.
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by dnadler 8y ago
It looks like the probe might be in a polar orbit, and it may also be the case that the plane of the orbit is perpendicular to the sun, so burning sunward would always be safe.
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by dnadler 8y ago
That sounds reasonable, but do you have anything to back up any of what you said? It's just as likely that $900k is the statutory limit for this infraction.
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by dnadler 8y ago
Would it be better if, instead of analytics, they flipped a coin?
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by dnadler 8y ago
Outspoken in which direction?
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by dnadler 8y ago
It is, but incentives for the buyer's agent are already messed up. They want to close the deal, they don't really care about the price because the bump in their commission for a few extra thousand is nothing compared to the risk o
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by dnadler 8y ago
That doesn't mean 1 trillion isn't a large amount of money. That means the US spends a trillion dollars servicing it's debt. As it so happens, the US will be spending a lot of money servicing debt.
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by dnadler 8y ago
On the other side of the argument, I think many would ask where do you draw the line? And who draws that line? It seems like the majority of the people I know feel like it's better not to draw that line at all and instead focus on teac
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by dnadler 8y ago
Responding to the sibling re: censoring pornography. The 1st amendment prevents the government from interfering with the free exchange of ideas (among other things). We generally believe that letting the government regulate this kind of t
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by dnadler 8y ago
There is no right to free speech on Facebook. That amendment applies only to the government . A surprising number of people seem to forget that.
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by dnadler 8y ago
Who makes the artwork? Creative types? Okay, cool.
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by dnadler 8y ago
Investment professionals charge a fee (the tax you mention) because, in theory, they are at least that much better than the layperson investing. This hasn't always been true, and many active managers have been shown to be no better at
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by dnadler 8y ago
Efficiency and liquidity are not the same thing. Liquidity is important, but efficiency is more important. When we identify fraudulent companies, for example. The sooner the better, right? Or, when we identify the next Google, and give th
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by dnadler 8y ago
>For good reason. It's amazing the amount of intelligence and effort that gets wasted in finance. (Other fields too of course.) Whenever I hear someone say this, I never see an explanation for why it's actually a waste. People

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