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by flunhat 5y ago
I will repeat myself one more time: Facts simply do not concern themselves with your feelings. I know it feels like oppression (a new Third Reich!!111!) & like there is no metric to get rid of masks, but your feelings alone do not make
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by flunhat 5y ago
This kind of logic is, more or less, why Trump lost -- people (rightly so) don't like being told they have to sacrifice themselves for the economy
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by flunhat 5y ago
Yup -- projection, plain & simple
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by flunhat 5y ago
Why is everyone you're referencing -- and for that matter, you too -- so damn hysterical? Vinay Prasad, case in point: > When democratically elected systems transform into totalitarian regimes, the transition is subtle, stepwise, an
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by flunhat 5y ago
> you can barely say the results out loud lest you get silenced by the angry mob Would you chill out? People are disagreeing with you & presenting evidence, not burning you at stake. When did everyone get so damn fragile??
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by flunhat 5y ago
Agree 100% -- that whole paragraph has some flimsy logic. The only bit of evidence they provide for travel bans not working is: > For example, we had a travel ban with China in March 2020, only to be infiltrated with a European strain. I
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by flunhat 5y ago
So what can a founder do with a majority of voting shares (in practice)? Seems like they’re pretty hemmed in no matter what…
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by flunhat 5y ago
An oft-repeated claim in these debates, usually presented without evidence. But it's not self-evident to me.
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by flunhat 5y ago
Here's the part you cut out with the ellipsis: > "If there is a significant deterioration in security -- that could well happen, we've discussed this before -- I don’t think it’s going to be something that happens from a F
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by flunhat 5y ago
But in that example, Columbia made students big promises that it simply couldn’t deliver. It’s more like a deeply dishonest salesman than a hapless waiter who gets your order wrong. From James Stoteraux: > Many of the students in my clas
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by flunhat 5y ago
From the paper, > Globally, an estimated 741 300 (95% UI 558 500–951 200), or 4.1% (3.1–5.3), of all new cases of cancer in 2020 were attributable to alcohol consumption. Males accounted for 568 700 (76.7%; 95% UI 422 500–731 100) of tot
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by flunhat 5y ago
Some choice quotes from the ruling: > The FTC is apparently unwilling to allege that Facebook has ever (pre- or post-Instagram acquisition) had something like 85% or even 75% market share; instead it hedges by offering only that the numb
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by flunhat 5y ago
The data doesn't bear this out though -- the median* salary for a software developer is not only substantially higher than the national average salary, the rate of growth is also higher: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com&#x2
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by flunhat 5y ago
We're in a crisis?
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by flunhat 5y ago
This was back in March when vaccine demand outstripped supply & ensuring "fair access" to the vaccine was a big concern. It seems almost quaint now that we have the opposite problem. (FWIW I think Paul's reaction was pret
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by flunhat 5y ago
How can you effectively counter an essay with so many empty generalizations and broad assertions? It would be like debating jello.
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Lyft says 'majority' of rides will be in self-driving cars by 2021 (2016)(theverge.com)
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by flunhat 6y ago
You are purposefully misquoting Andrew Ross Sorkin. The "from what I understand" refers to the time Melvin Capital closed their position, not the overall fact that their short interest is closed. The full quote from Sorkin's
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by flunhat 6y ago
> If you really think this through, why would they actually announce they have covered the shorts instead of simply reclaiming a short position? This is paper thin logic. If they hadn’t said anything publicly, you and others would be com
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by flunhat 6y ago
The smaller the amount of capital you manage, the “easier” it is to get large returns on a % basis. There’s a video where Warren Buffett talks about this behavior (a bird hunting club that ended up finding oil, hopefully someone can find th
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by flunhat 6y ago
Thank you 1000x for writing this. I thought I was going insane reading all the comments like “Melvin publicly said they closed their short position, which is suspicious because they said it publicly (if they said nothing, you all would stil
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by flunhat 6y ago
If they didn't say anything, you'd think they were still shorting GME.
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by flunhat 6y ago
You should consider at least editing this post given that it has a massive inaccuracy in it, i.e. that Melvin Capital bought ads to communicate not having a position in GME. That was CNBC.
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by flunhat 6y ago
They could, but it's common (and not suspicious) for an investor involved in a public fracas to publicly reveal they've exited their position. Bill Ackman did something similar with Herbalife: https://www.investopedia.c
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by flunhat 6y ago
> Why can't we speak figuratively anymore? Because a lot of people who hear that take it as literal encouragement. The events of Jan 6 are one example of how threats like that aren't simply rhetorical devices.
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by flunhat 6y ago
> parler in the sense that another communication platform not owned by a big corp Parler is owned by the Mercer family, of Renaissance Technologies fame, one of the most successful hedge funds in existence. They are personally worth tens
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by flunhat 6y ago
"That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did... You deserved it."
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by flunhat 6y ago
Given that one of the earliest comments on this post was: > Wow, the company created, funded, and used exclusively by Facebook re-affirms Facebook's decision to do something? > Truly shocking i.e. someone blindly adding to the an
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by flunhat 6y ago
> Worse, but again, was the site even supposed to be designed with anonymity in mind? Given that a common conspiracy theory espoused on Parler is (was) that vaccines contained tracking microchips (?), I imagine Parler users expected at l
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by flunhat 6y ago
There's video evidence , lol: https://twitter.com/59dallas/status/1346963199778828290?s=20

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