freebee87

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A 'Death Train' Is Haunting South Florida(theatlantic.com)
4 points by freebee87 11mo ago|2 comments
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Big Shareholder in China? Don’t Try Selling(wsj.com)
4 points by freebee87 3y ago|0 comments
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by freebee87 4y ago
"A curb cut is authority granted to you by the owner of the road (often the state government) to make a physical change to your property and the road to allow customers access" This development model is very specific to Illinois a
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by freebee87 4y ago
Yeah, That makes sense. All those PE partners raising up the average.
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by freebee87 4y ago
"Thus, in New York, the median employee in the stock market sector who earns $440,000, according to the State Auditor’s Office" As someone who works in this sector, this does not look True. An investment Banking VP with 10+ years
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by freebee87 4y ago
There was the free business class trips for everyone (not just higher management), the frenetic office building (at one point we had offices in over 100 countries), and hundreds of millions in WIP/inventory. Definitely not a well run b
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by freebee87 5y ago
To me this is more a reflection of Chinese society. China has always been a highly centralized place (i.e. its name is "middle kingdom") where internal control is prioritized. The media/application space is a reflection of th
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by freebee87 5y ago
This is the law in China (my spouse is Chinese and we looked into this)
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by freebee87 5y ago
The market cap of these companies is: Amazon - $1.5 trillion Netflix - $260 billion Apple - $3 trillion Google - $2 trillion Facebook - $1 trillion Anyone who thinks facebook (i.e. meta) is going to drop can buy put options. the $150 put 2
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Germany’s Economy, Once Europe’s Engine, Is Holding It Back(wsj.com)
3 points by freebee87 5y ago|0 comments
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by freebee87 5y ago
Because Hebrew is gendered Meta (מתה) technically is "she is dead". However that transcription is incorrect and arguably (מטא) is the right one. Those phonics are actually quite common in Hebrew. Similar sounding מטע (Plantation)
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What’s the Point of Australia?(unherd.com)
2 points by freebee87 5y ago|1 comments
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by freebee87 5y ago
The taxonomy of jobs in china: Local government positions (<20 hours per week). Relatively low pay. Little job risk . This positions are by design very easy (铁饭碗 or Iron Rice Bowl). There are long vacations and expectations are very low
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by freebee87 6y ago
Have you been to NYC? Or Tokyo? Or Singapore? Have you ever lived in a dense city before? These things just don't happen. Developers a profit motived and are very aware of what sells and what doesn't. There are a million mechanism