imnotlost

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by imnotlost 6y ago
Obviously a lot of that debt couldn't be serviced and a lot of it was extended to people who just couldn't afford it. The derivatives were a multiplier.
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Private sector debt can comfortably be discharged in bankruptcy and new things can grow - creative destruction. Public sector debt in your own currency is all right, it's not like you can ever run out of money - print more of it. Infla
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Kind of like when two realtors pretend they're adding $100K of value to a transaction...
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Also: being rich and attractive solves all your problems. Being human is messy.
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Do you want to under-perform during all bull markets so it hurts less during the corrections? If you stayed invested in the broad market through any bubble-pop you would be better off than aggressive diversification and hedging. Unless you
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by imnotlost 6y ago
I did that in my teens, 20s, and early 30s. Looking back I say F** that, what a waste of my youth. I could've worked half and accomplished just as much, maybe more in different areas had I taken the time to explore not just more of the
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by imnotlost 6y ago
There's a huge difference between "policing of social norms" and equal rule of law for all regardless of who they choose to have sex with. Maybe you can argue that it's fine for someone to choose not to be friends with g
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Don't ask for advice, don't follow advice, don't give advice. These people don't know you. Learn to know yourself and make your own decisions, live your own life. It's yours to live and it'll be over way faster
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by imnotlost 6y ago
The con is strong in America, always was, always will be. Just read about wage theft, it's sickening.
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Apples to oranges. The bank's collateral is its lien on the house. A bank is not interested in foreclosing as long as you keep paying interest + principal every month. In fact, if the value of your house drops 90% it is in your inter
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Of course, you're literally borrowing money from them to buy securities.
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by imnotlost 6y ago
This is what AWS said in their letter to Parler before cutting them off. It sounds reasonable enough to me https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/read-amazons-letter-to-...
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Does that mean, in the EU context, that the EU (whatever EU organization that may be), or the individual EU nations can compel private companies to publish certain speech? Are all EU citizens entitled to publish on Twitter for instance, and
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Snow in Madrid is definitely unusual but Spain gets snow every year. "You can go to Puerto de Navacerrada for a few hours of skiing then return to Madrid to continue visiting the many attractions in Europe’s fourth-largest city."
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by imnotlost 6y ago
You can vote in local elections, you can vote for a representative for congress, you can vote for a representative for senate, you can vote for local propositions. What is your expectation? What do you mean by "voice"?
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by imnotlost 6y ago
They did it to protect the locals from the hordes of annoying tourists.
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Maybe through Klarna[1]? [1] https://www.klarna.com/us/what-is-klarna/
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by imnotlost 6y ago
Developers are supposed to do all this learning on their own time as well, right? No budget or time for training. In fact, why don't you do some overtime paid in pizza? Learn new stuff at home on your own time, put it on github, it&#x2
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by imnotlost 6y ago
America is a business. Get rid of regulation and let people fend for themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_shop_(stock_market)
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by imnotlost 7y ago
Linux and macOS game development in a nutshell - spend $200K to make $10K, get 10x angry "support requests"
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by imnotlost 7y ago
Make it illegal to aggregate data about a person.
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by imnotlost 7y ago
Europe already has great consumer protections. The US doesn't, and probably never will.
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by imnotlost 7y ago
The speed and reach makes it different. You wouldn't say that flying is like walking faster - it's fundamentally different.
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by imnotlost 7y ago
Read it - they don't delete your data.
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by imnotlost 7y ago
Even if you delete your account, they probably still keep and sell your data to anyone who asks. Is there any way to force a US company to scrub your data, including from logs and backups?
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by imnotlost 7y ago
>In addition to cultural attitudes about the value of hard work, she said, some employers reduce costs by relying on overtime, and employees work the longer hours for the extra pay and to please the boss — promotions often depend more on
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by imnotlost 7y ago
Perhaps it would be better to talk about the complete failure of planned economies[1] (centralized) VS the success of market economies[2](distributed). I guess you could do both systems under a totalitarian regime or a democratic regime. Mo
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by imnotlost 7y ago
But the noble poor man (or the noble savage if we look to the past) never cheats, lies, steals, etc. And if they do it’s for survival or family or some other sympathetic cause. Or we’re all humans with normal human traits and egos to ration
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by imnotlost 7y ago
But it's not political, really. Both parties have different politicians shoveling different bullshit to different people. Same game, different target audience. That's not to say genuine people/products/value doesn't
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by imnotlost 7y ago
The US has a long history as the land of the bullshitter - the snake-oil sales men, the Psychics and Tarot card readers, the self-help authors, the "business coaches", MLM... the list is endless. And people love it so much they&#x

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