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by jshaqaw 8y ago
Dual share class IPOs always seem fine when a company is in its hot growth mode and the founders have a halo. They very rarely end well. Shareholder democracy works. A CEO who is able to convincingly explain their long term vision to mar
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Let’s put to one side for a moment the legitimate problem of the millenial generation’s money problem... the central thesis here is that generations should be financially atomized and autonomous. No I don’t come from generational wealth but
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This changes over time. In my 20s and 30s alcohol was mainly a social lubricant in my circles. Now what I see in my 40s is most of my peers have a drink or two at night after a day of work, the kids are asleep, the dishes are done, etc... t
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The Upper West Side was once a place for middle class intellectuals and artists. These neighbors are not necessarily rich and you need a legal violation to sue. Nothing in this article alleges that the construction is illegal - just very an
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Absolutely! In NYC I miss the great video stores of yesteryear like Kims. The streaming services don’t have depth and the problem is getting worse as they devote more spend towards building internal proprietary content and less towards ren
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I don’t think you live in NYC hannasarion. A cab here and there instead of the subway etc... Also, the numbers jump by multiples if you have kids and include them in the little luxury buys. Again, my point isn’t to deprive yourself unnecess
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I think the author misses a point here. The issue isn’t that 5$ cup of coffee alone but rather a mindset of all these little purchases which can add up to say $50 a day which is both real money and don’t actually bring joy/value to you
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The structure of society is brutal for those who need to shift gears in their middle years while supporting a family. Good luck!
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I desperately try not to talk about my vegetarianism with others as it is a personal matter. It’s amazing how many people who would never social question another person’s beliefs in say religion feel free to jump in and aggressively debate
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I don’t claim to be an expert here so please correct me but if the mainframe vendors want to extend the life of this technology then they should invest a bit more in helping curious explorers access them. Whether through emulation, document
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Whitney’s code is what I expect code to look like post-singularity when hyper intelligent AI program themselves!
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Scary? It’s not 1978 anymore.
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If the USD goes to zero then I absolutely guarantee you that your bitcoin will not retain a shred of purchasing value. This statement reminds me of people who buy CDS on US Treasuries assuming that in a world where the US really defaults on
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In a perfect world yes. In reality what matters is not how many people support a position but how many will vote based on that issue. If you support something but it is not in your top ten of voting factors (assuming you even vote) then in
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There is another aspect of this which some younger people miss. A hub city means a dual professional couple can both find long term career paths in the same place. That’s much harder to do in a non-hub city. Top talent tends to marry top ta
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I absolutely agree that the price points per episode are wrong. Zappos used to let you rent not buy an episode for I think .99 and that was a very reasonable price point. $10-$12 or so for a season of a quality TV show was OK.
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I misread this as when to buy your own ICBM and was subsequently disappointed by the content
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The whole streaming model makes little sense st this point. It is replicating the cable channel system. The model which makes sense was/is an ITunes ala carte system where you buy shows and movies you watch direct. Bundling only works
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Yup. And when I’m at the park with my kids and some other child asks for help with something like getting up on a structure I have to say politely say no (I’m a man) for fear of it being interpreted the wrong way by someone. Just the way it
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The entire streaming paradigm is a step backwards. Paying ala carts for the content you want would make it much easier for the end customer and enable greater diversity of content. There is no reason for the streaming service middleman wh
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FDIC insurance exists for a reason. It prevents runs on the bank. There will be a time of financial crisis in the future and anyone with a Robin Hood account will flee for an FDIC guaranteed account. The run on liquidity will probably de
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Wall Street has moved on with the times as has the rest of the world in the last 10 years. At this point I don’t think it is an outlier in terms of social attitudes. If anything it is at least outwardly more progressive by virtue of A. Be
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Plenty of people at McKinsey have a conscience. They are humans like everyone else.
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It is hard to believe that an adverse mortality shock big enough to rock Pru could be absorbed by reinsurance capital. The story is a bit sensational but as an investor in both banks and insurance companies it is stark how regulated (post 0
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Propose a viable realistic alternative.
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Arbitrage is another way of saying eliminating mispricings. Mispricings or traded assets causes a misallocation of societal resources in ways which are negative to economic growth. You need to think second order here.
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Evernote. Nothing is perfect but still nothi g comes close to make sure I have everything I need across my desktop, iPad, and iPhone at all times. I like the scrolling list of notes interface and search is pretty good. I’ve had my work and
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A 1B Beats acquisition can be excused as a vanity play for Apple plus when they did that deal the company was still closer to “can do no wrong” status. A tens of billions investment into a money losing capex intensive industry would be a lo
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Einstein was a patent clerk. I am certainly not equipped to weigh in on the string theory debates but the ability to make serious intellectual contributions and the skills of navigating siloed academic hierarchies are not necessarily correl
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Friend, I work in hedge funds. This isn’t Billions. Musk going over the deep end far more plausible than a hedge fund saboteur.

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