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kennend3
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> I had access to "live stock feed", which is considered privileged information. As someone with 22 years in equity trading technology Real-time market data is NOT privileged information. This is not "material non-public
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4y ago
> If the later why are traffic violations also not levied as apart of your net worth? You did not read the link at all, correct? It clearly states that in places like Finland traffic violations are where you see "day fines". &g
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Proof systems like this need wider adaptation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine Far too often these fines are simply considered "the cost of doing business". Worse, in many cases they agree to pay the f
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4y ago
> . That alone is a forcing function pushing young Americans to rely on credit, greasing those consumer wheels by decoupling their spending from their earning at a young age. I'm Canadian and lived in the US for several years and ca
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4y ago
The comments from this individual made me question if they understand what "logic" means. The write: > Take it to the logical extreme. Then proceeds to make a number of serious illogical comments? Killing off state lotto leads
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4y ago
> Take it to the logical extreme. That is a pointless exercise. If state lotto ticket sales dried up they would most likely raise taxes.. but let your crazy theory run wild and end with "pensions go underwater". Thank goodness
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You entirely missed their point. - The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $310.3 billion in 2020 - The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $355.3 billion in 2021 I think their choice of "growth" was bad, but their point o
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> Large swaths of people over consuming? why do you feel this indicates anything behind what it is, "Keeping up with the joneses". Large swaths of people do strange things with their money on a regular basis : - State Lotto ti
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This is an underrated comment by someone who clearly understands what it is like in these large banks. I've spent 20+ years with various banks and it is obvious when i read comments about "banks" those writing have near-zero
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4y ago
out of interest i tried the states main site https://kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx works just fine from Canada?
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A state tourism site complying with GDPR shoudn't be that challenging: The UK GDPR sets out seven key principles: - Lawfulness, fairness and transparency. - Purpose limitation. - Data minimisation. - Accuracy. - Storage limitation. - I
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4y ago
Got to love Geoblocking, especially this one. what would be accomplished by geoblocking a states's tourism site? Isn't the core point of state sites like this to attract tourists? Does geoblocking them help with this goal? Some y
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4y ago
I assume you find the "subsidized wind" prices attractive? Who pays the subsidies?
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4y ago
> It is both unethical and pointless to exploit inelastic demand WELL PUT.. the logic on this debate is astonishly bad.. "Charge more for essential services" just sounds terrible and you are correct, inelastic demand needs to b
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4y ago
> It seems you agree that 'essential' loads have much more value to you and others, but you're not willing to pay the value? what does taking what i wrote, then reworking the sentence to suit your purpose serve? I did not
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This is the CORE of the energy debate.. People throw out whatever nonsense they like to support their position. "Nuclear costs 3-5x" and as you point out, compared to what? The cost of sitting around for 20 years debating this and
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> Charge higher rates for essential. This makes ZERO sense.. I live in a cold climate.. Our furnace is "essential" to prevent my family and i from freezing to death. Under your plan we should pay more for this? And those who
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4y ago
I think you intentionally overlooked my point. I wasn't debating if these meters exist or not, it was that they were never used in Ontario. Continuing your logic, did Canada ever use these "multiple-tariff" meters? If they d
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4y ago
what·a·bout·ism /ˌ(h)wədəˈboudizəm/ noun BRITISH the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation or raising a different issue. what does "beef" have to do with
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> how is the ruble doing on international currency exchange? I always find it strange when people post comments like this. It is a clear indicator you don't understand financial markets. If you were to look at the data yourself, yo
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This doesnt make sense, at least not for Ontario. Prior to "Time of use" billing (and having to upgrade all our meters in like 2016) i dont see how this was possible. The old meters simply measured how much power was used, they ha
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4y ago
As the other person posted, you are mistaken. Houses in north America are fed with two 120V "legs" and so the 100A is actually at 240V.
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Here (Ontario) we have "time of use" billing https://www.oeb.ca/consumer-information-and-protection/elect... The idea is to move "load" from peaks to avoid shortages by charging more to use power du
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As someone who is also "pro-nuclear" it is upsetting to see this take place. The "anti-nuclear" camp has won, but based on what sort of logical argument? Fear? what about Chernobyl? It is one thing to be "anti-nuc
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> Be on the right side of history on this one, folks. this is a clear indicator you are a "lost cause" social justice warrior type. Equating slavery and eating meats.. OMG. Have you considered taking an African safari and encou
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4y ago
Ethics is subjective. Is it ethical to eat dogs? Some societies do, some don't. Should we judge lions for eating meats? Perhaps convince them to move to a vegan diet? What you are advocating is forcing your views on others, and that
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Why do you think the tax system should be used for this? The tax system should have a single purpose - Raise funds for government expenses. This is why the tax system is the mess it currently is. Everyone thinks the solution to their perso
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I second this. if anyone knows, do share.
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> Show a kid a celebrity pushing something and they can tell it's fake. No, they cant. How many kids believe the photoshop pics they see? Not to single her out, but Kim K is now selling headphones and her pic in her ad makes her loo
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Your car also has a horn and a driver. Use proper defensive driving? I've been driving for ~30 years and cant tell you when "accelerating" was my choice to avoid an accident. I have had people attempt to change lanes without
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