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by kenneth 7y ago
So you want him to succeed?
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Live Updates of Hong Kong Protests: Legislative Building Breached(scmp.com)
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by kenneth 7y ago
The derivatives were traded in massive blocks, not in high-frequency transactions where fees adding up matters.
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by kenneth 7y ago
What I, and others, find objectionable about your post is that you frame yourself as an altruistic contributor while downplaying the fact that you have orders of magnitude more to gain from this than you contribute. Implying that a 50bp tax
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by kenneth 7y ago
I mean, of course you support a proposal to wipe off 80% of your entire student debt. I don't think you get to call it "giving back to the community" when you're a net taker under the proposal.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Money is fungible. Saying that the expenditure is funded by a tax on Wall Street is just clever bullshit to make it look like the taxpayers aren't on the hook for this absurdly expensive amnesty. The truth is those are two entirely ort
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by kenneth 7y ago
So you haven't heard about the Libertarian party, which got close to 5% of the popular vote last election? There is absolutely a large demographic (which includes libertarians but also goes far beyond) which wants to drastically reduce
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by kenneth 7y ago
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've heard suggested yet. It goes against every value of fairness we hold. Bernie essentially wants to forcibly take money from everyone who was financially responsible enough to save and pay o
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by kenneth 7y ago
A way to apply this to a startup today is to have a budget for each team (or even individual) that they can spend on fun activities (office beer, team bonding night out, or whatever other activity, something people look forward to) and have
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by kenneth 7y ago
Then good thing I didn't just notice this on "western media" and instead went and saw it for myself in Hong Kong. I've talked to HKers of all ages. Sorry to have to break it to you, but it is unanimous. An overwhelming m
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by kenneth 7y ago
A key difference to understand between protests in America and in Hong Kong is that there is no division in Hong Kong about the issue. In the US, for example, half of the population opposes Trump and half supports him. There are anti-Trump
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by kenneth 7y ago
The HK police won't disobey its government. If they did, it'd give China an excuse to use its army in HK which would undoubtedly make things an order of magnitude worse.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Pretty much. I don't think anyone has much hope of achieving change, but they protest anyways because they feel it's their civic duty.
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by kenneth 7y ago
I don't have any real answers and I don't know that there is really much that can be done. At the very least this should not be swept under the rug, I would want everyone to know what is happening. If the CCP can get away with it
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by kenneth 7y ago
No, not really. The government has been stacked with pro-Beijing people, who have all the executive and legislative power. The only choice people have is to vote for new representative, from a slate of options picked out by the CCP. That wa
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by kenneth 7y ago
I'm in Hong Kong and went to the protests today. This feels like a continuation of the '14 umbrella movement, which was ended by police force, and which left up pent-up anger in the whole population. It's the biggest protest
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by kenneth 7y ago
Rentals are cheaper. I can get a nice 1br in mid-levels for ~20k HKD (i.e. $2.5k). In SF these days, I'm not getting a decent 1br in a desirable location under $4k. My $3.5k rent was considered way under market.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Actually I think tying anything housing related to the measure is a great way to ensure it'll be a total clusterfuck. There's way too much disagreement on the matter, and any spending on it quickly devolves into an endless money p
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by kenneth 7y ago
Just moved from the Bay Area to the Greater Bay Area[1]! Join, it's nice here, except for the weather. There's a real energy here in HK! 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong-Hong_Kong-Macau_Gr...
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by kenneth 7y ago
Do not disturb mode is built just for that.
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by kenneth 7y ago
I've been part of many teams that ban email for internal communication. I have to say I'm quite a fan. Email remains present in external communications for business focused roles, but it's a rather nice separation to have. Sl
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by kenneth 7y ago
It's not even in the same universe in terms of quality. Although it went bad way quicker, so you had to drink it in a day or so max.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Growing up in Switzerland, when we lived on the outskirts of Bern, we would get our milk from such a dispenser at a farm. It was a 5min walk to the farm, and we'd bring our own bottle and fill it up from a spout. The milk was fresh and
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by kenneth 7y ago
Being from Gimel (a small town in Vaud), a lot of the stories in the article remind me of happy memories growing up. Switzerland has been struggling with an identity crisis of late as a lot of poorer immigrants from war-torn places (Albania
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by kenneth 7y ago
As long as you know you're stalling. Air France 447 stalled all the way from cruising to crashing into the Atlantic without anyone onboard realizing it.
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by kenneth 7y ago
The higher you go, the tighter your flight envelope gets as you approach the "coffin corner" and the more likely you are to stall. A stall is very bad (you lose lift and fall out of the sky). https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by kenneth 7y ago
Oooooh, thanks for sharing that. I've never heard of Roatan. Heard Honduras is pretty sketchy, but an island like that must be totally different and I'm now adding it on my list of places to visit. It'll help with my travel g
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by kenneth 7y ago
That's a common way to save on taxes by paying a bit upfront. It's usually not done at such a late stage because of the cost when the strike price is high. It's more common in pre-A or at least pre-B companies when the strike
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by kenneth 7y ago
Another idea: be an expat. Move to a foreign country that speaks a different language and take language classes. First, it'll be a big valuable change, and it'll provide plenty of adventure, and expats are quick to make new friend
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by kenneth 7y ago
Here's an idea: stay at a hostel. It's the easiest time you'll have making new friends. They won't last long and they will be young and poor but they'll be very friendly almost immediately. It won't give you tr

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