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by kolbe 8y ago
>He's a bloomberg opinion writer. He is a bloomberg staff member. So it is bloomberg. That's only your opinion of what it means '[to be] bloomberg'. If you have a good argument for why that is the case, then give it.
902.
by kolbe 8y ago
This isn't 'Bloomberg'. It's Matt Levine's Opinion, and his opinions (which always come with ample justification, unlike yours) are very highly regarded.
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by kolbe 8y ago
Agreed. To add, men also seem to value sex more than women (see: prostitution industry), so they'll be more likely to use their power to get sexually satisfied.
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by kolbe 8y ago
"to put that into context" -me I was giving context of what that number means. Not claiming Chicago is more violent than Caracas.
905.
by kolbe 8y ago
You simply did not live in a bad neighborhood by American standards. The worst neighborhoods in Chicago have murder rates far worse than Brazil as a country. For example Brazil has an intentional homicide rate around 30, whereas Chicago has
906.
by kolbe 8y ago
For any other company "$420" would be a pretty good indication of of this being a hack. But with Elon, it's hard to tell.
907.
by kolbe 8y ago
I thought this applied to all diets that induce ketogenesis.
908.
by kolbe 8y ago
He sort of glossed over how valuable it is for Fidelity (or others) to get to control so many shares for voting purposes.
909.
by kolbe 8y ago
It really depends on how susceptible the particular user is to the cost of being a part Google's ad network. If Google's ad network intelligently informs you to make better consumer decisions, then you can argue that you get paid
910.
by kolbe 8y ago
The legal system? Shareholders can vote to replace board members.
911.
by kolbe 8y ago
This is one of those topics that feels like it has so many dimensions that it's impossible to get anywhere in some short essay.
912.
by kolbe 8y ago
What? His argument doesn't require that statement to hold true. His statement only requires a very small percentage of people who're in the solar industry to make choices in their own economic self-interest.
913.
by kolbe 8y ago
Is this based on research or just that theoretical model that passives do better while actives churn fees in a zero sum game?
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by kolbe 8y ago
I guess you kind of answered my question. You think that there should be zero personal relationships (you seem to be hung up on a frat one, but I'll extrapolate to friendships) between a boss and anyone under their chain of command? Go
915.
by kolbe 8y ago
Thanks for the unnecessary remedial English lesson. You could try answering the question instead of acting like that, though. Hiring a qualified friend to work under you isn't 'corrosive to an organization'. So why is managin
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by kolbe 8y ago
So, should we also disallow any other conflicting personal relationships up the chain of command? Where do we stop? Romantic relationships? Family? Friends? All of them create the same conflicts of interest and mismatches power dynamics.
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by kolbe 8y ago
How the could car insurance cost $4500 a year? What are you doing in Canada?
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by kolbe 8y ago
How? Why? I mean, it's easy to see the return on investment that SV has yielded from employing more people, and to see the competitive advantage SV has to maintain its growth. But Toronto is everything bad about SV, and nothing good. I
919.
by kolbe 8y ago
I don't know what Canada's approach to efficiency is, but most levels of public service in the US are quite indifferent to the idea of maximizing the good that can be done with tax revenue. Example in NYC: https://www.n
920.
by kolbe 8y ago
The EU just fined Google alone $5b. So clearly using past numbers is not an indication of their current or future intentions.
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by kolbe 8y ago
I hate to be cynical, but quid pro quo?
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by kolbe 8y ago
I've never had a desire to learn about Assembly, but I thought the first few pages of this book were kinda interesting, and I might end up learning more than I had ever cared to.
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by kolbe 8y ago
> the website does a poor job at showing what they were trying to influence. Maybe they weren't trying to do that. I know it's uncommon these days, but maybe they just wanted to present the facts, and allow us to deduce whateve
924.
by kolbe 8y ago
Reminder: Qaddafi was worth $200b[1] at the time of his death, and that was in liquid assets. Not an unsellable position in one speculative stock. Other notable heads of state that probably blow Bezos away: Putin, bin Salman, and probably X
925.
by kolbe 8y ago
>PE sure, I probably should have noted I know little about that, but when you talk about banking you're now going from "have no ethics laws" to "well, they exist, but they're not effective in my opinion." Oh
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by kolbe 8y ago
PE doesn't any more than programming. Banking's laws are just moats for the established players masquerading as regulations. Law has them, but in a strange twist, their ability as lawyers make it so that they don't matter. An
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by kolbe 8y ago
I understand your sentiment, but I think this only applies if you want to be an especially good person. The rest of the professional world does not have to match such a high standard of ethics, and as much as I would love for everyone to ha
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by kolbe 8y ago
Chicagoan here. I grew up in Northern California (moved here for college and have stayed for 15 years). I have nothing but the utmost respect for the environment, for minority rights, and for helping the less fortunate. But here in Shitcago
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by kolbe 8y ago
For a guy who doesn't understand the pricing[1], doesn't understand the mechanics[2], and doesn't understand the people you generalize about[3], you're very opinionated on all these topics. [1] in most places, a yearly s
930.
by kolbe 8y ago
Getting high hourly rates isn't the hard part. It's maintaining consistent work across multiple clients while taking the time to market yourself and negotiate contracts. That's not an easy task for someone who has never worke

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