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by metaphor 4y ago
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/maintain-short-posi...
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by metaphor 4y ago
Case in point: Blackberry Priv (2015) v. Blackberry Key2 (2018) Both models are VoLTE compliant. AT&T whitelisted the former supposedly because they once sold/supported this model directly, but told existing users of the latter to
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by metaphor 4y ago
Exactly why I cherry-picked that example; it's consistent with the parent's Ohio example in that most transients flying to SF via SFO don't even realize that they're technically in a different city/county. Similar s
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Most places in the US, the local tax is the same statewide. Didn't quite pass my seasonally congested anecdotal sniff test. Turns out[1]: - 74% (37 states) vary depending on a local rate - 18% (9 states) are fixed at a sta
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Biased age disparity in marriage is hardly a "fantasy" or even "taboo". I suspect if you looked at e.g. the top quintile of male earners, or those who married more than once, you're liable to see an even more pronou
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by metaphor 4y ago
> ...but lost out on underpinning entire future markets. It's worth a fairly recent reminder[1] what could happen when big companies with acquired ambitions bet big on pinning down future markets but fail to meet expectations befo
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Are they still in production? The last official production run was the 15c Limited Edition (ARM7-based, similar to the refreshed 12c around the time) a little over a decade ago. This variant was special enough that it shipped with
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by metaphor 4y ago
I wonder how many of those tech companies that you're alluding to have evergreen provisions baked into their capital structure, and what that means from a cost of equity perspective at the prevailing risk-free rate.
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by metaphor 4y ago
> And when the US pays interest on that debt, it just pays it to the federal reserve which then sends it back to the US. Uhh yeah, about those remittances[1]... https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESPPLLOPNWW
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by metaphor 4y ago
> So how about imposing on them the discipline of not gambling, at least on base? When I wore the uniform, it was handled indirectly with constant reminders that failing to satisfy debt obligations is punishable by Article 134 of the U
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by metaphor 4y ago
I wonder if it's just a coincidence that the FAA started accepting public applications today[1] for 12 general engineer vacancies (of the program management office type) in the DC locality. [1] https://www.usajobs.gov/j
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by metaphor 4y ago
Is this supposed distinction actually meaningful? I don't know...color me unconvinced. When I interpret "being constantly ready to immediately take over" language, it's unambiguous that I need to maintain full situation
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by metaphor 4y ago
So from what you're saying, I gather that in a hypothetical USDT -> BTC -> USDC repositioning, even if you were to execute the first USDT -> BTC leg, you wouldn't be able to execute the next BTC -> USDC leg until afte
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by metaphor 4y ago
How is that exposure material for a typical holder given the supposed "velocity of crypto"? Or did mean that the implied trade is direct USDT -> USDC? P.S. Genuine question; I don't dabble in crypto.
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by metaphor 4y ago
So s/luxury/austerity/ which begs the question why the working class majority would want that.
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by metaphor 4y ago
In the U.S., labor force participate rate for women[1] increased from ~33% to ~58% over the same period, peaking at 60.3% circa Apr 2000. In contrast, participation rate for men[2] bottomed at 66.1% circa Apr 2020...for the time being. Here
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by metaphor 4y ago
> 1930s level of luxury I can't help but s/1930s/Great Depression/ and wonder what this even means.
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by metaphor 4y ago
Irrelevant and certainly plausible. Quoting the last 10-K filing[1]: > As of December 31, 2021, we employed approximately 1,608,000 full-time and part-time employees. Additionally, we use independent contractors and temporary personnel
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by metaphor 4y ago
Thanks for all that.
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by metaphor 4y ago
Incidentally ranked #1091 for 2021; down 263 YoY from #828.
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by metaphor 4y ago
Playing devil's advocate, I'm honestly not sure how I'd behave if I dropped a $10 million personal fortune[1] (1986 dollars; $27.2 million buying power today) for controlling stake in a venture and execution wasn't going
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by metaphor 4y ago
Still not quite making the link between "feudal lord" and "pettiness" (both seem equally subjective/vague). By "total control", do you mean well beyond the boundaries of labor law? In my mind, I'm adm
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by metaphor 4y ago
Certainly not, presuming it doesn't escalate to the level of trademark/service mark infringement (to be fair, IANAL). Just a risk consideration...your product, your call. But I think there's value in at least recognizing that
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by metaphor 4y ago
> At Pixar, he behaved like a feudal lord because he pretty much owned the place and they relied on his money to keep the lights on. How do you mean by "behaved like a feudal lord"? Admittedly not read up on Jobs (sacrilege i
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by metaphor 4y ago
This was just the first part[1] of a bigger three-part series[2][3]. [1] https://archive.is/RyfXe [2] https://archive.is/f8yPV [3] https://archive.is/59v6W
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Zero information on how it all worked apart from the fact that they were recruited from Montenegro. You obviously didn't have the attention span to make it to the 9-minute mark[1], where suspect MSC ships are called out by nam
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by metaphor 4y ago
This[1] and this[2] also come to mind. [1] https://www.spglobal.com/engineering/en/products/haystack-go... [2] https://www.plume.com/serviceproviders/platform/haystack/
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by metaphor 4y ago
Thanks for the cite...unfortunate the referenced report by Reach Advisors wasn't linked, but the logic makes sense.
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Unmarried, childless women earn significantly more than unmarried, childless men on average. Got a cite for this assertion?
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by metaphor 4y ago
https://sci-hub.se/10.1086/665536

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