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901.
by mrep 7y ago
Why don't you just buy VOO on vanguard considering there is no commission fee on vanguard when buy vanguard ETFs?
902.
by mrep 7y ago
They just raised 50 million dollars a week ago according to crunchbase [0] and I doubt they have blown through that already. [0]: https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/robinhood-series-e-...
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by mrep 7y ago
> BTC/ETH are 0-sum games, so on average nobody earns a dime of interest I would argue it is actually negative sum as billions of dollars worth is newly minted every year and a lot of that inevitability has to be sold to pay the min
904.
by mrep 7y ago
Google recently announced a 25 billion dollar stock buyback so investors are definitely getting some returns. Also, I'm pretty sure most investors are happy with their investments in waymo considering it has been valued by some analys
905.
by mrep 7y ago
I wouldn't say destroy, but it definitely distorts things and I would prepare for some unintended consequences. For example, it incentivizes those taxed by such a scheme to become citizens of low tax countries like new zealand where t
906.
by mrep 7y ago
If by more and more money you mean due to inflation, then yes. Otherwise, no, pretty much all returns to real estate are in the form of rent and thus if you are using it yourself, you aren't going to get a lot more back for on average
907.
by mrep 7y ago
Journalists and politicians of course. Journalists because that kind of stuff drives eyeballs which result in ad clicks and subscriptions if they have a paywall and thus money. Politicians because it grabs people's attentions which h
908.
by mrep 7y ago
Link to her actual proposal: https://medium.com/@teamwarren/ending-the-stranglehold-of-he...
909.
by mrep 7y ago
I was required to take a class like in high school 10 years ago and it was called consumer economics where we practiced balancing our checkbook (ironically since i've never even written a check), learned about 401ks, taxes and other st
910.
by mrep 7y ago
Who in their right mind ever suggested such an obviously overpriced option when you can just build enough for peak and then shut them off during the off-season?
911.
by mrep 7y ago
This solar roof is for single family homes, not city scale energy. You can power a single family home by building extra solar capacity so you have a surplus of energy during the day to charge batteries which you use at night. Just search
912.
by mrep 7y ago
Or you use batteries which is in the default option. From the article "You can also enter your address and get an updated estimate that takes into account local costs and incentives, and add on any Powerwalls (with three as the defaul
913.
by mrep 7y ago
> Seems like you're looking at 80% of rated efficiency after 20 years If you are living off grid, that might be an issue although it could be fixed by just getting some more solar panels later or oversupplying at first. However, fo
914.
by mrep 7y ago
In addition to govcloud, they have 2 entire air gapped (network isolated which is why you cannot see them) regions for the US government, 1 for secret data and 1 for top secret data.
915.
by mrep 7y ago
AWS already has 2 entire air gapped regions dedicated to the US government so they are already stuck in that hell hole.
916.
by mrep 7y ago
They will almost certainly build entirely new regions that are air gapped and just for them. AWS already has 2 air gapped regions for the sole use of the US government.
917.
by mrep 7y ago
> Microsoft has essentially cemented being the cloud provider for the Pentagon for the foreseeable future. How? AWS already has 3 entire regions dedicated to the US government and those aren't going away anytime soon.
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UAW members approve labor deal to end strike with GM; union selects Ford next(cnbc.com)
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by mrep 7y ago
How are RSUs like playing the lotto if you work for one of the big 5 (GAFAM)? I work for one and my RSUs vest monthly and they are autosold so i get a USD based direct deposit each month. While it does very slightly, I wouldn't consi
920.
by mrep 7y ago
Is that a startup thing, because i've only worked for the big 5 (GAFAM) and I've always worked 40 hours a week. Add in the way higher comp, and I don't know why anyone outside of founders work at startups.
921.
by mrep 7y ago
So have you dipped your balls in 116 degree fahrenheit water for 45 minutes per day for 3 weeks straight every 6 months because that honestly sounds horrible. I hate condoms but they sound far better than to what you are proposing. What
922.
by mrep 7y ago
116 is absolutely nuts. I went to some hot springs this summer in colorado and even there hottest tub topped out at 113 and while I was able to work my way up to that one, I was uncomfortable and left after 5 minutes. I cannot imagine try
923.
by mrep 7y ago
Doesn't work though for things like hot freshly made food.
924.
by mrep 7y ago
Main use case I have is food delivery which I use quite often and i obviously want while it is still warm. A quick Google search suggests that alone is a 83 billion dollar market [0]. Granted, they'll probably need to scale this up t
925.
by mrep 7y ago
They are designed to not crush you if they roll over and I'm pretty sure that drone doesn't weigh more than a car. The main risk I can see are if it comes straight at your windshield or you're on a motorcycle.
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by mrep 7y ago
That article was absolute garbage. They completely over-exaggerated things especially related to the waves considering seattle is in a bay. There's a reddit AMA thread with actual earthquake experts that debunks a lot of the exaggera
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by mrep 7y ago
> What, your kid doesn't have their own computer at home? Tough luck! Then it should be provided to the kids by the school. My girlfriend works at a poor school where a lot of the students don't even speak english and they pro
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by mrep 7y ago
Wow, talk about making me not want to move to Switzerland. Granted, I'm not in the bay area but... 1. Accommodation prices seem about the same where I live. 2. I work 40 hours a week too 3. 20 minute bus ride for me so no "2 hour
929.
by mrep 7y ago
> The degree to which radically far left ideology is taught in university is one of the most prevalent contributors to the current political schism. I'm super curious to know where you are getting this from because I went to a publi
930.
by mrep 7y ago
Oof, that's awful. I just got a bill recently here in seattle and got a $10.67 base charge and an additional $0.0902 charge per KWH for a total price of $48.50 dollars for 415 KWHs used in a 68 day period.

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