nebolo

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by nebolo 8y ago
Credit card fees are about 2-3%. So if they are doing this, it must come from not charging tax.
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by nebolo 8y ago
Yes, but for that person the all advantages of Bitcoin that are typically mentioned (trust-less, secure, etc.) go out of the window.
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by nebolo 8y ago
I live very close to Vienna, visit often, and things are perfectly fine. Safer than any US city I've been to.
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by nebolo 8y ago
Yes, perhaps partially, but would you not agree that the amount of outrage-worthy news has also increased? Perhaps the issue is not the lens, but the reality...
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by nebolo 8y ago
There is literally no difference. The value of Aramco is the discounted value of all future cash flows. So selling 5% in an IPO is equivalent to selling 5% of all future cash flows (discounted appropriately). This allows them to diversify n
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by nebolo 8y ago
Bonds ARE debt.
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by nebolo 9y ago
> it does cause a net increase of miles driven compared to people driving themselves. It's possible, but I'd need to see both sides of the equations as well. How many miles are driven looking for parking (I've seen estimat
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by nebolo 9y ago
Most likely they were full, which is why there was surge pricing.
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by nebolo 9y ago
I don't think Munro is in that business. Understanding how something is built is different from how to consistently and price effectively build it to specs/tolerances.
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by nebolo 9y ago
Why? Why would you expect a software engineer working for a nonprofit to look at discount airline economy class tickers?
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by nebolo 11y ago
You don't like some of the more controversial laureates therefore we should ignore it. Is that the point? Each of those people received the award for a reason. You may disagree with it, and perhaps that reason (particularly in light of
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by nebolo 11y ago
While I agree with you, I think what is claimed it that Israel and AQ are unique in their potential for destruction ("threaten world peace") not necessarily their previous actions in that regard. If that is the case, comparing the
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by nebolo 12y ago
If the nature of the law, is such as to continually breach international law, and companies are consistently and successfully challenging that law, a state may feel pressured to either: 1. Withdraw from the free trade agreement, or 2. chang
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by nebolo 12y ago
ISDS does not "trump national sovereignty" and in no conceivable way can a business "strong-arm" sovereign entities. This is complete nonsense. The "tribunals" are arbitral tribunals and as such are manned by l
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by nebolo 12y ago
No, the sentence says negotiations are secret so there can be agreement.
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by nebolo 12y ago
The agreement doesn't exist yet, it's being negotiated. However, there are misconceptions about how FTAs, ISDSs and public international law in general work.
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by nebolo 12y ago
Free trade agreements are always negotiated in secret in order to enable the two sides to come to a comprehensive agreement. Transparent negotiations fail.
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by nebolo 12y ago
ISDS does NOT entitle companies to compensation when a country changes laws - it entitles foreign investors to compensation when a country violates their rights under public international law, for example the right not to have their propert