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841.
by nickff 2y ago
It has a lot of reviews, and the word "funda" in the title; makes sense to me that it would be at the top.
842.
by nickff 2y ago
That item is the lowest cost of the options depicted, and has more reviews (which are proportional to sales) than the rest combined. I think most algorithms would put it on top.
843.
by nickff 2y ago
SpaceX is currently valued at $210 MM, and is a good candidate.
844.
by nickff 2y ago
Those instances do look suspicious, though it’s likely that both vendors were sourcing from the same supplier and/or one was matching their competitor’s pricing. I’d be interested to see what proportion of the own-brand goods this had
845.
by nickff 2y ago
> "What does work is making it easy to do business - cutting bureaucracy - and tax breaks. No one wants the headache of starting a business here. And the few that do, against all odds, get something off the ground, they quickly mov
846.
by nickff 2y ago
What would demonstrate collusion? Very similar prices could be a sign of close competition, and razor-thin margins. Varying prices could also be a sign of close competition, with grocers choosing loss-leaders to lure customers into the stor
847.
by nickff 2y ago
You can get far more points by submitting stories than by writing comments.
848.
by nickff 2y ago
It might have been, but he was likely violating the usage agreement, and even if he hadn’t been directly profiting from the scheme, he was running the equivalent of a unsuccessful DDoS attack.
849.
by nickff 2y ago
Isn’t the use of a VPN analogous to using a back door (alley entrance) to visit the condemned restaurant? What difference would there be in your analogy?
850.
by nickff 2y ago
Insurance company profits are capped as a percentage of expenses, so saving money means they make less money. There are bad incentives all over the place in healthcare regulations.
851.
by nickff 2y ago
The title (and premise) of this post are entirely based on a Bloomberg piece ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-25/boeing-ce... ), with nothing but fluff added.
852.
by nickff 2y ago
The trouble is that government contracts always strongly incentivize ‘excessive outsourcing’, and Boeing’s absorption of MD increased the dependence on government contracts, though Boeing was already on that road (especially after taking on
853.
by nickff 2y ago
IANAL, but I am not sure that RealPage is actually violating the first two sections of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It definitely seems RealPage may be assisting in organizing price-fixing, and the word 'contract' in section one ma
854.
by nickff 2y ago
Higher temperature does speed up oxidation, but the process doesn’t actually require heat, as it is exothermic.
855.
by nickff 2y ago
Oxidation requires oxygen, in this case the wreck seems to have been at a depth with very small amounts of dissolved oxygen. It seems that the depth it was at is generally the least oxygenated, and it may be the case that the water wasn’t m
856.
by nickff 2y ago
Your quote doesn't contradict the parent comment. Snoo may need to "bring in revenue" because they're losing money. They may, simultaneously, want to have their product purchased in large quantities, as that would be ano
857.
by nickff 2y ago
Not parent, but Chevron was about deference to agencies, not about whether courts should adhere to legislative intent. The original Chevron ruling was written by a well-known originalist, who usually didn't abide by legislative intent.
858.
by nickff 2y ago
You’re not missing anything, that’s exactly what happens with shareholder class-action lawsuits, and one of the reasons why they’re controversial.
859.
by nickff 2y ago
Yes, but there is a bit of a problem when things change and there are mismatched expectations. The employers are probably feeling a bit risk-averse right now, while the potential employees are getting desperate.
860.
by nickff 2y ago
> ” It's hard to make a case for start ups to bet on inexperienced people. For mature companies, why pay for 2 juniors, when you can get a senior for 1.5 price, who might do the same work. In the previous years even C-level companie
861.
by nickff 2y ago
> ”I really believe that climate change can threaten global stability and security, and thus the military should be interested in learning about it to anticipate.” Both the CIA and DoD have published a great deal of information about th
862.
by nickff 2y ago
It's much higher in many provinces: https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/industry-balks... > "Our winemaker who sells wine to the BCLDB at $10 in this example then sees the BCLDB slap an $8.9
863.
by nickff 2y ago
How would you propose the agreement be nullified? Was it fraudulent, or performed without shareholder approval?
864.
by nickff 2y ago
The question is whether to allow a smaller settlement immediately, or pursue a less-likely and possibly larger set of judgements in the future. It's not clear that it is possible to get more money out of them.
865.
by nickff 2y ago
I just read it (because of your link), and commend it to other people in this thread; quite a well-described and interesting position.
866.
by nickff 2y ago
Money doesn’t really get “split”, it flows, and the where it goes each time it is spent is what determines who makes how much. You’re right that some people are able to accumulate, but that’s not a default, and the money usually doesn’t sta
867.
by nickff 2y ago
What did your “very healthy” diet consist of? Why did you consider it healthy, and in what specific way were you wrong?
868.
by nickff 2y ago
Just because one person wastes money, it doesn't mean that someone else gets rich. If the employees spend their income on low-margin goods or services (food and clothing are quite competitive low-margin sectors with high labor costs),
869.
by nickff 2y ago
Are you talking about the Sacklers as individuals, a family unit, or in their capacity as decision-makers for Purdue? There seem to be a relatively complex set of incentives and options in each of these capacities.
870.
by nickff 2y ago
> "We do need to put rich people in jail at least every now and again, if for no other reason than to demonstrate we're not a banana republic." And to that end, the USA must demonstrate that it's totalitarian and abu

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