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by nickff 6mo ago
Iran is already quite dependent on the PRoC as a trading partner; using RMB as their primary currency for these payments would further increase their 'counter-party risk'. That said, RMB exchange-rate manipulation may also be a si
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by nickff 6mo ago
To define victory, you'd need to know their political objectives, which neither side has declared or otherwise made clear. On the one hand, the USA was unable to completely restrain Iran's ability to wreak local havoc, but on the
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by nickff 6mo ago
It's nice that so many countries are signatories, but the countries which are currently involved in significant conflicts, have been, or are likely to be, are all non-signatories, have withdrawn, or are not abiding by their commitment.
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by nickff 6mo ago
Would you expect other countries to come to Finland’s aid if the country had declined to employ all the ‘force-multipliers’ that were available to it? I would not expect other countries to come to Finland’s aid if Finland had made such deci
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by nickff 6mo ago
Depends on the specific product, the mold maker, and the plastic injection facility. In general, it seems like North America is able to produce the regulated products (i.e. medical & military) at a high quality level, but with some limi
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by nickff 6mo ago
I’ve had them made and run in Canada (as well as the PRoC), and I’m speaking from experience. Getting molds made is not really something you'd do as an exercise, unless you've got a lot of time and money sitting around. A small mo
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by nickff 6mo ago
Only extremely specialized fasteners are CnC-milled or machined. Here is a video of how one American company makes screws: https://youtu.be/Z8siZfGmnjQ?si=24aAFhk87RRKdPt4
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by nickff 6mo ago
You can still get molds made in the USA, but they are indeed much more expensive than an equivalent one made in PRoC, and options/expertise are often more limited or specialized (depending on how you look at it). It is very difficult,
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by nickff 6mo ago
Iran does not 'control the waters', it is denying access; this is an importance difference. Lacking control means that Iran cannot make use of many of its naval assets, which they have invested in.
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by nickff 7mo ago
From what I understand, the contracting firms don't like (reasonably-priced) buyouts because it allows clients to cherry-pick the best 'talent', and basically use the contractor as a 'farm team'.
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by nickff 7mo ago
We could achieve "peace for our time"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time
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by nickff 7mo ago
I've heard this justification many times, but it's highly questionable. Imagine someone works for an organization, and 'the rules and constraints' require them to murder (without legal consequence) innocent people on a r
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by nickff 7mo ago
The problem with your proposed 'fuzzy divisions' is that they're not compatible with the zeitgeist of 'seeing the best compete', and 'drug-free' sports, as there's no reason to disallow performance-en
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by nickff 7mo ago
This is probably a meek attempt at demonstrating compliance with Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) laws and regulations. Lawyers will often suggest this sort of thing, because the only cost is a slight inconvenience to the client, and it might su
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by nickff 7mo ago
CAFE wasn't 'dumb', it was designed to prevent the 'big three' from manufacturing (new generations of) small cars outside the USA (i.e. in Mexico), with non-UAW labor. CAFE was not designed to protect the environmen
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by nickff 7mo ago
There are many jurisdictions where the companies are not allowed to ban 'winners', but the companies often respond by lowering those users' bet size limits.
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by nickff 7mo ago
China is by far the largest customer for Iranian oil, with 'teapot' refiners being a very large proportion of that: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE63A01120100413/?pageN...
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by nickff 7mo ago
There are actually a few exempted categories, such as test and measurement equipment (because something like a signal generator can obviously generate whatever the user selects).
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by nickff 7mo ago
I understand your view, and agree that transparency is good, but "the work required" is largely preventing and defending against lawsuits by plaintiff lawyers, and those lawsuits cannot possibly benefit the shareholders (because w
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by nickff 7mo ago
Just to tack on, dentistry is an example of a somewhat freer market than 'healthcare', and veterinary care is an example of an even freer (though somewhat different) medical service.
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by nickff 7mo ago
> ”How would one be okay with a private company's invasion of privacy yet not the government's? An invasion of privacy is an invasion of privacy regardless of the one doing the invading.” ‘Invasion’ is doing a lot of work in y
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by nickff 7mo ago
Do you have any sources to back up your feelings? I’m basing my comments on what I’ve read about the matter from a variety of former public company CEOs, CFOs, and COOs.
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by nickff 7mo ago
The company would probably be sued if there were any issues in one of the monthly reports; the money for the plaintiff lawyers is just too appealing. I think monthly 'informal' reports with some legal protections to allow for inac
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by nickff 7mo ago
I agree that would be preferable if reporting were less expensive and (legally) risky, and what you're describing is definitely closer to the original intent of the rule (that of giving investors the information available to management
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by nickff 7mo ago
The problem with reporting often is that the reports must each be audited (which is time-intensive and expensive), and any errors subject the companies to class-action lawsuits (which only ever benefit the lawyers, but that is a separate ma
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by nickff 7mo ago
I think that 'real product' (as opposed to software) companies would actually benefit more from raising capital from equity instead of 'bootstrapping', because of the taxes on retained earnings, which have a disproportio
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by nickff 7mo ago
Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) is about spending on consumer goods, and not about wage or investment income.
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by nickff 7mo ago
It’s not, but the 10-year projections are even worse, because they count on eternally ‘temporary’ things actually changing.
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by nickff 7mo ago
This is best exemplified by all the comments (on varying posts) saying: 'I misread the title, and interpreted as X, haha!'. HN has unfortunately slid in the direction of Reddit (despite the HN Guidelines' denial of this).
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by nickff 7mo ago
The 'bazaar' system is a wonderful methodology, but there is a place for the 'cathedral', and it is no less open source.

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