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by nimzoLarsen 2y ago
Another atrocity. This needs to end. Roughly 40,000 casualties since the start, including 100 journalists.
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by nimzoLarsen 2y ago
Over the past year, NVDA’s market cap has gone from roughly equal to Bershike Hathaway, now to nearly 4x. The company is now valued at $3T. We’re living in interesting times!
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Buttered Cat Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by nimzoLarsen 2y ago|1 comments
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Paradox of Plenty(en.wikipedia.org)
14 points by nimzoLarsen 3y ago|12 comments
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Paradox of plenty: Countries with an abundance of natural resources tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
The details of this are just wild: According to prosecutors, over a period of three years from February 2019, she ordered her driver to withdraw 108 trillion Vietnamese dong, more than $4bn (£2.3bn) in cash from the bank, and store it in he
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Arrow Information Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by nimzoLarsen 3y ago|1 comments
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Arrow information paradox: To sell information you need to give it away before the sale.
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Drinker Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by nimzoLarsen 3y ago|0 comments
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
I read through the agenda and skimmed some articles -- this is certainly for a younger / less money savvy audience, but it's well written and covers the important basics. The chapter on "investing" is well done. I'm
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Atwood's Law(blog.codinghorror.com)
2 points by nimzoLarsen 3y ago|1 comments
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Atwood's Law: any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
The TD direct investing platform offers useful return calculations (effectively shows your simple rate of return, and does not accurately handle contributions / withdrawals). Will give this a try, thanks for sharing.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
I for one do not plan on paying for hallucinated answers trained on Reddit / Quora posts
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Seems like valuations are getting back to ZIRP levels
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
> Some reports said he set up a company in Japan to acquire the lethal substances and even tested them on animals. Xu then disguised the substances as probiotic pills and gave them to Lin. Pre-meditated and just awful.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Looks useful, thanks for sharing. Info shown on the dashboard looks well put together. I imagine it will be tough to compete against the apps which auto-pull the transaction info from your bank / credit card directly.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
TD bank uses your voice as an authentication test. When calling in, if you pass the voice test you don't need to answer further security questions.
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General Average (Maritime Law)(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by nimzoLarsen 3y ago|0 comments
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Read the top posts on HN :)
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Truly dystopian work culture: “ On her first day at Pinduoduo, Emma had been asked to sign a "confidentiality, noncompete and intellectual ownership agreement," and upon resignation was asked to sign a "notice letter" th
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China's tech workers trapped in jobs by noncompete contracts(asia.nikkei.com)
3 points by nimzoLarsen 3y ago|2 comments
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Check inbox for binding term sheet
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Stories about the former CEO are wild. Apparently he once announced a major layoff program, followed by waitresses bringing in tequila shots into the room to elevate the mood. Not to mention the time he acquired a wave pool company.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Canada should take note. Housing is being built at a snail’s pace while the population is growing by +1 million per year due primarily to immigration. Rent prices in Toronto / Vancouver are out of control ($3k for a one bedroom).
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
European governments are making substantial revenues by fining American companies. Why innovate when you can regulate?
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Investors have little appetite for companies which could be nationalized or neutered by an autocratic government.
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
This example caused my brain to malfunction: “The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families”
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by nimzoLarsen 3y ago
Based in HK at the moment, so this is cool to be able to follow along
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by nimzoLarsen 4y ago
70% of pre-tax household income going towards mortgage payments in Toronto / Vancouver. That is simply ludicrous —- those markets are looking at a future where blue collar and service workers will need to live outside the city boundari

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