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by optimiz3 5y ago
The COVID stimulus programs were a sort of UBI program. We're now starting to see mass inflation in part due to lower labor participation and excess liquidity. Obviously only part of the picture as quantitative easing and low rates ar
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by optimiz3 5y ago
> And yet I have 37% of my equity sold and sent straight to the IRS You need a better accountant / portfolio manager.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
> You tax a couple dozen ultra rich billionaires and a couple dozen ultra profitable companies. There's plenty of money. The federal deficit is 2.8T for 1 year. If we confiscated the 100% assets of the top 10 US billionaires we don&
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Well Tesla doesn't have a US PR or marketing team so now what?
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Too bad it doesn't include 1 year of free credit monitoring.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
That first app violates Microsoft's ban on mining cryptocurrency on device: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/store-p... "Apps that enable the mining of crypto-currency on de
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by optimiz3 5y ago
1. Take up and learn about investing. Managing large amounts of money can be a part-to-full time job, and not knowing key mechanics will cause you to get screwed or be at the mercy of others. 2. Find love but keep your wealth a secret until
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by optimiz3 5y ago
> At no point was any surveillance detected on any kit. All it takes is one firmware update.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Certainly diffuses responsibility from the institution to the applicant.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Well in my case I marked it truthfully, but what is an institution going to do? Force genetic testing? Tell someone they aren't "x" enough? What if someone grew up adopted? No way an institution would dare challenge an ans
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Objectively, one way to protest the use of race in admissions is for everyone to lie making the practice useless. Game theory is strongly in favor of lying. Personally, it always infuriated me when I was applying in the early 2000s that mo
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Anyone trading covered calls on MM in assets already understands this. Interest is a simpler concept which leads people to more advanced yield enhancement strategies. Giving away long tail upside in exchange for guaranteed yield is a perfe
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by optimiz3 5y ago
You can do it fairly reliably selling calls against large equity holdings. Doesn't have to be 10% if capital base is higher.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Equities have done great during covid. If you were invested in tech which many in FANGM were via ESPPs and RSUs, wealth likely significantly increased. If your net worth hits a couple M, you make 200k/year just on interest. For a sal
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Having my photos warantlessly rifled through by a machine and then a human really puts me at ease!
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Still, I think it's worthwhile research and engineering to attempt. Technology and techniques developed can likely be used to secure other types of systems.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
As you mentioned, TSLA's last public offering was in 2020. 2020 was a significant shift in the company as it became profitable ex-ZEV credits. Future public offerings are unlikely absent major changes in the company's fundamental
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Tesla is past the cash raising phase though - they are massively profitable and actively retiring debt early. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/0000... "On July 16, 2021,
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Thinner wires can be used, which significantly reduces weight, complexity, and cost.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Only if the vehicle is built in a union shop, which the leading EV manufacturer is not. The credit is significantly reduced otherwise. Also, gas burning PHEVs (Prius) count as EVs which is such a limp handout to legacy auto and does little
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Is your premise institutional investors are not bullish on TSLA? Short interest is under 4%, and the company is one of the largest by market cap in the world. Parent was suggesting no one should trust Musk, due to a few Twitter lapses. My
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by optimiz3 5y ago
> how are retail investors are good judge of character or safety when they can't even judge financial performance? [Citation needed] Price discovery is a primary function of a financial market. TSLA is widely held and highly valued.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
This reply is non-sensical and unrelated. A widely held stock means that many people fundamentally believe in a company and its leadership, and are voting with their wallets. #2 most widely held on Robinhood, #1 most traded on Fidelity this
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by optimiz3 5y ago
> Theranos Edison device Please. You can go online and buy a FSD beta car right now. Countless videos on YouTube of the product working or being improved upon release-to-release.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
> Surely nobody sane would never trust his word on anything for any purpose ever again after that display. TSLA is one of the most widely held retail stocks. Why do you think this is? Might you be assigning too much weight to this?
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Should be a different non-plural word, straight up confusing seeing it in writing.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
The video details a very thorough investigation and explores various ways Chen's blog post could have been truthy. There's value in seeing the process that goes into debunking the official "party" line.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
What I mean is WireGuard seems like a sincere engineering effort. I'm not sure why it would be called show business which implies fakery.
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by optimiz3 5y ago
What do you mean by show business?
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by optimiz3 5y ago
Would you ditch Apple if you had a customer service experience and it took 3-5 minutes longer? Fixed it, and maybe. A decline in customer experience provides incentive for Apple to optimize the slower customer service folks out of the pict

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