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p0ckets
11y ago
You can use some form of leverage to allow the possibility of 1000x jackpots by using leverage - options, leveraged ETFs etc.
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11y ago
You can get a 30 mortgage, as long as you have 20% down (so you don't need CMHC insurance). The real reason why shorting the banks won't work is that with less than 20% down the CMHC insures that the lender will get their money ba
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p0ckets
11y ago
The IRS doesn't pass laws, it's just issuing a guideline on how it will interpret existing tax law.
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p0ckets
12y ago
From a link in the article: " By Matt Levine Here is a simple model for hedge fund fees: 1. There are some people who can reliably generate alpha -- returns in excess of the market return -- but those people are rare. 2. It is somewhat
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p0ckets
12y ago
It sounds like they have made the pump pump at the same time his heart beats.
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p0ckets
12y ago
To get the diversification benefit from holding the bond fund, you'd need to rebalance (every few months to every few years).
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p0ckets
12y ago
It sounds like you don't even need the hard part for a viable product: range extender for cell phones targeted at people engaged in outdoor activities but parked somewhere with cell phone reception.
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p0ckets
12y ago
Insurance companies would start charging more for letting potential buyers drive your car.
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p0ckets
12y ago
I use a mobile app for Anki, and I have audio for some of my flashcards.
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p0ckets
12y ago
The fuel requirement was pre-assigned (for every other model of plane in the Air Canada fleet) to the flight engineer. Who that requirement was assigned to for this one model of plane wasn't really clear in the article.
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p0ckets
13y ago
Free market basics would be "this it the current price for your services, would like you like to provide supply at this price?". This is more like your boss telling you to get back to work because it's busy.
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p0ckets
13y ago
How is this different from qmv? http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/renameutils
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p0ckets
13y ago
Obvious next step: compress and pad to original length.
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p0ckets
13y ago
Other alternatives: - Most women do not like working in all-female workplaces - Competition from all-female workplaces run by ethical people
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p0ckets
13y ago
He owns the negatives. I don't think the article discusses the copyright.
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p0ckets
13y ago
It could happen if pushed by the companies that make the ATMs, rather than the banks.
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p0ckets
14y ago
Actually, it's pretty simple to use Markov chains to calculate the expected time spent as each property in Monopoly.
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p0ckets
14y ago
I think Dropbox should pay developers to do this. You already have n apps storing x MB of data on Dropbox, sign up now for a free account!
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p0ckets
14y ago
Somehow I don't think spending $500000 on these t-shirt designs would be a good idea (compared to generating them with an algorithm).
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p0ckets
14y ago
You don't need their database, you just need to record some background noise (assuming that you can replace the hum in your recording with another one).
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p0ckets
14y ago
You seriously expect your car's auto-headlight-dimming feature to be regularly inspected?
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14y ago
The result wouldn't have been same according to testimony from the article: some people that would've fled due to the tremors stayed due to the reassurances.
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p0ckets
14y ago
It would have to an extremely powerful magnet though, since it can't be right below the router.
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14y ago
Is it clear that Padmapper is bound by the TOU of CL? Padmapper probably has a contractual relationship with 3Taps, and Google probably has a contractual relationship with CL. I'm not sure 3Taps has entered into a contractual relationship w
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14y ago
You can sign up for MSN messenger with any email address.
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14y ago
It doesn't. But the alternative, not watching the show, doesn't either. He also never claims that his actions would benefit anybody. (You probably have the moral high ground here, I just don't agree with this argument.)
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14y ago
It's not bad for the client. They wanted to short, and they did. Also, there are now non-existent shares being traded which artificially depresses the price, which is good if you shorted the stock.
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14y ago
No. If someone bought all the traded shares of overstock.com at a particular point in time, they would've bought 107% of the available shares. So it would be impossible for all their shares to get delivered.
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14y ago
If the bounds are specified, just run the forward problem once to get two lists (3,5,6) and (fizz,buzz,fizz), then find the "substring" you want in the second list. Edit: you don't even need to specify the bounds, just run the forward algor
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p0ckets
15y ago
The issue of changing your email/tweet after posting is easily resolved by posting a hash of the email/tweet along with the link.
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