qwhelan

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1. 31.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   You are more cautious than the SF city government - basically all of the recent (and future) construction is in the most seismically unsound parts of the city!
2. 32.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   There's no paywall if you sign up for his newsletter: http://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/join/4wm/moneystuff-s...
3. 33.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   LVT is illegal in California due to Prop 13, so you'd need a constitutional amendment to even consider it.
4. 34.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   They're on the young side for the business and definitely didn't pioneer the concept. Also, Muddy Waters (Capital) is a hedge fund at this point.
5. 35.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   Goldman Sachs hasn't been a partnership since they IPO'd. They just use "partner" as a title for legacy reasons. In general, a partnership is a collection of equity owners ("the partners"). To become a partner
6. 36.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   Just a guess, but the Catholic Church relied on a Latin translation of the Bible. Accordingly, schools taught Latin as you needed it to understand the Bible and the Mass. Those schools also taught Ancient Greek for advanced students to be a
7. 37.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   Yeah, there's quite a few prophets in the Bible by that same name. So many that they changed the language Jesus' name is rendered in to prevent confusion. Jesus is the Latin form of Yeshua/Joshua.
8. 38.▲
   by qwhelan 7y ago

   It's asking whether Z dominates in terms of contribution to the result. AKA "Does knowing Z allow you to estimate the radius to first-order?"