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by rrggrr 11y ago
This is maddeningly wrong. Case in point: The US Small Business Administration approved $19b in loans to small business in 2014, or less than half what the Obama Administration loaned just one company - General Motors. This is less than 1%
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Andressen is an exceptional growth investor. I'd expect these funds to be put into new early stage growth opportunities, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn they are outside traditional tech.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Im reminded of the movie Real Genius. This is most applicable as an autonomous weapon. Unavoidable and its going to suck.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
If your blood isn't already boiling here are other examples: http://jonathanturley.org/2013/04/07/the-rise-of-debtors-pri...
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by rrggrr 11y ago
No. No. No. Not unless the court can level the playing field by ordering the recipient to disgorge invested funds if the opposing party can prove need. Otherwise well funded litigants will bury cash strapped kitigants in fees.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Except - they also serve as a safehaven for wealth created in countries where its very likely to be confiscated by totalitarian and unstable governments. Think Nazi Germany, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and unfortunately, possibly, hopefully unli
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by rrggrr 11y ago
People alone with their thoughts. Early, frequent and long-term intervention can ease the suffering of mentally troubled individuals. Instead we build prisons, invest in security and hire more police.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
"do something about their rampant corruption before countries start pegging their currency to the Yuan." Exactly. Reserve currency is as much about trust, political stability and transparency as it is transaction frequency and liq
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Another vindication of Ishamel Jones' position on the stupidity of relying upon State Dept covers for CIA personnel. For a hilarious and unparalleled informative look at the Agency: http://www.amazon.com/The-Human-Fact
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Restating your argument: American is an arsonist and an incompetent global fire fighter who is responsible for resolving every local and regional conflict, corrupt goverment and ideological struggle. Yes, Russia, China and the UN will d
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by rrggrr 11y ago
The last major war was WWII and no war since is comparable in terms of loss of life, cost adjusted to inflation or number of men at arms. Stability as absence of conflict is a utopian measure. Stability as the truncation, resolution and co
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by rrggrr 11y ago
And what values or inalienable rights does China stand for? Self determination? Environmental protection? Protection of minorities, children, women? Perhaps... Yet there is zero evidence the rise of any world power other than the US that h
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by rrggrr 11y ago
About as many major conflicts ignited from fear and desperation as from territorial ambition. 90 years of US hegemony acted as an effective firewall that prevented countless conflicts, although bloody, from becoming regional or global wars.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Japan's military is disadvantaged by a lack of personnel with combat experience. The change permits japanese soldiers to participate as an equal partner with its allies, and to remedy its experience defecit.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
The Chinese military stopped US forces cold during the Korea war, a feat the Russians never accomplished. Chinese contributions in material, training and personnel led to Vietnam's victory during its war. Until Ukraine Russia was una
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Yes. I think the anti-trust case is weaker if Twitter is wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet, instead of Google. On a broader scale I think Google is gearing up to aquire its way out of areas of stunted growth for the company. A number of
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Retaliation is a side show. Focus on hardening. The same sets of laws that exist for products and environmental liabilty must be implemented for information liability. Make companies economically liable for hardening their software and
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Too many dependencies and layers as compared to a pure python solution like bokeh, or seaborn and flask. I like that dataframe integration.
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China's Market Crash and the Man Who Saw It Coming(ozy.com)
27 points by rrggrr 11y ago|16 comments
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by rrggrr 11y ago
China probably will liquidate treasury holdings to fund their margin bank and other stimulus, and they will do it at a loss because global uncertainty is forcing yields down. Put simply, a lot of USD sequestered on China's balance she
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Must disagree. The companies asset values are in decline. Raw materials, machinery, real estate... All down. A bounce in bids cannot change the underlying reality.
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by rrggrr 11y ago
This is a deflationary spiral playing out in a predictable manner. First commodities declined, hard. Balance sheets and earnings fell. Real estate falling. Equities now rocked, the effect amplified by fear and increasing uncertainty. Th
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Unreal, I have been wrestling with this for weeks. Manna from heaven!
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Opposite. Funds will flow to treasury auctions for two reasons. First, liquidity has to flow and will to the safest destiation; and second, account surplus countries (eg. China) have to recycle dollars to maintain their surplus and will h
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Liquidity has to flow somwhere and in the instant case its likely to treasuries if other bond classes crash. As destabilizing as that would be for holders of the distressed bonds, and for borrowers who need to raise capital, its arguably v
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by rrggrr 11y ago
"Tweet nearby" & "Encrypted tweet nearby" & "P2P Tweet": These three functions would blow the lid off active user growth. Across the globe Twitter remains a key means for promoting events, demonstrati
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by rrggrr 11y ago
This story is often posted but never often enough. The incident illustrates why there is no "right" to nuclear weapons on the basis of fairness, sovereignty or deterrence - contrary to the zealous cries of recent and aspiring memb
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Ask HN: What are some small business IT security options?
1 points by rrggrr 11y ago|1 comments
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by rrggrr 11y ago
Spend a day in family court. Nowhere are the expectations of perfectionism for men lower, but rules and the penalties higher. The suicide and early death numbers for men whi transit this system are predictably high.
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by rrggrr 12y ago
This article is insane. The cost of recyclables is so closely correlated to variable costs (like energy prices) that efforts to mandate or close loop recycling always fail over a long enough timeframe. Also I suspect Walmart has no idea the

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