siemprenocasa

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by siemprenocasa 6y ago
As someone who moved to the US in their teens, American life reminds me football teams. These similar "fan like" group attachments branch out into so many aspects of American life. It's one side vs. the other. We're bett
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by siemprenocasa 6y ago
Lower volatility would help the HFTs with price forecasting and operating with more certainty to not wildly swing their portfolios.
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by siemprenocasa 6y ago
This reminds me of what Japan does (or in some cases around the Bay Area). People buy plots not for the house, but for the land. Then they built a new house/building in place of the old one - usually for better efficiency, amenities, a
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by siemprenocasa 6y ago
Related - why are there so many IPOs particularly right now? It seems like there is more than usual IPOs this August compared to previous years: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos
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by siemprenocasa 6y ago
Like most things, this should be taken with a grain of salt. There's a difference between intention and ignorance. If kids are getting on social media at 9 or 10 years old now (which is not like it's difficult given I see kids wit
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by siemprenocasa 7y ago
> It’s going to take forever to be implemented if car manufacturers just roll out these things as “premium features” - that’s like enabling a system of charging extra for a car to come with seatbelts. I support safety mandates to imple
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by siemprenocasa 7y ago
"Smart" is about as bullshit as how things are labeled "Green". Anyone could throw those words around as marketing ploys. It's a gimmick. Of course politicians will be interested in some "smart" solution,
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by siemprenocasa 7y ago
https://priceonomics.com/the-most-prolific-editor-on-wikiped... His pace is at least an edit per minute, while he's editing, so it's not like he is writing complete articles. It's doing things like changing d
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by siemprenocasa 8y ago
I used to work at American Apparel, and people would try to get an "influencer discount" a few times per week. I don't blame them for trying. Many of the "influencers" were women in college or their early 20s that j
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by siemprenocasa 8y ago
> "... I've observed is that even the poorest people are still living in some sort of structure that is capable of providing a limited amount of protection from the elements, a small bit of privacy, and a place to come back to
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by siemprenocasa 8y ago
The US and the UK (or even Australia) are more appropriate comparisons of countries than the US and Norway as a result of legal systems based on common law. It makes a difference when comparing justice systems: https://en.wikiped