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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
The US isn't really exposed to Russian gas prices. Nat gas prices are pretty low in the US, although converging with global prices as the US exports grow, because of fracking. Food prices are up, but not to a huge extent. The noticeabl
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
Practice. Conversational style of writing. Audience that is used to long posts with minimal editing (Dealbreaker had shorter articles but his posts grew in length, references added, and the audience grew into that style...old Dealbreaker wa
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
I think there will be a lot of money in focused industry newsletters over the next ten years or so. This will be basically identical to the corporate media business of yore: start in publishing, build audience, use that to sell events/
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
I have seen worse PR releases, I haven't seen worse PR releases from a company of this size and profile. There is some kind of irony in a communication platform offering a presser that contains so little information and so many words..
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
Religion isn't out of favour. We are currently in one of the most religious periods of human history but the gods and authorities have just changed.
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
It is more complex than being obsolete. The Eurodollar market came into being because of Reg Q, which capped the interest that banks could pay. As interest rates rose through the 1960s, this cap became effective (and banks starting losing d
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
Finance is like this. Nothing happens most of the time but lots of people are writing about it furiously. Email lots of people, hope they read your email at a time they are going to do a trade, and then you make money? It is all quite point
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
Yep, it is an odd comment because M&S have a relatively good supply chain. I think people assume that if anything breaks, it must have been made in a sweatshop. In reality, the reason why "fast fashion" exists isn't relat
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by skippyboxedhero 5y ago
This is a partisan topic. The reason why this has happened is an old law that has been repurposed by the police to pursue these claims. In Scotland, which has a different govt to the UK on this issue, the hate speech laws are even more stri