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by stevenmays 10y ago
> So at Year 1, we take every point on the S&P500 curve, look at every point on the S&P500 that's one year ahead, add in dividends and subtract inflation, and record all points as a relative gain or loss for Year 1. Point #3
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by stevenmays 10y ago
If you're in Japan you can still invest in the US stock market... and should to diversify. I invest in international markets even though I am in the U.S.
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by stevenmays 10y ago
OR just don't subsidize fossil fuels and let them compete.
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by stevenmays 10y ago
Taxing assets will have a negative effect on the savings rate. Countries with higher savings rates are usually net exporters. And high savings rates are good because people usually need less services if they've saved.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Except, hormesis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Not to be confused with the big list of naughty strings... https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings
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by stevenmays 11y ago
I am considering taking Udacity's machine learning nanodegree [0] with zero machine learning background. It seems interesting. Any thoughts? [0] https://www.udacity.com/course/machine-learning-engineer-nan...
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by stevenmays 11y ago
This is a book too, and it is excellent.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Yup, I had an anthropology professor charge us $20 for a textbook he wrote. He said it was what kinkos charged him - give or take. Awesome professor.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
If there is a shortage of mobile devs have wages correspondingly risen? I'm sure if wages rise, more devs will learn it and fill that gap.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Nothing really to add, but Colombia is a beautiful country. If I had to leave the U.S. I'd be in Medellin, Colombia. If you get a chance to visit I highly recommend it.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Any good books or resources for learning F#?
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Meh. The counterpoint. Her: I'm on the pill. Him: Okay. 9 months later we find out she lied. Both men and women should have access to contraceptives. Saying that one gender is less trust worthy then another is ridiculous.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Also, some percentage of taxi drivers are racist. I've had tremendous difficulties hailing a cab, Uber removes this (and having to think about it).
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by stevenmays 11y ago
He was Macedonian.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
I think this is the wrong way to do it. I think you should probably increase spending. Decreasing savings reduces the income earned on compound interest, whereas spending has no effect. Cool project though.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Thirding Code
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by stevenmays 11y ago
You should read the book On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins. Pay attention to Chapter 6, "How the cortex works". Our "consciousness" is derived of the same stuff in all animals, we just have more cortical layers. We also ha
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Private equity bubbles occur when there's not much money to be made in publicly traded companies. This is because there's a capital surplus because of quantitative easing, and a lower cost to access capital. Everything in economic
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by stevenmays 11y ago
I clicked the link and it's another senator talking... anyone know where I can view the opening part of this?
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Yes, there is a negative utility on death. But if you spent 50% of your extra money and time on preparing for something that has a 1% chance of happening statistically you will lose. Not only the resources outlayed, but the opportunity cost
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by stevenmays 11y ago
In general, this is a waste of resources. There is a very low statistical chance of an apocalypse event occurring. I agree with general disaster preparedness. You should have a few weeks worth of water/food, and a flash light on hand i
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Not with the ACA... now if you retire and only have income you draw from your investments, you pay a low income based rate even though you may have significant assets.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
I have no problem with self promotion. I just don't think HN is the place for product landing pages. If there was something for free where I didn't have to give my email address I'd have no issue with it.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
All I want is the book. Not the $100 package.
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by stevenmays 11y ago
Mike Taber was a contractor at my old job for a few weeks before I became a programmer professionally. He coded us a reliable solution within very difficult time constraints and dealing with management who could not make up their minds. I&#
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by stevenmays 11y ago
I wrote a blog post about this very recently: http://stevenmays.org/turning-30/
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by stevenmays 11y ago
And these "missing men" are only the ones currently incarcerated. After incarceration many men have difficulties securing employment, which further destabilizes relationships.
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by stevenmays 12y ago
>I bet you think women should vote, and be treated equally under the law. I bet you think women should earn equal pay for equal work (even if you think the wage gap is caused by parenthood / not asking for raises or some other expla
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by stevenmays 12y ago
::Claps slowly:: This is positively the way to go.

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