subjectHarold

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by subjectHarold 8y ago
Could someone explain in a bit more detail the move from 26 to 27? I don't get the significance of being "worried about optimization" or why/how we cancel p(x). I do get the later point about integration and the conveni
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
There was a recent article highlighting that Ed Sheeran paid more in tax in 2017 than Amazon or Starbucks...yes, I don't think the current system works well - https://www.fastcompany.com/90251523/ed-sheeran-paid-mo
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
When did going to skiing with some mates become a conference? Yeah, I went to Hooters...conferenced pretty hard, drank too much, conferenced all over the sidewalk...you can tell I am serious because I use the word conference a lot...confere
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
It wasn't a calling, it was something he did when nothing else worked. I am sure he enjoyed it, he wouldn't have done it otherwise...but that isn't my point. My point is that it isn't inspiring...at all. It would be inte
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
I know it isn't the point of the article but...damn, this guy couldn't get a job. Like the easiest thing was to spend thousands of hours developing this game? Hm, kind of sad.
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
face palm . Some advice: if you read a book and have already decided what is right before you read it...don't bother reading it. You seem to have your own view of the world that you want to confirm. Great, but keep it to yourself. Aga
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
Why do you think the article is aspirational? It is Bloomberg: the point of the article is to tell people about the business and the fundraising. Both are newsworthy and useful for the target audience (investors, not you). It is like buying
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
There were at least three occasions in the 60s when it looked like BW would have to end (from memory, there were speculative attacks in '62 and '65, France left the Gold Pool in '67...which btw, should have meant that BW was
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
Not really. Again, you are making several misconceptions (this isn't uncommon, economists don't really understand finance and they understand even less about financial history so they say very odd things that ppl seem to pick up o
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
Yes...and this is only one part of the story. You may be aware that China had already made a lot of this progress, in particular moving towards coal but other stuff too...but by the ~10th century...no Industrial Revolution... ( https:/
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
I agree. The issue, to me, seems like there isn't a particularly good relation between supply and demand for skills. Stuff like financial literacy is maybe something separate but is also obviously necessary (not just in terms of person
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
...we are talking so maybe that it is proof that the business works...maybe the author is a robot preying on human weakness...is this how they get us? Srs though, ppl aren't particularly interested in being told that stuff is okay or e
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
I don't understand...you are saying the problem is everyone stops working? If that happened then none of this would be a problem. The point of production is consumption, if no labour is required to subsist then work has no function, pr
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
Maybe I am just an idiot...but I don't understand what the fuss is. Through 1870-90, the economy went through a similar phase and the world didn't end...and this was with no unemployment protection. If anything that period was mor
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
You have that way round wrong. Classic wag dogging the tail, IMHO. It is well-behaved dogs have happier stories.
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
That is the business model. How do you think they make money?If you want to bet in volume at better prices, use exchanges or an Asian book. But their business model is to spend a lot on marketing to attract unsophisticated customers and mak
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
"Insider knowledge" isn't illegal and they couldn't care less what the outcome is. They make money by attracting customers who aren't sophisticated. If they want to know what the "right" price is, they jus
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by subjectHarold 8y ago
Believe it or not, the last tech bubble had a company doing exactly the same thing. They were called Regus, they ended up in bankruptcy and sold off their US division to avoid shutting down entirely. They are still running, they are signifi