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by tatsuke95 14y ago
You do. That's what you are paying for in a lease, the depreciation that occurs over the term of the lease, plus interest and whatever other spread the finance company/manufacturer/dealership takes. They sell the car at the lease end for
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
>Perfect linkbait title. Well done. I'm sure the spike of trafic thanks to HN has been noticeable. Simon and James are both best selling authors and have been blogging about economics and finance for years. Simon was the economic head h
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "Whoa. Why so many on leases?" Because leasing is a pretty efficient system that can be economically superior to buying an asset that depreciates like mad the instant you sign the papers? Leasing isn't reserved for people who can't a
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
Hear, hear. Oracle has the right to bundle whatever crap-ware they want. If that sullies their reputation or draws out alternatives, that's a good thing.
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "They took the exact opposite course during the financial crisis" They are a tiny country who nationalized their banks, stiffed creditors, implemented unnecessary austerity measures and devalued their currency. I'm not sure they're
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "YC applications do not ask for work history. You are not required to share your resume. They do not ask for references." Honest question: why not? Seems reasonable, even if only to protect brand image.
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> " There is no way, the gut tells folks, that Apple can continue growing at the current rate. There’s no way! " Apple's stock price was on a parabolic growth trend. Sure, this time could be different, but history says that such gro
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
Very sorry about your loss. It's a sad day.
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
It wasn't about cronyism: they couldn't "bail out" specific, failing banks or else it would be obvious to stakeholders where the "bad" banks were. Every bank that would have received funds under these circumstances would be susceptible to
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "In all fairness, I do not remember "the auto industry" almost bringing the whole capitalistic system (and with it our Western world) close to a grinding halt" I don't care about "could haves". These industries were all bailed out;
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "if you consider that using one's bad situation to trick him into a loan which terms are unduly onerous is despicable thing to do for a bank" I feel like these conversations are so one-sided: Why is it always this? Yes, predatory len
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
This is standard operating procedure on the internet: everyone who wears a suit is a parasitcal criminal. Back in reality, most banks have paid back their TARP funds, as did AIG, generating a hefty return over 3 years to the Treasury. You k
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "You really want that moral equivalence" Strawman. > "as do things like deliberate starvation." How do you think economic sanctions have affected populations in Cuba, Iran and Iraq over the years? Why do you think the rest of t
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "do things like deliberate starvation." So putting pressure on international bodies to enforce crippling sanctions should count, right? > my rule of thumb is, when you're feeling morally conflicted about who 'should have' won the
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Where do you slot the various members of the American or British political administrations into that line-up? Does it go by how many people they killed? Or is killing one person enough?
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No, the bad policies of a government, with Mao at the helm, led to the deaths of millions of people. Ted Bundy killed people. There's a difference.
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
Great comment. Some of these "real-world" business models are broken because the industry is commoditized. One one hand, the margins don't exist to offer customers a discount (remember, you're inserting yourself in the chain, so need to ta
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
Same. I've seen a bunch of Quartz articles coming up in the variety of aggregators I use. Unfortunately, they don't load. Pro-tip: You're trying to get me to spend time reading your content. If I have to mess with my browsing setup to do
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
>"Sure, that's average, but why stay at an average company?" How many years are you talking about being employed? Because doubling your salary every 3-5 years is completely unsustainable. If this occupation is so leveraged that 10%
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "I think the article is referring to much bigger implementations" Absolutely. I can imagine the kind of work an implementation like that entails. Maybe I misunderstand "lock-in". Nothing is preventing me from switching providers, s
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "Curious - do you see price as being the only differentiator?" Perhaps it's an approach unique to me, but pretty much, yeah. If I can define exactly what I need in a service, and the service provider can assure me they can meet thos
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "we definitely aren't taking other payroll companies lightly, and providing amazing customer support for both big and small companies is one of our core-tenants." Good stuff. I'm going to keep my eye on this. Having gone through it
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
Cool product. Tough market. It will be essential to focus on small business targets. Too bad the article centred on competing with the big guys. I don't think that's where the easy money is at. I'm currently in the middle of an ADP impl
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> "However, top humanities and arts students with very good grades and LSAT scores can still dramatically improve their earning prospects by attending an elite law school." Whole-heartedly agree. I'm an economics guy myself, so I didn
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "whether you major in Arts or Econ or PolSci or English or Philosophy or Culture Studies....you end up in Law !!" Law school has been the "go to" graduate option for the "soft" sciences for a long time, since there is no requisite pr
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
I've been using Usenet and Newzbin/NZBmatrix for 4 or 5 years. New content has been getting taken down the past few months. Go look at the comment section of any new movie. It got progressively worse, to the point that I was starting to
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "You vehemently disagree, seemingly because they are liquid enough you may be able to get some money for them." No, I disagree because I know what a substantial portion of Apple's investments are (this information is public), and the
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
> "It's not semantics to call it "not cash"" Yes, it is. I take offense to stating that people who use the term "cash" don't know what they're talking about. They, in fact, do know that "cash" doesn't imply Apple has a Scrooge-McDuc
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Zynga applies for Nevada Gambling License(themarketsareopen.blogspot.ca)
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by tatsuke95 14y ago
Are you implying that marijuana use and depression are somehow linked? That's bold!

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