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by tenpies 7y ago
> OK, but what is the base rate for injuries? That is the whole point of the allegations: that Tesla does not report accurate numbers so any comparison is meaningless. If the doctor supervising the clinic refuses to sign any paperwork t
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by tenpies 7y ago
They contract most of the factory workers out so they can claim it's not Tesla. There are some absolutely awful stories that come out of Tesla's factories. Like horrible injury rates, extremely high drug usage, workplace doctors
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by tenpies 7y ago
Exactly. I find that people who complain about shareholders or investors are literally just complaining that the business is not a not for profit. Shareholders and investors are just a proxy for the business. If you want to use them as an
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by tenpies 7y ago
Curious, does that spreadsheet include everything applicable from https://elonmusk.today ? Because I am not sure how you average out against an infinite time frame (E.g. where are the country-wide summon, snake-charger, car carr
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by tenpies 7y ago
Counter-point: no observer would consider an employer heartless for laying off people during an unprecedented economic downturn. Do you consider restaurants heartless for laying off staff? Cruise lines? Hotels? Entertainment businesses?
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by tenpies 7y ago
I have actually contemplated a scenario where they pump oil into a hole in the ground for safe-keeping. It has several benefits: * You're still producing oil meaning jobs are being maintained and money is flowing. * You're potent
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by tenpies 7y ago
It also honestly becomes a matter of national security. Amazon is crucial right now in maintaining social order. It's one thing to be quarantined at home, but to be quarantined without anything arriving to your house is a quick recipe
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by tenpies 7y ago
All I can think of is that it sucks to be a pensioner or pension fund manager. Going to be really interesting to see the second quarter consequences of the "buy backs and dividends are evil" movement.
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by tenpies 7y ago
I have seen this mentioned, but I'm honestly now sure why Canadians think this. What special measures did Canada take early on? What makes Canada exceptional compared to the US who at least banned some flights? The only difference is
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by tenpies 7y ago
> most of our cases came from the US. Source?
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by tenpies 7y ago
The problem you run into is that every time an expert or mainstream opinion is wrong, those social media feeds gain legitimacy. You would think this puts a huge onus and pressure on mainstream media and experts to be measured, fact checked,
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by tenpies 7y ago
Which is why I honestly don't understand why the mainstream media isn't saying "do what Korea/Japan did". Other countries have handled this admirably (e.g. Taiwan and Singapore), but Korea and Japan are larger and
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by tenpies 7y ago
Counter-point: is Brexit Britain actually going to be worst off than post-pandemic EU or what's left of the EU? I don't think the risk of this pandemic approach is worthwhile, especially given how poorly the EU is doing in general
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by tenpies 7y ago
Sort of depends on demand. Extremely cheap petrol - which we just got courtesy of OPEC+ - and a recession - courtesy of COVID-19 - are not exactly a hot market for new vehicles, much less luxury EV vehicles. On the bright side, this might
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by tenpies 7y ago
If you can time it perfectly (e.g. directionality is constant), then UWT or GUSH are 3X crude ETFs. The 3X means you are exposed to decay so the return won't be as good if it goes down then up. This is also assuming either ETF exists
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by tenpies 7y ago
Keep in mind oil is not oil. The US produces some fairly top quality crude by global standards. This is both good and bad. You don't want to be using WTI crude to produce bunker fuel - that's like using truffles to season canned
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by tenpies 7y ago
Keep in mind that low oil prices also mean that EVs become less of a value proposition. Once petrol prices reflect oil prices, it becomes even harder to make a rational economic argument towards EVs.
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by tenpies 7y ago
> No person who was born rich has to learn skills to avoid destitution. I can only speak for the Western tradition, but for most of history, the wealthy took great pride in making sure their male children were at least trained in soldier
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by tenpies 7y ago
You are free to take it as literally as you want, but it seems like it would allude to milestones in evolution: * As we get closer to the modern human, we lose body hair to better suit our hunting style. The trade off is we're much mo
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by tenpies 7y ago
It could be taught within the context of economics: > The asset bubble of the late 2010s was finally popped by a minor pandemic, initiating the Final Great Recession of 2020. The Final Great Recession led to the abolishment of all Centr
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by tenpies 7y ago
> Am I overreacting? Probably not. Mortality rate aside (anywhere from 2% to 5% depending on source), the biggest issue is hospitalization rate (about 20% based on Chinese numbers). No country on the planet could handle that hospitaliz
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by tenpies 7y ago
> That’s why I believe that Australia and the southern hemisphere will not see any great infections rates because they have lots of sunlight and they are in the middle of summer. And Wuhan and Beijing is still cold which is why there’s h
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by tenpies 7y ago
Oh have a look at Twitter. There is a circle of Tesla Zealots that don't drive their Tesla . . . they go outside to "train the neural net". You see, it's not driving for a purpose or for fun. They're driving beca
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by tenpies 7y ago
To most people, death is as scary as it gets.
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by tenpies 7y ago
Exactly. You can be prepared and be wrong every time and be okay. You can ignore preparations just once and that's the end of you and your family. I am not sure why people are so reluctant to see the risk asymmetry in this.
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by tenpies 7y ago
Wealthsimple bought Simpletax a while ago: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/wealthsimple-expands-into-tax-so... Make sure you update your privacy settings: https://www.privasectech.com/changes-to-simpletax/
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by tenpies 7y ago
Why is Russia so special and unique in this regard? I am honestly curious because there are countries with more impactful and tangible geopolitical interests (e.g. Saudi Arabia - who owns a substantial portion of Twitter), and yet it's
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by tenpies 7y ago
I'm also somewhat suspicious that foam mattresses are quite bad for your health, not necessarily from a sleep mechanics perspective, but from an air quality one. I mean you are literally sleeping on a piece of plastic that is optimize
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by tenpies 7y ago
> Taxpayer money spent on a brazenly partisan political campaign. I will take 200 sticker campaigns over what the Canadian Federal Liberals are doing with their "journalism initiative". That initiative is $600 million being g
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by tenpies 7y ago
Not mentioned in that Wikipedia article, but the explanation for "why is there no ancient plastic around" is that the civilization could have pre-dated oil. Not enough time may have passed for significant amounts of the stuff to

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