vmception

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by vmception 7y ago
As long as the relative purchasing power of a dollar, compared only to other currencies, is managed, the Federal Reserve can purchase as much as it wants. When the Federal Reserve purchases things, each transaction creates new dollars (unle
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by vmception 7y ago
The way to interpret this is that there is wide latitude in the market tolerance of US dollars. Think of it like share dilution. For example, without corresponding demand, Tesla can issue 20% more shares arbitrarily, and the price of a shar
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by vmception 7y ago
It is a false dichotomy, that assumes owners of an organization are required. There are several kinds of orphan entities, such as trusts, foundations and more. In the USA at the national level, only Congress is able to incorporate businesse
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by vmception 7y ago
> It is now undisputed that Covid-19 should be taken seriously as a serious illness. This is heavily disputed. I wonder what the threshold really is for changing that idea. Now that the death numbers are greater than the flu, we are stil
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Ask HN: How do you tell SaaS sales people you want a self-serve option?
53 points by vmception 7y ago|37 comments
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by vmception 7y ago
To recap, a lot of people think the bay area should have more deaths and more cases, similar to Seattle. The proactive stay-at-home orders are interesting but still seem to be too effective - as if maybe more people are immune already. Cali
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> On the off chance that I'm wrong, it invites a proper useful rebuttal or counter-argument. Thanks for the invitation. Lets see where the goal post is here > Either the ancedotes form useful data or they don't - you can&#x2