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by wilkommen 5y ago
No, it's the suburbs that lack economy of scale. The walkable areas contribute far more per acre in taxes than the suburbs. They also require fewer resources to maintain per person because they're physically smaller. The suburbs h
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by wilkommen 5y ago
lol this is the best reply.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
No, it's saying that we need to use the right tool for the right job. It's about kind , not degree . When you lay asphalt on the ground there should be clear purpose - am I making a place for people to live and for commerce to o
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by wilkommen 5y ago
What are some examples of the right skill sets? I think I could get pretty good at anything I put my mind to, but I don't have knowledge of what kinds of things businesses consider important enough to spend that kind of money on to kno
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by wilkommen 5y ago
You're doing good. Just cause someone else's childhood sucked and they feel like they learned something from it doesn't mean it's a good thing. You learn a lot more about how to live well from being loved than you learn
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by wilkommen 5y ago
My point isn't really how many stocks offer dividends, but more that the price of the stock isn't really connected to the size dividend at all. Companies can and do change the amount of the dividend without your approval, and many
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by wilkommen 5y ago
Yes you've nailed it! Said it even better than me. Stocks are a collective fiction just like money. Except stupider, and only beneficial to a relatively small number of people. And to your second point, it's true - even billionair
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by wilkommen 5y ago
Right, you've got it. There is no reason why your apple stock should have a greater value if apple does better as a company, other than the fact that as a collective we've all chosen to believe that your share "represents&quo
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by wilkommen 5y ago
Sometimes, yeah!
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by wilkommen 5y ago
You figured it out! I see it the same way as you.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
> Fundamentally, owning shares in a company just grants you rights to a fraction of all future company earnings. No it doesn't! Owning shares in a company doesn't give you rights to a fraction of all the future earnings of the
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by wilkommen 5y ago
Yeah this is a perfect description. I find that it's really rare to find someone who sees it this way. The stock market is basically one big ponzi scheme that we're all bought into, which has two consequences: 1. We're never
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by wilkommen 8y ago
I feel like I had a similar experience. I'm just now starting the process of building an independent headspace. Thanks for sharing your story!
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by wilkommen 9y ago
Are all of the engineering roles open to remote?
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by wilkommen 10y ago
That's totally wild. I hadn't heard about this before.
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by wilkommen 10y ago
The amount of money someone can make in our economy as an artist isn't a reflection of how much art we "need." Art in particular is not a commodity that society can just have enough of. And in general, the price something fet
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by wilkommen 10y ago
_> read code daily, write code when necessary, SQL, understand APIs, and be good in front of enterprise customers._ Where are you located? This is something I can definitely do.
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by wilkommen 10y ago
There's something up with the DNS for the curl.build domain right now, here's an alternate URL: https://curl-builder.herokuapp.com/
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8 points by wilkommen 10y ago|1 comments