Hongwei

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by Hongwei 3mo ago
Our entire social contract relies on the a redistribution of wealth from young to old. Boomer Communism, it's currently called. If you are currently paying taxes, you are funding Medicare and Social Security (insert whatever name for
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by Hongwei 4mo ago
I appreciate PG's writing as always. I'm skeptical that the super-rich are only generating 5% on their money. My anecdotal experience is that it's usually north of 15%. They have access to investments that main-street does
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by Hongwei 2y ago
Smugness usually turns people off. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. No one likes people who act superior to them. Hilary lost over her “deplorables” comment. It makes me sad that the left is not taking the right lesson from this electio
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by Hongwei 2y ago
Is it the critics of performative anti-racism or the actual performers of performative anti-racism who are undermining anti-racism?
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by Hongwei 4y ago
RIP. As a Canadian I've always liked that we technically had the Queen as our head of state. I wonder how attitudes will change now that her 70 year reign.
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by Hongwei 5y ago
I buy the first, not the second. Retailers often charge consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) for preferential placement in aisle and carry no risk on inventory. The bigger the retailer (eg. bestbuy, walmart), the more likely they can
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by Hongwei 5y ago
Thanks! fixed
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by Hongwei 5y ago
Hi! If you're looking for a developer friendly indoor mapping suite (both for editing and viewing/navigating), check us out - www.mappedin.com Totally agree that it's an overlooked problem and we've been quietly working
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by Hongwei 5y ago
Could be the same timeline, but would still need a mostly new cast. Stargate SG-2 just doesn't have the same ring to it!
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What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed(nytimes.com)
2 points by Hongwei 5y ago|0 comments
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The remarkable rift between Donald Trump and Mike Pence(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by Hongwei 6y ago|0 comments
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by Hongwei 6y ago
I don't know. I would say I'm d) believe that the West cannot and should not enforce a lockdown the same way authoritarian China or Singapore can, and therefore it is doomed to fail. So: * lockdowns are guaranteed not going to era
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by Hongwei 6y ago
They can if they stop enrolling and paying tuition. There are plenty of options online for college-style certifications that most employers in my industry (software engineering) would accept. I get that other professional training with cert
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by Hongwei 6y ago
I hope so too :) And fair enough, thanks for the the kind discussion, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth.
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by Hongwei 6y ago
I agree with you that current market incentives do not capture externalities like environmental harm. (eg. soil erosion, in the case of a farmer who doesn't rest his fields) I hope to convince you to hate the game, not the players. So
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by Hongwei 6y ago
I agree with you completely. There are certainly rent-seeking businesses that do not create value (or net value?). And the majority of businesses are competing in (disrupting) existing markets. Even if they don't increase total consume
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by Hongwei 6y ago
Sorry but I strongly disagree with your assertion that building a business is a zero-sum game. At the basic level, a farmer who sows a field and harvests a crop is making the world one harvest richer, and no one poorer. Ditto for the carpen
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by Hongwei 6y ago
I've always told people interested in startup to "start a project, not a company." I haven't been able to verbalize why yet until this: But there is another more sinister reason people dismiss new ideas. If you try some
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by Hongwei 6y ago
Isn't this the standard private equity playbook? Buy, hold, and flip? Though Softbank isn't a VC and I haven't heard of mass cost-cutting after they buy something.
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Coronavirus Lockdowns: why we must end this failed policy(medium.com)
2 points by Hongwei 6y ago|0 comments
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by Hongwei 6y ago
Bombardier has its own problems and is viewed as a corrupt Quebec company by much of English Canada (that is, the rest of us). So the other comments on the political appetite to bail them out again are mostly correct. [1] https:/&#x
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by Hongwei 6y ago
I think the parent comment is implying that college diplomas are better at helping people get a job and earn a living. Writing 1+ page essays and MLA citation formatting is work that seems to only exist in academia. It wouldn't surpris
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by Hongwei 6y ago
This may be the last straw that tips politicians over into considering Twitter & co utilities - stuff that the gov has a say in running because failure is unacceptable to the public. Not that I think the gov could do a better job, but t
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by Hongwei 6y ago
Imagine being on some planet far away, just living your life, and a literal star comes through and ends all life in the system.
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by Hongwei 6y ago
For those who don't remember, here's what happened last time: https://www.thestreet.com/technology/rackspace-ipo-starts-ou... Wish them luck this time!
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by Hongwei 6y ago
My parents lost a small fortune in 2001 riding the tech crash down (Nortel was a good chunk of that). I've been trying to explain to them (1st gen Chinese immigrants) for the past three years that Nortel was killed partly by focused Ch
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by Hongwei 6y ago
Co-opting universities to teach using Esri tools is a big part of Esri's marketing. They provide those tools to schools below cost, encourage (bribe) profs to incorporate their toolset heavily into their curriculum with free seminars i
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by Hongwei 6y ago
A cause or symptom (I'm not sure about causality here) is that the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) directly funds most private Canadian VCs. VCs now have public money as part of their LP base, with some strings attached. Most
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by Hongwei 6y ago
Canuck here who spends a lot of time in the States (or used to). SLC also has some of the most underrated and inexpensive skiing just 30 minutes out from the airport.
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by Hongwei 6y ago
As stated in the video, this was leaked years ago. They're just confirming the authenticity of the videos. Here's an older, non-region locked video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUT3rgT3P6E

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