fountainofage

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by fountainofage 3y ago
That's a fair interpretation. Admittedly I've known him long enough that I'm familiar with these experiences of his, so I didn't probe too much into this exact event and what he thought everyone else was doing. He also a
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by fountainofage 3y ago
You've reminded me of a friend of mine who reached the point in his life where he was going to furnish his home with new furniture. He boasted how he was only going to buy American and wasn't going to be like everyone else favorin
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by fountainofage 4y ago
"but not guarantee" is almost the entire point of what folks are pointing out and what the OP meant - you could do literally everything perfect and still it's VERY likely you will fail.
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by fountainofage 4y ago
It's basically don't waste your time with corp dev. http://www.paulgraham.com/corpdev.html You hit the nail on the head that it's way too much work when there's not even a contingent offer on the table.
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by fountainofage 4y ago
> I'm not sure why there is a stigma to deciding to not have kids. > It's not as if your decision is going to have much impact on anybody except yourself That's pretty much every stigma, though, so it also makes sense w
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Why is publicly saying "hey, a few companies are selling shorts of gamestop and trying to drive it into the ground, I think that's bullshit. If you think it's bullshit, too, here's how you could do something about it.&qu
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by fountainofage 6y ago
That same page also says "Investors and prospective investors should be cautious of rumors on chat rooms where the intent of nameless and faceless computer users is in doubt." So it'd be a question of which is it? Is it don&#
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Off the top of my head I recall etrade, fidelity, schwab, and TD ameritrade allowed people to buy GME. I understand being able to buy on margin has been restricted almost everywhere, though.
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by fountainofage 6y ago
They will likely lose a lot of their users. The users were never the customers - not even the gold ones.
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Honestly, I've typed out a few replies, and I've got nothing. Basically, I'm saying I don't trust cops because they kill 1,100 people a year. That's it. That's my whole argument. Just 1,100 lives. Every year. Y
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by fountainofage 6y ago
To my knowledge, much of the rest of the developed world doesn't have a problem with cops being able to lie under oath with no punishment. The non-adversarial systems you reference rely on the confidence that when a cop gets caught kno
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by fountainofage 6y ago
That's my point - not that a judge should grant a warrant to a crackhead, but that they should act as if they're granting a warrant to a crackhead. So basically the opinions, social standing, and claims of the entity requesting th
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by fountainofage 6y ago
I'm mainly commenting on the way up parent here: "They got a warrant. Judges aren't going to issue a warrant based on asking a bunch of people if they sent a message." Judges absolutely issue warrants all the time just f
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by fountainofage 6y ago
The issue is: the evidence they gathered was that her home was specifically NOT part of any drug rings. The judge went ahead and issued a warrant even though all actual evidence said her house was not involved. Cops lied and said it totally
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Yeah, I bet if someone came over and beat the shit out of you for only an hour a day, you'd be correcting people that the person is only sometimes an asshole.
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Read up on Brian Miller in the Parkland shooting. Let children die because he ran away. Still working as a cop. They tried to fire him but can't.
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by fountainofage 6y ago
They have no legal obligation to be there or do that job. If they refuse, there can be no punishment. This has gone to the federal courts, and even the Supreme Court, several times. Cops have absolutely zero legal obligation to enforce the
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by fountainofage 6y ago
But the chance of getting away with killing a few people becomes non-existent if you actually try to do something sane.
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Eh, don't side with cops. They have no legal obligation to do anything. They know this. So they pick their battles where they know they can kill a few people and get away with it. When it comes to actually having a chance at saving liv
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by fountainofage 6y ago
The law actually isn't different. Cops just have qualified immunity and have shown they throw hissy fit little tantrums if a DA holds them responsible for being the worthless sacks of shit that they are.
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Have you even bothered researching the Breonna Taylor case? The judge issued a warrant in spite of evidence clearly saying she's not guilty, and she's dead now. Judges routinely issue warrants just because the good ol police offic
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by fountainofage 6y ago
You are aware cops have absolutely no obligation to enforce the law, right? So you or me entering this woman's home with guns drawn - we have the same obligation to be there as a cop. This whole "oh but the cops are scared for the
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Theoretically, these businesses are already priced to maximize profit. So it could be that increased wages increases the cost to the consumer. It could also mean lower profits for the business if they've already priced at the max their
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by fountainofage 6y ago
My point is that my experience has been that assholes are going to be assholes regardless of how much you educate them. We see this now where those with no education and very little wealth are out there saying "Trump isn't hurting
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Are you saying we need even more education than what doctors currently attain? Or are you agreeing with my underlying point that education doesn't matter and won't help here?
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by fountainofage 6y ago
I'm very inclined to believe, but I personally know a couple of medical doctors who are 100% into the theories. And I imagine lots of other people also know well-educated individuals with the same beliefs. I don't know if educatio
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Could you edit your original statement with this clarification? It's not at all obvious or clear, and I think it says quite the opposite - you are emphatically stating it's ok for that legacy / non-legacy gap because legacies
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Someone said "these schools admit 30% more legacies than peasants" and you said "yeah, but legacies get better test scores than the peasants." And your clarifications really don't address that, and you even seem to
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by fountainofage 6y ago
Are you saying legacy's have an ABSURDLY higher average test score? Could you share a source on that? To explain a 30% gap in outcomes for two demographics solely by test scores would mean the test score difference is absolutely insane
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by fountainofage 6y ago
The examples cited are how the courts pierced the LLC veil to satisfy someone's personal liabilities. This seems like it's unavoidable because no matter how you split it up, the courts will seize your assets to pay that liability

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