jtzhou

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by jtzhou 9y ago
Problem with Ackman is he thinks he's doing God's work by shorting Herbalife, but in reality if he wanted to "do good" himself he would have gone to law school and taken up the cases themselves (pro bono likely), or pay
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by jtzhou 9y ago
Ah understood. You were looking at the national level with countries like China and Russia "party[ing] hearty" by not significantly curbing C02 emissions. Those individuals who benefit directly from oil and coal (as they do in t
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by jtzhou 9y ago
And providing education for and/or adopting other children so that they learn how to live responsibly.
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by jtzhou 9y ago
Or live wisely so you have the financial means and health to move you and your family elsewhere when need arrives, probably in our lifetimes for 80% of the world.
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by jtzhou 9y ago
I think there are just a lot of intangibles so it's hard to compare mega projects, like the existing state of the subway where it is integrating into (like extensions), how many stations are being added, cost of labor, etc. I think co
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by jtzhou 9y ago
Exactly. The comparison to non-US based projects is inadequate. California and other US states need to "earn the right" to spend this much money on one single monstrous project by proving it can handle smaller projects with 100%
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by jtzhou 11y ago
Ditto, was in Berlin recently and was very impressed by the taxi service. The taxi driver slowed down and asked us if we needed a ride, was patient when we got out our address on our phones for the AirBnB, and even suggested a faster route
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China undercounting coal use by nearly 20%(nytimes.com)
1 points by jtzhou 11y ago|0 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
The GBT is 94 miles, right? I think the Swiss achieve these costs through economies of scale. There are tunnels throughout the country so they can achieve greater efficiencies at 5-10x of those in specific metro areas in the US. I remembe
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Here's why California's infrastructure is crumbling(latimes.com)
9 points by jtzhou 11y ago|5 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
And the person who bought the home in Palo Alto in 1981 is only paying 1/5 of the property taxes as the person in a comparable home who bought recently. California is really the epitome of having a tax code favoring land owners and th
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by jtzhou 11y ago
True, but there is definitely a lot of staying power in those currently of retirement age, kicking the can down the road, with a growing proportion of the population over age 65 (20% in 2020 versus 9% in 1970) receiving the benefits of Soci
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The wealth gap between young and old people(washingtonpost.com)
91 points by jtzhou 11y ago|67 comments
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Americans work more hours than any other people on earth: B. Sanders (36')(youtube.com)
1 points by jtzhou 11y ago|0 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
> The gigantic tech companies are always complaining they can't find 'good people'. The "can't find good people" argument can usually be solved either 1) raising the pay, or 2) increasing the labor pool (i.e
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by jtzhou 11y ago
It is interesting how a country with a lot of seemingly positive aspects -- abundant natural resources and fresh water, temperate climate, stabile economy and low unemployment, and great infrastructure -- cannot convince its citizens to pro
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15 students arrested for paying SAT test impostors(nytimes.com)
3 points by jtzhou 11y ago|0 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
Unbelievable that the IRS would have this "Get Transcript" feature readily available via the web without any password, or better two-factor authentication. It's already been taken offline, but was up for a long time. Will th
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North Korea 'photoshopped' Kim Jong-un sub missile pictures(smh.com.au)
2 points by jtzhou 11y ago|0 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
Yes. Chinese Americans earn on average 30% more than other U.S. adults. http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/asian-americans-lead... While regrettable, the loss of some technology does not compensate for all of the
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Phantom Offer Sends Avon’s Shares Surging(nytimes.com)
5 points by jtzhou 11y ago|0 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
Yep. If you slip up -- a series of B's, a summer wasted at a dead-end job, or a break-up with a significant other you sunk tons of time into, and end in a lower-tier area, you'll be effectively "banished" from the commu
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by jtzhou 11y ago
> Why, so you can avoid having to spend more time doing what you specialized in? Yes. Part of enjoying life -- at least for most people -- is taking part in challenges and endeavors in a wide range of activities. If you can work for 4 ho
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by jtzhou 11y ago
> AH almost certainly beats 10% annually. AH was started in July 2009, at the start of a bull market. Since that period, the S&P 500 has had an annualized return, with dividends reinvested, of 17.2%. http://dqydj.net&#
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by jtzhou 11y ago
There is definitely a lack of transparency in venture funding, and studies show overall how VC's have been barely breaking even. Most of the big name investors were successful entrepreneurs (e.g. Andreessen and Netscape, e.g. Khosla a
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by jtzhou 11y ago
> In May 2011, Citrix Systems Inc. offered to acquire Box for about $600 million, nearly triple the online storage company’s value in February. > Draper Fisher Jurvetson, of Menlo Park, Calif., pressured Messrs. Levie and Smith to thi
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by jtzhou 11y ago
Yes, the message is a bit ironic, coming from a country promulgating persistent class hierarchy. Just keep giving us a cut of an endowment and 16th century trust, and let the peasants get back to tilling the fields. The "commoners&quo
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Uber now 5th largest "employer" in Bay Area with 20,000 jobs(sfgate.com)
2 points by jtzhou 11y ago|1 comments
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by jtzhou 11y ago
The natural solution to this would be more rail to allow people to have reasonable commutes into the city. But some critics think rail encourages sprawl and the only answer is more skyscrapers and density. And on the other side, NIMBY&#x27
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by jtzhou 11y ago
Yes, living up to someone else's expectations is a difficult challenge. It becomes more acute when you are a single child, or come from an immigrant family who sacrificed a lot for you to be there, because you have to live up to both o

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