keernan

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Moderate Democrats Prepare for 'War' Against an Ascendant Left(nytimes.com)
6 points by keernan 1mo ago|2 comments
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by keernan 1mo ago
This is a gift link. The purpose of my post is to expose the intellectual fraud taking place. This is a "hit piece". It tells a story using labels in an effort to portray the people behind the story as "moderate" and the
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by keernan 2mo ago
I can't access the article but it's my understanding the AI bit of SpaceX is a negative valuation (ie losing money like a gutted pig).
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by keernan 3mo ago
SCOTUS is the fly in the ointment with Constitutional Amendments. The Bill of Rights were intended to restrict government action. When there were exceptions, the wording of the Bill of Rights made them clear. The Bill of Rights were intende
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by keernan 3mo ago
>aggressive ignorance on HN That's rich in view of the fact you are the one who is expressing aggressive ignorance. The truth is: 1. An ETF tracking a specific passive index is legally obligated to purchase the shares of a new compa
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by keernan 3mo ago
It would be helpful if you could provide a source supporting your thought that an ETF following a particular index would buy stock in the new company over what you describe as an extended period of time - as opposed to within a short few da
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by keernan 3mo ago
Mutual funds and ETFs set forth a prospectus that is a legal document binding them by law to comply with how they operate. While an etf is free to create its own index, that is not the way the market works. Vanguard, Fidelity, iShares, Blac
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by keernan 3mo ago
I have to say it is incredibly annoying that the wealthiest man in the world is so thin skinned that every post on Hacker News that talks about him in ways he doesn't like gets flagged. Of course Musk isn't doing it himself. He al
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by keernan 3mo ago
If Musk's pressure had succeeded and the S&P and CRSP had changed their index rules, then the major indexes would have been legally obligated to buy SpaceX at the IPO price - or presumably higher because their own mass purchases wo
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by keernan 3mo ago
If the internet is so dangerous that it requires every adult to obtain a government ID to get online, then yes, a 10 year old (or 17 yo if that's the age you want to use) is going to have to wait just like he/she has to wait to dr
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by keernan 3mo ago
The concept is straight forward: 1. Eliminate all the false flag attempts by governments and their supporters to use "danger to children" to require government ID for every adult to get online. 2. If the internet is so dangerous a
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by keernan 3mo ago
Musk tried mightily to get S&P to change their 12 month rule to 15 days but they refused. Nasdaq, however, caved to Musk and agreed to change the rules of its Index - from a 12 months wait to 15 days - in exchange for Musk agreeing to l
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by keernan 3mo ago
There is no need for id. IMO granting children access to the internet is no different than handing a child a loaded gun with no safety. Both should be treated the same way. Make it illegal for parents or any adult to: - purchase an internet
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by keernan 3mo ago
When I got my motorcycle license, state training was required. The thing they drilled into our heads - over and over - is: loud bikes save lives.
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by keernan 3mo ago
In over simplified terms, the theory of insurance is to pay out in claims the same amount collected in premiums and keep the investment returns generated during the time period between collecting premiums and paying out claims (the "fl
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by keernan 3mo ago
What I haven't seen mentioned is the identification of "providers". The days of your doctor being the 'provider' are long gone. Providers are now large corporations and, interestingly, the largest "providers&qu
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by keernan 3mo ago
The ongoing money being spent on advancing helmet design for American football is a ruse. Yes, helmets are important to protect skull fractures. But that is not why so much money is being put into helmet design. I have been a football fan f
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by keernan 3mo ago
What if I use a hammer.
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by keernan 4mo ago
Wait time is pretty irrelevant when we pay the highest cost [by far] to buy the 3rd worst health outcome.
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by keernan 4mo ago
I have 7 grandchildren with the oldest being 10. My daughters are very strict about not providing their kids with devices that have internet access. The only one of the 7 who has a phone has a flip phone with no internet access. There simpl
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by keernan 4mo ago
I got my first computer when I was 26. It had taken 30 days to arrive and when I got word I could pick it up, I left work an hour early, rushed to the computer store, and was into my apartment by 4:30 or so. I unpacked and set things up on
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by keernan 4mo ago
Every citizen should bear the same burden of paying for the cost of running a modern society. The taxes Musk pays should cause him to experience the same impact to his financial life as experienced when a worker earning $75,000 a year pays
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by keernan 4mo ago
Completely ignores the true distinction between wealth and income taxes. Person A has one billion dollars. Holds it in cash in a vault deep in a mountain he owns. He does not earn any wages.[1] 20% income tax: $0.00 01% wealth tax: $10,000,
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by keernan 4mo ago
Once again, a billionaire focuses on income: something only workers are forced to have. Billionaires only have income if they choose to have income. Billionaires obviously do not need to earn wages in order to survive. If they do, they choo
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by keernan 4mo ago
Fails to provide perhaps the most important tidbit: "With productivity rising at a brisk pace, the share of national income that goes to workers has sunk to its lowest point on record" https://www.nytimes.com/2026&
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by keernan 4mo ago
"With productivity rising at a brisk pace, the share of national income that goes to workers has sunk to its lowest point on record" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/economy/cpi-
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by keernan 4mo ago
"With productivity rising at a brisk pace, the share of national income that goes to workers has sunk to its lowest point on record" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/economy/cpi-
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by keernan 4mo ago
>they want to keep attorney client privilege so they can outright lie As a trial attorney for over 40 years, that is an incredibly offensive take. Attorney/client privilege is usually litigation related and a prime example of the na
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by keernan 4mo ago
I started with dBase but quickly moved to foxbase which was much faster. Foxbase was renamed FoxPro when DOS moved to Windows and soon thereafter Microsoft purchased FoxPro. Since FoxPro was a dBase derivative, there were high quality conve
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by keernan 4mo ago
I've become used to saying: "This coming Friday"

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