mgolawala

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by mgolawala 5mo ago
Just my hunch but Iran is a founding member of OPEC. The UAE has had a long standing land dispute with Iran. The recent barrage of missiles might have just pushed the UAE leadership to have lost patience with their northern neighbor. This m
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by mgolawala 2y ago
I think it is worse than that. I think being on GitHub (and seemingly open source) gives developers a false sense of security in that they assume the code is open and therefore community vetted and that the developer has nothing to hide. I
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by mgolawala 2y ago
How is the exchange rate between modern money and "carolus guilders" calculated? Something like a foreign exchange market cannot help determine this right? In theory, could the exchange rate for $1 be made equal to 1,200 carolus g
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by mgolawala 3y ago
Sure, but as long as they have a staff of a dozen people monitoring the transactions so that they can catch and fix/block/revert the occasional fraud it still works out cheaper than hiring and maintaining those 700 call center wor
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by mgolawala 3y ago
That’s classic ADHD. People who have it are able to hyper focus on things they find interesting.
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by mgolawala 3y ago
Thank you for pointing this out. Houses can be cheap, or they can be a good investment. Not both. I think I read that here on hacker news a few years ago, and it has stuck with me.
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by mgolawala 3y ago
The valuation of the company has little to do with the equation of how much profit has been made in the past. It is focused on the companies profit potential in the future. This has always been the case. Sears or Ford may have produced a to
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by mgolawala 3y ago
“Because our population exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet, and if it does not do so already, will likely do so in the future, and if it does not do so in the future, it is still a good idea to have a backup plan for our descendant
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by mgolawala 4y ago
I have noticed the same effect as well. There is a noticeable difference to the quality of my sleep on the days I have consumed caffeine and the days that I have skipped it. The quality of your sleep likely has effects on your mood, energy
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by mgolawala 4y ago
I am surprised no one has mentioned chronic caffeine consumption and its role in promoting anxiety and stress.
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by mgolawala 4y ago
Use a wireless charging setup. It has been standard on most flagship phones for a few years now. I rarely (if ever) use the port to charge my devices anymore. They just look messy, wear out and take more time to plug in and un plug.
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by mgolawala 5y ago
I am not an economist, but here is my theory on the whole thing (would love to hear if there is a flaw with this reasoning!): The fundamental problem is that a wealth of a society is determined by its productive capacity. A society with mor
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Land is not scarce. We literally make as much of it as we want. What makes it scarce is legislation and zoning. Look at Manhattan or Hong Kong. You just stack the homes and offices and stores on top of each other.
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Interesting. Perhaps we are kind of already at that point? Isn't that what video games like MMORPGs or Fortnite are for? Where the bored young males get to accomplish great adventures , build and show off their skills for status, compe
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by mgolawala 5y ago
They wouldn’t be running windows on the Apple Silicon macs though, just the intel ones.
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by mgolawala 5y ago
I am surprised the effect of Pets isn't studied or mentioned more. Anecdotally, I have seen how Pets can work as a substitute for the biological drive to nurture and care for something. Pets can be "Kids-lite" for many.
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Well wouldn't natural selection favor a predisposition to have kids over a predisposition to not have kids? :)
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by mgolawala 5y ago
I did a double take just to make sure this wasn't an article on The Onion.
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by mgolawala 5y ago
People who have fond memories of playing Trade Wars when they were younger should check out EVE Online ( https://www.eveonline.com/ ) There are enough similarities that I would find it hard to believe that EVE Online was not,
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Does anyone know why this approach would be preferred over the use of VAT (Value added tax) instead of a corporate profit tax? I recall a US presidential candidate in the most recent election cycle mentioning this as the solution to the cur
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by mgolawala 5y ago
I am not at all well informed about this but I imagined a Dyson swarm would sort of grow and evolve organically over time. Not as an end goal in themselves. For example, if you start building space habitats (even if they are enclosed cylind
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by mgolawala 5y ago
You do not need actual disruptions in supply to create a shortage. The threat of a disruption or a shortage for such a critical commodity can create a situation that it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy (short term). That is what can often
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Also imagine a boarding like this occurring at night. Sure night vision goggles are ubiquitous at this point, but it is still going to be a smaller/stealthier approach compared to a helicopter. Also boardings can be done safely in far
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Yeah that is the part I do not understand. Isn't there a law at sea where if you find an abandoned ship, it is basically yours? Perhaps this law doesn't apply in Egyptian national waters? If he is the legal guardian of the ship, w
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by mgolawala 5y ago
I, personally am ambivalent on this subject. I see many signs that support the narrative of a west in decline while also seeing signs that it still has plenty of innovation and strength still left in it. The center of technological innovati
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Unfortunately, for the last few years I have noticed more and more people no longer take government inflation data very seriously. Here are two (I am sure there are more) reasons why: Housing, Health and Education.. these very basic needs h
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by mgolawala 5y ago
Why would we use lithium ion batteries? I would imagine the approach to store the energy would be to use the energy from solar panels to do work that can be used to produce electricity later. For example, you could use solar energy to pump
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by mgolawala 6y ago
Home prices keep reaching new heights in some areas due to: 1) Migration. Immigration from outside the country, but also internal immigration within the country from less economically vibrant parts to more economically vibrant regions. 2) F
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by mgolawala 6y ago
I am not an expert on this.. but here is a theory. Broker's are incentivized to have the short squeeze stop. Someone please correct me if I am (or how I am) wrong with the following: Bob is a broker. Jack comes along buys 100 shares of
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by mgolawala 6y ago
Exactly this. They know there will be lawsuits and they know there might be SEC fines, but they are betting that those two will total up to be less than the billions it would cost them to cover a short position at $500-$600 per share. The q

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