qpotlpus

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by qpotlpus 7y ago
No company does anything which doesn’t benefit them whether via tech development, attracting programming talent, reputation etc... That is why they are companies not humans. Don’t confuse the two or pile on GS just cause they are GS.
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by qpotlpus 7y ago
Do you have a family Barney? I find the run rate costs of raising a family are astounding even with a very healthy two incomes. It doesn’t shock me that most households barely scrape by at the end of the month without any reserves to save.
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by qpotlpus 7y ago
I’ve lived in NYC for 20 years and take the subway 2-4 times a day, often with my little kids. I can’t remember ever really feeling unsafe.
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by qpotlpus 8y ago
CLOs are not inherently good or bad. The difference is in how they are structured and priced. On the benefit side, CLOs have effectively permanent financing in place which takes the liquidity run risk off the table (and thus is more systemi
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by qpotlpus 8y ago
This is a remarkably balanced and powerful piece of journalism. Kudos to the reporter and The NY Times here.
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by qpotlpus 8y ago
I’m sorry for that feeling. Is it possible it is not the Sertraline but just you are not the same person you were 15 years ago. I know I’m not.
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by qpotlpus 8y ago
The tax break argument always seemed like a red herring to me. I live in NYC and was excited for Amazon coming but most of my friends were against it mostly out of a vague “stick it to the system” mentality. Somewhat ironic since most of th
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by qpotlpus 8y ago
Much as the gap between Windows and MacOS has narrrowed in recent years, for a user there just isn’t a meaningful difference between Apple and more commoditized competitors to justify a massive price point. I pay it because a few hundred do
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by qpotlpus 8y ago
This isn’t about whether the SEC likes or dislikes Musk. This is about the ability of public company investors to rely on a modicum of good faith that the official statements of public company CEOs aren’t pure BS or stock manipulation. In t