rbcgerard

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by rbcgerard 8y ago
That’s a setting in outlook
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by rbcgerard 8y ago
While I take your point, I often see people who don't really understand accounting avoid the topic entirely by fully outsourcing the preparation of their financial statements. This often leads to disaster because I've noticed that
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by rbcgerard 8y ago
Such a great product: + Free + Cross platform + You own/control your data + extremely flexible + true double entry (unlike mint etc) + great for an individual power user or keeping very simple corporate books - a little longer to pull
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by rbcgerard 8y ago
Check out https://cryptomator.org
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Kidnapped Royalty Becom Pawns in Iran's Deadly Plot(nytimes.com)
1 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I’ve noticed some weird anomalies as well like if there is a small, medium, and large size package the large sized package isn’t always the cheapest per unit - as they assume customer will just assume the largest packages has the lowest per
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
not saying that he didn't defraud his investors - just pointing out that I was under the impression that his fraud did not economically harm his investors (which is rarely the case in these prosecutions) and puts his sentence in a diff
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I vaguely recall that his investors actually made money - he lied to them, but actually made them money....
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Apparently not very well https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/10/mac_address_randomi...
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Why can’t Apple have sone sort of WiFi annonimization so I’m not broadcasting a unique signal all the time?
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I was told that a while back Bulgari (and probably some other high-end jewelers) operated one of the largest illicit money transfer networks - primarily for bribery. Want to bribe a public official? Give his wife a $100k bracelet, and menti
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I don’t think so
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
More than likely he borrowed money and despite the entity structure, personally guaranteed it (which is typical for most small business loans)
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
not the same - weed is illegal under federal law
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
except its not legal in the eyes of the federal government and hence bank regulators, so not apples to apples.
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Who do I trust more Comcast (ISP) or F-secure (VPN)? Pretty easy answer...
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
The reason people laughed in these people’s faces is that trade they had on cost ~10% a month and their time horizon was ~2.5years? Hmmmm
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
It drives me crazy that train info isn’t out at street level
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I’d start with asking the questions: who was responsible for the contract and it’s implemntation, and what were their motives, incentives, qualifications and abilities. Then I would ask the same question, but what would the IDEAL motives, a
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HOW IQ TESTS ARE PERVERTED TO JUSTIFY THE DEATH PENALTY(psmag.com)
1 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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Should I Spend or Save My Points?(seat31b.com)
1 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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Connecticut’s SOS(wsj.com)
1 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
That’s exactly what I meant by cross selling - many bank accounts are actually priced at a loss with the hopes of also getting you to sign up for a credit card or car insurance
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I don’t know the breakdown, but it’s: banking software, mailed account statements, debit cards, phone support centers, websites, bank branches, compliance, ATM networks, check processing etc. Obviously some of these costs scale very cheaply
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
It was an average - but it was just for checking accounts
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
On the banking side, some of it is fairly straight forward - the estimates I’ve seen say it cost ~$100-$500 for a bank to administer a checking account annually. The current net interest margin banks earn on your money in the US is 3.15%. W
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I don’t believe the point of the antedote was that they brought him a replacement piece of silverware.
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
??? They NEED to drive in from NJ CT etc instead of taking public transit?
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
A couple of things to note: 1) is who is actually causing the congestion in NYC - its my understanding that the bulk of the congestion is caused by non-NYC residents 2) a large unaddressed component is parking - the large amount of free par
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Also not noted is the portion of people driving in new york city that do not live in new york city...

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