rkhleung

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by rkhleung 4mo ago
There is no such effect. As for a basic economic lesson on thinking about this policy: For all the major events that are sold out, many consumers pay more then the face value of the ticket (and sometime much much more). All this "surpl
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Ontario looks to ban reselling tickets for more than original price(cbc.ca)
14 points by rkhleung 4mo ago|5 comments
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by rkhleung 6mo ago
I had worked with PE firms for over 6 years from the other side where we would invest in PE funds operating primarily in emerging markets, about 50 or so during my time and reviewed another 50 more that we did not invest in. Most of them ar
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by rkhleung 2y ago
Not necessarily. In my experience, getting the right person to prepare a company for an IPO or a sale is hard. Most buyers will do due diligence and besides 'slashing costs' and 'growing the company', there is a skill se
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by rkhleung 3y ago
The problem with all these 'right to repair' advocates is that they assume that it is zero costs and that the manufacturers will eat that cost. No it will have a cost. And that is likely to disproportionally impact the cheapest ph
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by rkhleung 4y ago
Another cautionary tale that too many of us ignore with our virtue signaling: "I support X because it sounds good for cause Y". Unfortunately, we often don't consider system or policy resilience - how will it hold up if peopl
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by rkhleung 4y ago
Ahhh. Good old Fourier analysis on the change in model parameters: "low-pass filters that screen out background noise, high-pass filters that help analyze background signals, and Gabor filters that are often used in image processing. T
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Major tax-filing websites share income data with Meta(arstechnica.com)
13 points by rkhleung 4y ago|0 comments
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by rkhleung 5y ago
Reference?
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by rkhleung 9y ago
Yes, but the other 85% of the sectors would likely benefit a reduction in costs (i.e. insurance premiums for their employees) that would positively affect their bottom line.
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Turkey coup through the eyes of whatsapp(bellingcat.com)
2 points by rkhleung 10y ago|0 comments