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by thablackbull 3y ago
Not an expert on the financial market, but this article may be worthwhile to consider, 'Actually, Most Americans Can Come Up With $400 in an Emergency' [1] [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Re-reading my comments, I apologize if I came across as 'whataboutism', that is not what is intended. I just read your first link (CNN) and again, I am still left with the same question. It first states, "...using bilateral s
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by thablackbull 4y ago
> First, you asked about the US when this article is about China, a very well known tactic, thank you very much. I'm American. I'm much more well versed in American issues and this is the first story that popped into my mind wh
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Thanks for the info; couldn't read the full article so I was just curious, I had read earlier issues like the following [1] which I'll admit is only tangentially related, so I wouldn't be surprised if there is much more extre
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by thablackbull 4y ago
I'm just trying to understand the context of the 'arrests' as the article is paywalled. I'm not making any justifications in either of the cases, not sure why you feel the need to downvote a simple question for clarifica
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by thablackbull 4y ago
> I really wish Chinese switched completely to pinyin Perhaps Americans would take the first step and switch from imperial to metric, then we can discuss and tell everyone what to do.
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Because he doesn't want the negative connotation that comes with it. Just like the debate about, "is it engineering"; by calling oneself as opposed to 'programmer', it conveys more prestige. As a SWE, he sees himsel
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by thablackbull 4y ago
> You know Singapore unabashedly beats the shit out of thieves, right? They don't...first offense you basically get off with a warning. Recent headlines was a case of Australian school girls shoplifting [1]. Although they're f
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by thablackbull 4y ago
> I would have thought Singapore had more policing in all respects versus US cities. You only see police occasionally doing their patrols, so it can be argued there is less of a police presence than say NY. There is no need, there are ca
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by thablackbull 4y ago
OTPP has quite a solid reputation and this particular investment was a miniscule speculative bet. You can see the performance over time here [1]. [1] https://www.otpp.com/en-ca/investments/our-advantage/our-pe
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by thablackbull 4y ago
If I say that I'm not sure how students who live in a climate of fear and need to practice active shooter drills after every school shooting can lead to a creative and innovative culture, do you think that holds?
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Perhaps slightly off-topic, but wondering if this has the functionality or what others on HN would recommend. I have a friend who enjoys online multi-player games, but she often faces quite a bit of unfriendly remarks when she speaks (CS:GO
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by thablackbull 4y ago
I think what he means is that, given the choice, people there would opt for a good class bungalow (essentially your 'detached home', but most will never be able to afford it). That is an obvious statement, but the analogy breaks d
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Except those are just market forces and it is more convenient to use electronic payment. I'm not sure what you mean by China, it's China's government that is forcing all merchants to accept cash [1]. > The People's Ba
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by thablackbull 4y ago
And 70m of the population is 18 and under. So apparently the percentage of people with medical debt who are over 18 is quite substantial. Didn't realize it was so significant myself.
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Hacker News is somewhat good for Tech, especially if the commentor actually is a domain expert, but outside of it can be quite woeful. Ironically, every once in a while an article or post about something like the Dunning-Kruger effect comes
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Reddit is also (partially) owned by a chinese company - people complain but ultimately not going to stop people from using. That's just global capital at work. Opera's team is still in Norway.
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Anyone have a good suggestion of a mathematics textbook that would help me learn 'from the ground up so to speak' like how the article mentions, "He spoke of his mathematical work as the building of houses, contrasting it wit
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by thablackbull 4y ago
It's highlighting just the opposite - that their short calls are prescient. You're seeing it's all negative because they are betting that those stocks will drop.
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by thablackbull 4y ago
> The Hermes bags are made in France, by leather artisans. And yet ironically in the article, > She echoed a number of women I spoke with who think authentic customers are the ones getting played. “These days, the reps just tend to be
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by thablackbull 4y ago
alar44 is not talking about Birkins when he says 'Most luxury bags are a few grand tops, not 100s...' but the LV's, Gucci, Burberry bags most people with branded handbags have. Birkins are another class of their own.
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by thablackbull 4y ago
Quite a lot actually. > The BBC misrepresented my views this morning, and I admit I'm stunned. [...] I spent three years doing field research on that myth and wrote an Oxford University Press book debunking it. [1] [1] http:/&
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by thablackbull 5y ago
> You just don't get to support a murderous communist regime for 100 years and then say "but we had nothing to do with it". If that argument holds (which I'm not saying it doesn't), then how much more responsible
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by thablackbull 5y ago
> In China you were fined when you had more than one child. In Singapore, you were not. It was just a publicity campaign, basically. Well it would appear in Singapore, you were effectively fined anyways, just in a roundabout way, so I&#x
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by thablackbull 5y ago
What makes it not as coercive? If I'm not allowed to have 2, was it less coercive because there was a way around it or something? > It certainly did work though, it's very unusual to meet Singaporeans with more than 2 kids toda
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by thablackbull 5y ago
Random thought: Give every child one as a pet so they get emotionally attached and over time, society will grow to associate these creatures as man's friend.
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by thablackbull 5y ago
> Actually on topic though, Asia is laughing at us. Are you really that self centered that you think that people around the globe care.
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by thablackbull 5y ago
American consumers? How does that square with 94% of the marketshare not being from those brands at all[1]? Or do you mean Samsumg normalizing surveillance. [1] https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-market-smartphone-sh...
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by thablackbull 5y ago
The problem is that non-tech people have the exact opposite problem of what you experienced. > copying some of the data into a new Excel file without making any mistakes (and that includes Excel not reformating your data to something els
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by thablackbull 5y ago
Expat in Singapore. 2 hour lunch break here in Singapore as well for me. And keep for most office work, people are just wasting time, taking care of other tasks at work, etc. I end up working much less than when I was in America, but my ava

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