the_drunkard

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by the_drunkard 5y ago
That's a lot of text, but I fail to see your point. Is there one? In keeping with the spirit of the author; freedom is not a goal, but a direction. And broadly speaking, we're moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, you soun
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by the_drunkard 5y ago
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by the_drunkard 5y ago
I actually think about this paradox relative to the uptick in crime in major cities. Take SF for example where crime has seemingly spiked and there's no willingness to enforce the law /prosecute offenders. On one hand, a version o
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by the_drunkard 5y ago
> You do not extend tolerance to those who would deny your humanity. Probably a bad ethos to harbour, one that I imagine quickly rationalizes violent behavior. And I think we're all fortunate that in the US there is no prevailing fo
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> Take some risk profile and then bet that low cost automatically balancing stock/bond Vanguard fund beats 90% of hedge funds over 10 years based on risk adjusted return. That would be a closer "apples to apples" compariso
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Please read the article. It's explained clearly under Protege Partners, LLC's Argument. > Mr. Buffett is correct in his assertion that, on average, active management in a narrowly defined universe like the S&P; 500 is desti
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> So is your argument that we just haven’t been through a cycle or else the hedge funds would have come out ahead? If they didn’t come out ahead after all of the turmoil, they are (on average) worse than an index fund. No. The propositio
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> The fact that hedge fund managers live from the fees tells what they really think about their skills. Never gamble using your own money. Most hedge funds don't gamble, but some do have poor risk management (e.g. Melvin Capital). T
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
This bet is disengeneous as *most hedge funds operate under risk neutral long /short strategies that seek to generate returns irrespective of market conditions. Want to know what a good year for a PM at a major platform hedge fund (P72
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Enron and Valeant are two of the most significant examples of corporate malfeasance over the past 20 years; McKinsey or its partners were directly involved in both. That's not cherry-picking.
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
McKinsey or its partners have been directly involved in Enron, Valeant, and now an opioid crisis that's claimed thousands (if not millions of lives). "In for a penny, in for a pound" - this should be McKinsey's new corpo
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Twitter Blocks 250 Accounts over “Provocative” Posts on Farmers' Protest (India)(ndtv.com)
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
The most concerning part about this is the following excerpt which highlights how Twitter is working at behest of the government in India: > Earlier, government sources said the IT Ministry had asked Twitter to suspend these and several
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> Virtually all trading platforms have blocked users from opening positions on these symbols. Can you be more specific? Robinhood & Webull are the only two that I'm aware of.
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
That tactic worked out well during the French Revolution...
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> Based on this experience, I strongly support voting in person, with an ID. Shhh, a view like this will get you banned from Twitter... ;)
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> This is sad because most of what you've said can be applied to lotteries as well, which historically has been criticized as being a "tax" on the poor. The end result is the same: people putting themselves in a worse plac
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Oh no, the largest modern day monopoly will no longer pay for political goodwill.
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Curious if Twitter will carry-over their draconian (and selectively enforced) censorship rules to Revue. I assume this was discussed as part of the acquisition? Will publishers have free reign to discuss topics that they want to publish on
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Can you elaborate on this? I'm very interested, especially given your perspective. The 2004 election also had its fair share of electronic voting criticism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
I think this is a good thing, hopefully it will bring to light any flaws that may exist in Dominion voting systems while testing whether any of these grandiose claims hold up to scrutiny. And folks, let's not act like this is the first
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Institutional hedge funds got greedy and they're getting punched in the gut by retail investors; personally i think it's nice to see. A few comments on the price action: 1) true short interest is unclear; remaining short-sellers w
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Just wanted to say thanks again for the thorough response!
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
This is helpful, thank you. Was the contrast brain MRI to make sure you didn't have tumors that were subsequently impacting your hormone production?
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
Did you have blood work done to diagnose low T? My understanding is that T levels can vary based on the time of day they're taken, so they likely need to be taken multiple times. In any event, glad you arrived at a solution!
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
The victim actually took steps to have content removed and Twitter failed to do so (initially). I wonder if payment vendors will give Twitter the "Pornhub treatment" and de-platform their access to financial services. > Finally
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
I'm curious, which financial planning app do you use for $80 /month?
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
At best you missed the last two sentences of my reply. At worse, you're being intentionally thick headed. >> When looting and vandalism are allowed to reign supreme, the atmosphere alone sets the stage for more violence. >>
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> How exactly do you think the BLM protesters are responsible for these murders, or could have acted to prevent them? Here's a brief summary of violence that occurred in one day of BLM protests in the state of New York: 3 Buffalo co
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by the_drunkard 6y ago
> Parler was created because Twitter and Facebook were moderating content. > If Twitter and Facebook hadn't been moderating hate speech, Parler would not exist. I don't think it's fair to claim Parler was created becaus

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