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by vladd 9mo ago
Where does Russia's attack of Ukraine fits within this?
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by vladd 1y ago
The market can remain irrational more than you can remain liquid.
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by vladd 2y ago
> Not really because there are too many other variables You can average out countries that equalize property rights to the state vs. average of countries where property variance is respected, and check which ones are doing better vs wors
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by vladd 2y ago
> The current economic system funnels economic value from the poor to the ultra rich. The economic system creates values (and you can compare it with alternatives such as Soviet Union to realize just by how much). It does this in an uneq
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by vladd 2y ago
Since bonds are always reaching their promised payout terms upon their maturity, you can manage that risk through proper alignment in maturity dates. You can purchase multiple bonds that are spread around their term duration. E.g. buy now 1
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Warren Buffett's Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders 2023 [pdf](berkshirehathaway.com)
8 points by vladd 3y ago|0 comments
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by vladd 3y ago
In Romania, one of the top 5 ISPs, telekom.ro, is still doing it in present days.
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by vladd 3y ago
If the business is the customer, upgrading a machine increases the customer price hence it requires communication as it changes the benefits/cost value proposition.
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by vladd 3y ago
> we are an independent entity not owned by or associated with the Mozilla Foundation Who owns then Zarro Boogs Corporation?
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Italy shocks banks with 40 percent windfall tax for 2023(aljazeera.com)
54 points by vladd 3y ago|72 comments
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by vladd 3y ago
https://www.16personalities.com/personality-types is a pretty good (and free) resource to get started in this field.
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by vladd 3y ago
Why think in binary? His anecdote can be inspirational for others and testing his correlation is cheap to try out for others in similar predicaments.
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by vladd 3y ago
People cannot create fiat currencies out of thin air. When done it's a crime (currency forgery).
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by vladd 3y ago
I created a "Reddit for News" where various RSS feeds provide an initial stream of stories but people have Reddit-like abilities to upvote or submit their own. It's at https://www.goobix.com/news/ , I wo
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by vladd 3y ago
Just to remember that there are different sorts of liabilities and punishment. For example, losing one's net worth might be an example. Shareholders are already subject to it, while for employees, even when fired, they just lose the po
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by vladd 3y ago
Similarly to how we removed a lot of workforce from agriculture in the last century. The breadth and scope of services offered increased ten-fold and workers learned to add value in different ways in these new areas.
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by vladd 4y ago
Which registrar are you using that allows payment in advance beyond 10 years?
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by vladd 4y ago
I liked in particular this year's collection of phrasings from Charlie, Warren's long time partner: • The world is full of foolish gamblers, and they will not do as well as the patient investor. • If you don’t see the world the wa
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2022 10K Annual Report – Berkshire Hathaway(berkshirehathaway.com)
3 points by vladd 4y ago|0 comments
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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter 2022 [pdf](berkshirehathaway.com)
3 points by vladd 4y ago|1 comments
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by vladd 4y ago
> If you're going to make such a claim, the least you can do is cite at least one example. You can take a look at the process of naturalization (becoming a Japanese citizen): "Those who wish to be naturalized must either have n
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by vladd 4y ago
I believe you get downvotes because you think by analogy rather than by reasoning. Not having that big corporation example doesn't negate Let's Encrypt's value proposition (and the improvement they brought compared with the w
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by vladd 4y ago
It unifies the Operating System with the cloud. Your local storage becomes irrelevant while at the same time you have full durability and portability of your environment on any device in the world.
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by vladd 4y ago
Statistically, companies surviving that long are related to the food and/or accommodation industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies
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by vladd 4y ago
Price is what you pay, value is what you get.
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by vladd 5y ago
>> the company's book value increases as its stock price rises because they own the shares they purchased. You might refer to the company's intrinsec value. On the book value, repurchased shares are accounted for at the orig
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by vladd 5y ago
When phone companies came into existence, that's exactly what they did -- they amplified such conversations by making it easier for people to have phone calls and talk at a distance of each other. They also got amplified whenever long
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by vladd 5y ago
The following has been used for sure in order to commit crimes and fiddle with democracy: Verizon phone conversations, Gmail discussions, Twitter, Snapchat or Tiktok messages etc. Nobody wakes up and says "let's be unethical today
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by vladd 5y ago
Walmart is "manipulating" the placement of products on the shelf so that it's more likely for you to engage in bulk buying when you visit their stores. Both Facebook and Walmart have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to
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by vladd 5y ago
Let's try to phrase it in an actionable way for the law-makers to act upon it. Are you suggesting that any profitable company hosting user-submitted content should invest all the profits in moderation teams to the point where they are

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