wils1245

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by wils1245 9y ago
How much are you willing to spend on a nice user interface? The whole point of passive investing is that you rarely interact with your account. Even a slight difference in fees is worth thousands in the long run.
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by wils1245 9y ago
Depending on the role, I find it hard to believe that people being motivated by money is a bad thing as the company grows. Sure, at a start up it’s easy to connect the dots with what you work on and your end-customers, so it’s good to care
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by wils1245 9y ago
I thought the point was that we should look at IQ in determining punishment and risk of recidivism. Which is a deeply misguided idea.
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by wils1245 9y ago
OJ is an interesting example, as his sentence for armed robbery was considered extreme compared to the facts of his case, and influenced by the fact he away with murder. I think it’s troubling that judges have the ability to hand down sente
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by wils1245 9y ago
The availability of ridesharing lessens the need for car ownership, which is a huge win for cities because it reduces the need to devote space for the storage of automobiles. The article ignores this benefit entirely, then makes the contrad
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by wils1245 9y ago
There’s a big difference between empathy and guilt. That people feel guilty and responsible for what happened to the man is a legacy of his manipulation, and not something to be celebrated.
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by wils1245 9y ago
Gee if you buy into that narrative you might just like... Peter Thiel’s new media company! You are vastly underplaying the amount of power an (unelected) man of Thiel’s wealth and political connections has to shape the direction of our demo
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by wils1245 9y ago
The dataset you are basing your assumptions on is extremely small. Your reference should be the history of highly volitle assets, not the history of bitcoin. The behavior after previous collapses tell you precisely nothing about what is goi
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by wils1245 9y ago
I don't see how a decentralized cryptocurrency could possibly regulate itself efficiently. How would you go about banning even the most basic manipulations? Take wash trading. How can you possibly ban wash trading? To do this you need
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by wils1245 9y ago
What if someone wrecks my house?
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by wils1245 9y ago
The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies means that implementing countermeasures to market manipulation is severely hampered. It's a fatal flaw of to the idea of cryptocurrencies as something socially useful.
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by wils1245 9y ago
10% is plenty to drive business to Lyft, especially with Lyft’s better brand.
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by wils1245 9y ago
That's a superb writeup. Really uncovers differentiators that I could feel but not put my finger on.
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by wils1245 9y ago
It doesn’t solve the problem. It’s Google’s problem. If Google is going to do nothing whatsoever to secure their property, it’s not the police’s job to do it for them.
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by wils1245 9y ago
These bikes are a nusicance in Mountain View if you don’t work for Google. They’re left all over the place - in lawns, in landscaping, right in the middle of the sidewalk. The article blames non-Google employees, but they’re often carelessl
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by wils1245 9y ago
You should ask their advice after the system they built successfully weathers a recession.
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by wils1245 9y ago
>>I think the hardcore bears are just plain wrong, here. I don't know whether or not Tesla is over-valued The misconception I think a lot of Tesla fans have is that great product = great business. How much do you think Tesla&#x27
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by wils1245 9y ago
I bet it’s different for various niches. Consider young families. Disney absolutely dominates children’s content, and very old content still resonates with kids. My niece and and nephew were obsessed with Toy Story, Finding Dory, Frozen, et
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by wils1245 9y ago
The question is, “can Tesla build a production pipeline before its ability to raise money ends?” In other words “whether” and “when” aren’t different questions in this case.
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by wils1245 9y ago
The doubt on Tesla is not whether the cars are great, it’s whether they can scale production. You need both to be a Model T.
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by wils1245 9y ago
How can you look at the valuation of Tesla and think that Musk lacks public support? The company is worth more than Ford, while delivering a fraction of the cars. The difference in output is made up by faith in his promises.
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by wils1245 9y ago
Yes, that’s what I mean. Pointing that out because athletic programs are sometimes “profitable” because they bill the school for stadiums. My alma matter charges a yearly fee straight to the students for their new football stadium.
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by wils1245 9y ago
There’s a much more robust black market already in place for marijuana than for cigarettes. Washington has all the same products and is right next door, and taxes at 3% [1]. Also at least in CA municipalities are adding their own taxes, so
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by wils1245 9y ago
Two things of interest that the article doesn’t go into: - Taxes on weed in CA are going to be very high, ~20%. This may drive black market sales. - Online ordering through Eaze is popular, which might drive the familiar winner take all onl
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by wils1245 9y ago
Spot on. As further example, check out Barry Sanders highlights: https://youtu.be/eygZLsdKGQM The NFL in slow motion can be beautiful to watch in slow motion. These plays aren’t nearly as exciting without the risk of contac
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by wils1245 9y ago
I think a lawsuit stopping the sport is highly unlikely. It’ll die off gradually as the game is starved off of young participants, which sap it of both elite players and viewers. See: boxing. And I think it’s much too soon to say other spor
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by wils1245 9y ago
I don’t think concussion rate is the right metric. Football’s CTE risk is supposed to be from the incidental head to head contact that happens every play.
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by wils1245 9y ago
A couple that’s related to me had their kid play football in a rural area of the US. She’s a lawyer, and he has some memory issues from high school football. It blows me away that their kid plays.
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by wils1245 9y ago
That may be so, but the widespread knowledge that most/all football players sustain serious brain damage was not there yet. Big hits that left the opponent slow to get up or unsteady on his feet were celebrated, on the assumption that
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by wils1245 9y ago
Is the profit you’re counting at Clemson including stadium outlays?

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