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> The price in USDT and USDT-only exchanges could indeed rocket, but the price in real actual USD would be expected to fall. Wait, would it? If you were an arb wouldn't you: 1) Buy…

> the MTA is a private entity which receives the bulk of its funding from the state That's not really true. The biggest source of funding for the MTA is fares, followed closely by …

> We're talking about New York State, not New York City. That's pretty hard to infer given the context, since the MTA is controlled by both the city and the state. > but he is righ…

> One of the root causes of New York's government dysfunction (though not the only one) is that New Yorkers reliably vote in the democrat candidate regardless of pretty much any ot…

? The COGS for most software approaches 0 pretty rapidly, so it's just as arbitrary that Spotify charges $10/month for a premium subscription. The price of software (and any good, …

I think you can retroactively pay for COBRA, yeah? You can enroll after an event and it'll be as though you had insurance the whole time. You'll have to pay for the retroactive cov…

More than likely (in fact I would put it at like, 99% chance): It's an OFAC thing. If they allow money transactions from Cuban nationals they run the risk of pissing off the Treasu…

Related, kinda: Robinhood seems to be pulling in a lot of different directions and there's all these "early access" features that never seem to actually, well, launch. I've now sig…

> If you being late to your job causes others to start doing the same You're missing the point entirely: Who cares if they're also late? Short of them being late to something impor…

Semi-related question: Why is that? I've been looking for resources on why AMD is a non-starter, but most searches just turn up comparisons for low-level consumers.

> this one has already been mitigated Correct me if I'm wrong: It's been mitigated by applying a patch that has fairly severe performance implications, no? How does this not affect…

Disclaimer: I know relatively little about differences between processor architectures, so this might be totally wrong because Intel might just have them over a barrel on this. I t…

> If you're getting paid handsomely in cash, you should be able to weather that interruption. Two glaring issues: 1) What people should do and what they actually do are two differe…

> AmaGooBookSoft hires, to a first approximation, only pedigreed developers with their AKC papers in hand. I think that is a very outdated view of those companies. IME at least, yo…

> shares I had to opt in to, at the cost of some salary. I think this is a fair way to approach the situation. > People on this thread are making comparisons to 300k/yr Google sala…

> What downside risk is there to the employee if a company fails? Sorry to be snippy, but: Come on man, do I really need to explain this one? Sudden loss of employment is incredibl…

Ehhh. A few interesting thoughts though not necessarily original, the "your equity is worth 0" mantra has been repeated enough that it's not ground-breaking. It maybe makes sense f…

Silly in the sense that it's considered an unforgivable offense relative to how mild it actually is (in the realm of "ways you can screw up your life and others"). It's the staunch…

Er, buybacks and mergers both involve a "greater fool" (either the company itself or the acquiring company).

This argument is also true of any equity that doesn't pay out dividends. Most people wouldn't consider the stock market to be a zero-sum game. Maybe in the ultimate long-term, but …

Maybe? Bad people can still be the recipients of injustices or undue hardship. For an extreme example, you can still feel bad for a thief who gets tortured extensively. You can eve…

You get told to "hang yourself" and told you should "die screaming" or just have someone yelling "cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt" at you multiple times a week? I used to work for a hedge…

Also worth noting that this was somewhat of a plot point in The Big Short : * A GS employee scoffs at Christian Bale's character (Burry) for saying that he actually investigated th…