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>> I might be unusual in the sense that in my teens I absolutely adored Asimov as a writer of non-fiction rather than as a sci-fi author. That's because he was only the second-best…

Summary from ChatGPT: - DHS proposes replacing the random H-1B lottery with a weighted system based on wage levels (higher wage = higher chance). - Weighting scheme: Wage Level I =…

“The U.S. began defunding UNESCO under Obama after it admitted Palestine as a full member—and then withdrew entirely during Trump’s first term.” — [ New York Times ]( https://www.n…

The population of Manhattan peaked in the 1910s. Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_New_Yor...

Yes, donating stock means you avoid capital gains. But even more relevant in this case is that she likely inherited the Berkshire stock from her husband which also resets the cost …

>> as all cardholders get their bills on the same date, giving customer service reps a huge peak in workload. A real world manifestation of the thundering herd problem

Unfortunately, looks like https://www.tarsnap.com/infrastructure.html will have to be updated. >> So far such an outage has never occurred; but over time Tarsnap will become more t…

This is not true. If the bonds are held to maturity, there are no losses.

This is not true. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/29/tech-c...

Also used to filter wine - see https://www.winespectator.com/articles/are-egg-whites-really...

The current stock price of the company is theoretically the present value of future cashflows. For example, if you had project this revenue growth a year ago, you should have bough…

If you had put money in VTSAX on 1/26/2017 and reinvested dividends, you would be up 101.91% with an annualized return of 15%

Interesting to go back and read the HN discussion from Jan 30, 2018 when the venture got announced - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16264662