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Sure, you seem intent on making a point that has nothing to do with OP's assertion or my observation, so go for it. (That's a strawman fallacy, right?)

Wasn't my point at all, see my other responses.

I was not highlighting the author's background to appeal to authority. I was pointing out that what OP dismissed as "coder philosophy drivel" (likely from skimming the title and no…

I wasn't making a value judgement on the piece (or the author's credentials). My point was that someone took the time to share something with the world and you dismissed it after m…

The author has a PhD in psychology, fwiw.

Confirmed, thanks!

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It looks like it is using the "Tufte" style, named after Edward Tufte, who is very famous for his writing on data visualization. More examples: https://rstudio.github.io/tufte/

I'm not sure that's quite the same (no clue if the garden leave terminology is used in the parts of Europe you refer to). https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gardening-leave.asp

Gotcha; never been subject to gardening leave myself, but I always assumed it exists for the same purpose as a noncompete, i.e. to provide a 'cooling off' period to lessen the comp…

This is common in the financial industry above a certain level; it's called "garden leave".

Depends on how you look at it I guess. The history of the Chinese empire had periods of relative stability, separated by periods of rebellion, civil war, and strife, sometimes hund…

Since the IRS has custody of other people's sensitive data, they should be held to a different standard than the carefree homeowner in your example. If I pay my bank for a safe dep…

Your use of disclaimers shows that you are well versed in compliance matters when it comes to dispensing investment advice ;)

I think if an ignorant person wishes to trade stocks, the lack of a platform like this won't stop them. Retail brokers like Etrade and Scottrade got the pennystock crowds long ago.…

We are probably in the same camp; I just wasn't sure if GP was comparing casinos with 'stock trading' or the equity asset class in general, which, if one subscribes to the 'boring'…

Are you suggesting that it is a bad idea for laypeople to participate equity markets?

Wow, this is a long read but definitely worth it. I have never read anything by Pettis, but I am thinking about picking up The Great Rebalancing if it explores similar stuff more d…

From the guidelines: What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence…

P/E approaches infinity as you near "break even", so for a company like AMZN with both massive revenues and expenses, P/E is not useful when the two are almost equal. You must dig …

A couple of things that one would guess, but are neat none the less: Food prep is the only one without a dip during the lunch hour (they are preparing what everyone else is eating)…

I tend to agree with that sentiment. I suppose I was just thinking about the city I live in. Here, the meter prints out a receipt that the driver leaves on the dash of the car. Peo…

Perhaps regulating a cap is better than banning the practice outright. If the max price is equal to the minutes left on the meter * fare per minute, the seller will never get back …

Interesting insights into a market that I have little experience with. Thanks!

While I agree with your sentiment about property values, your statement "nothing can continue to rise in price over inflation indefinitely" is not true, unless I'm misunderstanding…