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> "A friend of mine once said: You know what the problem is with being an economist? Everyone has an opinion about the economy. That's the problem with all pseudosciences - politic…

> I’m impressed by your post’s combination of cynicism I'm impressed by your naivety. Where's the cynicism? I've worked on wall street/finance and I've read finance publications fo…

Those are all tiny "money/finance" economies and in the case of macau - a gambling economy. None of them are major manufacturing countries or economic powers. They have 0 imports b…

But consulting using your work experience of 10, 20 or 30 years is something that can happen and everyone in the economic rung could rise up 1 spot. Also, your work experience in 1…

Pretty much every finance site - marketwatch, wsj, cnbc, bloomberg, zerohedge, etc along with the peter schiffs/etc clickbait it. For some reason, nytimes paywalled clickbait is co…

> Then there is no boxing/unboxing of simple types or literals because they are one-and-the-same, and no there’s no confusion about how to interact with any truly generic type of v…

> I have had a hypothesis for awhile that the economy is going to see a lot more post-retirement startups. I think you are overestimating the economic state of most retirees. Also,…

What about debt/liability? I guess you might be referring to Enterprise Value ( EV ). https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/enterprisevalue.asp Ultimately, the value of a company is…

> These may be highly intelligent people, but what they are highly skilled at is the art of obtaining and keeping political office. Agreed. That's my point. > That does not necessa…

> What no one is talking about here is how this would be handled, especially for a small online sellers. Strange huh? Seems like the little guy is being attacked by the elites in e…

In a similar strain. Premature optimization is the root of all evil. - Knuth

> I'm skeptical that some individual blue-collar worker would risk his financial well-being and possibly freedom to make a few thousand dollars from possibly causing financial harm…

> This is what happens when those in control don't understand, know or care about the things they regulate. It's very naive to think that highly intelligent people don't know or ca…

Seems like the antithesis of what a "hacker" news site should be. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

I've noticed that as well. Just a guess, but certain news organizations are given "special treatment" lately. Almost everyday, I see a post from select news sources with 1 or 2 upv…

That introduces portability and cpu update issues. One of the reasons for high level languages and the trends in virtual machine/runtimes ( JVM, .Net ) is to decouple the hardware …

Lately, it's been hard to take anything from the media seriously. It's strange how the media has been treating microsoft with kid gloves while wailing on facebook. It's a constant …

> You did whataboutism; JohnJamesRambo brought in the term (as did camgunz). No I didn't. If I did, I would be excusing china's behavior. But I'm not. What I am saying is that chin…

> Offering to host your videos for free For free? No. For your valuable data. You think youtube is worth over $100 billion because it's hosting your videos for free? https://www.th…

I know this has been posted before but youtube-dl is a godsend when it comes to archiving content. Considering how quickly youtube is taking down educational channels, it's prudent…

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No. Inflation has been near 0 for most of the western world since 2008. The increase is a result of lax monetary policy ( central banks flooding the world with money ) and asset pr…

> Why are people celebrating the downfall of Apple Because Apple is a tax dodging corporate behemoth that kowtows to the chinese and exploits slave labor? Because Apple sells overp…

Europe has been rewriting the rules of the internet for a while. It's amazing how europe/EU is getting a pass when it comes to censorship. Not to mention what our corporations and …

> Every reputable travel publication/blog I know of have strict editorial policies against accepting freebies/discounts/gifts in exchange for reviews/coverage. Sure, for the writer…