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It's a false premise - the "Rich American" has a duty to help those who are less fortunate (poor Africans), and that duty extends further than just quid pro quo transactions.

I suspect a better measure of valuation would incorporate the investment amount. If a VC firm invests $X at a valuation of $Y, then it conveys a lot of information (on the beliefs …

Reminds me of a clip [1] by Steven Levitt about how people have no clue how to set prices. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hABM20X0iZg

Of course NSA's actions aren't "the same" as Russia's. The question you should ask is if the NSA was somehow transplanted in the place of the Russian intelligence services in the R…

> Is it to become the youtube of images? Yes.

You don't need to afford legal action to make a FLSA claim; the point about people being unaware of the legal mechanisms available to them (or even the illegality of it) is I think…

> (same reason I have the percentage on for my devices's battery) Do you have the wireless signal strength as well?

A lot of success is due to luck, but I think there is something to be said for putting yourself in a position to get lucky. Sure, someone in a third world country might not have th…

When the merchant submits the transaction to their credit card processor, depending on the processor, they can have the option of sending a list of items. I'm not sure why anyone d…

It depends on the merchant and the processor. Some, like PayPal Pro [1], support sending a list of items; Stripe and Braintree appear not to. It is always optional. [1]: https://de…

The financial press often defines recession as a technical term, meaning any two sequential quarters of negative GDP growth. NBER has a slightly different definition [1]. [1]: http…

Fantastic writing.

Small nit-pick: "Pro-gun" is not an ideology, it's a position that might flow from an ideology e.g. libertarianism, or might just be a stand-alone position.

More like they don't care about that category of threats.

"It makes sure the swipe data is actually yours" Can't you generate the swipe data from the other information you have, i.e. name, the card number, the expiration date, and the CVV…