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late followup, it might indeed be that FDIC removed insurance limits for these two banks? I had seen the first round of announcements around receivership certificates https://www.f…

Apologies if I'm missing something, is this discussing the new Bank Term Funding Program or some other guarantee? (edit: I see the phrasing "fully protected by the FDIC" -- this mi…

And to go with that you can use $500 ethernet cables, with directional arrows painted on. ACK, and that's not talking about TCP (sorry). https://www.wired.com/2008/06/snake-oil-ale…

Recognizing these are some unique circumstances, over the last week, expectations for next week's FOMC meeting swung from a near-certain +25bp, to 75% +50bp / 25% +25bp, to 60% +25…

Tether claims they have completely exited their position in commercial paper and are currently over 70% in US T-Bills. https://tether.to/en/transparency/#reports Disclaimer that I'…

I enjoyed this meme on Twitter (saw a link to it, not familiar with any associated authors/commenters/threads): https://twitter.com/dgntec/status/1634621865485271041 Accessible des…

I was trying to look up a Tesla special case (where upgrading the infotainment unit removes the radio unless an additional $500 upgrade is purchased) and learned that several EV ma…

My understanding, anyone is welcome to correct: the 51% attack doesn't apply, but that's because there is a central party with full control from the start. CBDCs are digital curren…

Quick PBS summary of company towns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7AOWLOOT-U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons

mine was set to 500 (not 5000) as well. I'd moved on from lastpass earlier this year but didn't delete my account... though I suppose in that case I'd wonder if I'd deleted in time…

if we're looking "at any point," lots of neutral coverage back in the 90s when cable news was boring, and there was Reform Party Candidate-era Trump. Trump proposes massive one-tim…

the coverage of him winning in 2016 was fairly neutral live: https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/moment-cnn-projects-... article: https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/electi…

a bit out of date, missing at least one global financial crisis, but there's a 2004 paper looking at the returns of holding the original S&P500 companies from its start 65 years ag…

not an argument but just an FYI for people reading about that idea for the first time: some NAS enclosures (QNAP, Synology?) and some power supplies can use the drives directly wit…

Agree with it being a combination of many factors on both supply and demand side, but I feel we can't exclude the unprecedented and massive amounts of financial intervention. I'm n…

I might be wrong but don't gifts count against the recipient's annual $10k limit? That is, you could only give $2k to someone who has purchased $8k for themselves, all within the s…

I remember flying into San Jose airport for the first time and the posters weren't advertising restaurants, hotels, and tourist destinations but enterprise routers and firewalls.

I think this is true in the US as well. And possibly liquor in some states (meaning a subset of the states that offer it in the first place).

Some bottled water brand had a tagline "no other water hydrates better" in case anyone does want to use nitrogen in their tires, I think at least US Costcos with tire centers have …

I agree they shouldn't have put the 53% marginal claim right next to the social security point, as the max-marginal people will be well past the cap, but the 53% max marginal rate …

best wishes and hope you're doing ok... but on the bright side, it's not even close to too late. Assuming you went to university and started your career at 22, you're only halfway …

May be worth being aware of this sort of thing in advance, specifically in case a speedy exit happens, triggered by either party, when you don't have spare time to learn what COBRA…