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throaway1990

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    Comment #29325328

    There have been grand total of two good companies worth anyone's pity have come from Netherlands, ASML and NXP both spinoffs/offshoots of Phillips. The Netherlands is the last bast…

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    Comment #29325294

    He's implying that workers should work hard and give all the earnings and IP to the govt so they can "redistribute" and "rehire" for communal good.

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    Comment #29325276

    Communist europe's startups? All they ('companies') do is get free handouts from Brussels and govt agencies.

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    Comment #29324787

    [flagged]

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    Comment #29077143

    European PhDs have better structure and rigid filters to weed out the unworthy dweebs. And the students take far less courses and generally work harder. US PhD system is slow and o…

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    Comment #28666844

    Of course not, through the southern border illegaly! And vote the populists who will give you free citizenship and scholarships!

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    Comment #28666823

    [flagged]

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    Comment #25946525

    Naked short selling through unlimited "Puts" is totally LEGAL for these hedge-funds, but when people caught them pants down they are using every ILLEGAL move to cover their asses a…

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    Comment #24675353

    bad idea. indian companies haven't shown any competence or compassion in this space. if they force Apple to pre-install appstore on phones? say bye-bye to $10 B manufacturing dream…

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    Comment #23775885

    You are right, but Options trading isn't available to people with less than $5k deposits on Robinhood and I think same is true with margins. Robinhood is more agressive when it com…

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    Comment #23775870

    I hate hit pieces, Robinhood actually provides a REAL opportunity for poor people with aptitude and high risk tolerance a way out of poverty!

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    Comment #23775862

    How? In your world there is no concept of personal responsibilty? If I lose ALL my investments, it doesn't change my way of life or status in society. I have no dependents or colla…

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    Comment #23775841

    You want only millionaires investing in securities? I don't have any right to invest because I am poor? I am not against regulations, I think all existing regulations are perfectly…

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    Comment #23775140

    Exactly, It is ridiculously hard for poor people to invest in securities without Robinhood.

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    Comment #23775114

    Who decides that I am too stupid to invest? I should be the only person to decide that, already there are strict regulations about day trading, volume of trades on a mobile platfor…

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    Comment #23775088

    What? I put on orders to buy two funds in Fidelity IRA and they still haven't closed my position and no explanation of what's going on. Robinhood actually sent me an email and foll…

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    Comment #22838014

    COBOL programmers rise!

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    Comment #22770979

    But what about my survival if I go to the grocery store mor often and get sick and die?

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    Comment #22770958

    that's impossible, all 5 levels? Forget it

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    Comment #22479624

    No Aliens found unfortunately :(

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    Comment #22479596

    Yup IRC is a simple and robust technology with minimal cruft.

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    Comment #22371220

    Fascinating story. I think there is value in the service provided by Lambda School but the questionable revenue tactics like selling ISAs or using ISAs to secure loans means studen…

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    Comment #22272529

    > it's become less and less viable. isn't it because of some unnecessary regulation and some materials technology being behind. nuclear fission is the second densest form of energy…

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    Comment #22271894

    This is just sad, I thought the regression of civilization described in Foundation by Issac Asimov was far fetched BS. How wrong I was! This is the exact example he uses in his boo…

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    Comment #22232457

    is that a bad thing? Shouldn't the local governments be smarter in giving fair incentives to tech companies? If $760 M is fair for HQ2, I don't see a problem if it isn't fair then …