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Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by libertine » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 1:55 PM UTC

tyfon wrote: post #75

libertine wrote: post #18

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In Portugal it's common practice to remove them on purpose right after it needs to be changed. Why? Because it's cheaper and there's no proper testing/regulation. It's sad.

Don't you have the "EU-control" every two years to make sure the car doesn't pollute too much? That is the case in Norway at least and we're not even part of the EU fully.

The machines used to measure emissions don't have the capacity to identify particles that were supposed to be filtered by the particle filter.

Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by frostburg » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:54 PM UTC

mikorym wrote: post #79

frostburg wrote: post #73

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It's a kind of siderotype, a iron-based (even if in this case the end result doesn't actually involve iron in the paper) photographic printing process. All the detail you might ever need from the excellent work of Mike Ware: https://www.mikeware.co.uk/downloads/Platinomicon.pdf

That's interesting; is the use case professional photographers selling high quality prints?

I think that in practice it's more a technique practiced by somewhat technically-obsessive advanced amateurs, but it's a valued process for high-end commercial prints, too.

The process has beautiful gradation and extreme archivial resistance with correct paper choice (but despite what you might read about it it's not the absolute best at that, because platinum is a catalyst for reactions that you don't really want to happen in your print over long timespans - the best would be the even more niche chrysotype process).

Personally I'm dialing in my approach to eventually make combination platinum / cyanotype prints (I use digital negatives, one of the issues with these alternative processes is that you can't enlarge, so they need either large format film or a digital intermediate).

Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

nikanj wrote: post #32

Fjolsvith wrote: post #12

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I cut mine out of my trucks and put a straight pipe in. Sold them myself. Only able to do that in a state that doesn't regulate citizens to poverty.

Problem: thieves steal mandatory cats One solution: Less government meddling, make cats not mandatory Second solution: More government meddling, i.e. actually do something about the thefts It absolutely blows my mind that people out there think #1 is the better solution

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Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by lonelappde » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 2:14 AM UTC

lotsofpulp wrote: post #76

FakeComments wrote: post #29

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They do, because of market size effects and standardization. Automakers, textbook writers, etc cater to the largest state they serve (or the lowest common of several large markets), then distribute the same version to multiple locations. In the case of cars, which have to adhere to California regulations to be sold in California, that can drive up the price in other markets due to expensive parts required for complia…

California isn’t doing anything to anyone else. The sellers are making choices, and the market is doing what it does and allocating resources accordingly.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause disagrees with you.

Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by lonelappde » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 2:18 AM UTC

Scoundreller wrote: post #69

philips wrote: post #66

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Same here and it seems the raw material has lost value in 10 years. https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=XPD&view=10Y

You’ve got the 2 backwards. You get about a quarter as much palladium as you did per dollar than you did 10 years ago.

Yes here is the correct chart: https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=XPD&to=USD&view=1Y

Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by lotsofpulp » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 2:16 PM UTC

lonelappde wrote: post #84

lotsofpulp wrote: post #76

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California isn’t doing anything to anyone else. The sellers are making choices, and the market is doing what it does and allocating resources accordingly.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause disagrees with you.

How does it disagree? How do California’s state laws prevent a product from selling in other states?

The way interstate commerce clause is used is to give federal government ability to intervene, not another state government.

Re: Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal

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Post by sabujp » Sun, Nov 03, 2019, 5:49 PM UTC

comicjk wrote: post #57

sabujp wrote: post #42

thanks hn, I know what ETF I'm buying some of tomorrow

The price has been rising steadily since August. I think by the time you read about it on Hacker News, the smart money has bought already, and the price of the ETF is as likely to go down as up from here.

i knew this comment would be made, we'll see what happens in a few months :) (Note: I haven't bought pall yet, it seems very volatile, if anyone is thinking about it, set your stop loss at minimum 5%)