What a great example of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
See also: Craigslist
And hacker news. I just want bigger upvote and collapse thread buttons!!
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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#82This type of website, with just the addition responsive text, is how most of the internet should ideally be.
Still has some ads though
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#84Uh oh! Check out the Legal Disclaimer. >Reproduction or distribution of any materials obtained on this website or linking to this website without written permission is prohibited. Linking to this website without written permission is strictly prohibited. Really hope meesterdude obtained said required written permission prior posting.
Would seem hard to enforce or unenforceable. Was that ever even a thing where a website could disallow linking to it?
I had a bunch of sites on a shared host a while back. I got an email from the hosting company saying they'd had a legal notification from a site I was linking to that demanded I removed links to their website or they'd take legal action against the host (and me by extension?!).
Despite me pointing out the ridiculousness of the situation, as well as the SEO benefit to the original site no one would listen and it ended as "remove the links in the next 48 hours or we take down your sites until you do."
Wasn't worth the fight, so I removed them. Still can't get over the waste of resources and the ridiculousness of the whole thing.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obviously the trick is to own the companies that sell with the beautiful brochures, as is the case here. 40% of BH's publicly-traded holdings are AAPL stock. 11% is Bank of America. 9% is Chevron. 7% is Coca Cola. https://www.cnbc.com/berkshire-hathaway-portfolio/ You could replicate 84% of the publicly-traded side of BH with 8 US-based holdings. But BH trades at 1.5x price to book... not sure if it's really worth it…
I think that BH has underperformed the S&P500 for some time now. They are also quite old now - what happens to the share price after they pass?
Unless I goofed in looking up this information, BH has outperformed the S&P 500 since 10 years ago and since 5 years ago, and that's with the S&P's dividendends reinvested. A few years ago I think it was different, but then they made a lot of money on Apple.
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#86Uh oh! Check out the Legal Disclaimer. >Reproduction or distribution of any materials obtained on this website or linking to this website without written permission is prohibited. Linking to this website without written permission is strictly prohibited. Really hope meesterdude obtained said required written permission prior posting.
Is there any way to contact the webmaster for the site? It's important to let them know of any extraneous linking that may occur.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know. I really enjoy 10 popups when i visit a website.
How else will some random news site you're visiting for the first time know whether or not you want to subscribe to their newsletter, allow them to send you notifications, and know your current precise location?
Without the pop-up he'll miss an amazing opportunity to invest to get a 3,641,613% [1] gain!!!
[1] bottom of page 2: https://berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2021ltr.pdf
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know. I really enjoy 10 popups when i visit a website.
How else will some random news site you're visiting for the first time know whether or not you want to subscribe to their newsletter, allow them to send you notifications, and know your current precise location?
I think I could use a huge call to action to instal an app to read the page I'm already on.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
They’re not Buffet’s side hustle. They’re Berkshire subsidiaries. It’s more like Microsoft’s website having an ad for an GitHub or LinkedIn on it.
To be clear I think the weirdnesses is in the pseudo-personal tone of it. This isn’t your uncle trying to sell you on his new business during thanksgiving dinner. This is a billionaire trying to sell low low prices to presumably investors.
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