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10,369karma·2,762submissions·August 15, 2007
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Fun story: In 2011, Kyle Bass bought 20 million nickels, realizing that, while the face value was $.05, the metal was worth $.068. But in more serious terms, there's a reason for that trend showi…
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> will outperform does outperform China is absolutely winning innovation in the 21st century. I'm so impressed. For an example from just this morning, there was an article that they'r…
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There's a monthly post for this every second Sunday. The next one is this Sunday, the 9th.
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I'm ashamed at the levels of propaganda displayed here.
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Different as in much worse? It's not that you're wrong but, just to be clear, the problem with investing as the only place to keep up with inflation means that markets will detach from valu…
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When in Zurich, I'd try instead the Laugengipfeli which are a pretzelized croissant.
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Beating out Anna Geislerová! :-)
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749442
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The full chart https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2j0... …
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Hi everyone, these are going to now be posted on the second Sunday of the month.
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No. Francesca Albanese and Greta Thunberg.
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AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US [stock market from crashing]
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I like it but it assumes I'm starting the language from scratch. How do I set my level to intermediate?
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Discussions here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45293975
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The wonderful promise of technology and innovation is to remove jobs.
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Zuckerberg: 'a possible reason our share price isn't wildly overvalued is now in sight'
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Fun idea. Good luck!
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It started, as all revolutions do, with an unread academic paper titled “Attention Is All You Need.” Some called it the birth of the Transformer. Others called it the most honest sentence Silicon Vall…