I think this is accurate, a big chunk of the vote seems to be "my bills/food/rent went up when Blue in office, Red says they _will_ fix it, so let's try Red"
Of course not statistical, but seems to be a large trend in discussion
The era of having startup founders both immediately accessible on social platforms (X/Twitter, Discord, etc.) and overly willing to share their opinions is a messy one.
It's hard enough in a small startup to prevent CEO "commentary-driven-development" , let alone have their random thoughts driving investment insight and user acquisition/attrition.
Just a bit of feedback:
The first job I saw on the page proclaimed "48 tech stacks" which immediately horrified me. That is, until I clicked on it and realized it's 48 different pieces of tech used at the company; including Microsoft Excel, GitHub, Git (listed separately), Zoom, among others.
I feel like there's probably a simpler and less intimidating way to organize and represent this up-front.
It's not entirely obvious from OP's link, but it appears this offering is from 2005 or earlier (see this page listed in the "News" section: http://www.biyubi.com/computadora.html)
I'm not sure where you have this impression from, but I can assure you that in many non-urban areas getting fiber (hikari) is a non-option.
Many folks resort to LTE or WiMax to compensate, which has poor performance in general and even worse in poor weather.
For context, even in Tokyo, you would be surprised at the number of apartment buildings that come with shared 100Mbit lines for 30+ units, with no way of installing faster direct lines (in large part due to owner/agency refusal).
Nothing the previous poster says implies that they are okay with wasting energy in other ways and it in no way diminishes the fact that Bitcoin (and other PoW cryptocurrencies) use a _lot_ of energy.
I generally agree on not choosing dividend stocks (a solid ETF can include a reasonable dividend payout, which feels more like a bonus), but just a note that the tax rate on qualified dividends is the same as long term capital gains (0%, 15%, 20%).
Not all dividends can be qualified (payouts from REITs for example are a common exception), but most typical blue chip stocks that pay dividends will become qualified after holding the underlying asset for enough time.
In addition to the alternatives others have mentioned, the author of `scoop` also has a package available for `scoop` named `sudo`, described as "An approximation of the Unix sudo command. Shows a UAC popup window unfortunately."
From a non-elevated shell (cmd or ps), you can run `sudo <command>` to a roughly equivalent effect from *nix terminals. I find it meets my needs.
I'm not sure why the downvotes (or at least I don't think they're warranted). I love the project, but the name is ridiculous and honestly makes it a tough sell to bring in new members to the community.
The pricing ($12/mo) is rather steep compared to other productivity/planning/todo apps on the market (Trello @ $0, TickTick @ $2.79, Any.do & Todoist @ ~$3, etc.).
While this product looks great and I'd generally think it would be worth a try, that price sets it as a non-starter for me as I don't get the impression that the advantage would be so large compared to other task management tools.
Semantics for sure, but while value is perhaps represented by currency by what people are willing to pay and sell for. Others have different metrics for determining value -- "value investors", for example, measure the "value" of a security quite differently than it's current price.
But to your point, yes, the combination of currency inflation (as seen through the securities market due to liquidity injection, and perhaps not yet seen elsewhere) and changes in PE ratios is roughly what I'm referring to. As earnings drop, if prices remain as high as they are due to this inflation, the ratios should see a spike, not unlike the one seen in the chart linked for 2009.
It's more difficult to wrap our heads around, but stocks face "value inflation" much like currencies do. You can think of stocks similar to a currency exchange to the extent that as money gets pumped into one side (in this case, the securities market, via liquidity injections) the price represented by the other side (USD) goes up, but the value of the asset may actually be declining.
Many of the securities that are at their December 2019 valuations are in a much worse state today than they were then. Stores are closed, manufacturing faces significant delays. Employees are let go or furloughed.
This means the "item" that you're paying for today with the same USD that you may have spent in December is of considerably lower "quality" compared to then.
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That said, it's an interesting situation as drastic financial crisis typically come with some short term deflation, which we're likely seeing the beginnings of now. Many stores are running discount sales to boost purchasing, effectively lowering consumer goods prices (as a whole). This is a prime example, if it continues, of currency deflation.
However, once all is said and done, depending on how the market moves from here, we may very well see the asset inflation turn into currency inflation and bloom for a bit before more drastic financial policies are needed to curve it.
I'm not sure why you cite Japan as an outlier regarding size preferences and smaller-than-average hand sizes, which I generally do not believe to be true and could not find any hard data to cite (source: I live there).
Regardless, the iPhone SE did not sell _as_ well in Japan due to a variety of factors, not the least of which being that the iPhone 7 introduced built-in Suica support.
Suica is a mobile cash card technology used at stations for transit, convenience stores and restaurants for purchasing, and vending machines -- among others. Given the lack of support by many credit cards for Apply Pay in Japan (for example, you cannot add a Visa card to your iPhone due to JP-specific Visa restrictions), it's no surprise that this was a major selling point of newer models.
In my opinion, manufacturers have not provided a high-end, small form factor device to sufficiently test the markets. Without doing so, it's too easy for people to make the claim that people have already voted with their wallets for larger phones. I sincerely hope the rumors of a 5.4" iPhone 12 are true (as it should be somewhere between iPhone 5 and 6 form factors, from what I gather).
Agreed, I think looking at the Python 2 and 3 migration catastrophe gives a glimpse into what this could look like, but I imagine it would be much worse given the types of (large) projects that are backed by substantially "dated" C/C++ code.
> New tests that produce produce results in 10-15 minutes are becoming available, but even with the improved tech, under the current policy a test will only be administered in the most extreme circumstances, when people have had a fever for four days or more.
This is an important factor that may indicate this "outlier" is more of a delay, rather than a reality of some exception.
As a resident, I'm quite concerned about the lack of testing.
Of course not statistical, but seems to be a large trend in discussion