Hacker News: JohnJamesRambo

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Twitter launches blue check for $7.99 monthly fee"

JohnJamesRambo — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 22:35:41 +0000

The late stage capitalist has entered the building.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Engineered ‘Superplant’ Cleans Indoor Air Like 30 Regular Plants"

JohnJamesRambo — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:29:59 +0000

I wonder if anyone remembers an old experiment they did with houseplants and removing VOCs. They did the experiment right and had one plant have all leaves removed and it removed as much or more as the plant. The source of VOC removal? The potting soil and the life within. That's my memory of it.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Lawsuit against Meta invokes modern portfolio theory to protect shareholders"

JohnJamesRambo — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:18:32 +0000

>The complaint alleges that the Meta directors failed to consider that shareholders with diversified portfolios may be subject to net losses from Meta’s pursuit of a business model that maximizes advertising revenue without regard to the harms it inflicts on the rest of their portfolios.

This is one of the craziest stances/lawsuits I’ve ever read. Boglehead thought has taken over so much that the shareholders are referring to a nebulous diversified portfolio as something that somehow must be protected by law. That’s too far out there.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "From Google to Twitter"

JohnJamesRambo — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:16:17 +0000

I cancelled my Tesla due to the Paul Pelosi tweet. It was the last straw. Was supposed to be picking the car up tomorrow after waiting seven months. It makes me sad because I love the car, we sold our 2021 to buy a 2023, but I just can’t stand to be associated with Elon or support him/send him money. I don’t think I’m alone in feeling like this. He represents to me some of the absolute worst things about the world I see and the exact opposite of how I want the world to be headed.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Many companies aren’t prepared to replace underperforming CEOs"

JohnJamesRambo — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:58:28 +0000

60 hours of golf is a lot.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Low Energy Chest Fridge"

JohnJamesRambo — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:03:50 +0000

>A modern-era Energy Star-rated fridge, by comparison, might only use 350 kWh annually. At the same $.10 per kWh price, that's around $.10 a day, $2.9 per month and $35 per year

I admire efficiency a lot but I don’t think digging around in a chest freezer is worth saving $31.50 a year. Others may feel differently.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Crypto trading firm Alameda Research might be insolvent"

JohnJamesRambo — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:51:09 +0000

If you are anticipating human greed evaporating, then yes, crypto will go to zero. My experiences so far in life have shown that to not be likely.

People holding stocks may never see ATH either, it’s the risk we take for the mental construct we believe in.

History says they probably will, as long as they hold a diverse portfolio.

Unfortunately crypto has become just a leveraged bet on the stock market and has lost much of its uncorrelated asset status. If the stock market recovers, crypto recovers even harder. Ethereum price is like a higher leverage TQQQ if you check the charts. I liked it better when it was uncorrelated.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Robinhood cuts losses after transaction revenue drops"

JohnJamesRambo — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:02:30 +0000

What a novel and original argument.

Actually Bitcoin and Ethereum have a known supply and limited inflation (Ethereum is actually deflationary now) so best suited to not go to zero. The USD on the other hand…

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

https://ultrasound.money/

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession"

JohnJamesRambo — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:34:33 +0000

Did they punch themselves in the face or was it Cambridge Analytica type meddling from groups with a vested interest in Brexit happening stomping them in the face with a boot?

From my brief reading about the matter it seems that the same villains showed up over there for that manipulation campaign.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Cree releases LEDs designed for horticulture"

JohnJamesRambo — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:52:15 +0000

Oh I see. I thought you meant they wouldn’t sell when moved to natural lighting because the plants were less healthy or looked weird.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce"

JohnJamesRambo — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:47:43 +0000

Money was cheap to borrow and get from investors and now it isn’t.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Today’s inflation is not a repeat of the 1970s"

JohnJamesRambo — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:01:36 +0000

https://www.bridgewater.com/its-mostly-a-demand-shock-not-a-...

I've always found this insightful.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Apple now valued at more than Amazon, Alphabet and Meta combined"

JohnJamesRambo — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:02:49 +0000

How did you know it was canola?

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Cree releases LEDs designed for horticulture"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:18:21 +0000

Haha why don’t they sell?

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Seeking the productive life: Some details of my personal infrastructure (2019)"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:30:51 +0000

If you showed this to an advanced alien civilization I think they might consider his life one of enforced torture, if they themselves aren’t already living it.

The Clockwork Orange eyes held open forced to watch screens device comes to mind.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "An AI generated, never-ending discussion between Werner Herzog and Slavoj ŽIžek"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:58:03 +0000

Which movies? The only one I didn’t like was the one about the internet, Lo and Behold. I feel like maybe he was just from too many eras ago to understand how full of shit all the people he was interviewing were. All the rest of his movies always make me understand the world and humans on a deeper level than I did before. Happy People, Into the Inferno, Grizzly Man, the one about the cave paintings, the one about the South Pole.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activations and upgrades"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:48:13 +0000

I love my Mint. There have been no downsides for me. $15 a month. Got my whole extended family and friends on it. Everyone loves it.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Scientists Increasingly Can’t Explain How AI Works"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:54:26 +0000

Are you sure you are speaking as clearly in the evening? I don’t understand how voice command recognition could fluctuate based on AI and time of day.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "The first minute of every phone call is torture now"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:44:49 +0000

Yes I thought it was going to be about the true hell that is calling any company now. Phone menus for at least a minute and then connected to someone with long Covid and/or new hire that has no idea what they are doing or forgot how. Then transferred to another and another and another. Covid annihilated customer service.

New comment by JohnJamesRambo in "Commission proposes to accelerate the rollout of instant payments in euro"

JohnJamesRambo — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:28:13 +0000

I’m curious, what cars are you buying for $200k? Do you mean USD?