Hacker News: UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=UncleDiaz12Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:33:18 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P"]]>What are you talking about? Those index fund are constantly rebalancing. This is why you buy an index fund, so you don’t have to constantly rebalance your portfolio.

]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:51:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410242UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410242https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410242<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?"]]>Cruise ships do search you quite thoroughly before boarding, but they are looking for booze.

]]>Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:13:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28457296UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28457296https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28457296<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "The New Europe With Lasting Peace (100 year old map)"]]>Exactly my point.

]]>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:11:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25027116UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25027116https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25027116<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "The New Europe With Lasting Peace (100 year old map)"]]>When has straight lines worked out without genocide?

]]>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 16:16:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25026695UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25026695https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25026695<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know (2018)"]]>Anti-Money Laundering laws only catch 0.5% of illicit funds, yet cost 100x the money recovered.

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/anti-money-laundering-has-les...

Also, the $10K threshold for additional AML scrutiny has been the same amount for nearly 50 years. It should be close to $50k in today's dollars due to inflation.

]]>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:16:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952650UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952650https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952650<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know (2018)"]]>Are you serious?

I have sent multiple international wires over the years and money always goes missing either from the sending/receiving fees, or the intermediary bank in New York takes a small cut.

Maybe if you have an account with billions of $$$ then you get a special deal, but us normies have to pay.

]]>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:10:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952599UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952599https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24952599<![CDATA[New comment by UncleDiaz12 in "Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortable with its mission"]]>Seems to be a way to avoid possible future litigation.

]]>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:56:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637790UncleDiaz12https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637790https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637790