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New comment by a_ba in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

a_ba — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:08:03 +0000

Russia and China would likely disagree as they count their gains: - yet another massive blow to their trust and reputation among allies - again massively undermining NATO thereby fostering global instability - weakened credibility vis a vis defending Taiwan

New comment by a_ba in "The Hateful Eight is 85% of S&P 500 Decline"

a_ba — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:52:24 +0000

I don’t think it’s misleading (at all) when you take into account that the index is volume weighted. If you held two different stocks: 1 from megacorp worth 90; 1 from smallcorp worth 10; if megacorp is down 10% while smallcorp is up 10%. Your portfolio would still be worth less even though 50% of your portfolio positions are up.

New comment by a_ba in "Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts"

a_ba — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:55:42 +0000

Just because it's a binary choice doesn't make it a 50/50 chance. Flipping a fair coin (50/50) is different from flipping a weighted coin (say 80/20) even though the possible outcomes are the same.

New comment by a_ba in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

a_ba — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:43:53 +0000

The light is a mere technicality. Zuck himself was smart enough to cover his laptop cam/camera with tape 10 years ago[0].

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36596070

New comment by a_ba in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

a_ba — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:24:53 +0000

care to take your vile racism elsewhere?

New comment by a_ba in "U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession"

a_ba — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 21:20:04 +0000

I see - thanks for taking the time by writing this up and adding a little more texture to the debate

New comment by a_ba in "U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession"

a_ba — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:58:05 +0000

would you care to clarify on this? are you saying the current administration has been corrupted by foreign adverseries? or has the administration been outsmarted by foreign adverseries?

New comment by a_ba in "OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been"

a_ba — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:59:30 +0000

Can someone enlighten me what people actually use this for? The article mentions „managing your calendar, responding to emails, file your taxes“

The bottleneck for emails and my calendar is not the speed at which I can type/click some buttons, but rather figuring out what I want to write or clarifying priorities when managing my calendar.

New comment by a_ba in "Repatriate the gold': German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults"

a_ba — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:44:51 +0000

I wouldn’t worry too much about those threats. This administration is so erratic that you may see those same threats made against you for any other reason down the line even if you keep it put.

New comment by a_ba in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

a_ba — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:36:34 +0000

Maybe the implementation will be challenging in one aspect or another but are there any reasons why you would you rather keep the current patchwork?

New comment by a_ba in "US Places Arctic Airborne Troops on Standby as Greenland Dispute Escalates"

a_ba — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:28:47 +0000

What kind of ridiculous stupidity is it to endanger the greatest military alliance in history? You give up the credible deterrent that all member states enjoy and contribute for what exactly? A bunch of minerals you could have had with a simple treaty? Military access that you already enjoyed? China and Russia must be laughing hard at this amateur shit show

New comment by a_ba in "The wealth of the top 1% reaches a record $52T (2025)"

a_ba — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:30:03 +0000

One reason you may want to care about this "fake money" is the buy, borrow, die tax avoidance scheme you can run if you're asset rich [1]

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyBorrowDieExplained/comments/1f26...

New comment by a_ba in "US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable'"

a_ba — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:07:39 +0000

You may call them pathetic or hysterical but that doesn’t change the fact that the sentiment is real. The pace at which the current administration is burning through political capital that has been built over the last century is truly staggering and makes me wonder how much there will be left in three years time.

New comment by a_ba in "iPhone Pocket"

a_ba — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:27:51 +0000

Wasn‘t Borat wearing one of those like 20years ago?

New comment by a_ba in "Trump pardons convicted Binance founder"

a_ba — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:27:07 +0000

It's high time the Republicans embrace their new leadership with a re-branding of their outfit's name and henceforth call themselves The Banana Republicans

New comment by a_ba in "Rivian's TM-B electric bike"

a_ba — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:20:43 +0000

You‘re in luck BMW recently presented their vision CE.

https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/experience/stories/urban-m...

New comment by a_ba in "Don't use AI to tell you how to vote in election, says Dutch watchdog"

a_ba — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:58:42 +0000

I‘d draw a different conclusion namely that it’s decidedly pro republican via omission. There is not a single reference to the current administration‘s role (which Vance is obviously part of) in dismantling the US democratic norms and institutions.

New comment by a_ba in "Largest Mass Resignation in US History as 100k Federal Workers Quit"

a_ba — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:03:14 +0000

But then again the oldest trick in the authoritarian‘s playbook is to abandon the path of democracy by tilting the scales in their party’s favor. which is why you want strong independent institutions and separation of powers in a democracy, something the current administration does not appear to be in favor of.

New comment by a_ba in "The Gold Card"

a_ba — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:16:50 +0000

L'État, c'est moi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89tat,_c%27est_moi

New comment by a_ba in "Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others"

a_ba — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:08:37 +0000

This administration is not standing up for the principles of free speech. It has violated this principle numerous times in action and in spirit.