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New comment by saovq in "Final National Security Guardrails for Chips for America Incentives Program"

saovq — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:01:14 +0000

I'd be remiss to not also recommend the gold standard of geopolitics podcasts imo, from Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-inte...

New comment by saovq in "Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic"

saovq — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:00:51 +0000

If anyone’s got a spare, my email is in my profile.

New comment by saovq in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

saovq — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:26:15 +0000

I see it more as tackling the core product they're trying to deliver. Meta is trying to deliver "Virtual Reality." Apple is delivering "Augmented Reality." Meta will be able to pivot quite well, but Apple's execution here has disrupted 10 years of vision and development furthered towards creating a virtual reality rather than augmenting it

New comment by saovq in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

saovq — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:10:36 +0000

Apple really just obsoleted Meta's entire product vision, this is scary good.

Steam Announces EOL Date for Windows 7 and 8

saovq — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:19:58 +0000

Article URL: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36147528

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New comment by saovq in "Google announces Q1 2023 earnings [pdf]"

saovq — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:01:33 +0000

Buybacks are increasingly viewed as a better way to return money to shareholders, for companies, not individual shareholders. They prop up the stock obviously, but also allow greater flexibility for the company in removing what becomes an expected obligation (dividend payment). In exchange, you can have a discretionary buyback program that can fluctuate in amount over time, and is viewed as less of a bell weather for the company's health.

What is good about buybacks for investors is that you can choose how to time your sales, which can result in tax benefits. Dividends you pay tax on a schedule that might be less suitable to whatever financial massaging investors might want to engage in.