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SamReidHughes

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SamReidHughes··on Douglass Mackey found guilty of election interference
Forget the constitution. Did you even read the law?
SamReidHughes··on Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister
It was shut down by New York, not the FDIC.
SamReidHughes··on Coinbase issued Wells notice by SEC
She sold after the stock blew up to high levels. I was considering buying puts yesterday myself.

Oh, it’s 1.6% of her stake, too. Basic portfolio management.

SamReidHughes··on IPCC climate crisis report delivers ‘final warning on 1.5C’
> "number of excess death directly or indirectly linked to climate change."

That will be a negative number.

Because "climate change" i.e. global warming will see increased temperatures and increased crop yields.

SamReidHughes··on Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowledge?
The more general reason is that half of CS graduates are dumbfucks who don't even grok the stuff in the core curriculum.
SamReidHughes··on People had to be convinced of the usefulness of electricity
We can just make them pay for it instead of mooching off everybody else.
SamReidHughes··on Why Barney Frank went to work for Signature Bank
It's conspiracy fact.

"Any buyer of Signature must agree to give up all the crypto business at the bank"

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-regulator-taps-p...

SamReidHughes··on Was there a tech-hiring bubble? Job postings data suggest so
I've been offered payment in tokens. I don't know if they'd have had conditions, though.
SamReidHughes··on Effective Altruism’s obsession with AI safety helps bury bad behavior
The character's author-insert aspects are self-parody.
SamReidHughes··on Effective Altruism’s obsession with AI safety helps bury bad behavior
It was supposed to be a flawed protagonist.
SamReidHughes··on Effective Altruism’s obsession with AI safety helps bury bad behavior
It went above your head.
SamReidHughes··on “Here's the number I used to win the lottery“ –Entrepreneurs giving advice
> Where did they sleep?

Maybe at least one of their parents had a sofa.

The trick is to have parents who aren't homeless.

SamReidHughes··on “Here's the number I used to win the lottery“ –Entrepreneurs giving advice
What website do you think you're on? Anybody who is a competent software developer can.
SamReidHughes··on Starbucks illegally fired US workers over union, judge rules
Ah yes, so you just wait interminably for a hearing and spend thousands on lawyers before you can close your store.
SamReidHughes··on Starbucks illegally fired US workers over union, judge rules
If it worked that way, then if a company was going to shut down any unprofitable store, the workers could unionize as a trick to keep their jobs.
SamReidHughes··on CA's Prohibition on Workplace Arbitration Agreements Overturned by 9th Circuit
Owen Diaz suing Tesla.
SamReidHughes··on CA's Prohibition on Workplace Arbitration Agreements Overturned by 9th Circuit
My impression of arbitration agreements is that they have a neutral selection process. But maybe some blatantly state the company picks whatever arbitrator they want, or there is a way to be sneaky about it. Do share if that's actually the case.

Are there actual examples of cases wrongly decided by arbitration as a result of this phenomenon? Maybe they are all hidden under NDA.

SamReidHughes··on CA's Prohibition on Workplace Arbitration Agreements Overturned by 9th Circuit
No, they go indirectly[1] into the pockets of everybody, except for the Ellen Paos of the world filing lawsuits hoping for a cash grab.

[1] this means it's harder to understand

SamReidHughes··on CA's Prohibition on Workplace Arbitration Agreements Overturned by 9th Circuit
Prove that competitive pressures reduce margins and unbound risk reduces investment? Sorry but you just have to understand how the world works: This is a natural consequence of people having multiple choices and picking the best one.

> What could be more fair than the parties working out a settlement deal between themselves?

What's more fair is, obviously, working out a settlement deal where the alternative is arbitration, instead of a jury. (Why are you teeing up such easy questions?)

SamReidHughes··on CA's Prohibition on Workplace Arbitration Agreements Overturned by 9th Circuit
> Usually the employer pays which means they pick the arbitrator.

Not true at all.

SamReidHughes··on CA's Prohibition on Workplace Arbitration Agreements Overturned by 9th Circuit
It is better because arbitration agreements in a competitive employment market makes wages to be pushed higher or consumer prices to be pushed lower. The possibility of a jury trial adds costs because, the trials are more expensive, for starters, but also juries can and do give unjust levels of damages.
SamReidHughes··on Tesla Workers Launch Union Campaign in New York
The thing you're linking doesn't even measure social mobility, it just calls itself a social mobility index.
SamReidHughes··on Algorithmic Trading: A Practitioner’s Guide
I would argue that it provides liquidity solely to whoever placed that resting order. But it takes it from the rest of the market.
SamReidHughes··on “Hunger cliff” looms as 32 states set to slash food-stamp benefits
The housing crisis exists because the majority voted to have a housing crisis.
SamReidHughes··on A Heisenbug lurking in async Python
I came here to write this comment. Also, you usually need to have some means of canceling the task -- otherwise you have to wait for them to finish, or you leak these stray lost tasks that are doing stuff, like manipulating the state of things.
SamReidHughes··on Ask HN: Whatever Happened To Freelancing?
Not true, the Dynamex ruling was only applicable to wage orders by the Industrial Welfare Commission, and AB5 expanded the applicability to other aspects of labor law.
SamReidHughes··on Ask HN: Whatever Happened To Freelancing?
That's not really true; AB 2257, passed later, fixed some important issues with section 2776.
SamReidHughes··on How the Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting a Century-Old Law
They are still consuming those property-hours.
SamReidHughes··on How the Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting a Century-Old Law
Right; I'm saying, many people tax loss harvest, most don't swap back in the same day to an alternate share class on the same company.
SamReidHughes··on How the Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting a Century-Old Law
The article's specifically talking about switching between nearly identical securities. Tax loss harvesting is more general.
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