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So in 96 the author of the article didn't like his books? Is that your only gripe? I think Trump can take it...

Too risky?

> the present valuations are actually quite reasonable.

Any charts to show this?

Expansionist as in borders, no, as in marketshare of foreign capital and resources? Undoubtedly.

The potential downside on this is 100%. The potential upside on this is... Unknowable.

They would never get away with this as a publicly traded company.

> "We were worried about Getty because they're all about copyright, but after talking for years and waiting for our daily uniques to grow, they've agreed to our terms re: valuation."

FIFY

They're already being educated...

How has that not been done?

Likely he suggested... A person you've just met wouldn't take kindly to you just installing an app.

Highly unlikely scenario you're painting.

Also, "calling people without asking"? It's a little extreme to place this social norm you have on the whole of society.

Learn to say no. I.e. someone calls, say "I can't talk right now" or don't answer and respond (when you're able) with "I can talk at x time"...

If that stops you from being close to your temptation then I highly recommend it.

Break that cycle, don't give up the ground you've gained.

Even grabbing it to look at photos, take photos etc. when the physiological need is dopamine is not good.

You can get a dopamine hit without those apps. A little harder, but still within reach.

The further you are from dopamine laced activity the better. Sure there are exceptions.

Probably U.S. speeds. But it may be a European phone.

Try looking up other KaiOS phones. There aren't many.

Who cares about short term fluctuations?

Spending your whole life betting on options won't get you anywhere compared to index funds.

Take it for all it's worth!

That's your guess.

The only information we have is that it was internal pressure too be a "better company."

Define bad business.

Get down to brass tacks so we can see if the argument holds up.

Yes, but companies don't normally do whatever they want... This action has nothing to do with free market economics.

Does what it's supposed to do.

In your view, how so?

No, the real problem is people getting angry because they think they understand the underlying issues.

There is no reasoning that will allow down that anger. No looking at actual facts and statistics.

Sure there are bad people everywhere. But they're people, just people.

Corporate policy, written by humans.

A corporation is just a bunch of people.

Hiding behind a legal structure yes, but just a bunch of people.

What has been lost of the privacy of the data, which can be returned.

So, impossible?

Just went past drive through free testing today and baseball field. Was busy. But everyone getting served.

Please tell me you've seen this yourself and not just read nonsense news about it.

Mitigating risk by using methods approaching zero efficacy is useless.

"This is just physics".

No this is just your intuition. Scarfs don't protect you or others. Neither do gaiters. This has been tested. They may work mildly for UV protection... But there you can be fooled as well.

They just don't work. N95s provide a level of protection but they are not full proof. The further away you move from N95 the more useless they get. Cotton etc. don't protect. They are overcome by physics.

Get over it.

Moving the goalposts. I didn't say general population, I said masks. Efficacy will be tested where it can be observed. I.e. very unlikely that a trial with high confidence will ever work on the public.

Also, given your arguments, what is your position on the efficacy of lockdowns vs. their negative effects?

I can get a test at about 50 locations within 20 miles of me on Monday. Just checked.

I have not looked at the lines you are talking of recently but I've never seen people unserved.

We have plenty of testing capacity and we are doing a LOT of testing.