Also curious what all this is getting at.
"This has little integrity" isn't useful for the conversation, but it has the potential to be an interesting topic if you just back up the assertion. I hope you will do so.
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"This has little integrity" isn't useful for the conversation, but it has the potential to be an interesting topic if you just back up the assertion. I hope you will do so.
My co-worker (without telling me, hah) posted the actual billionaire board website 5 hours ago.
100 comments within the first 2 hours, then it was taken down. I had no idea any of this was happening.
So here's the blog post.
I'd also like to call out it's wrong that the first post was flagged and it should be removed. The community guidelines were all followed.
Feeling quite bad about this situation.
It's all arbitrary, IMO. Idk if they're "siphoning off profits", since most of their value is in equity and Amazon, for example, isn't historically very profitable.
Getting richer every year in equity value is a strange concept. I think there should be some additional taxes, but we also shouldn't expect taxes to be a real solution.
This is the v1 of the site and I'm looking to improve it.
- How can I make it more neutral? - Is it sometimes worthwhile to simply accelerate the deployment of capital? Can you combine the two incentives?
My mindset, to be clear, is that we want more people to strive to be like Bill Gates with their wealth. Even determining who that is right now is extraordinarily difficult. Making the data public is step #1, and then figuring out how to help them leverage philanthropy effectively is step #2.
Anyways, here's the launch blog post: https://www.zachtratar.com/introducing-billionaire-board.htm...
I see that argument everywhere, but haven't found substantial proof.
I was at first making it a lifetime-oriented ranking, but that felt like "shame these specific people!"
I think there's a middle-ground between celebration and shame that I'm trying to hit.
I think it's a valid thing to make that data public though.
Lmk if you build the site.
Sorry, which are the three titles?
I see "billionaire board" and "Top donors this month" as two, but what's the third?
Will put the caps in sync!
- Totally agree. I have all the data on doing percentages. The "score" actually normalizes across their percentage. Will add this more visibly.
- The "last month" is just to give any billionaire a chance to get to the top spot. Also open to making it more.... "last 3 months" or so? We had a lifetime ranking at first, but then the site felt too static and cast a lifetime judgement on people instead of giving them the opportunity to attain a top spot.
- Agreed on the descriptions. All the data was crowdsourced, so we can go through and improve these.
- Suspect in terms of what exactly? We definitely launched early (as one does). Open to more feedback!
US Agriculture Exports to China = $25B US Agriculture Imports from China = $5B
Source: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/inline-files...
Non-violent theft is a common geopolitical strategy.
That would be considered economic warfare and the US wouldn't allow it.
This is entirely false. In fact, closing apps takes more power than leaving them running in the background. This is common knowledge amongst iOS developers.
On top of that, their UK business wasn't doing very well.
So why double down on a losing bet and go through a ton of pain for it?
Hopefully over time he can earn back your trust.
There is no real benefit from passing this repeal.
I would recommend researching more about the Chinese technology industry. They aren't dinosaurs. Huawei, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and Xiaomi are all serious contenders due to Government support and their overall productivity.
It depends on your customers, too.
If you're targeting consumers, Plaid's integration works far better than if you're targeting business bank accounts.