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ffggvvon Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn up pressure on board

then lets dilute the shareholders who voted for it as theyh are clearly idealogically driven and actively hostile to the company itself or its profitability

ffggvvon Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn up pressure on board

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/02/investing/exxon-shareholders-...

in this case yes. wonder why they dont

ffggvvon Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn up pressure on board

seems arbitrary whats considered a "bad actor".

maybe i think climate activist shareholders in energy companies are hostile / bad actors. Can i selectively dilute them out?

ffggvvon Jack Dorsey’s $2.9M NFT dropped 99% in value

okay so whats the cutoff that we can establish a price? a month with no high offer?

at the very least it shows how illiquid the market is

ffggvvon California's Vanished Dream, by the Numbers

california is among the highest state tax rates in the country...

ffggvvon California's Vanished Dream, by the Numbers

astounds me people are still referencing MMT when its exactly what got us into this inflation mess in the first place. the tantalizing cancerous idea which will never die

ffggvvon Elon has decided not to join our board

yes because the board gets confidential info and has a fiduciary duty.

a sizeable investor is no different than us in that they have no non-public info

ffggvvon Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco

saw this same comment 10 years ago..

ffggvvon Sorbet: Stripe's Type Checker for Ruby

kinda funny how stripe is hyped so much yet they still use ruby...

ffggvvon I have been terminated from Zoom for refusing to remove the following tweets

the second rule is of you’re woke then rule 1 doesn’t apply

ffggvvon Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading by SEC

im saying they probably use it in the internal slack channel assuming it would be less likely to be caught than if they used english

ffggvvon Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles

As a minority, i think those pushing for removing the SAT/ACT are racist in that they think certain minorities cannot perform as well as others. The whole point is that the SAT is the only objective piece of an application that can be easily compared between applicants. They want to reduce to only subjective qualifications which they can easily manipulate to benefit groups they deem under-represented. Its the bigotry of low expectations.

Their problem isnt that the SAT can be gamed, its that it has an objective score which cant be manipulated to benefit who they deem worthy.

ffggvvon Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading by SEC

probably or they wouldnt have used telugu. maybe assuming it would be harder to get caught

ffggvvon Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading by SEC

my guess is if they did everything via in person discussions and didnt leave a paper trail of messages, they likely wouldnt have been caught

ffggvvon Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout

there is a point that with inflation, people who thought they could retire are now realizing they are going to need more money and having to unretire.

ffggvvon Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two

quick the hokage needs to trap the fox spirit in a little boy

ffggvvon Evidence that no one cares about crypto-denominated wealth

pretty sure they could get a court order for you to hand over your crypto or your gold and if you didn’t, throw you in a cage

ffggvvon Evidence that no one cares about crypto-denominated wealth

i was applying for a mortgage last year and the broker told me to send an accounting of all my assets except crypto as it was worthless in getting a loan

ffggvvon India explores setting up rupee trade accounts with Russia to soften sanctions

evil

ffggvvon Toyota suspends domestic factory operations after suspected cyber attack

you know toyota is a japanese company right?

ffggvvon Wormhole confirms all $320M in funds have been restored

so can you use this as a loophole to print inordinate amounts of solana? confused how they inflated the supply

ffggvvon Bitcoin pyramid schemes wreak havoc on Brazil's 'New Egypt'

yes it’s just that no one has any use for the network other than as a ponzi/speculative investment. not store of wealth or currency

ffggvvon ‘Trading is gambling, no doubt about it’ cryptocurrency dealing fuels addiction

the same is happening with robinhood, especially with options. people are betting large sums on options that expire the same day

ffggvvon iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in photo

even if its a foreground tree it still looks blurry and strange doesn't it?

ffggvvon Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging

that sounds pretty cringe to get unnecessarily medical treatments just to spite people. even if its harmless in the end. have you considered just getting the ones you need and not worrying about anti-vaxxers?

ffggvvon In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from left turns

this seems to put all the onus on drivers. in my experience driving in SF, i'll be in the middle of the intersection waiting to turn left (its unprotected) and light will be yellow turning red. And i have a shot to go left but then an idiotic biker or pedestrian will walk even though it says "dont walk". leaving me to be stuck in the intersection.

people often ignore those pedestrian lights completely and dare you to hit them.

dont get me started on bikers who ignore all lights and zip out in half a second

ffggvvon Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods

yes because new york is so cheap

ffggvvon As calls to ban books intensify, digital librarians offer perspective

i didn’t say they weren’t. i said the same people crying about book banning in this case are the most prolific censors themselves

ffggvvon Koreans react to startling results in Pew "what makes life meaningful" poll

sounds like 90% of the political takes i see on twitter and cable news

ffggvvon As calls to ban books intensify, digital librarians offer perspective

not to mention the same people in a huff over this are burning and banning dr seuss and huckleberry finn and tearing down statues of the founding fathers as racist.