jonfromsf
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- jonfromsf parentAfter a decade, "founder of X that I no longer work at" is considered a lame answer. People want to know what you are doing now, not your highest claim to status of your entire life.
- Fascinating. I wonder what drives the male aggression towards unicyclists. Is it a response to perceived competition (another male doing something attention-getting: must put them down to maintain my place in the male hierarchy)? Is it enforcing male norms of being "serious", conformist, etc?
- Most people earn money over time. Putting these savings 100% into the stock market as you earn them is pretty reasonable. It’s only a sudden cash windfall that presents problems. The fix for that is to put money in 1, 2, and 3 year treasuries, and invest that money into equities as the treasuries mature.
- They certainly solve the stated problem of concentration in a few tech companies. But I agree, non-tech companies are overvalued. Bonds are terrifying, they’re a bet against inflation and in favor of the US dollar. MLPs and oil companies are a nice place to stash money because they aren’t correlated with tech. MLPs flow about 7% tax free yield which isn’t bad. Bitcoin and Gold are good hedges against inflation.
- You might like FailCon. https://thefailcon.com/
- These were a huge part of the American social fabric in the past. Most of the organizations are still active, although smaller than before. There's Freemasons, The Elks, Rotary International, American Legion, VFW, Knights of Columbus, Loyal order of Moose, Shriners, Lions Club, Kiwanis ...
- If women wanted bigger pockets, you could make a lot of money selling them pants with bigger pockets. But everyone who tries that fails. Women would theoretically like bigger pockets, but they care more about the fitting and look of the pants. And pants with bigger pockets don't look as good.