Search results

yes i think it's true that we've become a bit estranged from the functions of money in this way. both the function but also the conditions of money are being unmoored as well, it seems, and sort of presented as a political reality. whether everyone gets 600 or 1400 or 2000 dollars sent to them...

Yes exactly what I mean

jesus christ, get it together!

maybe everything will just seem a bit more absurd. fits in to the current way of things.

nah nothing like that. i think the brokers and legislators will side with the major institutional players and they will manage to thwart it. but I don't know what happens after that.

this is very interesting this. it feels tectonic, fundamental assumptions about money and society being moved around. something in the ethos of wsb. something has turned. they honestly don't care about the money. it feels historic but I can't quite put my finger on what.

Yes. Haven't, no. I will open a tab with it for now and see what happens.

his quote you just posted in another thread sounded interesting, version. just ordered a copy of Remainder

Tonight I cooked spaghetti with garlic prawns and pesto (basil, mint, pecorino, hazelnut). Half a liter olive oil in that meal, very tasty.

Inherent Vice annoyed me as well. Why was Battle of Algiers mentioned? That's one of the best films of all time.

What is all this monkey business? It started in 1973 when Princeton University professor Burton Malkiel claimed in his bestselling book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, that “A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well...

you can't be clever and figure out what stock rise because if that information is available then it's already reflected in the price of the stock

the reality that everyone should know is that in the short run, investing is exactly the same as gambling. basically nobody (except those in possession of inside information) knows whether a price will rise or fall. investing in the long run is just sensible handling of money because...

well theoretically it shouldn't be because if it was the case that the price was unnaturally above the forecasts for expected earnings, then market would react by shorting it which would bring the price down again to it's natural level. but that all depends how efficient you think the market is

there is apparently a proliferation going on of trading apps that prey on young and inexperienced people. advertising how their platform makes trading and investing into something simple and accessible to everyone while neglecting to inform properly about risks involved in the moves available...

is this fat jim or another jim

most of the apartment buildings in Copenhagen are from the late 19th and early 20th century. Some go back to the 16th century.

looks creepy. here's the view from my window

you need those personal cases nowadays don't you. it's not enough to have authorized an illegal war killing millions of people. literally counts for nothing.