Tue Mar 24 23:30:41 2020 <75f07d61> medical supplies and pharmaceuticals from china – yeahs thats a bad one. Only through the current events was i aware of how we outsourced medication from them. At the same time recognizing the tension between them and us makes for a good argument on self sufficiency or having more […]
Tue Mar 24 23:11:53 2020 <8f79fcda> yea, it’s somewhat of a paradox <8f79fcda> as an arbitrary produced good – prices will always fluctuate based on supply/demand – in times of crisis, it’s “normal” to have price fluctuations. when you’re talking about supply shortages because we outsourced all of our production to china – i find […]
Tue Mar 24 22:56:31 2020 <8f79fcda> caught me playing devil’s advocate :smiling_imp: <75f07d61> Im not sure if Masked Man is the right one. I can mold the context to fit, but it doesnt plop into it as easy as I want. <75f07d61> maybe im confusing it with false equivalence. damn, as i think about it […]
Tue Mar 24 22:13:31 2020 <8f79fcda> <8f79fcda> dogecoin 3m chart is pretty
Tue Mar 24 21:51:10 2020 <8f79fcda> <@U07MMSG8M> i’m assuming you’re talking about how amazon delisted a bunch of mask people? <5547a085> Nah, just asking generally because its pretty easy to do lol <8f79fcda> I think that boat already sailed <8f79fcda> You’d be better off making your own masks and getting into the mask game <8f79fcda> […]
Tue Mar 24 21:27:18 2020 <8f79fcda> moral hazard [ˈmôrəl ˈhazərd] NOUN _economics_ 1. *lack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected from its consequences, e.g. by insurance.* <8f79fcda> yea, that’s gonna be a no from me dog <8f79fcda> it’s not without _*a*_ moral imperative <8f79fcda> the question is whether you think it’s […]
Tue Mar 24 21:15:13 2020 <8f79fcda> :grimacing: <8f79fcda> Is buying a house and reselling it at 50% markup immoral given the housing problem in America? <8f79fcda> Same concept different object <8f79fcda> Or is it only appropriate when the producer raises the price by 50%? <8f79fcda> Although non of his inputs marginally increase <8f79fcda> Housing is […]
Tue Mar 24 20:57:27 2020 <75f07d61> yes, and at the same time some other asshole is going to do
Tue Mar 24 20:47:23 2020 <5547a085> Ethics question: is it immoral to buy masks from stores, then resale them online at a +%50 premium?
Tue Mar 24 20:40:04 2020 <5547a085> I didn’t sense a disturbance in the force <5547a085> That would indeed be 1.6% = 21,000,000 / 1,300,000,000 <5547a085> 1.6% *in 3 months* is the biggest facet of that number, not over a year or gradually in the course of things, but *in 3 months*
Tue Mar 24 20:26:35 2020 <8f79fcda> <https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/03/24/21-million-chinese-cellphone-users-disappear-in-three-months-of-pandemic/> — 21 Million Chinese Cellphone Users Disappear in Three Months — The troubling disappearance of some 21 million cell phone accounts in China over the past three months suggests high coronavirus casualties. <8f79fcda> so a more accurate 20 million killed
Tue Mar 24 20:25:19 2020 <5547a085> Word through the grapevine is Greg Nguyen is selling physical gold
Tue Mar 24 18:52:24 2020 <5547a085>
Tue Mar 24 18:48:05 2020 <9e126bf3> maybe this will be over soon… <https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b> — Coronavirus may have infected half of UK population — Oxford study — New epidemiological model shows vast majority of people suffer little or no illness
Tue Mar 24 18:42:25 2020 <773ab1f1> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/03/23/covid-19-vaccine-test-center-hit-by-cyber-attack-stolen-data-posted-online/|https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/03/23/covid-19-vaccine-test-center-hit-by-cyber-attack-stolen-data-posted-online/> — COVID-19 Vaccine Test Center Hit By Cyber Attack, Stolen Data Posted Online — A medical facility on standby to help test any coronavirus vaccine has been hit by a ransomware group that promised not to target medical organizations. <5547a085> Ooo I wonder what the data shows
Tue Mar 24 18:13:52 2020 <9e126bf3> I’m basically breaking even at this point. In the past it probably would have taken me years to make back the money lmao… my portfolio has lived a decade since January
Tue Mar 24 18:00:19 2020 <8f79fcda> The human centipede of money
Tue Mar 24 17:33:12 2020 <9e126bf3> clown markets gonna clown
Tue Mar 24 17:29:17 2020 Oh well. Public – no thanks.
Tue Mar 24 16:40:43 2020 <8f79fcda> <https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-fed-is-going-to-buy-etfs-what-does-it-mean/ar-BB11B2hh?ocid=msedgntp> — The Fed is going to buy ETFs. What does it mean? — The central bank is acting as a buyer of last resort and propping up the bond market in the most efficient manner possible.