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·il y a 5 ans·discuss
Transistors are an implementation of QM. Without transistors…
christocracy
·il y a 5 ans·discuss
It also benefits from capital appreciation.

As for breaking even, the security is highly liquid and can be sold at any time to recover one’s capital.
christocracy
·il y a 5 ans·discuss
>You might be surprised how much of modern tech was developed by racists and other bad apples

William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor. See section “Views on Race and Eugenics”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley
christocracy
·il y a 5 ans·discuss
Ok, and how about no more cap gains exclusion on selling primary residence and no more writing off mortgage interest (USA)?
christocracy
·il y a 5 ans·discuss
Seatbelts weren’t a thing in the first cars. People weren’t thinking long-term about how fast these things might one day go.
christocracy
·il y a 6 ans·discuss
Tim Hortons in Canada is being probed for using Radar Labs in their mobile app.

"Tim Hortons' parent company, Toronto-based Restaurant Brands partners with Radar Labs, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company , which provides location-based data analytics, and helps the Tims app to identify when users are near competing fast-food restaurants and coffee shops."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-privacy-wat...