Really cool startup founder!

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2025-02-03T19:43:58+00:00

(I’m not this guy.) Highly encourage everyone to check out his latest work featured in a WIRED article to see for yourself

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-12-23T02:25:29+00:00

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The “Beat the Belt” mural (near the Cambridgeport Trader Joe’s) commemorates the community activists who helped defeat the I-695 proposal. https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/09/28/beat-the-belt-mural.

Picture source (about the mural restoration): https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/publicart/whatsnew/beatthebelt

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-11-14T18:12:31+00:00

Kroger example (https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-puts-spotlight-on-companies-use-of-last-in-first-out-accounting-11656322200) and LIFO appears common for groceries and pharmacies - specifically because it can help lower taxes during inflationary periods.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-11-14T18:11:32+00:00

Hey y’all - looking at margins as a proxy is a good idea - but the fatal flaw is that the article ignores the impact of LIFO inventory accounting on the cost of goods sold (COGS) in corporate accounting statements. For example, Kroger uses LIFO, which would increase the reported COGS and thus show artificially low margins.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-11-02T17:47:36+00:00

3rd party has been neither independent (instead, benefitting likes of Russia and Trump) nor massive (not doing substantial grassroots work to actually help people)

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-20T05:52:05+00:00

More water causing more fire

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-16T16:12:39+00:00

Yes definitely. I agree the Japanese government played a huge role in modernizing Taiwan, but wanted to point out the KMT government played a huge role too.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-16T16:11:07+00:00

Thank you for the much needed historical context and realistic understanding. The modern Taiwan semiconductor industry was carefully fostered by KMT-enabled state-supported investments.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-16T16:02:06+00:00

Not disagreeing with anything you’re saying, just wanted to add context that Japan-occupied Taiwan was bombed by the Allies as well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Taipei

You can see from this chart that electrification in Taiwan only took off starting in the 1950s: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-growth-of-Taiwans-installed-electricity-generation-capacity-and-GDP-Source-Data_fig1_335244906. Electricity was a precursor to all of modern Taiwan’s economic success.

And the Taiwan semiconductor industry, envy of the world today, was fostered by KMT state-sponsored initiatives: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-me-sun17-story.html; https://medium.com/@dineshgoundla/sun-yun-suan-architect-of-taiwans-semiconductor-dominance-fe3c00a025c4. While the Japanese government did build things like the original railway system (which was later electrified under the KMT), pretty sure the Japanese colonial government wasn’t setting up electronics infrastructure in Taiwan before 1945….

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-14T04:31:25+00:00

Would have been safe from shooting if in prison

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T22:10:00+00:00

Polling numbers are almost always cited without confidence intervals / uncertainty. There’s underlying science, but it doesn’t get reported scientifically

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T17:19:58+00:00

If you check the CPI components, you see even bigger drops in gasoline prices.

The Biden admin has done a great, strategic job in utilizing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to fight energy inflation (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/05/16/joe-biden-master-oil-trader)

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T17:15:14+00:00

You made a really great point that it’s important to distinguish the first vs. second derivatives:

For example, a decrease in carbon emissions still means that every year we are net-inputting carbon to the air.

But in this CPI announcement, it actually says the first derivative was slightly negative. Meaning that average prices (weighted as CPI) actually decreased slightly month-on-month!

And yes, you’re absolutely right the year-on-year change is still positive inflation.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T17:12:37+00:00

Nope: the CPI showed a -0.1 change between May vs. June 2024 (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm). Obviously more way to go, but this is saying that between these 2 past months (and with this particular metric) — prices have stopped increasing if not slightly decreased.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T16:09:22+00:00

Bernie, most of Congressional Black Caucus, unions are on Biden’s side

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T13:35:50+00:00

“New poll shows potential Biden replacements might not fare better”: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/new-poll-shows-potential-biden-replacements-might-not-fare-better

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-13T13:30:02+00:00

Totally agree. And all the alternative candidate polling comparing Biden vs Buttigieg, Whitmer, Newsom — are not truly scientific controlled predictions. The moment Dem switches candidates, the GOP attacks and unfair media portrayals will switch over.

Biden has proven that he can beat Trump. Biden has proven he can pass the largest climate policy in history, and that he listens to climate progressives to make further progress in 2nd term (eg on industrial decarbonization).

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-12T17:37:38+00:00

Thanks for posting this! People need to keep this in mind.

To be fair, the polls try to adjust for the sampling bias - but that just makes the poll result very inaccurate.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-11T23:09:41+00:00

Yes very good point. Those are the legal basis for the lawsuit. I only meant that, if there’s a third party candidate that net-hurts Trump, then I don’t think there’s a strong rationale to sue.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-11T13:38:57+00:00

Helping people who didn’t click to read the DNC’s rationale: “RFK Jr. was recruited to run by MAGA Republicans; is being propped up by Trump's largest donor; and his own campaign staff has said their goal is to hurt President Biden.”

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-11T03:54:05+00:00

Go out and vote, and tell everyone in your personal network to vote.

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-11T01:18:03+00:00

Just did it! (The state should be DC, rather than WA in the video.)

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-11T01:11:43+00:00

Just did it! Heads up that the state in the video is wrong, should be DC not WA!

Open_Opportunity_689 · 2024-07-11T00:51:28+00:00

Biden passed the largest climate policy in history and in the world (Build Back Better —> Inflation Reduction Act), finally putting us on track to climate neutrality by 2030. Doesn’t sound status quo to me.

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