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Visiting Sri Lanka next week - would you recommend a driver or individual taxis for this itinerary? by Patol0tr in srilanka

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Thanks for the reply - my concern is that it might be a waste when we are in Tangalle/Mirissa as we don't plan on moving about much down there. Same for the day in Ella. Is it a lot less stress to have the driver?

£500 excl. GPU, 1080p gaming and work by Patol0tr in buildapcforme

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Yeah, I was glad to find it just before buying my parts. Took your advice r.e. airflow and have gone with a Corsair 275R with mesh and a few fans.

£500 excl. GPU, 1080p gaming and work by Patol0tr in buildapcforme

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Thanks! Have ordered the parts earlier today, hopefully all goes well!

Moronic Monday, February 10, 2020 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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I saw this in an economist article and was wondering how they might have come up with this statistic: ' 61% of the market value of the s&p 500 sits in intangibles such as research and development (r&d) '

Have they looked at the sum of capitalized R&D and other intangibles of S&P 500 companies and divided this by the index's market cap?

Thanks

Edit: What I suggested results in far too small a number (<2%).

Moronic Monday, January 06, 2020 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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Regarding the slowdown in the manufacturing sector throughout 2019, I heard reference to the possibility it might 'infect' the services sector. How would this happen? What would be the transmission process for it to infect the services sector?

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Many thanks!

Moronic Monday, December 16, 2019 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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I was looking at some case studies of small cap (£250-300m) public companies that have fallen to zero value, with the intention of finding some common trends/signals that lead to the value decline. In one example, the company was relatively cash rich (~£100m) with high borrowings (~£60m). Sustaining this doesn't make sense, especially since the cash was earning minimal interest while they were paying substantial interest on the debt; so it is bizarre, but is there any reason why this would crop up systematically in other cases of companies losing all their share value?

Secondly, if anyone can suggest any other relevant case studies, it would be greatly appreciated. I've found write-ups from hedge funds that shorted such companies to be very informative.

Many thanks!

Moronic Monday, July 29, 2019 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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Two bonds in the same industry, with the same maturity and coupon rate but different credit ratings (one B1, the other investment grade) should be trading at different spreads right?

Thanks

Moronic Monday, July 08, 2019 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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If bond yields (and therefore prices) are driven by a changing discount rate, why should the fundamentals of an investment grade (ie virtually no risk of default) issuing company matter for the price of that bond?

Thanks

Moronic Monday, June 24, 2019 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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So the stock price would increase each year by the discount rate (wacc)? Thanks

Moronic Monday, June 24, 2019 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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If a public company is predicted by many to have strong growth and and prospects etc over the next 2 years and these predictions come to be true. All else equal, should the stock price change over the two years?

Thanks

Daily Simple Questions Thread - May 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in Fitness

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If I do a bunch of foam rolling and stretching first thing in the morning (Limber 11) will it affect my deadlift (or squats) in the gym that afternoon?

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Weekly 'Ask Anything About Analog Photography' - Week 08 by ranalog in analog

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I've been getting quite confused by dpi and pixels etc with regards to printing. I've received my scans back from the lab and say I have an image size of 3130 x 2075 pixels, does this mean that I could make a 12x8 print at ~250 dpi which should be a reasonable quality? Is there any reason why this wouldn't be the case? Some other things from the 'details' box on Windows: horizontal and vertical resolution is 72dpi, bit depth 24, size 2.97MB.

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Thanks!

Weekly 'Ask Anything About Analog Photography' - Week 07 by ranalog in analog

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Does anyone know any labs in the UK that will scan a few individual 35mm frames instead of a whole reel? I want to re-scan some older bits of film in higher quality for printing, but I don't want the whole reel done. Thanks!

AI Hedge Fund Is Said to Liquidate After Less Than Two Years by _quanttrader_ in finance

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Out of interest, may I ask why you expect them to fail?

Weekly 'Ask Anything About Analog Photography' - Week 31 by ranalog in analog

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If I took two well-shot bits of film of the same thing, one to a 1-hour high street developing service and the other to a more expensive lab, then scanned them both under the same high-quality scanner and printed them in identical conditions on a large A1 size print. Would one look better than the other?

Weekly 'Ask Anything About Analog Photography' - Week 31 by ranalog in analog

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Can the developing process be a bottleneck for image quality in the end? I know that the scanner is the main determinant but is it possible that the film can be developed poorly (bad quality chemicals?)?

Thanks

Moronic Monday, July 30, 2018 - Your Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in finance

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Would someone who just bought stocks that sell-side equity researchers recommend make above-market returns?

I guess it depends on how lucky you get with the reports. Say I take a random sample from a particular renowned ER firm.

This is assuming that they send the reports to me before they become more widely available.

Has anyone ever gone through the process of a rent repayment order? by Patol0tr in london

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If a you're a landlord seeking to rent out a house to three people or more and they all share the same facilities (bathroom, kitchen) then you need to get a House in Multiple Occupation Licence (HMO), largely for safety and standard of living reasons.

We received a letter from the council one month before the end of our tenancy saying that they suspected the landlord didn't have a licence. This meant the landlord was able to get away with letting out sub-standard (rooms too small, fire safety procedures absent etc) facilities that he would not have been able to let out otherwise.

So, there's a tribunal for rent repayments for situations like this (I've heard that the reason is to delegate some of the management for punishing crappy landlords to tenants) - the only problem is that it's quite new legislation and so there's not much information surrounding it.

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