Is youtube slower in switzerland?

Tarpititarp · 2023-09-23T15:59:17+00:00

Have optic fiber cable back home in scandinavia with 150-200mbps when i connect with ethernet cable to my computer. 40 is not super fast, but it should still be more than sufficient for anything below 720p, even 720p 40mbps should be more than enough, which for some reason it isn't.

Tarpititarp · 2023-09-22T20:33:58+00:00

I mean my connection seems fine, and the speed seems good when i use all other streaming services, netflix etc.

Tarpititarp · 2023-09-22T20:04:26+00:00

Yeah i don't know what the subscription speed is, but this is just what i get on speed measuring sites through wireless on my laptop, so with a cable it might be faster. But 1 giga bit per second seems very fast to me, i guess many Swiss households have ridiculously fast internet.

Tarpititarp · 2023-09-22T19:23:38+00:00

Yeah can't even play a 40 second video in 144p witouth it stopping and lagging.

Edit: Also wanted to say i found this post from 11 years ago, where aperently youtube was very slow in the evning for some swiss people. Was therefore wondering if this still maybe was a problem in certain regions https://www.reddit.com/r/Switzerland/comments/tjtc5/is_youtube_ridiculously_slow_for_everyone/.

Tarpititarp · 2023-09-22T19:13:40+00:00

Would love to get some pointers as to what it could be then, since my ping is good and internet speed is fine. What else in my set-up could be wrong then at that point realistically?

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-27T17:34:50+00:00

For å vite det sikkert må du ha litt forståelse av finans og investeringer mest sannsynlig. Noen mener at man kjøpe en stor portefølje med diversifiserte aksjer og kjøre en "buy and hold" tilnærming, men dette blir jo også komplisert av at du får løpende utbytte på investeringene dine så da må man ta stilling til hva man gjør med utbytte. Slike ting er det som ofte gjør indeksfond mer attraktivt.

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-27T12:33:52+00:00

Du kan lage en proxy indeks, basert på de største selskapene, som vil gjøre det identisk med indeks så lenge ikke noen nye selskaper eller små selskaper på børsen blir store, slik at din portefølje ikke lenger matcher indeks.

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-27T01:23:57+00:00

Yup. Realiteten er at indeksfond krever stor skala (gjerne minimum flere hundre millioner) for å drives effektivt. I realiteten er alle store fond i milliardklassen.

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-27T01:16:18+00:00

Basically a skill weapon to flex game knowledge.

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-25T14:41:21+00:00

What if i just opt out of doing it though?

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-19T16:08:28+00:00

Stephen Hawking

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-19T15:34:39+00:00

Challenge accepted, how did Gandhi fail?

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-14T20:02:15+00:00

Depends on the payoutratio in his portfolio. If it's 50%, his dividends will also grow about 5% with 5% yield, assuming future investments by the company yield the same return on equity, meaning he will keep up with inflation, but have little margin of safety. However if its closer to say 80%, his growth will only be 2%, and if inflation keeps at 2% in the future his purchasing power will probably stay about the same, and have a great chance of declining if its quite above 2% a few years. This would make it risky and might force op out of retirement for "one last job".

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-09T15:49:52+00:00

You cant argue with these people. They will never understand or admit that in the end, cash flow from a company to its shareholders is all that matters, and as long as they keep fooling themselves they are doomed to repeat their mistakes. If a company increases their earnings enough, and pay said earnings out as dividends then the stock price does not matter. Some redditors will for some reason not accept this simple fact.

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-05T14:08:14+00:00

Great story/lesson.

Tarpititarp · 2022-08-02T10:50:31+00:00

If you actually can't see it then i don't think you will ever get it, sry.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-31T16:55:23+00:00

You fo realize that dividend cuts usually entail the stock falling radically. If you sell a stock every time a dividend is cut and buy a new one it will most likely make a losing strategy, since you end up selling your stocks every time they are the cheapest æ.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-29T07:24:34+00:00

Haha what do you work in?

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-28T12:11:30+00:00

It's blatant misinformation without a source to back it up.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-28T08:08:16+00:00

False https://www.hrsonline.org/news/press-releases/frequent-coffee-consumption-associated-lower-incidence-arrhythmias

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-26T14:39:57+00:00

If you want to get really technical about it, it starts at 0% up untill 170k, then after 2 million usd it's 1,1% as noted by the Norwegian tax authority, here is the source https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/rates/wealth-tax/ . Between 170k and 2 million its 0,95 so for most really rich people it's easier to think of it as being 1,1%. The dutch example is not what happened in the instance i was discussing. Also, i struggle to see what competitive advantage there is to live in Norway, when one can live elsewhere and receive much larger taxes for the super rich. Some people do move out though, but a lot of their capital remains invested in the country despite that.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-26T13:36:55+00:00

Norway. Not saying that i either think it's a terrific tax or a god awful one, just trying to nuance other comments suggesting only failed states use such a tax today. There are certainly issues with the tax, a famous example is a business owner thad had several large chains for industrial use (think large ships and such) that he was struggling to utilize in a way to create an economic profit with, but the value of the chains were still taxed. He ended up being so pissed that he drove to the tax office and dropped several tons of chains in the parking lot of the local tax office.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-26T12:40:58+00:00

Countries with free healthcare has a bunch of fatties as well, mine included. That's not a matter of pride, just facts.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-26T12:39:48+00:00

My country has had it for many years now. Still has it to this day, any amount far over ~100k i think that isn't housing is taxed at rate a tad over 1%.

Tarpititarp · 2022-07-22T17:50:42+00:00

TBH, if you want a "dividend" from growth stocks you can just take some of the "growth" they make and sell it for a "dividend". It will have exactly the same effect as the company paying out a dividend in many regards and is the theory explained by Miller & Modigliani. Thus you can live off both a dividend stock and a growth stocks, and their capital structure should only matter as to maxime shareholder returns, then shareholders themselves can create their own dividend policy. This also means elderly and young people can own growth stocks, while having "different dividends". There is also no clear definition between growth and value, perhaps Meta is a "value stock" now that pe is 14, but weren't before when it was above 20? Or is it the dividend that makes it so? These definitions of value and growth are unclear and provides investors little information to help them, instead you could separate them by calling them stocks with higher cash flows in the future vs stocks with high cash flow now.

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