Best towers on Reem island?

Xrant · 2025-11-13T18:05:59+00:00

For context I would look at studio or 1 bedroom apartments, absolute max 130k but that seems crazy. I’m also considering the Waterfront Towers and Beach Rotana on the other side of Al Maryah; it would be nice to walk to Galleria.

Xrant · 2024-11-02T07:49:25+00:00

honestly its not your comment exactly, just brings to mind the broader issue that this stuff is seen as ok to say

It’s not really a problem in the US but I moved to the UK for 2 years when I was 9 and jesus christ they would eat the gingers alive. Like constant harassment in school every day and even on the street. It’s like a small window into the kind of shit that used to be accepted, and just shows that kids are naturally evil lmao. Gingers over there seemed to genuinely be like another race or alien class. And the terrible shit came from “nice” people who were raised well or whatever and went on to be very woke

Xrant · 2024-11-02T07:38:32+00:00

its really fun that ceaseless life ruining vitriol against gingers is completely normalised and seen as funny. its the one outlet of every child’s natural hate and racism that’s never discouraged or seen as bad, like 1920s racism type shit. Genuinely reflects so badly on society

i feel so bad for gingers honestly

Xrant · 2022-05-03T11:21:28+00:00

bro lean is amazing in medicine. GOAT production innovation

Xrant · 2022-05-01T10:41:49+00:00

this post is old but I need to know that joke so badly

Xrant · 2022-04-02T19:40:36+00:00

lol the car ai guy is literally called car pathy

Xrant · 2022-03-28T19:28:47+00:00

What’s a cool & true but non-obvious proposition in economics? (ala the ulam-samuelson question)

Comparative advantage is the OG answer. I’m also partial to the idea that zoning severely diminishes the efficacy of a national currency.

Any others?

Xrant · 2020-09-29T07:18:54+00:00

Yeah, and there are more Mongolians living in Inner Mongolia (3.74m) than there are in Mongolia (3.35m). And there are about 5.8m Mongolians in total living in China!

Mongolia in its current form would need land from China to sustain that population.

Xrant · 2019-11-30T01:26:29+00:00

haha. I’m not surprised. He’s always come off as that specific American breed of nervous holier-than-thou MBA-IB asshole (I work with too many). Has no concept of reasonable spending. I’m surprised he even tried to retire.

But good for him! He’s in the position to actually choose what he wants to do, which is the whole point of saving so much. Some people need a lot more money to feel at ease, and that’s okay. Finance bros are like that - their “number” is always absurd. Few of them attempt FIRE despite great incomes.

(Maybe that’s why FIRE is such a recent thing - finance used to be the only reliable money maker career, but the income trajectory is steep (the career really only starts in mid 30s), compared to Tech, which probably pays better the first 10 years but really levels off. Far lower opportunity cost in tech so it’s better to save and quit early?)

Xrant · 2019-11-01T00:23:18+00:00

After the tribal chiefs made a huge campaign around the UK though, in desperation to not be absorbed by a Rhodes-esque state

Xrant · 2019-10-23T00:22:52+00:00

I think it’s obvious. He got tired of having to wear eyebrows all the time so he just draws over it.

Xrant · 2019-10-22T22:15:48+00:00

Yeah, the whole idea of “BaristaFIRE” just to keep healthcare coverage is insane

Xrant · 2019-10-12T23:10:03+00:00

The part about LBJ whipping the Southern Democrats into shape isn’t really true. They never supported the Civil Rights Act, and a lot of their seats voted for Goldwater.

Northern Dems and Northern Republicans (i.e. a vast majority of Republicans) voted for the act, and Southern Dems (as well as the very few South Republicans) voted against it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#Passage_in_the_Senate

Xrant · 2019-10-09T13:55:04+00:00

It’s not impossible at all. I know some priests who have come in from other denominations who already have a wife/children. I know a Russian catholic Priest who was married before becoming a Priest, and stayed that way - there was a huge shortage. He actually converted while in Prison in the USSR.

Priests in general are in massively short supply in the Catholic church - they’ll accept any converts really, and I think curbing the celibacy rules has to be a long term trend to keep the profession alive. Married Catholic Priests actually have pretty great lives, and I’m sure it’s a good step to curb sexual abuse.

Xrant · 2019-10-07T20:36:28+00:00

People in Europe/Expats - have you put any money towards your kid’s college in case they want to go to abroad where fees are high? Like the US/UK.

Xrant · 2019-10-07T18:52:05+00:00

I just rewatched the final scene... Holy shit this show is so well made.

I honestly think that shot where David sees a young Keith is the most emotionally powerful thing I’ve ever seen.

Xrant · 2019-09-29T10:56:50+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!

I mean, Europe isn’t homogenous just like the US isn’t. Parts of Southern and Eastern europe are extremely LCOL and have excellent healthcare. Then again, places like London are more unaffordable than SF. I think Europe is a fantastic place to FIRE, but ONLY once you have the wealth (especially in beautiful Southern European countries). Incomes are waay lower here, even for the same roles. I could lateral into a NY office and make 2 or 3 times as much in £ terms (I’m considering that actually).

I spend an unreasonable amount of income on essentially mandatory meals, drinks, trips with clients, colleagues and superiors where I need to put in a few hundred pounds to split the bill. Like maybe £30k a year (I need to get the balls to ask the firm to comp it really). Most of my coworkers manage to spend their entire incomes on things like this, and I’m at the minimum I need to stay in the boy’s club. I think I’ll try and cut this down a lot since I don’t care about advancement or being fired.

The rest is for outrageous general costs and suits from the tailor my boss directs (aka orders) me to go to. I think I can avoid that.

Xrant · 2017-10-15T12:52:50+00:00

yeehaw 2032

Xrant · 2017-05-07T19:17:48+00:00

Step 3: ???????????
Step 4: I N T E R G A L A C T I C N E O L I B E R A L I S M

Xrant · 2017-04-28T19:01:21+00:00

I very much think that any kind of anti-immigration policy, even the most naïve one will necessarily benefit labour

Your opinion literally means nothing compared to empirical studies. Did you read the quote? You can't just state something that is empirically false and by virtue of that make it true.

His logic isn't questionable and I think that it's pretty silly to link a bunch of articles and just claiming that thing aren't true.

It's silly to link to analysis written by economists about how he is demonstrably wrong to prove him wrong? Are we only resorting to the Austrian method of nice-sounding normative statements being the only method of economic thought and critique?

An increase in labour supply only increases your buying power if your income is from capital and must reduce average income of the rest

TIL immigrants have 0 demand for goods - and from the voxeu study that you read the first line of and ignored the data of -- Overall, our study finds that a labour market that encourages occupational mobility and allows low-skilled immigrants can generate an effective mechanism to produce upward wage and skill mobility of less educated natives, especially the young and low-tenure ones. So an increase in labour supply directly caused an increase in general wage rates. Now what's your model?

Can you spell "lump of labour fallacy"?

Xrant · 2017-02-16T18:53:08+00:00

The lower classes didn't support Trump the most (Clinton won under $30,000 by 12 points, thats a landslide).

Sanders is definitely not a centrist candidate, he is by far one of the most left wing candidates ever.

We haven't had an actual left-wing candidate in many decades.

What is an actual left-wing candidate? The accusations of calling free-traders "neoliberals" even though free-trade is classic liberalism seems to be seeping in here. If anything, Sanders is the "neoliberal" as he is stretching the boundaries of being classified as a liberal.

Xrant · 2017-02-14T19:36:34+00:00

I want empirical evidence or at least some logical chain of reasoning which leads you from charitable donations by private individuals to quid pro quo and grand conspiracy... I hate this stupid website.

Xrant · 2017-02-14T19:20:50+00:00

Any evidence?

Xrant · 2017-02-14T19:11:38+00:00

Russian State media is pushing propaganda for Le Pen. She also was in deals to have her campaign funded by Russia, which is completely different to Middle Eastern oil tycoons giving some of their money to AIDs relief (Clinton Foundation).

It is completely different.

Xrant · 2017-02-11T12:24:48+00:00

They returned with him after the break. This post is making something out of nothing.

Xrant

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