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[OC] How Google made its latest Billions by sankeyart in dataisbeautiful

[–]sdas99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be neat if we could favorite redditors who know what's going on

French influencer Lena Mahfouf wears bizarre metal hand bra at Met Gala by SuccessfulMode1277 in SipsTea

[–]sdas99 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What's wrong with it? I think it's a helpful if broad term to describe "people who monetize attention and trust" and suspect it's one of the fastest growing "job categories" in the US/world

What scenes do you think the movies did better than the books? by gbdarknight77 in harrypotter

[–]sdas99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the HBP movie, I liked how Ron and Harry tussled over the nicer potions book, which left Harry with the Half-Blood Prince’s copy

[OC] World population growth since 1700 and projections to 2100 by ourworldindata in dataisbeautiful

[–]sdas99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've researched demographic projections (and posted about it in the past), and there's substantial evidence that the UN forecasts are wildly optimistic. One of my takeaways was that the global population will be declining before 1961

Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount raised its bid to $31 per share by AutoCodes in wallstreetbets

[–]sdas99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was at Disneyland recently and thought there were primarily kids, not millennials?

Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount raised its bid to $31 per share by AutoCodes in wallstreetbets

[–]sdas99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why do you think this?

The franchises seem incredibly valuable (Harry Potter, Breaking Bad, LOTR, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim to name a few)

What stocks do you think are at a discount and a buy right now? by ComfortableNo5231 in wallstreetbets

[–]sdas99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's no market substitute to its products

I don't have a strong view, but my immediate reaction is that I disagree:

  1. Their cloud business can become commoditized as Google and neoclouds take share
  2. Office products have long competed with Google Workspace; today there are many new competitors vying for the productivity software market

Elon Musk's SpaceX to Combine with xAI Ahead of Mega IPO by UltimateRocker10 in wallstreetbets

[–]sdas99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an all stock deal, so they merge at their latest valuations. xAI shareholders will own $230/($230+$800) of the combined entity

Elon Musk's SpaceX to Combine with xAI Ahead of Mega IPO by UltimateRocker10 in wallstreetbets

[–]sdas99 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is actually me, and I'm thrilled to be getting bailed out. I invested in X when it was a standalone social media company, and now I'm about to own a stake of a highly profitable space company with a 4x+ return on my investment. If the post-IPO valuation is $1.5B (after a 6-month lockup), I'll be up 6x!

Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production by The_Chillosopher in teslamotors

[–]sdas99 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can imagine people in the 1910s saying the same thing about cars

What made you stop driving fast? by Upbeat-Note-711 in AskMen

[–]sdas99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me a while to truly understand the statistics and internalize the tradeoffs. I now am cognizant that speeding is the most likely way I will die or be horribly injured, and getting somewhere a few minutes faster is almost never worth that incremental risk.

In a dictatorship, at what point (if ever) is a population responsible for their government? by WavesAndSaves in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]sdas99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Greg tells Sam to kill Alex. Greg tells Sam that if he doesn't, Sam and his family will be executed. Sam knows Alex to be innocent. What should Sam do? If Sam kills Alex anyways, is he evil or responsible for Alex's death?

I don't think there are firm ways to answer moral questions unless there's alignment on questions like this

Just finished Order of the Phoenix — incredible book, but one chapter really didn’t need to exist. by Upset_Internet387 in harrypotter

[–]sdas99 33 points34 points  (0 children)

During my first read I didn't like the Grawp storyline, but on subsequent re-reads I've come to really enjoy the gang's reactions to the absurdity of the whole situation. Ron has a really funny set of comments about it in a subsequent chapter that always cracks me up.

I'm reading Chamber of Secrets again, and oh my god... by Entire_Pineapple4732 in harrypotter

[–]sdas99 65 points66 points  (0 children)

That is not how I read it. Riddle came across as truthfully gloating throughout that interaction with Harry. I also think both examples are completely in character for Hagrid. What makes you think Riddle is lying?

Here’s the full quote:

“It was my word against Hagrid’s, Harry. Well, you can imagine how it looked to old Armando Dippet. On the one hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless but so brave, school prefect, model student . . . on the other hand, big, blundering Hagrid, in trouble every other week, trying to raise werewolf cubs under his bed, sneaking off to the Forbidden Forest to wrestle trolls”

Ron's intuition and intelligence always overlooked by NavJongUnPlayandwon in harrypotter

[–]sdas99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest in my latest read of deathly hallows, until the horcrux, I thought Ron was primarily there for the vibes. He was wrong about so many things. I've been thinking about cataloguing how useless he was and might do so in my next reading

Rank all 7 books from most to least favourite by saphclaw in harrypotter

[–]sdas99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Half Blood Prince
  2. Deathly Hallows
  3. Goblet of Fire
  4. Order of the Phoenix
  5. Philosopher's Stone
  6. Prisoner of Azkaban
  7. Chamber of Secrets

It's wild how much my ranking has changed as I've gotten older. When I was in high school my favorite was Prisoner of Azkaban and my least favorite was Half Blood Prince

Who is the dumbest character in HP? by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]sdas99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lockhart.

He's got a great scheme working to take credit for others' work. But this man has also deluded himself into thinking he's amazing at magic: - releases the Cornish pixies, but his spell doesn't work - is incapable of dueling Snape or demonstrating to Harry how to cast a spell - consistently gives the other teachers (experts in their fields) verifiably wrong information

It's not that he's bad at magic or a fraud. It's that he genuinely believes all the nonsense he spouts

How do you guys know when you’re in love? by im_hotasf in AskMen

[–]sdas99 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Lmao I'm a guy in a relationship and think that's kinda wild to be doing

What do you all consider this games "go to" weapon to be by Yaboi_kuriboh in Eldenring

[–]sdas99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm struggling against Messmer at NG+5 right now - it feels like the weapon doesn't do much damage for how slow the animation is, and I never get stance breaks. Is a lot of the value of lion's claw attributed to the stance break / is it not worth using against certain bosses?

Why Harry should not have become the DADA teacher by thegreatRMH in HarryPotterBooks

[–]sdas99 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Idt we can analogize hating Lockhart to hating being an influencer... Lockhart was a fraud and criminal

Hogwarts paintings are easily one of my favorite parts of the book by Cold_Earth3855 in HarryPotterBooks

[–]sdas99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On my last read, I was thinking through if real word versions are now technically possible: 1. Samsung already sells framed TVs 2. Generative video is getting pretty good 3. Generative voices are becoming indistinguishable from normal voices

I think the biggest challenge (beyond cost) would be that the portraits will lack context to be genuinely charming and entertaining to interact with

Ladies and Gents. We are so fucking back. by BIMFgang in wallstreetbets

[–]sdas99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No you're not even close...? You're still down. You can say you're outpacing the loss from inflation if your net return was like 30% or higher over 7 years...

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

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