reasonablemann (u/reasonablemann)

reasonablemann commented on Chinese Dominance of Rare-Earth Metals Threatens to Disrupt U.S. Manufacturing globelynews.com/asia/chin... · Posted by u/ptmnds

cromwellian · 7 years ago

Isn't it the case that some of these are waste materials of existing mining activity and that some mines could tool up very quickly to refine them, only it just wasn't economical to do so?

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

Not sure if it's waste material, but yes, the only reason there isn't non-Chinese supply is economics. If they ban export the economics changes quickly.

reasonablemann commented on Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote cnn.com/2019/05/27/tech/z... · Posted by u/maximilianburke

lstamour · 7 years ago

Just like how China doesn’t pay the tariff, it’s US importers who do, in this case Facebook doesn’t pay the tariff, it’s Canadian advertisers that would, on top of whatever Facebook is asking for. It would only hurt Facebook if you applied a fine or tax directly to their Canadian profits or prevented them from doing business in Canada, and even then... with other countries, the sway is, “you’re a citizen of our country, you have to follow the law, it’s easier that way” but if you’re not actually a citizen, have legal defense and possible substitutions in place, and ultimately, the only penalty is likely a slap on the wrist and a request you somehow further can’t ignore, well... it comes back to other countries on their own don’t have sway if the US or host nation doesn’t make the same request and you don’t have immediate travel plans to that country (and, of course, the country follows rule of law and/or you’re protected by your host country’s legal system...) That said, anyone in the country making such a request that works for an affected company would have to follow the laws of that host country over company dictates, or face legal consequences...

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

And Canadian advertisers might choose a cheaper alternative to FB as a result.

reasonablemann commented on Half of US stock fund assets are now invested in index funds qz.com/1623418/index-fund... · Posted by u/paulpauper

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

The reason this is not a problem is that stocks which are undervalued intrinsically will be purchased by larger companies that see the value.

Of all the important economic issues of our time, this is not one of them.

reasonablemann commented on It’s Never Been Easier to Be a CEO, and the Pay Keeps Rising nytimes.com/2019/05/24/bu... · Posted by u/wintercarver

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

There's no way CEOs deserve the pay they get. They cannot be that much better than the other management. Shareholders are fleeced.

reasonablemann commented on Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro apple.com/newsroom/2019/0... · Posted by u/css

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

Material change now after the `quieting` mechanism. The can just keeps getting kicked down the road.

reasonablemann commented on Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019 latinamericareports.com/f... · Posted by u/jtjones92

egusa · 7 years ago

It's surprising to hear that this happened in Playa del Carmen (which has always been a popular area for tourists).

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

Between the spike in homicides and frequent drugging of women within resorts I'm amazed people still go down there.

reasonablemann commented on Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics nytimes.com/2019/05/17/he... · Posted by u/mikenyc

option · 7 years ago

It amazes and angers me by how much harm is done by:

1) anti-vaxers 2) anti-nuclear 3) anti-GMO

A (much) Better public education is desperately needed

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

With automation, basic income and everybody having more free time this will only get worse.

reasonablemann commented on U.S. regulators approve the Long-Term Stock Exchange reuters.com/article/us-us... · Posted by u/yahelc

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

I think it's worth it to allow this but I fail to see it's true relevance. If companies don't innovate sufficiently for the long term they will die to other companies that do. Hence the market takes care of itself.

reasonablemann commented on .NET 5 devblogs.microsoft.com/do... · Posted by u/benaadams

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

Coming from mainly python I must say I'm extremely impressed with .net core.

I think my mac days would be over if Windows had better font rendering and a usable terminal -- even ConEmu leaves a lot to be desired.

reasonablemann commented on SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home Internet from Space cordcuttersnews.com/space... · Posted by u/hsnewman

reasonablemann · 7 years ago

If Starlink can provide 4g quality service to Canadian cell subscribers at a reasonable price, they would have millions of users in months.