While higher minimum wage, overall, would not necessarily lower employment levels... the idea that we are going to need cashiers and fast food workers is overly specific. Between robotics and near field communication, eventually "high" wages and cheap technology will lead to a dramatic shift.

Labor costs in my…

Why are we always going to need fast food workers and walmart cashiers?

Cut one minute of commercials per game and lose $20,000 in revenue, or more. MLB teams are inking deals worth nearly a million per game for TV rights. There is no way the system works without that revenue. It would turn MLB into MLS. Did you see that amazing MLS match last night? No, because it wasnt on tv.

In 1952 a baseball game was LESS than 2 hours long. We could add the commercials and still be at 2 hours and 40 minutes.

In the 1960s a baseball game was two and a half hours long.

I agree, if you're going to end up in a five bedroom McMansion, just start saving. The risks and transactional costs of temporary home ownership are not worthwhile. Especially a fixer upper. Ever look at the return on the best ever remodeling projects? They're usually like 80%.

But we are in complete agreement about how the industry works. Just being a pro doesn't mean you kick everyone's ass. But you do. So why aren't you a pro?

It's not that you do better than me, it's that you claim you do better than nearly all hedge fund managers. I'm not being a dick. I'm just saying if you're that good at investing, then you aren't properly accounting for the time you spend researching. I personally know professionals that make seven figures that you…

So you're just not diversified. I suppose diversification is also for suckers?

Thats a waste of time. If it doesn’t impact cost they could just create unattainable products. Why would the government require Chevy to have a 100 mpg 250k SUV?

Yeah the collection and burning of potential emissions requires energy. Heavy trucks took a big hit when they adopted the standard. It’s improved somewhat but from a BTU standpoint they probably haven’t recovered. Using urea to create the heat lessens the MPG impact, but still uses energy.

The cherry is far more offensive.

Fruit is fine. As long is the blog is called inAdequate man. If they muddle my orange, I can forgive the barkeep. But a GD cherry? It just destroys the entire thing.

What is only possible in Cali? RTK is possible whenever there is a base station or CORS network. Also, with the right equipment mapping is probably accurate enough in many environments without RTK. You might need to clean up the data a little but active antennas, Glonass, and starfire (or other WASS correction) would…

My ETF trades are free. I do charge for my time when I select ETFs and mutual funds. It must be obvious that it requires far less time to pick a mutual fund or ETF.

I have no idea how one could adequately diversify and dollar cost average without hundreds of trades per year. Just one of my ETFs owns 3800 stocks. …

Do you charge for your time when you select individual stocks? Also, how do you avoid fees for trading? I could quickly rack up a couple thousand dollars in trading fees trying to create a diverse portfolio of stocks and dollar cost averaging future investments.

Plus or minus 2 cm is plenty accurate for mapping. You only need sensors at the wheel to accurately determine adverse driving conditions that obviously GPS/LIDAR wouldn’t be aware of.

Plus or minus a couple of centimeters is pretty accurate.

Yeah, it isn't a problem. It requires some sacrifice but it gets done. Whoops. I misread your post a bit. You can pay your mortgage, save for retirement, college and food. The rest of it isn't necessary. I was raised that new cars were for rich people.

The low median income in Manhattan is just shocking. It just reinforces my idea of, why would you submit yourself to that. It is just such a great place for the wealthy. For the "middle class" it just seems like a tease. Look at all the things I am surrounded by that I will never be able to afford!!