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ill be getting the audio book that way i can hear her soothing voice discuss these topics

Define wrong

Neat stuff

Hopefully it's never abused

They're all dumb

Next

Nin

Ah fuck

Rip

What a great band. Got to see them live...donld f**ans (lol) solo stuff is good, but not as good as the dan

CNN was better when Obama was in office

Fox is better when Trump is in office

You could see the switch instantly after the election

The gloom and doom side is just annoying whether there is a right slant or a left one

I believe in competence without comprehension

Though there is a good Inman article about how it'll be good for agents to compete with instant offers. They just have to go into full attack mode.

Real estate is so due for a tech revolution and TONS of money is being poured into it. Real fun time

You may have a point with Redfin being more of a data disruptor, but Zillows instant offers program is trying to disrupt the industry.

Amazon has plans to offer agent services as well. It'll be interesting

You are the DC area, correct? It's a market we plan on expanding into with our program in a year or so

Darkman124 posted...

also i did personally enjoy working with them quite a lot

As do most people I've talked to who did business with them. The problem is they compete with agents.

The industry hates Zillow and Redfin...zillow because they took away their data power and redfin (and the slew of discount "tech brokers") because they are taking their commissions away.

I just don't understand a home owner who will save 2% on a commission to pay a less experienced agent to sell their home for 10% less that what a top producer charges. Problem is the role of the agent has been diminished so much no one believes this is the case anymore. They feel an agent is an agent and there's no value in hiring more experience.

Strange really....maybe this technology is giving us an arrogance that'll bite us in the ass

the old adage in real estate is listing is lasting

but the better redfin does in driving commissions down, the better our system is going to do so I'm rooting for them :)

You have a good grasp of the situation

They're part of a group of real estate "tech" companies (I only call Redfin "tech" because that's what they ran their IPO on...I don't buy it. They're a brokerage) racing to the bottom by trying to either cut the agent out, or downplay their value. And I find a dishonesty involved when a discount brokerage company claims to have only 1% commissions but still (as you say) have to pay the buy side the usual 3% (though even with that I'm seeing more and more 2.5% buy sides lately...I'm in the San Diego market fwiw).

The problem with real estate is its a 97/3 business (there's no 80/20 here) and tech companies are trying to fill the gap by automated the home buying / selling process. Check out a company called GoldenKey...they pretty much offer a la cart real estate services.

Wait until the lawsuits (real estate is an insanely litigious industry)...they'll be hating life. That coupled with this race to the bottom to devalue the agent means they are going to be fighting the industry as they try to grow.

@Darkman124

Your opinion on Redfin's IPO? I'm in real estate tech so I've been following it very closely. The industry wants a disruption so bad, but I think they are premature with Redfin...

Curious to hear your thoughts

i think i saw nasa say that this works...but using the reverse selfie view and pointing behind you

sadly what is happening is the alt right is going after a cause which most on the right tend to agree with...the statue thing.

Then, when antifa or the left starts labeling them all as nazis (because a subset actually ARE nazis), those who have valid reasons for wanting the statues kept up (there are valid arguments, I'd be glad to discuss with anyone) feel they have to say screw you to antifa....then those on the left who have valid reasons for wanting the statues taken down (there are valid arguments, I'd be glad to discuss with anyone) end up hating the entire right.

These extreme groups are co-opting issues in order to expand their base with moderates even though they run counter to what the majority of the moderates believe.

We are doomed.

Conservatism places a focus on the individual

The alt right is literally the opposite of that

Asherlee10 posted...

I wonder if the opposite of this would be logically conclusive? I realize Admiral didn't quite arrive at a sound conclusion with this post, but the notion is still open for discussion.

Do we have any monuments in the U.S. that are of the men who came to America and fought the Natives? Would Native Americans have a leg to stand on if the requested those statues be removed?

does this count

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer_Equestrian_Monument

or is that a different guy im thinking of

perfect - keep showing these knuckleheads for what they are. Go read Mill if you don't think letting the idiots have their soapbox is a good thing.

“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.”

The collision is happening only because they are allowed to speak. If you try to silence it, you almost give it more power.

what is your opinion on fmri and the impact it has had on neuroscience? I've read some articles that praise it, and others that say it could lead to questionable results

but im not really in the field so I'm not sure...I just remember reading Sam Harris' fMRI study that had to do with political leanings

FF_Redux posted...

Any cereal I should try?

https://tastyamerica.se/frukost/cereals-oatmeal/

I'll take 3 different ones.

get 3 boxes of cinnamon toast crunch

Was working for a fortune 500 in corporate America, and called up an old contact who owned a successful real estate tech company and told him I wanted to do something creative.

We've been building a business the past 6 months and we are in position to make some moves.

Heres hoping I can retire in a few years

Weee

EnragedSlith posted...

Romes187 posted...

I don't know about others, but him being fired isn't what troubles me

It's the fact that we can't even discuss what was in the memo without being labeled as a sexist if we agree with it. Not saying everyone who disagrees with that point of view labels the other side as sexist...but it sure seems to be a common theme.

I can't fathom how someone can read it and think to themselves "this guy wants to cut all women out of tech" when he literally gives some solutions as to how to better integrate women into tech based on their traits that tend to show up when looking at large distributions.

Weird times we live in

"You see, the black people have fast twitch muscle fiber..."

You're a clown

idgi

i usually go to the dollar tree for things like soap, toothpaste, cleaning supplies, etc

I don't know about others, but him being fired isn't what troubles me

It's the fact that we can't even discuss what was in the memo without being labeled as a sexist if we agree with it. Not saying everyone who disagrees with that point of view labels the other side as sexist...but it sure seems to be a common theme.

I can't fathom how someone can read it and think to themselves "this guy wants to cut all women out of tech" when he literally gives some solutions as to how to better integrate women into tech based on their traits that tend to show up when looking at large distributions.

Weird times we live in

almost got it right

he said all that...if NK continues with the nuke thing

in case anyone thought we were about to attack the country right this second

Balrog0 posted...

I just read that link

I really doubt he has much of a case in terms of getting fired but I guess we'll see. The memo that says why he got fired tries to make it clear he's being fired for saying insulting stuff, not for questioning their policies etc. And it is really hard to win these kind of suits in general anyway

Haven't been following this topic all the way

but I heard somewhere he could potentially claim something about him trying to whistleblow

and even in an at will state, you can't be fired for whistleblowing (allegedly..im stupid with law)....kind of an interesting angle

all women prefer me, I know that much

black

Bad_Mojo posted...

Romes187 posted...

Shapiro was on Rogan's podcast today. Interesting so far

I listened to him both during the debate and on that podcast and I have to say that I think he's a pretty level-headed dude. I'm happy I took the time to sit and listen to him for these 4 hours I have so far. I will go and look for more things like this from him

he definitely benefits from long form conversations. He has some nuanced views that take time to flesh out

lilORANG posted...

If shapiro was smart he wouldn't fire off debunked right wing fallacies every time he opened his mouth lol.

hmm interesting - can you cite specific examples of this? I always see shapiro as someone who is pretty intellectually honest. I'm interested in seeing what fallacies he is using.

Shapiro was on Rogan's podcast today. Interesting so far

Glass_Phantom posted...

Absolutely, and the sooner we treat transsexuals with kindness and grant them equal protection of law, the better

Kindness sure, we should treat everyone with kindness.

What protections do we still need to grant them to be equal?

Talk to the sales guy and ask him why he did it - if the reason makes sense, then there you go.

If it doesn't, bring it up with the boss or something

Don't use an e cig, just toss it and take it like a man!

The way I quit was by analyzing what the withdrawal was actually feeling like.

I would feel so uncomfortable, but couldn't pinpoint what the feeling really was. Almost like an emptiness

But after I'd think about it, it would go away...dunno if that's just me or what.

Guys

It's an Aladdin movie. Chill out

Will Smith as the genie sounds like it'll be hilarious...but it's just a movie.

No need to argue :)

Shin Kudo posted...

Romes187 posted...

the 405 during rush hour is the worst

literally takes an hour to go 3 miles

I don't ever remember it being nearly that bad

Maybe it was just a bad day and fresh in my mind, but I had a drive from Irvine back down to SD and that stretch was (and usually is) the worst

the 405 during rush hour is the worst

literally takes an hour to go 3 miles

if you run up to it, it wiggled a little bit

thats how i remember finding it

I like temerity

Good word

Evolution is competence without comprehension

Has nothing to do with needs

Yeah well baby boomers don't even know how to re-shoe a horse, or fix a carriage or start a revolutionary war

They are so lazy

somewhat related maybe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel

I play a Carvin. Solid walnut, great guitar

Balrog0 posted...

tweetstorm re: this paper from liberal professor:

https://twitter.com/profdaviddeming/status/880484379323224066

again, the complaints re: selection of the control and exclusion of multi-site firms

I do see the control as an issue, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know why a synthetic control is inherently worse than using a control of a similarly-sized city elsewhere, or even if that's what he's implying

Looks like that guy knows exactly how to critically analyze a study, and is also good at starting an argument with the principle of charity...we need more of that in our discussions