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"This is a hoax because everyone knows that a gasoline fire cannot melt or soften steel." [
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"This winter I'll be living in Connecticut in an unheated house... the decision not to have heating this winter is because evidently they paid a mint in central heating last winter just to keep the house in the 50s.
I don't think "they"..." [
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"But just as the prices were supposed to fall again, they rose to almost double the mean index value. That's insane. Is there any non-catastrophic explanation for this?... Um, did you not read the article at all? It's not just oil. It's the 22 most..." [
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"The following was a blogspot post from a first-year MBA student who wisely removed it when it started getting linked everywhere. I was not that student, as I know better. I saved it.
How the Banks Differ
Okay, I'm almost done with all of this..." [
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"I first read that as "Rob Schneider". It's hard to describe the subsequent emotional porridge." [
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"Seth Klarman is my distant acquaintance, and I have read the book.
First, you should understand just how good he is at managing money. The Baupost Group isn't doing anything super-secret-- no heavy math or Stevie-Cohen-style information trading...." [
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"The best part is that you get to look down your nose at Massholes like Curley up there.
Otherwise: Lots of walking. Waiting for delayed trains. Litter. Crazy people. More walking. Stairs. Broken escalators. Reggaeton. Finding an apartment...." [
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"Maybe you're young enough that it matters for some reason, but in my corner of the world, people don't put months on the resume:
1999-2002 JANITOR, Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA
2002-2004 INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE SPECIALIST, Microsoft Corp, Redmond,..." [
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"If "intellectuals" such as Fukuyama get their predictions completely wrong, especially about things like the outcome of a war, why should be listen to another word they say?
Because we should judge arguments on their merits, rather than..." [
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