mrbeamis
mrbeamis t1_j58c6et wrote
Reply to TIL: Jesse Livermoore pioneered day trading. His shorts for the 1906 SF earthquake and the 1929 crash are considered legendary. He grew up poor, but at 14 worked as a board boy at a stock firm and started gambling. He would consistently become rich or bankrupt, and he died with millions in debt. by Flares117
So he won the game
mrbeamis t1_iyeuw1k wrote
Reply to What do you call a bulletproof Irishman? by _dantastic
Vested.
mrbeamis t1_iy69iu0 wrote
I blistered when I saw this bluster
mrbeamis t1_iw9u0ip wrote
Reply to TIL all 8 of the most densely populated towns in the US (and 9 of the top 10) are either in New Jersey or New York by snakkerdudaniel
Another reason not to live there
mrbeamis t1_ivculpg wrote
Reply to Examining 100,000 crime-related posts from 14,000 Facebook pages maintained by U.S. law enforcement agencies between 2010 and 2019, researchers found that Facebook users are exposed to posts that overrepresent Black suspects by 25% relative to local arrest rates by giuliomagnifico
And what's black/white arrest rate?
mrbeamis t1_j6l6g6q wrote
Reply to TIL about a practice known as sologamy, where you can apparently marry yourself by [deleted]
So you can fuck yourself