MarkVarga
MarkVarga t1_j0u7kdm wrote
Reply to comment by Louloubelle0312 in Spanish MPs vote to approve new 'menstrual leave' for painful periods by mancinedinburgh
> all the privileges
Ah yes. Like 80% of suicides, 99% of war related deaths, a lower life expectancy by several years, 92% of children ending up with their mothers after divorce, sexual harassment against men is being taken as a joke or even a favorable outcome, in quite a lot of countries men can't be raped in a legal sense because it's defined as forcefully inserting something in the other person's body, women's day being a celebration all over the world while men's day doesn't even warrant a doodle on the Google home page, quotas sometimes causing the selection of less talented women over more talented men, 2000+ centers for female SA victims with only a single one for men, women getting shorter sentences for the same crimes...
There is no doubt society is in many occasions uneven and unfair and that there still is a way to go. But don't pretend men have it all
MarkVarga t1_j0cxso2 wrote
Reply to comment by yellowkats in Spanish MPs vote to approve new 'menstrual leave' for painful periods by mancinedinburgh
This extra break absolutely makes sense but it's only fair if these off days will be deducted from the salary as well. But that leads us back to the "women earn less than men" issue.
MarkVarga t1_izs4k1b wrote
Reply to Football betting experiment: what if I consistently bet against the odds, on the least likely match outcome? This is the English Premier League. What happened in 2019/20? (sorry for the third similar post, I test different competitions incrementally after the jaw-dropping World Cups' results) [OC] by ikashnitsky
I'm really glad you are doing these! Are you planning to check whether the most likely/medium option is a better strategy on the long run?
MarkVarga t1_iyqrhcd wrote
Reply to comment by KellerTheGamer in [OC] FIFA World Cup Winning Bets Dist: Qatar 2022 is the world cup with the most upsets among the last 7 tournament's Group Stages. Link to interactive viz in the comments by SmilgaNir
Yeah, that is correct based on the actual matches. For me it would make more sense to depict them as 1.10, 1.20 and that stuff but I guess it's not a general consensus.
MarkVarga t1_iyp7dbb wrote
Reply to [OC] FIFA World Cup Winning Bets Dist: Qatar 2022 is the world cup with the most upsets among the last 7 tournament's Group Stages. Link to interactive viz in the comments by SmilgaNir
How exactly does the 0.2 odds work?
MarkVarga t1_iy3og6j wrote
Reply to comment by iamthemosin in [OC] I sell options for a living. Here is a glimpse into what a typical month looks like. My October performance. by ShallowNefariousness
His income is 92k, his cost of revenue is 73k and the difference is the profit basically. When you sell options, you get credit.
MarkVarga t1_iy3o4c5 wrote
Reply to comment by caveyh96 in [OC] I sell options for a living. Here is a glimpse into what a typical month looks like. My October performance. by ShallowNefariousness
Buying options is quite risky as you figured, but selling options (what this dude is doing) is the other side of that trade: lower risk and lower reward, as well.
MarkVarga t1_iy3megg wrote
Reply to comment by De3NA in [OC] I sell options for a living. Here is a glimpse into what a typical month looks like. My October performance. by ShallowNefariousness
Which are written by some of the smartest people on the planet.
MarkVarga t1_ixta4th wrote
Reply to comment by authorPGAusten in Frequency and Success of every score in the group stage of the world cup over the period 1998 - 2018 (current world cup format) [OC] by authorPGAusten
Ah, that's a great stat for some pub quiz. :D
I thought it's some goal difference shenanigan but that makes more sense. Chile tying with everyone, Italy beating everyone and Austria tying with Cameroon.
MarkVarga t1_ixt95rp wrote
Reply to comment by authorPGAusten in Frequency and Success of every score in the group stage of the world cup over the period 1998 - 2018 (current world cup format) [OC] by authorPGAusten
Great topic and interesting (but kind of expected) results, but I think you should use points instead of score. A match has a score but points are awarded for it.
Which team advanced with 3 points and when?
MarkVarga t1_ixqw28o wrote
Had a stroke while reading the title.
MarkVarga t1_iwxfoub wrote
Reply to comment by Elbynerual in [OC] Choose wisely - Warren buffet got paid $704 mln in dividends only while the CEO's total compensation was $24.6 mln by theverybigapple
Yeah. Roughly 70% of investment accounts are on the red. For every Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger, there are literally tens of millions of people who lost money trying to trade/invest.
MarkVarga t1_iwxab2f wrote
Reply to comment by DanDanDan0123 in [OC] Choose wisely - Warren buffet got paid $704 mln in dividends only while the CEO's total compensation was $24.6 mln by theverybigapple
That's the amount that he (his company, Berkshire Hathaway) received as dividend. But due to how the market works, if it wasn't paid as a dividend, it would have been realized in share price increase instead.
MarkVarga t1_iwx9ds4 wrote
Reply to comment by Elbynerual in [OC] Choose wisely - Warren buffet got paid $704 mln in dividends only while the CEO's total compensation was $24.6 mln by theverybigapple
It still took quite a lot of good decisions to get where he is now.
MarkVarga t1_iwutk7z wrote
Reply to comment by born_in_cyberspace in [OC] The business track record of Elon Musk by born_in_cyberspace
I suppose Eberhard didn't have that much leverage after getting kicked out of the company that he founded.
MarkVarga t1_iwuqexp wrote
Reply to comment by born_in_cyberspace in [OC] The business track record of Elon Musk by born_in_cyberspace
Fun fact, these are Elon's thoughts about who should call themselves a co-founder:
> I believe that the title of founder is critically important and morally requires that you are physically engaged in doing the really hard founding work involved in the very important early founding months/years of the company. I wasn’t there and I didn’t do that hard work at/for Solar City, so it’s not ethical that I refer to myself as a Solar City Founder or co-Founder”.
Assuming the same applies to Tesla, Musk shouldn't call himself any kind of founder. Especially not without a physics degree.
MarkVarga t1_iwup5ef wrote
Correction: Elon Musk is not the co-founder of Tesla.
> In a last minute twist [during the first fundraising period], he legally attacked the company and sued Eberhard, Tarpenning [the two actual Founders] and Tesla Motors Inc. Demanding that he be allowed to call himself a Founder.
Edit: just realized that you probably visualized the same thing (Tesla being in the bought a start-up part and SpaceX being in the co-founded part). In that case, ignore what I said above.
MarkVarga t1_iu18b5c wrote
Reply to comment by ExternalSeat in Edinburgh says sorry for role in slavery, colonialism by Dickie-McGeezax
> the UK controlled 40% of the world's surface
That's absurd. The British empire controlled some 23% of the world at its highest.
MarkVarga t1_jbluj1f wrote
Reply to Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer by LifeTableWithChairs
Bullshit article.
On the same note, Nicolas Cage films cause people to drown in pools, the US spending on science make people kill themselves and the more margarine Minnesotans eat, the more divorces they have.
Gender equality is important but it will not make people live longer as this title suggests.