solus_christus
Re:Schopenhauer's 38 Stratagems, or 38 Ways to Win an Argument
on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:30PM (#27824423)
Better title: "Use These 38 Logical Fallacies to Blow Up a Debate." You could teach Logic 101 based on this list, by asking students to identify the flaws (straw man, red herring, ad hominem, equivocation).
Re:Negaunee Troopers investigating breaking and entering of Republic B...
on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:55PM (#26715856)
The Upper Peninsula is a beautiful place, but when did HN become its police blotter?
Re:The SEC Rule That Destroyed the Universe
on Friday April 10, 2020 @04:07PM (#22836860)
A lot of heat and very little light in this article. Share buybacks are just like dividends—a way of returning capital to stockholders. Whether companies issue $2 trillion in dividends or repurchase $2 trillion in shares makes no difference. It used to matter more to individual shareholders because dividends were taxed more than capital gains, but that tax-differential has diminished. If shareholders can’t get a cash return, corporations will just turn into giant non-profits run by and for the government—which may be the ultimate aim of the anti-buyback crusaders.