Two things:
1) Though the meanings are identical, I should have wrote "helps to out racists" to avoid ambiguity.
2) Actually, racism seems to be one of the major critics from the article summary:
. ..focused platforms can actively reinforces racism.
In Amazon's version of a "new neighborhood watch," petty crimes are policed heavily, and racism is common.
Of course, given that the average/.er has no patience for ambiguous titles nor even reading the article summary these days, I consider this entire thread a write-off. . . It is ok, I have Karma to spare.
Anyway, it sounds like you had a bad week so, feel free to rage on. Why try to construct a thoughtful rebuke when you can just go around as anon saying: "FU, this no racist!"
If the last couple of years have taught us anything, racism does not go away if we just pretend it isn't there.
Racism is an intellectually bankrupt set of beliefs that only survives through isolated and sheltered ignorance. Better to expose it to the light than let it fester in the dark.
wake me when we ever come up with something we call AI that deserves the name
I think the point is that it will be too late to debate strong AI once strong AI exists. This is not like other technologies that we invent and then get to debate the social consequences over next several decades. No one may be around to wake you up. . .
LynnwoodRooster, according to you, I have issues with poor people, but, at the same time, I cannot afford a $50K car and have to lie about owning one? Are you experiencing dementia like your "dear leader", Trump?
Perhaps I can analyze your posts for declining cognition and convince you to get some treatment?
LynnwoodRooster, like a true Trump supporter, you display the ability to fabricate lies almost as fast as I can programmatically extract facts from your Slashdot posts. . .
By the way, the fact that you suspect that someone would actually fabricate a $50K car purchase is pretty telling of your own financial situation. . . I would think an EE designer of smart speakers would be too financially well off to be so impressed by such a small purchase. . . but we all have seen your level of financial knowledge, so I guess that explains it. . . (By the way, the median house value in Ventura, CA is 600K. . . do you live in a cardboard box, or something?)
LynnwoodRooster, kind of sad to see someone with:
an EE background,
that designs speakers,
has over a dozen patents,
knows Mandarin,
lived in China for 4 years,
and is over 50 years
degrade themselves like you are doing because they think this will never impact their Slashdot account. . .
You may have gotten away with this in the past. . . you will not this time.
LynnwoodRooster, this does not end until you post an apology. . .
Wouldn't you rather post an apology as an AC here and now while you still can? Once this article is archived, the apology will need to be posted as LynnwoodRooster.
The purpose of this post is to document LynnwoodRooster's abuse of AC posting in this thread when it became clear that he was losing the debate. Evidence:
When LynnwoodRoosters posted this post I immediately posted a response to an AC post I suspected that he had posted. In my response I outed the AC as LynnwoodRooster.
LynnwoodRooster did not post again as LynnwoodRoster until roughly 25 and half hours had elapsed from his post above. During this same time, LynnwoodRooster appears to have posted as an AC at least 3 times. This represented the longest time in between (non-AC) posts in 22 consecutive days for LynnwoodRooster. During that same 22 day period, LynnwoodRooster was a very active poster, with a total of 310 posts and an average interval between posts of 1.8 hours. Consequently, the probability that the AC posting activity in this thread was posted by LynnwoodRooster on this evidence alone is extremely high.
Additional supporting evidence:
- When confronted, the AC poster never denies being LynnwoodRooster. In fact, this AC post could be interpreted as an outright confession.
- All AC posts fit within the distinct time frames that LynnwoodRooster usually posts through-out the day (morning, lunch break, late evening, Californian time). In fact, LynnwoodRooster was so actively posting that some AC posts neatly fill time gaps (measured in minutes) in LynnwoodRooster's other (non-AC) posts.
- Various punctuation and word usage was matched between AC and LynnwoodRooster's posts (as posted in this thread and through separate analysis not publicly shared).
Summary of AC posts:
Mostly consisting of bigoted and vulgar insults. Primary purpose of the posts appeared to be to out my identity on another forum and shame me for not using my real name for my Slashdot account and other forums. For this he should earn the Slashdot Achievement of: "Hypocrisy of the Highest Order"
Recommended community actions (until LynnwoodRooster apologizes on Slashdot for his AC post abuses):
- Warn other Slashdot users engaged in debate with LynnwoodRooster of his past abuses of AC posts by linking to this post.
- Since he has tried to out the identity of another Slashdot user while posting as an AC, it seems fair if the Slashdot community posts profile summaries of him based on his historical Slashdot posts. Please do not post potential real names or use any information that he has not posted about himself here on Slashdot. The point is to make it easier for people who already know him in real life to connect him to his Slashdot account. The goal is to change his behavior, not completely out him. We should all post (whether as a Slashdot user or an AC) as if we will one day be outed. As LynnwoodRooster's actions have taught us, posting with the assumption of complete anonymity can bring out the worst in us. . .
LynnwoodRooster,
You know, it is better if you own up to this now before this article gets archived and no longer accepts new posts. . . Once that happens, I will have no choice but to continue to pursue this matter by responding to future LynnwoodRooster posts on other threads. That could become rather unpleasant for you. . .
LynnwoodRooster, on the contrary, one trait of narcissism is the inability to view the world from the perspective of other people. This is especially damaging because narcissists are blind to how others see them. Viewing one's historical posts could be very helpful to a potential narcissist. What if before posting to this thread, you had taken a step back and looked at your first post about Tesla back in to 2010, as if it was written by someone else?
Reading that post, it seems like many of your complaints about the Roadster (too little storage space, too expensive, range limitations, etc. ..) have been addressed by the Model 3. Yet, your posts to this thread focus on (very poorly thought out) financial arguments to why the company will fail. I believe if you saw your posts from the perspective of an outsider, you would assume that there was some other motivation behind your recent posts (jealousy, a short position, etc. ..). . . Your inability to see your own posts as others might see them seems to be a serious obstacle to your own personal growth.
I am disappointed that you don't post at model3ownersclub.com, which means your claim of being a Tesla Model3 owner is a fake...and of course, you suck Elon's knob for a living )
You know, even after being exposed as the Slashdot user LynnwoodRooster, you still appear to not have learned your lesson. . . I have shown that there are effective ways to expose identities. Out of the many methods that exist, your way (asking someone to reveal themselves) seems to be the least effective (yet you repeat your attempts. ..). Are you sure you want to escalate this? Is only exposing your Slashdot account an insufficient measure to have you change your behavior?
So I guess you stopped using "knob" on LynnwoodRooster posts back in 2015. . . but you must really love that word, because you have used it numerous times on this thread alone. . . as an AC.
Seriously, why not just own up to what you did, apologize, and go on with life? Escalating things at this point will only make things worse for you, no?
Funny, I was hoping for another post from you because I am working on an algorithm that tries to tie AC posts to a Slashdot account. You see, when you post this deeply in a thread, the probability that you were originally engaged in the thread at some earlier point as an authenticated Slashdot user and then switched to AC (to avoid tainting your Slashdot account) increases quite a bit. However, though my algorithm looks at various types of attributes, it still needs enough AC posts to start finding matches of statistical significance. And this last post really hit the mark. . .
Interesting side note. . . did you realize that both you and LynnwoodRooster do not follow the Chicago Manual of Style for ellipsis? Funny, isn't? Doubt LynnwoodRooster ever posts about "knobs", but what is the harm of keeping a consistent ellipsis style? Well, none, when taken by itself. However, in combination with other data points. . .
: )
Kind of poetic justice to get outed when trying to get another user to give up their real name. . . don't you think?
Unless you can reveal your username at model3ownersclub.
"Identify yourself", says the anonymous coward. . . when you post such hypocrisy, you do realize a part of the good in you dies, right? No one else is hurt by this. . . just you (and anyone that potentially cares about you because this kind of activity is making you weaker, deep inside).
We're not asking for much are we?
Who is this "we." The club for people too insecure to be able to post under an authenticated Slashdot account?
maybe you should just grow a pair and use your real name instead of the fake "Idou"?
This is HILARIOUS! "Hey, let me post under AC and you post with your real name, 'cause I am so intellectually handicapped that I cannot engage in online debates on a level playing field. ..". Whoever let you where "big boy pants" and use the internet today had a lapse of judgement. . .
Look at LynnwoodRooster. Yes, when it comes to finance he is cognitively challenged. . . In fact, if he is investing for himself, he stands to lose a lot of money. . . A LOT . . . BUT, when he comes on Slashdot, he proudly logs in and posts his thoughts in the open for the world to see. The playing field is level and, hopefully, he learns a little about finance and a lot about what it means to have "open" discourse. Overall, Slashdot is a positive use of his time.
You, on the other hand, are too much of a wimp to even log in. . . and your posts reflect the worst of you because you think "no one else can pin this post on me." However, your posts still belong to YOU, and you are a little worse for it. You cannot hide from yourself. You might think there is no cost of this, but there is. . . to you. . . Enjoy your life. . . I think I will go for a little drive in my Model 3 while reflecting how happy I am not someone sad, like you : )
"billions lost" must seem like such a powerful argument to you. . . Finance is all about comparing apples to apples and context. Their "Accumulated Deficit" of $5.7B seems large, until you consider that they have a market cap of over $50B. At the end of 2002, Amazon had an "Accumulated Deficit" of $3B with a market cap of only $7.3B. If you are freaking about Tesla now, you must have been having a conniption fit back then for Amazon. . . . and Amazon's market cap is now approaching 1 trillion, so I really hope no one payed any attention to you. . .
Still wanting to look backwards for their production units, I see. What do you think that $5.7B of "Accumulated Deficit" was created for!? Tesla has been carefully executing a long term plan to mass produce EV cars and just when they start doing exactly that, you want to point to the loss they have accumulated and ignore their current production rates!? With little additional investment, they could produce enough Model 3s to take the top selling car ranking in the U.S.. I think most people would consider a $6B investment to be able to compete with automotive companies with market caps of ~50B to be CHEAP. . .
I'm looking at what has already happened - what is factual, not wishful.
No one values companies based on the past production rates. . . they value based on future potential earnings. . . they are have past 5k/week and you think that earlier production rates are still somehow relevant to a discussion of valuation. ..your understanding of finance is so backwards that your financial arguments against Tesla do come off as desperately wishful. . .
Again, why do you REALLY hate Tesla. . . some Tesla driver smoke you at the green light or something? Please realize that Tesla acceleration is so subtle that it was probably unintentional. . . : )
Seriously, I don't know if you are doing this on purpose or are really crippled when it comes to finance. ..
$0.7B per quarter, that's about $3B per year, is it not
You got your losses of "billions/year" by taking 2018Q2 (last available reporting period) and multiplying by 4. This is a simple run rate approach to forecasting. If you are comparing your derived loss number to units produced, you need to use a similar methodology: (14570 + 1984 + 1200) * 12 months = 213,048 = "hundreds of thousands of cars"
(Please note, I was able to make my point with U.S. sales, alone. . ..)
Now take a step back and reflect if you really think Tesla is failing based on sound reasonable financial analysis, or you want Tesla to fail and you are just making up silly reasons that do not make financial sense? . . . 'cause that is would it appears you are doing here. . .
Please stop. Just come out and say the real reason why you hate Tesla and move on with life. . . Why add to the stupidity that gets posted to Slashdot everyday?
Um, who's saying that I don't also post at model3ownersclub? Oh. . . you are complaining I do not use the same username for every forum I post to. . . with an AC post. . . wtf
Your parents must be so proud. . . giving life to a person that lobs crude insults from the safety of an AC account. . . Your post indicates you are a hypocritical bigot who lacks basic abilities in logic. You may be able to hide who you are from us, but there is no way to hide that from yourself. Enjoy living with that. . . I will enjoy driving my Model 3 : )
Now how many refresh clicks did it take you to see this post. . . Just grow a pair and make an account, you spineless POS. . .
I feel like there is not enough shared finance understanding to have a coherent discussion here, but let me try. . .
Capitalism exists because good ideas for creating new wealth need funding before they become self-sustaining. Regulations are tangential to this point about the fundamentals of capitalism . . .
Comparing Tesla to the types of securities fraud that led to the Great Depression is a low bar to disprove. . . Most fraud from that period was simply making up fake companies for people to invest in. Let me see, is there any evidence proving Tesla is not a fake company:
- There are hundreds of SEC filings, the most important of which are audited routinely by independent auditors. ..
- There are independent production tracking models that rely on publicly available data like VIN numbers. ..
- There are the numerous Teslas you actually see when driving around any noteworthy city in America. ..
- There is the Tesla Model 3 that I got back in July. ..
Yes, I am pretty confident that anyone arguing that Tesla is a hoax at this point has no reasonable basis for their argument. . . and would better spend their time on more main stream wacko conspiracy theories. . . (like the one where Obama was not born in the U.S. . . . you might even one day end up becoming president. . . sigh).
Yeah, well thanks for reminding us all of the importance of including "units of measure" when posting. . .
However, you are still inaccurate with your statement because if you are comparing "annualized" losses, then you should also post the "annualized" sales of "hundreds of thousands of cars."
I kind of miss when the short sellers still had hope and were posting here. There was still a lot of bs, but the debates tended to be a little more intellectually engaging. . . Don't know what your beef is with Tesla, but it certainly is not based on a rational understanding of finance . . .
Slashdot Mirror
I don't get why everybody is acting surprised and spells doom and gloom.
Short trading . . .
1) Though the meanings are identical, I should have wrote "helps to out racists" to avoid ambiguity.
2) Actually, racism seems to be one of the major critics from the article summary:
. . .focused platforms can actively reinforces racism.
In Amazon's version of a "new neighborhood watch," petty crimes are policed heavily, and racism is common.
Of course, given that the average /.er has no patience for ambiguous titles nor even reading the article summary these days, I consider this entire thread a write-off. . . It is ok, I have Karma to spare.
Anyway, it sounds like you had a bad week so, feel free to rage on. Why try to construct a thoughtful rebuke when you can just go around as anon saying: "FU, this no racist!"
If the last couple of years have taught us anything, racism does not go away if we just pretend it isn't there.
Racism is an intellectually bankrupt set of beliefs that only survives through isolated and sheltered ignorance. Better to expose it to the light than let it fester in the dark.
Next he will trade steel manufacturing jobs for stick and stone manufacturing jobs. . .
wake me when we ever come up with something we call AI that deserves the name
I think the point is that it will be too late to debate strong AI once strong AI exists. This is not like other technologies that we invent and then get to debate the social consequences over next several decades. No one may be around to wake you up. . .
LynnwoodRooster, according to you, I have issues with poor people, but, at the same time, I cannot afford a $50K car and have to lie about owning one? Are you experiencing dementia like your "dear leader", Trump?
Perhaps I can analyze your posts for declining cognition and convince you to get some treatment?
LynnwoodRooster, like a true Trump supporter, you display the ability to fabricate lies almost as fast as I can programmatically extract facts from your Slashdot posts. . .
By the way, the fact that you suspect that someone would actually fabricate a $50K car purchase is pretty telling of your own financial situation. . . I would think an EE designer of smart speakers would be too financially well off to be so impressed by such a small purchase. . . but we all have seen your level of financial knowledge, so I guess that explains it. . . (By the way, the median house value in Ventura, CA is 600K. . . do you live in a cardboard box, or something?)
LynnwoodRooster, kind of sad to see someone with:
an EE background,
that designs speakers,
has over a dozen patents,
knows Mandarin,
lived in China for 4 years,
and is over 50 years
degrade themselves like you are doing because they think this will never impact their Slashdot account. . .
You may have gotten away with this in the past. . . you will not this time.
LynnwoodRooster, it is really interesting to see how a Trump supporter reacts to mounting evidence against them. . .
It certainly adds to the notion that America is currently dealing with an authoritarian cult of personality.
Your time is running out. . .
fuck off
LynnwoodRooster, this does not end until you post an apology. . .
Wouldn't you rather post an apology as an AC here and now while you still can? Once this article is archived, the apology will need to be posted as LynnwoodRooster.
ticktock. . .
Evidence:
When LynnwoodRoosters posted this post I immediately posted a response to an AC post I suspected that he had posted. In my response I outed the AC as LynnwoodRooster.
LynnwoodRooster did not post again as LynnwoodRoster until roughly 25 and half hours had elapsed from his post above. During this same time, LynnwoodRooster appears to have posted as an AC at least 3 times. This represented the longest time in between (non-AC) posts in 22 consecutive days for LynnwoodRooster. During that same 22 day period, LynnwoodRooster was a very active poster, with a total of 310 posts and an average interval between posts of 1.8 hours. Consequently, the probability that the AC posting activity in this thread was posted by LynnwoodRooster on this evidence alone is extremely high.
Additional supporting evidence:
Summary of AC posts:
Mostly consisting of bigoted and vulgar insults. Primary purpose of the posts appeared to be to out my identity on another forum and shame me for not using my real name for my Slashdot account and other forums. For this he should earn the Slashdot Achievement of: "Hypocrisy of the Highest Order"
Recommended community actions (until LynnwoodRooster apologizes on Slashdot for his AC post abuses):
LynnwoodRooster,
You know, it is better if you own up to this now before this article gets archived and no longer accepts new posts. . . Once that happens, I will have no choice but to continue to pursue this matter by responding to future LynnwoodRooster posts on other threads. That could become rather unpleasant for you. . .
That's a little narcissistic isn't it?
LynnwoodRooster, on the contrary, one trait of narcissism is the inability to view the world from the perspective of other people. This is especially damaging because narcissists are blind to how others see them. Viewing one's historical posts could be very helpful to a potential narcissist. What if before posting to this thread, you had taken a step back and looked at your first post about Tesla back in to 2010, as if it was written by someone else?
.) have been addressed by the Model 3. Yet, your posts to this thread focus on (very poorly thought out) financial arguments to why the company will fail. I believe if you saw your posts from the perspective of an outsider, you would assume that there was some other motivation behind your recent posts (jealousy, a short position, etc. . .). . . Your inability to see your own posts as others might see them seems to be a serious obstacle to your own personal growth.
Reading that post, it seems like many of your complaints about the Roadster (too little storage space, too expensive, range limitations, etc. .
I am disappointed that you don't post at model3ownersclub.com, which means your claim of being a Tesla Model3 owner is a fake...and of course, you suck Elon's knob for a living )
You know, even after being exposed as the Slashdot user LynnwoodRooster, you still appear to not have learned your lesson. . . I have shown that there are effective ways to expose identities. Out of the many methods that exist, your way (asking someone to reveal themselves) seems to be the least effective (yet you repeat your attempts. . .). Are you sure you want to escalate this? Is only exposing your Slashdot account an insufficient measure to have you change your behavior?
Well, I must admit . . . I was wrong. . ."knob" is an EXCELLENT addition to my algorithm: . . . just because you suck on the knob of Hansen
So I guess you stopped using "knob" on LynnwoodRooster posts back in 2015. . . but you must really love that word, because you have used it numerous times on this thread alone. . . as an AC.
Seriously, why not just own up to what you did, apologize, and go on with life? Escalating things at this point will only make things worse for you, no?
LynnwoodRooster, why are you still posting as an AC?
Funny, I was hoping for another post from you because I am working on an algorithm that tries to tie AC posts to a Slashdot account. You see, when you post this deeply in a thread, the probability that you were originally engaged in the thread at some earlier point as an authenticated Slashdot user and then switched to AC (to avoid tainting your Slashdot account) increases quite a bit. However, though my algorithm looks at various types of attributes, it still needs enough AC posts to start finding matches of statistical significance. And this last post really hit the mark. . .
Interesting side note. . . did you realize that both you and LynnwoodRooster do not follow the Chicago Manual of Style for ellipsis? Funny, isn't? Doubt LynnwoodRooster ever posts about "knobs", but what is the harm of keeping a consistent ellipsis style? Well, none, when taken by itself. However, in combination with other data points. . .
: )
Kind of poetic justice to get outed when trying to get another user to give up their real name. . . don't you think?
Um...you did.
Um. . . where?
Unless you can reveal your username at model3ownersclub.
"Identify yourself", says the anonymous coward. . . when you post such hypocrisy, you do realize a part of the good in you dies, right? No one else is hurt by this. . . just you (and anyone that potentially cares about you because this kind of activity is making you weaker, deep inside).
We're not asking for much are we?
Who is this "we." The club for people too insecure to be able to post under an authenticated Slashdot account?
maybe you should just grow a pair and use your real name instead of the fake "Idou"?
This is HILARIOUS! "Hey, let me post under AC and you post with your real name, 'cause I am so intellectually handicapped that I cannot engage in online debates on a level playing field. . .". Whoever let you where "big boy pants" and use the internet today had a lapse of judgement. . .
Look at LynnwoodRooster. Yes, when it comes to finance he is cognitively challenged. . . In fact, if he is investing for himself, he stands to lose a lot of money. . . A LOT . . . BUT, when he comes on Slashdot, he proudly logs in and posts his thoughts in the open for the world to see. The playing field is level and, hopefully, he learns a little about finance and a lot about what it means to have "open" discourse. Overall, Slashdot is a positive use of his time.
You, on the other hand, are too much of a wimp to even log in. . . and your posts reflect the worst of you because you think "no one else can pin this post on me." However, your posts still belong to YOU, and you are a little worse for it. You cannot hide from yourself. You might think there is no cost of this, but there is. . . to you. . . Enjoy your life. . . I think I will go for a little drive in my Model 3 while reflecting how happy I am not someone sad, like you : )
Still wanting to look backwards for their production units, I see. What do you think that $5.7B of "Accumulated Deficit" was created for!? Tesla has been carefully executing a long term plan to mass produce EV cars and just when they start doing exactly that, you want to point to the loss they have accumulated and ignore their current production rates!? With little additional investment, they could produce enough Model 3s to take the top selling car ranking in the U.S.. I think most people would consider a $6B investment to be able to compete with automotive companies with market caps of ~50B to be CHEAP. . .
I'm looking at what has already happened - what is factual, not wishful.
No one values companies based on the past production rates. . . they value based on future potential earnings. . . they are have past 5k/week and you think that earlier production rates are still somehow relevant to a discussion of valuation. . .your understanding of finance is so backwards that your financial arguments against Tesla do come off as desperately wishful. . .
Again, why do you REALLY hate Tesla. . . some Tesla driver smoke you at the green light or something? Please realize that Tesla acceleration is so subtle that it was probably unintentional. . . : )
$0.7B per quarter, that's about $3B per year, is it not
You got your losses of "billions/year" by taking 2018Q2 (last available reporting period) and multiplying by 4. This is a simple run rate approach to forecasting. If you are comparing your derived loss number to units produced, you need to use a similar methodology: .)
(14570 + 1984 + 1200) * 12 months = 213,048 = "hundreds of thousands of cars"
(Please note, I was able to make my point with U.S. sales, alone. . .
Now take a step back and reflect if you really think Tesla is failing based on sound reasonable financial analysis, or you want Tesla to fail and you are just making up silly reasons that do not make financial sense? . . . 'cause that is would it appears you are doing here. . .
Please stop. Just come out and say the real reason why you hate Tesla and move on with life. . . Why add to the stupidity that gets posted to Slashdot everyday?
Um, who's saying that I don't also post at model3ownersclub? Oh. . . you are complaining I do not use the same username for every forum I post to. . . with an AC post. . . wtf
Your parents must be so proud. . . giving life to a person that lobs crude insults from the safety of an AC account. . . Your post indicates you are a hypocritical bigot who lacks basic abilities in logic. You may be able to hide who you are from us, but there is no way to hide that from yourself. Enjoy living with that. . . I will enjoy driving my Model 3 : )
Now how many refresh clicks did it take you to see this post. . . Just grow a pair and make an account, you spineless POS. . .
I feel like there is not enough shared finance understanding to have a coherent discussion here, but let me try. . .
. . . .
Capitalism exists because good ideas for creating new wealth need funding before they become self-sustaining. Regulations are tangential to this point about the fundamentals of capitalism . . .
Comparing Tesla to the types of securities fraud that led to the Great Depression is a low bar to disprove. . . Most fraud from that period was simply making up fake companies for people to invest in. Let me see, is there any evidence proving Tesla is not a fake company:
- There are hundreds of SEC filings, the most important of which are audited routinely by independent auditors. .
- There are independent production tracking models that rely on publicly available data like VIN numbers. .
- There are the numerous Teslas you actually see when driving around any noteworthy city in America. .
- There is the Tesla Model 3 that I got back in July. .
Yes, I am pretty confident that anyone arguing that Tesla is a hoax at this point has no reasonable basis for their argument. . . and would better spend their time on more main stream wacko conspiracy theories. . . (like the one where Obama was not born in the U.S. . . . you might even one day end up becoming president. . . sigh).
Yeah, well thanks for reminding us all of the importance of including "units of measure" when posting. . .
However, you are still inaccurate with your statement because if you are comparing "annualized" losses, then you should also post the "annualized" sales of "hundreds of thousands of cars."
I kind of miss when the short sellers still had hope and were posting here. There was still a lot of bs, but the debates tended to be a little more intellectually engaging. . . Don't know what your beef is with Tesla, but it certainly is not based on a rational understanding of finance . . .
Oh, it's YOU. . . : )
Learn to grow a pair. . .