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Why not?


Change your surroundings regularly.

I joined a co-working space and split my time pretty evenly between my home office and the co-working office.

This enables me to get some of the day-to-day human interaction of an onsite job (feels more normal). Remote work can be isolating and this is (in my opinion) one of the cures.


Lonnie Dupre thru hiked the Alaskan trail and brough a giant bag of wild rice cereal combined with pumpkin seeds and dried fruit. Seemed to work well for him...


My Amazon login doesn't work. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? I just logged in on Amazon.com just fine using the same credentials (I use a PW manager). Thanks in advance.


Super host here.

This is fascinating. I wonder how one becomes involved...


It'd be great if they could get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Faulkner to participate in some way.


Sigh, Epic. Incredible businesswoman, horrible company and product.


When iPhones reach 90%+ market share this will indeed turn into a problem. I believe they are in the 10-15% range right now.


No, it is a problem before that. When it becomes a problem bad enough to warrant government intervention is another question.


That depends on national laws. In the UK, for example, > 25% market share makes you a monopoly.


Is that if no competitor also has 25%? Android and iOS must both be above 25% in the UK, which of those are considered a monopoly?


Don't think about the laws in terms of a single monopoly. The laws should be more accurately described as anti-trust or competition laws.

A handful of large players, each with less than 50% market share, can also distort the market and engage in anti-competitive tactics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law


Their site is great, does exactly what it needs to do.

Geico is a wholly owned subsidiary of BH


They probably have other companies too. Why just Geico and why not list other companies. It seems bit out of place and gives an impression that Geico is doing bad enough that they need to be advertised.


(a) No reasonable investor believes GEICO is doing badly.

(b) GEICO is unique among BH companies in that consumers can purchase its offering immediately upon reading about it. The nearest Dairy Queen is a 30 minute drive away from me, for instance. Look at the list of BH subsidiaries and try to imagine what they'd sell on a 24/7 1-800 number.


I can think of two good reasons:

  1. A Geico sale is worth a lot more than a fruit of the loom sale.
  2. Geico is something that almost anyone visiting the site might use. Most Berkeshire Hatheway visitors own cars and need insurance.
One of the main links is a message from Buffet recommending Geico and Borsheims Jewelry. Jewelry fits the same bill: expensive, and widely purchased.

http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/message.html


Notably, Borsheim's also operates the type of business where you could conceivably pick up the phone and order immediately upon reading Buffett's recommendation.


Square Cash hasn't really taken off and its not a revenue generator for the company.

Don't get me wrong, I love the product but I don't see where it as a great business.


Try Eye-Friendly.


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