Isn’t this straightforward - one organization is a profit generating machine and the other is in a debt spiral that doesn’t make sense in a multi polar world.
> one organization is a profit generating machine and the other is in a debt spiral
You mean, MS is fat, while the government is skinny and feeble? Reminds me of Oscar Wilde who once had the following exchange with a rather overweight businessman at a party:
Big Biz: "Mr. Wilde, you are such a skinny fellow. Looking at you, one would think there was a famine in England."
Oscar Wilde: "And looking at you, one would think that you were the cause of it."
I mean, between MS and the gov, we need to be clear about who's the owner and who's dog and who's feeding whom? And why is there a chewed up hand in this story? Important questions.
National debt doesn’t work like corporate or personal debt.
The article actually offers up some much less immediately obvious reasons if you are interested in reading it. For example, many of the most popular passive index funds just automatically buy corporate bonds even if government bonds are a better value.
Not available via archive.fo or archive.org, and WSJ.com says:
> Access blocked.
> We detected unusual activity from your device or network.
> Reasons may include:
Rapid taps or clicks
JavaScript disabled or not working
Automated (bot) activity on your network (IP <censored>)
Use of developer or inspection tools
If "use of developer or inspection tools" leads a publication to block access, does it really belong on Hacker News? Perhaps it doesn't belong in a free society, either—this seems of a piece with Trump kicking out reporters from the White House press pool who say things he disagrees with, or the Khmer Rouge executing people for knowing French—but we could start by not crudding up the front page of HN.
I'm not on a VPN, my only "content blocker" is uBlock Origin, and I'm guessing your TV-remote-challenged dad isn't in Argentina and doesn't use the browser inspector.
Also, "my unintellectual friend doesn't have problems" is not a valid response to complaints about anti-intellectual discrimination. "Use of developer or inspection tools" is literally on the WSJ's error-message page; it isn't some kind of wacky idea I thought up. (Unlike your "content blocker" theory.)
Also, you responded to my comment by insulting me. That's not cool. Possibly if you aren't willing to engage in higher-quality discussion you don't belong here. I see you seem to be coming to the same conclusion; in one of your recent frequent flames you described HN as a "trash website": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45401666
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
> Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative.
> Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
> Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
And, for your first reply to this thread's OP:
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
Isn’t this straightforward - one organization is a profit generating machine and the other is in a debt spiral that doesn’t make sense in a multi polar world.
> one organization is a profit generating machine and the other is in a debt spiral
You mean, MS is fat, while the government is skinny and feeble? Reminds me of Oscar Wilde who once had the following exchange with a rather overweight businessman at a party:
Big Biz: "Mr. Wilde, you are such a skinny fellow. Looking at you, one would think there was a famine in England."
Oscar Wilde: "And looking at you, one would think that you were the cause of it."
I mean, between MS and the gov, we need to be clear about who's the owner and who's dog and who's feeding whom? And why is there a chewed up hand in this story? Important questions.
National debt doesn’t work like corporate or personal debt.
The article actually offers up some much less immediately obvious reasons if you are interested in reading it. For example, many of the most popular passive index funds just automatically buy corporate bonds even if government bonds are a better value.
>For example, many of the most popular passive index funds just automatically buy corporate bonds even if government bonds are a better value.
Wouldn't any difference be arbitraged away by hedge funds?
I don’t know. Just stating an example of content from the article. Not an endorsement or validation of the theory.
And I’m just pointing out “the government spends too much and has debt” has always been a simplistic and uninformed take.
No paywall:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/why-microsoft-has-lowe...
Not available via archive.fo or archive.org, and WSJ.com says:
> Access blocked.
> We detected unusual activity from your device or network.
> Reasons may include:
If "use of developer or inspection tools" leads a publication to block access, does it really belong on Hacker News? Perhaps it doesn't belong in a free society, either—this seems of a piece with Trump kicking out reporters from the White House press pool who say things he disagrees with, or the Khmer Rouge executing people for knowing French—but we could start by not crudding up the front page of HN.This is like ranting at the Walmart cashier about chemtrails because your card got declined.
I’m gonna guess you’re on a VPN and/or have content blockers running.
Like, for real, if my TV remote-challenged dad can figure out how to access WSJ every day I think a software engineer on this forum can.
I'm not on a VPN, my only "content blocker" is uBlock Origin, and I'm guessing your TV-remote-challenged dad isn't in Argentina and doesn't use the browser inspector.
Also, "my unintellectual friend doesn't have problems" is not a valid response to complaints about anti-intellectual discrimination. "Use of developer or inspection tools" is literally on the WSJ's error-message page; it isn't some kind of wacky idea I thought up. (Unlike your "content blocker" theory.)
Also, you responded to my comment by insulting me. That's not cool. Possibly if you aren't willing to engage in higher-quality discussion you don't belong here. I see you seem to be coming to the same conclusion; in one of your recent frequent flames you described HN as a "trash website": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45401666
Please look inward before levying criticism against others.
From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html:
> In Comments
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
> Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative.
> Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
> Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
And, for your first reply to this thread's OP:
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
Article is now open.