wisdom is better than sophistication
What really mattered was that Buffett was at the helm and his incredible capital allocation skills combined with the integrity he treats shareholder capital would eventually create a lot of value in whatever businesses Berkshire ventured into.
Banks make hedge funds look pedestrian when it comes to leverage,” says Julian.
This will be a slow and cancerous burn for the underlying economy because we have to have credit to see growth.
Furthermore, the proposal gives BlackRock considerable latitude in case of a Bitcoin fork, allowing them to determine which Bitcoin version to back.
Though the bridge is a bit rickety, there is no immediate danger in walking over it.
oomph
We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.
You better (expletive) pay attention. I'm about to get you.
So, I have composed a missive for Father's perusal.
peruse, perusal
sardonic
lymphatic system
The family decided to exhume their ancestor's remains and relocate them to a different cemetery for personal reasons.
fragrant
coliseum
bendy
A defamation suit is pending in Australia.
In summary, defamation is the broader term encompassing both spoken (slander) and written (libel) false statements that harm someone's reputation. Libel, on the other hand, specifically pertains to defamatory statements made in written or printed form.
All humans are broad, we're all multivariate, but we get summarized in pithy ways in our lives.
Summer is fast approaching, and in some states, it is already in full swing.
She enjoys road trips with her family and has fond memories of cross-country adventures with her 3 sisters while growing up.
A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
You have to shock the world to bring attention.
dual responsibility
Mr. William challenged the young man to a duel.
The big picture: Blinken's trip helped put a floor on the U.S.-China relationship.
Yet throughout it, he was implacable–when they tried to shout him down, when they threatened him, when they tried to kill him. Still, he kept trying.
SigNoz uses a columnar database ClickHouse to store logs, which is very efficient at ingesting and storing logs data.
The whole rigmarole of getting a visa didn't even exist until recent decades.
It was wanton, moronic vandalism.
triage
around the clock
Lacerate
fatso
jitters
she's determined to ferret out the truth
entrenched
You should be observant of the traffic rules.
Auto theft, burglary, larceny, etc.
petty larceny, grand larceny
More zillennials are splurging on tiny pleasures (think: $5 lattes and cute succulents) as a way to escape.
Netflix's password-mooching crackdown is paying off. Since the streamer restricted account sharing in the US last month, it’s reportedly notched its four biggest sign-up days on record.
He was then brooding what to do.
Don't brood about it.
deep sexuality.
His wanderlust would not allow him to stay long in one spot.
drop dead
The majority sugar in the US is beet sugar.
oxidative stress
I need to top up my card.
Put money on my card.
well behave
Filial Piety
live and let live
half-ass
Sophia Efthimiatou talks with Nadia Bolz-Weber about sinners and saints, the enduring power of scripture, and how we should really think about resurrection
I want there to be some kind of direct address to those who are hearing my sermon. I don’t always get there, but I try to actually say “you” in the sermon, at the end especially, to let people know this is for you. When I hear a sermon, I want somebody to break my heart.
Standup comics are just incredibly insightful about human folly, and so often that’s what they’re talking about.
It would be amazing if every tech company had an ethicist and a theologian as part of their board, as part of the conversation in terms of what they do or don’t do. That would be incredible.
Ryan Holiday details the two-year writing process of his all-ages fable, The Girl Who Would be Free, which had its fair share of difficulties and obstacles, along with valuable and rewarding experiences.
well-lit
greece, greek
Chickpea tomato salad with feta: A high fiber, flavor-rich Mediterranean medley.
Fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain Cava will become the latest company to test the waters today as some bullish sentiment returns to Wall Street.
Feels good to be fiery.
frigate
origami
dropdown
sze-up
flunky
a jolly dog
The surfeit of information available online can be overwhelming at times.
After indulging in a surfeit of desserts, I felt uncomfortably full.
From plus point of view, they did keep the virus out of population for almost 3 years, so no one has natural immunity.
communicable
He wrote a post that very cogently explained how Bitcoin solves that problem.
numeracy
par for the course.
Our travel was beguiled with pleasant talk.
We beguiled the children with fairy tales.
zealot, zealous, zealously
I am inclined to scrupulosity in disclosing relationships when writing about firms.
Sometimes companies do other-than-straightforward things for strategic reasons. This is often the cause of a lot of external speculation, sometimes verging on conspiracy theorizing.
Supermarkets’ practice of pricing certain high salience items (e.g. milk) at much tighter unit margins than they price most of the store at.
All of those are plausible for a lanky San Franciscan who shows up to open a checking account while wearing a track jacket.
I’m still paying! I still bank there! My financial situation has improved markedly since I opened my account!
The Shanghai bourse fell by about 14%.
South Korea has had enough of being called an emerging market. And yet it may fail to join the top league of global bourses once again
all hands on deck
Yet memories from the war have left an indelible mark on many.
gag
"Smirch" is a verb that means to stain, soil, or tarnish something, often in a metaphorical sense. It implies the act of blemishing or damaging someone's reputation, honor, or character. While it is not widely used in everyday conversation, it may be encountered in literature, poetry, or discussions related to ethics, character assassination, or the tarnishing of one's image.
around the clock
In summary, enmity conveys a sense of enduring hostility and opposition, while animosity emphasizes intense dislike or ill will, which may or may not be sustained over time. Both terms describe negative relationships, but enmity suggests a deeper and more protracted conflict compared to animosity.
Putrefaction
Tigers are solitary animals.
receptacle
Somersault
First of all, quit groveling. Needy guys are such a turnoff.
It's a very hard-hitting critical article.
filmography
We can transmute water power into electrical power.
The professor was sparing in his praise.
“the best treasure is a sparing tongue.”
Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, is an antioxidant that promotes healthy teeth and gums.
Oh, what a load of crap! That is a dot!
life Raft, bamboo raft
centipede
The State expropriated his palace.
contaminate
The town survives the onslaught of tourists every summer.
excrete
gobble
infantry battalion
ejaculate
Spaniard
She gets various perquisites in addition to her wages.
Politics used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.
For example, generous remuneration packages are offered in this position.
He was paranoid, self-obsessed and misanthropic.
coop
immediacy
mucus
Pisces
befuddle
Viva
scavenger hunt
That woman has the attention span of a gnat.
The most coherent stories are not necessarily the most probable, but they are plausible, and the notions of coherence, plausibility, and probability are easily confused by the unwary.
How can I conquer my disinclination to meet people?
She is a conspicuous figure.
goblin
Talmud
Koran, Qoran
tubal ligation
He was saucy and mischievous when he was working.
leaven, unleavened.
pandemonium
Hong Kong organizers once held annual Tiananmen candlelight vigils that attracted tens of thousands of participants.
I would not deign to comment on such behavior.
He passed by without deigning to look at me.
She's worn to a frazzle with her silly speech competition.
memorie, memo, memorandum
The pier is a wooden structure.
We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked.
plier
exigency
We lived on the breadline to get our son through college.
bread and butter
trapezoid
Mahatma
freaky, freakish
Psycholotic, neurotic
They have one thing in common, their feet are all borked.
For my part, I feel elated and close to tears.
It's grossly offensive
Everybody is a thinker, and everybody is a feeler, and the degress to which one person is one or the other cannot be categorized or surmised by the thinking-feeling dichotomy.
wacky.
idiocy
fastidious
rampart
errant
I hope he doesn't try to meddle in my affairs.
Factor in the leverage
The bugle sounded the charge.
But consider how incredibly neutered the experience really is when money isn't allowed to flow freely in this environment, and how much it actually would flow, if not for both centralized payment processors and the horrible KYC and regulatory hurdle it entails for large, centralized entities.
slowly but surely.
there will be a plethora of different clients/apps/websites/etc through which the users will see this note, each with their own features and designs.
they have one thing in common, their feet are all borked.
indignant
libel
nondescript
germinate
speckless
travesty, farce
Well-thought
The debt ceiling crisis is a contrived crisis, it's not a real crisis. The real crisis is the politicians who wanted to run up more debt and the debt ceiling limited their ability to do that.
We have to come clean with the American public.
You're playing a game, of which yourself are the player and everybody else is an interloper. And you're the responsibility to design the game play.
Public nuisance.
confidant
hedgehog
esoteric, eccentric
enrage
The women swoon over him.
crapshoot
humdinger
torpor
ratiocinate
The air is thick with acrid smoke from the fires.
We do not like his acrid temper.
This is an acrid and pungent substance.
They condemned the deal as a craven surrender.
It has five concourses connected to a main hall.
fish fillet
old codger.
pursuant
This century wrought major changes in our society.
The gates were made of wrought iron.
ipso facto
They managed to grapple him to the ground.
I wasn't the only person grappling with these issues.
I'd like to think I've had a modicum of success.
There is always a price to pay for the sexual dalliance.
Barrack
erasure
tip-off
Prune juice.
bran bars
Weight has caused the sag.
penniless
It is a country where corruption is rife.
sinuses
savagery
Cuz Texas is to valuable to the Union. So this is a way to “exit” without technically seceding.
But human beings are collectively intelligent, adaptable and resilient, which is core to survival and progress.
It was a near redux of the Great Financial Crisis.
Over the short-term, bitcoin might be disproportionately impacted due to its relative size and its nascency, which contribute to volatility (up and down) but every asset traded for dollars is impacted.
This chart best explains everything that matters in regard to the dollar and its machinations.
In an academic world, maybe everyone figures it out at the same time and makes a conscious decision to scrap the old world, adopt the new world, and move on without any consequence to the sins of the past.
The first step is recognizing that the 21 million fixed supply is the fulcrum.
The existence of a debt (or credit) system that is an order of magnitude larger than the amount of money that actually exists causes a few dynamics that may not be immediately intuitive.
While hedges are designed to protect against the risk of future uncertainty, risk itself is never implicitly knowable.
Risk exists on a spectrum. Uncertainty to some extent is unavoidable
We often have this preconception that millionaires and billionaires are constantly fixated on money, and that's their secret to becoming wealthy and successful.
Frost blighted the crops.
An evil person is a blight in the orchard.
Some people say economics are subservient to politics.
Rubber hit the road
vasodilation.
He's a lowlife.
negativity is the path to positivity.
the tolerance and acceptance of negative experience that leads to the positive experience.
transitive dependencies
mantle
ideation
This is because cats are crepuscular, which means they hunt and are active in the evening or early morning.
The Nobel Prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.
niggard
Canonical
cot, crib, cradle
lice, louse
lousy
Polio
You shouldn't put too much stodge in your diet.
A regular rhythm pulsated in our ears.
I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you.
toe to toe
He had to spend two years bedridden with an injury.
intricacy.
monkeyshine
naivete
Aspirin is a mild analgesic.
patronage, patronizing
Bells were pealing and crowds were cheering.
A scepter is the attribute of power.
You're setting yourself up all over again.
he's got squat
clergyman, pastor.
El Salvador is a popular destination for tourists due to its temperate weather and the affordable entertainment options that it provides.
monetary economics.
His appointment signals El Salvador's commitment to incorporating expert opinions into their strategy and decision-making process.
The interests of the United States and China are intertwined, like conjoined twins, who are inseparable from each other.
borderless
measuring stick.
Don't approach or surveil my client again.
substantial
Uranium
Her signature was an illegible scrawl.
proverb, proverbial
The government has refused to make up a $30,000 shortfall in funding.
gallantly
moldy
perspicacious
Masochist
gauche
His eyes scintillated excitation.
leech
interdiction
rigidity
retain, retentive
Get out of bed, you fat slob!
The drunkard tottered along the road.
meek, docile, submissive
tutelage
niggling
schmaltz
Pumice my toenail.
Are You Breathing? Do You Have Email Apnea?
The study found that the odds of developing frailty were reduced by 20% for every 10mg of flavonols consumed per day.
"[R]estaurants are trying to coax people to eat out, and the seduction of a dining room is part of the get — dusky candlelight and uninterrupted, eye-to-eye conversation. A QR code can kill the mood: phones up, blue lights on, conviviality off."
However, the outermost leaves are highest in nutrient density. No matter which type you buy, make sure to wash thoroughly to remove dirt and debris.
outpost.
smugness.
receptive
A brief, handwritten postscript lay beneath his signature.
wash them in a mesh garment bag that’s securely closed.
simpleton, nitwit, dimwit, moron, lunatic
derogatory
imbecile
blockhead, knucklehead, dickhead, bonehead,
dilettante.
The aims of the treaty are stated in its preamble.
Discovering information from these sources can be challenging, especially because the data is unstructured and dispersed.
punctuality is an virtue.
you're in good hands
That woman has the attention span of a gnat.
Undeterred in challenging spurious or poorly framed arguments, they can be formidable debaters. It truly pains this type to see falsities and fallacies go unchallenged.