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FanaHOVA | 3 months ago

The equivalent of "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" here is "If you have to ask, you shouldn't do it".

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embedding-shape|3 months ago

Overall for the common person I'd agree, but I assume we're all more or less hackers here and for us, I'd say "If you have to ask, ask and learn, then do it".

If everyone followed your advice no one would ever do anything, as we all begin somewhere, something that should OK.

Of course, don't do million dollar trades when you begin, but we shouldn't push back on people wanting to learn, feels very backwards compared to hacker ethos.

pleasedontman|3 months ago

we shouldn't push back on people wanting to learn but we should really point out very loudly that not fully understanding something like shorting can turn a small investment someone was fully ok with losing into a life altering bankruptcy due to a margin call.

Leverage can be a fearful thing.

IAmBroom|3 months ago

How about, "If you think an explanation from HN will explain it all to you, you're being naive about the complexities and risks"?

imvetri|3 months ago

thank you for being nice