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by jameslk 1y ago
I don't have an answer to that (I'm sure others do) but I do feel this is a problem that can only make itself worse The more prices go up, the larger % of net worth for an individual a home consumes. If your entire net worth is wo
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by jameslk 1y ago
It probably looks somewhat like this: https://psmag.com/economics/inside-japans-disposable-home-ma...
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by jameslk 1y ago
> But the bigger problem for housing affordability, he adds, is that "we just haven't built enough [homes] to keep up with the population growth and household formation." The circular incentive here is left unsaid. If a ho
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by jameslk 1y ago
Does this snarky point you’re trying to make connect with anything in the article? I saw no mention of taxes
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by jameslk 1y ago
What do lowering taxes have to do with water running out in the UK?
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Apartment List US Rent Report(apartmentlist.com)
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by jameslk 1y ago
* $1,599 for a computer * $799 for a camera * $149 for a speaker/woofer Over 30 years ago and yet these are roughly the prices I’d expect today
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by jameslk 1y ago
Some assumptions it seems you’re making: * The customer has a phone * The customer knows how to use the phone to do what you’re expecting * The customer has cell service in their location * The customer has the patience or ability to order
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by jameslk 1y ago
I interpreted it as the AI system added something strange to the order, and when someone saw it, that’s when the system was cut off. Otherwise the next word sounded like a confirmation That said, this is not the only video floating out ther
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by jameslk 1y ago
It seems so, and yet here we are There’s other videos out there (not just of Taco Bell’s implementation per se) of these systems bugging out
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by jameslk 1y ago
When the AI gladly accepts orders that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars or 18,000 cups of water, it’s probably not production ready https://youtube.com/shorts/FDZj6DCWlfc https://www.tiktok.com/@90
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by jameslk 1y ago
The FAQ of the actual study contains a lot of useful info that addresses some of the comments here, for anyone curious: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o...
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by jameslk 1y ago
The title is clickbaity compared to the content of the article, which seems to have more nuance. Its claim is that recent AI advances were both overhyped and still have a lot of utility that hasn't propagated fully yet (a la the Intern
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Cute Aggression(en.wikipedia.org)
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by jameslk 1y ago
> so it might be interesting to share what changed our mind over the past couple of years I'm guessing the GENIUS Act had something to do with it too? Now that bank depositors have an incentive to hold bank-issued USD stablecoins gi
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Rhode Island's tax on vacation homes of the wealthy is spreading to other states(cnbc.com)
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by jameslk 1y ago
They posted the training/finetuning code here: https://github.com/eyefm/EyeFM There’s a sample of the data here: https://zenodo.org/records/15546254 Looks like the weights are not available t
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by jameslk 1y ago
Isn’t the point of insurance to provide protection against black swan events? If it’s more likely to happen then it’s not really a black swan?
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by jameslk 1y ago
A sudden claim against many should be priced into the cost of the insurance, offset by some risk adjustment. The goal is ultimately price stability, if the price is not too high (that’s the unknown)
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by jameslk 1y ago
Sure, I get your point. It all comes down to the pros and cons of each on the rest of the economic system. The goal isn’t to get industry onshore at the expense of the economy. If you have a better tool, use that instead
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by jameslk 1y ago
Incentives work better than tariffs. Tariffs are less effective due to their uncertainty (why would I build a factory if the next admin removes the tariffs?)
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by jameslk 1y ago
Historically this would be a good bet, due to inflation: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL Not really a question of that. More so how much will prices go up
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by jameslk 1y ago
Perhaps in the short term but I wonder if that calculus changes as more time goes on with erratic tariff changes (which has technically been going on for years, just to a much lesser degree). Is there a market need great enough for price st
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by jameslk 1y ago
My assumption is that businesses that are negotiating their prices between retailers are not experts in geopolitics and what the next move will be from the government and courts. Someone may study this more or have connections to know that
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by jameslk 1y ago
Consumers will pay more regardless in this type of circumstance. But they will pay less if businesses don’t suddenly start going out of business, eliminating competition and jobs
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by jameslk 1y ago
> Repricing, though, isn’t as easy as changing a tag—in part because suppliers and big-box stores are engaged in an epic tussle over who will pay what. > Retailers, including Lowe’s and Home Depot, buy Thompson Traders’ wares and set
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by jameslk 1y ago
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statement... https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-solar-builders-br...
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by jameslk 1y ago
Yes, the US has been scaling back on China-sourced renewable energy supply chains since 2023 at least, with tariffs and by removing incentives Not exactly your wording at that time, but my point still stands that the outcome was going to be
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by jameslk 1y ago
Yes, moving away from China
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by jameslk 1y ago
China controls 80% of the supply chain for solar and has most of the rare earth magnets needed for wind. Since China is America’s bugbear and containing China’s influence is a bipartisan issue, this was a likely outcome whoever is in office

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