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by jbay808 4y ago
The main difference is that the Bank of Japan, unlike the rest of the world right now, wants more inflation.
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Does anybody buy them?
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Another interesting twist is that mortgage interest is counted towards the CPI in Canada, so the increase in mortgage payments won't result directly in any loss of consumption demand. It may even increase it.
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by jbay808 4y ago
(Assuming you're an American). In Canada, "fixed rate" generally means fixed for 5 years only. So while there is a difference between fixed and variable, it's not a huge difference in terms of peace of mind; all mortgage
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Bank of Canada increases policy interest rate by 75 basis points, continues QT(bankofcanada.ca)
75 points by jbay808 4y ago|61 comments
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The limit is the Carnot efficiency 1 - (Tc/Th). As the temperature difference gets smaller, the maximum efficiency approaches 0. Although, the closer that you can get to that ideal, the better!
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The Tom Bombadil approach.
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When I lived in Japan and worked with ISO paper, it made me realize what we in North America are missing out on. I wish it were more widely available because I'd buy it.
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It's a real problem that corporations can afford to spend much more time writing these agreements than customers can spend comparing them. I'd certainly prefer to choose a competitor that didn't have abusive terms, but I don&
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What "nasty" chemicals are in a lithium battery?
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How much is the pay differential between the US and Canada offices?
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We're quite willing to misspell "colour" for US rates!
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Sounds like you should hire Canadians!
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But this is a discussion about location-based pay, not competency-and-likelihood-to-succeed-in-the-role-based pay. I don't think the OP would feel demotivated after learning their company pays competent employees more.
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Quantum dots, which can be manufactured with today's lab equipment from the elements on our periodic table, are a good example of why it's likely that the revolutionary materials of the future will also likely be something we can
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Do you think they would have learned something worthwhile by proceeding with the launch?
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> What similar opportunities are under our noses today? Material science is really hard, even though we already have at our disposal pretty much all the elements we're likely ever going to have! There are so many combinations and co
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That trick is a double-edged sword, because those predictions were ultimately incorrect, which reduces credibility. Now even an honest forecast of declining inflation is less likely to influence expectations, making stronger action is nec
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by jbay808 4y ago
> To me, it seems an important distinction whether "excess" cash is going towards buying elastic goods/services (peloton cycles, fancy grills, RTX3080 for gaming, etc) or simply fighting over shortages of inelastic goods (
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by jbay808 4y ago
MSN Messenger was the best messenging app I ever used, so this actually makes me think more highly of Teams.
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Pedestrian visibility is also compromised. My SO is not a tall person. We've tested - she's quite invisible standing in front of these trucks and SUVs, because their front hood is so high and square. A small child would be impossi
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I suddenly remembered that in high school, the vast majority of my socializing was done via IM.
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My wireless headphones were working great until about two weeks ago. Now when I try to connect to them via Bluetooth, the connection fails, every time, due to an "unknown problem" and I should "try again later". Fortunat
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I'm typing this on my small phone with a headphone jack and, equally importantly, an SD card slot. There are dozens of us. Dozens!
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As an engineer, approximate analytical solutions are often so much more valuable than numerical solutions. I wish approximation methods were taught more. They allow playing "what if?" exercises much more quickly, or finding import
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It would at least be nice if I could scroll all the rows together, instead of one row at a time. In the video rental store, I could do that. But I'd also be happy with just a file directory.
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I thought it was that new cars had long lead times attached to them. Was that not the case?
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Is SpaceX a tech company?
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Agreed. FreeCAD is coming along at a good pace. One of the devs (RealThunder) maintains a development branch which fixes the topological naming problem, which was probably FreeCAD's main weakness. It's already very usable; once th
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> Ford is not a tech company. By what standard?

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