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by rank0 3y ago
I guess we just disagree on if the euro makes sense as a reserve currency. It’s too volatile for my taste. It observably performs poorly during times of panic. Almost all global trade is conducted in dollars. Inflation is much worse in the
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by rank0 3y ago
I stand corrected. I had my dates wrong. And had not realized the recent gains the euro has made after reaching 1:1 parity. My main point still stands though. Take a look at the historic volatility: https://www.macrotrends.net&#x
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by rank0 3y ago
Why would you want the euro to grow in prominence? The euro is an extremely young currency which lost almost 1/3 of its value against the USD over the past two years. …at a time when the dollar saw the worst inflation in 40 years!
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by rank0 3y ago
Please Mozilla just give me built in tab groups. FF is like the only remaining browser without this feature.
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by rank0 3y ago
What a bunch of non statements. They’re just designing another tablet UI and renaming everything. Instead of applications, virtual desktops, and launchers we have “flows, modules, and spaces” It’d be cool to see more natural language suppor
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by rank0 4y ago
The US spends the majority of its budget on social welfare programs. Gun violence is a tiny fraction of death/injury here. You’re much more likely to die in a car accident.
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by rank0 4y ago
The majority of comments I read/hear about openAI are horrible takes. It makes me believe most of the people haven’t taken the time to evaluate the output of these LLMs. Programmers aren’t going anywhere. ChatGPT doesn’t “understand” t
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by rank0 4y ago
The blowback about googles response is unreasonable. Everyone is making some wild assumptions about gpt-based search. We don’t even know yet if it’s fit to replace a search engine. Why not wait for a moment and see what unfolds? ChatGPT has
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by rank0 4y ago
> If your standard of proof is that Russia admits it this conversation won’t go far. The sources themselves do not make the assertion that Russia destroyed the pipelines. I’m not looking for an admission from Russia! > Russia weaponiz
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by rank0 4y ago
The leverage had not been exhausted. Gas flows had been reduced, and the possibility of restoring full gas flows is the bargaining chip Russia had to offer to the EU. This was why Germany was hesitant to impose full sanctions requested by t
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by rank0 4y ago
Neither of the two sources you linked claim that Russia destroyed those pipelines. Play out the game theory here. Russia has nothing to gain and lots of leverage to lose by destroying the pipelines. They can just keep the gas flows off FFS!
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by rank0 4y ago
You think Russia tried to send a message by……destroying its own infrastructure?! It was their biggest leverage over the EU. Now it’s gone and there’s no possibility of restoring Russian gas flows to the EU. If they were gonna destroy critic
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by rank0 4y ago
I don’t really like tech executives…but the idea that tech workers are somehow oppressed is ludicrous. We get paid extremely well! FFS have any of you guys taken a moment to talk to folks outside the industry?
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by rank0 4y ago
> The question is, what value are they providing to the renter to justify the huge cost? Seriously? They took on the risk of a mortgage for the house! They have to service that debt for decades. Renters can go wherever they want. Imagine
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by rank0 4y ago
YTD is like 25 days… what’s the TTM?
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by rank0 4y ago
Most recycling winds up in a landfill. It’s expensive and costs energy. Sometimes we just pay china to put waste into a landfill and call it recycling. There’s also the bottle caps, the packaging, and carbon cost of shipping a MUCH heavier
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by rank0 4y ago
Software is not dominated by caucasians. If anything, Asians and Indians are overrepresented and I see no problem with that. Anyone is free to pursue a career in software.
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by rank0 4y ago
This idea is something if felt but have been unable to articulate. For example, one of my very close friends is an ultra progressive guy. He’s vegan and talks a lot about personal responsibility to combat climate change. He was condemning p
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by rank0 4y ago
I appreciate the response but I don’t have the energy to respond to all your points. However: The west absolutely has some blame for the Ukrainian invasion. It’s a lot more complicated than the narrative of “naked aggression” and has been b
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by rank0 4y ago
The strategic argument I respect much more than the moral one. I agree it’s working to destabilize the Russian federation. The question is: “is it worth it?” 100B+ in military spending, destroying Ukraine, dramatically weakening the Europea
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by rank0 4y ago
So what? I still argue the US is not headed in a good direction even if we assume nothing novel is happening. We’re discussing the article right?
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by rank0 4y ago
I don’t understand your argument. Just because times have been bad in the past doesn’t mean that America is “going in the right direction” Did you read the article? Also the 6 rounds of QE post 2008 is absolutely %100 unprecedented in US hi
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by rank0 4y ago
Yeah a coup attempt could be called an event… You should just make your comment clearly idk what you’re getting at.
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by rank0 4y ago
I cannot possibly understand several of your points: The coup attempt is somehow a GOOD sign for American politics?! The debt is absolutely an existential threat. The “right hand left hand” BS is directly responsible for the growing wealth
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by rank0 4y ago
What do you mean? Isn’t the jan 6 event a perfect example of recent polarization?
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by rank0 4y ago
I stand corrected. I just assumed so because he’s writing about the anti-trump coalition, and defending the “liberal world order”
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by rank0 4y ago
America is not “on the right track” We had a half baked coup attempt in 2020. People are polarizing in ways that weren't around only a few years ago. The congressional deficit has ballooned to unsustainable levels. Our annual interest
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by rank0 4y ago
People have strong opinions about the economy without understanding monetary policy. It doesn’t take a genius to observe cash is GUARANTEED to loose value. In the current environment it’s the least safe asset…it just doesn’t have the same v
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by rank0 4y ago
Cash is trash. It’s headed toward zero in the long run. They’ve barely unwound any of the Feds balance sheet. I think it’s ridiculous for the markets to assume the fight is over and position for a pivot. Imagine what would happen if the fed
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by rank0 4y ago
I don’t even understand what you’re arguing for. Russia is so inherently evil that diplomacy is not an option? That’s insane. If you can recognize that every country commits war, you should be able to understand that diplomacy is a viable o

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