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by thisisit 1y ago
I see this point being made a lot. Lets be clear - the election was won on inflation. While a lot was said about 47th's previous record it was often brushed aside with - Sure, this was said last time too and he didn't do any of th
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Consumerism and apathy is the main problem. People just wanted cheap goods while not caring how the sausage was made. People didn't care to understand the long term damage just that today's needs should be served. Then companies l
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As always with this administration using a cannon to kill a mosquito for the right reasons. And then people debating the reason rather than the cannon. The logic from this administration and it’s supporters is opposite of Benjamin Franklin.
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It’s amazing to me that every time something like this happens some people paint it as some grand conspiracy and 4D chess move involving a large set of people. It’s like 4chan leaking all over the Internet.
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App cloning has existed forever. When Flappy Bird took off you could find dozens of similar clones. You could buy app templates from various websites to spin your own version of Flappy Bird. This has always been an issue for solo or indie
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Even the best of people can fall for scams. It depends on how much you need the money. No one starts off thinking they are going to be scammed. The design ensures people enter this trap slowly. When people are hesitant they are given a tast
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by thisisit 1y ago
> It's definitely interesting how in anonymous forums there's a lot more people pointing out that they think this is hype whereas when we wear our professional hats many of us join in I have seen that in anonymous forums there&
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This government has made big spectacle and promises on deportation. Though the government has seemingly denied there are reports that field offices need to make 75 arrests per day and failing to do so will lead to "accountability"
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What evidence is there that politicians or GOP today formulate policy only on these three things? Media and GOP have talked about other items like immigration, taxes etc which impact the economy. And if this is about metrics then GDP, budge
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Investment returns have been falling across the board. A good guide on how to invest: https://www.amazon.com/Investing-Amid-Low-Expected-Returns/d...
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You do know economic data is not used only by "economists", right? Given that you seem to dislike the word "economic" data, focus only on the data part. Tell us how politicians/policy makers run the country without
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Today's economy is all about politics. There are people who still hold out hope or confuse economic data with economist. Populism >>>> good policy. No one wants to be the next Volcker. So, this is likely going to stagflatio
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> Nobody should be making policy on this yet, but it's the kind of thing that I would allocate some research dollars to if I hadn't just fired all of the competent researchers. Yes but that is the whole RFK brand. He and his su
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Apart from the infamous timing the market, there are two adages to keep in mind - the stock market is not the economy and markets can remain irrational for a long time. The whole tariff cycle has been irrational move. The tariffs were suppo
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This is an attempt to do repeat what countries like Turkey like tried. They often think cut interest rates -> increase demand -> better employment. But often they find that combination of worsening inflation and unemployment matched w
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This seems like the age old discussion of how does new technology changes our lives and makes us "lazy" or "lack of learning". Before the advent of smartphones people needed to remember phone numbers of their loved ones
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One of my job postings, I got over 100 applications. Most people weren't even tangentially related. They were spraying and praying. Worse yet, I had to screen everything by hand. A rather tedious job and made worse by Taleo. And as muc
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> However, the New Delhi court was never able to make a decision on the matter. The hearings about Sci-Hub were re-scheduled again and again over the course of months and years Unfortunately this is a common tactic - get a ruling which f
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AI searches being browsed by AI bots. Reminds me of the scene from Silicon Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TpSWVN4zkg
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Repeating my comment. That is not how this works. Governments ask for something like a metal spectrometer analysis of components. They might even say each batch needs to be analyzed and we trust analysis from spectrometers manufactured and&
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That is not how this works. No one can say - we used spreadsheet software and investigated ourselves and we estimate we use x mg of copper. Governments ask for something like a metal spectrometer analysis of components. They might even say
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> No longer are they just making knock offs of Western products with stolen IP. BYD for example seems genuinely innovative, a top product. There are many other examples. I think many people really underestimate this part. If you watch
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I always surprised that people defending these tariffs don't see the conflicting defenses. The default defense comes from Trump who has - since 1980s has pushed for tariffing other countries to raise government revenue. The idea being
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Next step, Feds need to lower the interest rates.
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Everything has to be produced on an assembly line. No mistakes allowed. Especially creativity. /s
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First, what came out of these bailouts? Each example industry continues to require some sort of government intervention to remain solvent at one point or the other. Auto/banks/saving and loans getting bailouts in 2008/2009. A
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The government has made a lot of noise about injunctions and courts interfering with executive power and SCOTUS is agreeing with them. So, expect that legal action will be taken and then these things might happen. Government will argue that
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For years Tesla had been over promising and under delivering. It had to catch up sooner or later. I believe the flashpoint might have been the Tesla Cybertruck launch. These insiders should have knowledge about the issues and sales figures
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It's like you intentionally chose the ignore other government actions and focus on taxes just to fit your narrative. Read it again: > It should enact preferential policies like grants, tax cuts, subsidies etc. for industries they
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Here I thought the point of a grant/subsidy is that it allows companies to take risk - by setting up factories, funding research without worrying about the monetary cost etc. Government benefits through one, generating employment - di

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