@Gargron Listen here, kid! I'm gonna lecture you about how things were back in the day!
@djsumdog
>TFW you spend weeks testing in the testing environment and when you deploy the change it fails immediately because of a bug that only shows up when you're under full production loads
>TFW you spend weeks testing in the testing environment and when you deploy the change it fails immediately because of a bug that only shows up when you're under full production loads
@eff I'm certain that the solution will be to give billions of dollars to megacorps who will proceed to not do anything other than paying out dividends to stockholders. Just like every other time.
@djsumdog Unless you're andy ngo or one of those "white asians" that the left hates so much. Just lay down if you're one of those guys.
The hypocrisy is infuriating.
The hypocrisy is infuriating.
@aral The leftist is also using ground up paste made of poor people to fill the holes, and it doesn't work very well, but his buddy the richest guy on the boat says that's how you do it and we all have to make sacrifices for the greater good even though nobody that guy knows will be personally affected because he's got another boat right there anyway.
@doktorzhivago We were talking about tiktok today, and they said "China owns tiktok!" and so I said "You know who owns the social media I'm on most?" And they didn't know.
"ME."
"ME."
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/shrinking-portions-visualizing-rising-food-prices/
I think the analysis of why is paint huffingly stupid, but it's a straight fact for anyone who doesn't have mommy or the butler buying their food knows it's been going way up.
Of course the main reason at first is going to be supply chain problems. Sending a bunch of people who do a bunch of things home really messes with the ability of getting food from the Vine to somebody's table. The farmers are likely mostly unaffected, but then you have truck drivers who are being affected, you have wholesalers who are being affected, you've got retailers who are being affected, and all of that drives down supply.
To me though, the biggest reason is the most obvious reason. In spite of a collapse in the productive economy, we've been paying everyone to stay at home. Besides that, we've been pumping a bunch of extra money into the economy. Besides that, we've been printing money like it's going out of style. Any monetarist knows that this is a recipe for inflation. The amount of things worth buying has shrunk dramatically, the number of dollars those things would buy his increased dramatically, so it's simple fundamentally economics that the amount of productive output that each one of those dollars will purchase has to go way up. There's an excess number of dollars and a deficiency of productive output so the price of the productive will naturally go up.
Fundamentally economics tells us three things. The first is that an extended period of monetary stimulus will result in growth reverting to the mean and inflation increasing. Second is that increasing the money supply will increase inflation. Third is that a period of low growth and high inflation is called stagflation and it is one of the most difficult economic problems to solve.
Basic mathematics also tells us one other thing: right now bonds from first world countries are near zero, record low. At the same time, a bunch of idiots have been advocating for running up massive debts because it's so cheap right now. Massive debts will cost massive amounts of money to maintain once rates go up. If inflation continues, rates will go up.
As much as everyone hates the boomers, ask them about what happened in the late 70s when stagflation occurred. Are you ready?
I think the analysis of why is paint huffingly stupid, but it's a straight fact for anyone who doesn't have mommy or the butler buying their food knows it's been going way up.
Of course the main reason at first is going to be supply chain problems. Sending a bunch of people who do a bunch of things home really messes with the ability of getting food from the Vine to somebody's table. The farmers are likely mostly unaffected, but then you have truck drivers who are being affected, you have wholesalers who are being affected, you've got retailers who are being affected, and all of that drives down supply.
To me though, the biggest reason is the most obvious reason. In spite of a collapse in the productive economy, we've been paying everyone to stay at home. Besides that, we've been pumping a bunch of extra money into the economy. Besides that, we've been printing money like it's going out of style. Any monetarist knows that this is a recipe for inflation. The amount of things worth buying has shrunk dramatically, the number of dollars those things would buy his increased dramatically, so it's simple fundamentally economics that the amount of productive output that each one of those dollars will purchase has to go way up. There's an excess number of dollars and a deficiency of productive output so the price of the productive will naturally go up.
Fundamentally economics tells us three things. The first is that an extended period of monetary stimulus will result in growth reverting to the mean and inflation increasing. Second is that increasing the money supply will increase inflation. Third is that a period of low growth and high inflation is called stagflation and it is one of the most difficult economic problems to solve.
Basic mathematics also tells us one other thing: right now bonds from first world countries are near zero, record low. At the same time, a bunch of idiots have been advocating for running up massive debts because it's so cheap right now. Massive debts will cost massive amounts of money to maintain once rates go up. If inflation continues, rates will go up.
As much as everyone hates the boomers, ask them about what happened in the late 70s when stagflation occurred. Are you ready?
Jeez, it's April 1st.
For years and years, the Internet becomes insufferable for 24 hours.
For years and years, the Internet becomes insufferable for 24 hours.
I find it interesting that people insist on keeping discussion about destroy lives to 140 characters or less. Shouldnt it take more thought?
@mnswpr they want everyone to think the world is about to be destroyed because then you will waste your life tilting at windmills. They want you think there’s no tomorrow because you’ll let them do anything to live another day, ignore the consequences.
There are what there always are: good times and bad times ahead, but generally getting better all the time.
Keep your eyes on the road. Make good decisions for yourself, work hard and do your best and it’s very likely if you can read this that there’s a golden future ahead.
There are what there always are: good times and bad times ahead, but generally getting better all the time.
Keep your eyes on the road. Make good decisions for yourself, work hard and do your best and it’s very likely if you can read this that there’s a golden future ahead.
I just read an article from a neuroscientist that basically said people were irrational for not trusting the COVID vaccines that are coming out.
When did the word "rational" get overwritten to mean "I disagree with you"?
There are a lot of people who agree with vaccines that can come up with a lot of very reasonable, rational reasons not to trust the state or megacorps when it comes to this.
Not the least of which is the fact that they've been lying through their teeth at every step of the process. Just look at Dr. Fauci's track record. Don't like his take on something? Don't worry, he's lying and he'll change his answer later based on what's politically convenient.
Then there's the blanket liability. It's totally irrational worrying that megacorps that stand to make billions off of effective vaccines have every incentive to cut corners to get their hands on that massive windfall.
To me, as someone who believes in vaccines thoroughly and has no problem taking them normally, it seems irrational to blindly believe the states and the megacorps. If you do, maybe it's time to find a license therapist because you're hopelessly naïve.
When did the word "rational" get overwritten to mean "I disagree with you"?
There are a lot of people who agree with vaccines that can come up with a lot of very reasonable, rational reasons not to trust the state or megacorps when it comes to this.
Not the least of which is the fact that they've been lying through their teeth at every step of the process. Just look at Dr. Fauci's track record. Don't like his take on something? Don't worry, he's lying and he'll change his answer later based on what's politically convenient.
Then there's the blanket liability. It's totally irrational worrying that megacorps that stand to make billions off of effective vaccines have every incentive to cut corners to get their hands on that massive windfall.
To me, as someone who believes in vaccines thoroughly and has no problem taking them normally, it seems irrational to blindly believe the states and the megacorps. If you do, maybe it's time to find a license therapist because you're hopelessly naïve.
Markets have sort of destroyed cryptos as a currency.
Currency had a few purposes. It's a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a method of account. Right now cryptos fail on all counts. As a medium of exchange every crypto is garbage. It takes forever to transact and it costs a lot of money. This is made worse by the load of people not using but just buying and selling into the Ponzi scheme. As a store of value, each crypto is incredibly volatile due to the market. One month a Bitcoin might be $60,000 the next it might be $3,000. It's great if you bought low and sold high, but if you buy high and need to use your money when it's low it's terrible. Finally, as a method of account the same problem applies. I know how much a house costs this year more or less in dollars. How many bitcoins is a house? You can't say from day to day or from hour to hour. Look at Tesla selling their cars in Bitcoin: your quote is only valid for like 20 minutes because the value is in dollars and the price you pay is in Bitcoin and if they wait too long the price will deviate up or down.
So it's useless as a currency on all fronts, thus the only reason to invest is because others will invest and the price will go up, making it a classic Ponzi scheme. You don't buy it for any purpose other than to make money, nobody else buys it for any purpose but to make money, eventually it will collapse.
Currency had a few purposes. It's a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a method of account. Right now cryptos fail on all counts. As a medium of exchange every crypto is garbage. It takes forever to transact and it costs a lot of money. This is made worse by the load of people not using but just buying and selling into the Ponzi scheme. As a store of value, each crypto is incredibly volatile due to the market. One month a Bitcoin might be $60,000 the next it might be $3,000. It's great if you bought low and sold high, but if you buy high and need to use your money when it's low it's terrible. Finally, as a method of account the same problem applies. I know how much a house costs this year more or less in dollars. How many bitcoins is a house? You can't say from day to day or from hour to hour. Look at Tesla selling their cars in Bitcoin: your quote is only valid for like 20 minutes because the value is in dollars and the price you pay is in Bitcoin and if they wait too long the price will deviate up or down.
So it's useless as a currency on all fronts, thus the only reason to invest is because others will invest and the price will go up, making it a classic Ponzi scheme. You don't buy it for any purpose other than to make money, nobody else buys it for any purpose but to make money, eventually it will collapse.
https://en.cdprojektred.com/news/patch-1-2-list-of-changes/
I really liked cyberpunk 2077. I wasn't really hyped for it, and so when I bought it for myself and it was a beautiful looking open world game with a really nice aesthetic that reminded me a lot of deus ex 3 and 4 I was enjoying myself a lot. I thankfully didn't hit many bugs, and in fact my recent binge of the dragon age games seemed to have a lot more problems by far.
That said, I decided to wait until the announced patches and some of the DLCs were announced before I finished up.
1.1 seemed sort of tame, but this 1.2 looks like a megapatch with all the improvements!!
I really liked cyberpunk 2077. I wasn't really hyped for it, and so when I bought it for myself and it was a beautiful looking open world game with a really nice aesthetic that reminded me a lot of deus ex 3 and 4 I was enjoying myself a lot. I thankfully didn't hit many bugs, and in fact my recent binge of the dragon age games seemed to have a lot more problems by far.
That said, I decided to wait until the announced patches and some of the DLCs were announced before I finished up.
1.1 seemed sort of tame, but this 1.2 looks like a megapatch with all the improvements!!