omalleyt

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by omalleyt 4y ago
I bet you can utterly defeat this by adding one or two typos into the text
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by omalleyt 4y ago
Variable reward schedules. Like slot machines.
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by omalleyt 4y ago
Yes, you have reached the zenith of your career. Congratulations. You are self-sufficient and able to provide for the financial needs of your family. This is a true victory. Now, it is time to focus on people other than yourself. Most other
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by omalleyt 4y ago
> 2. They're fibbing on specific prices. Zillow rent index up 17%, CPI rent index up 5%
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by omalleyt 4y ago
I think he means an LRU cache
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by omalleyt 4y ago
Nice is about mannerisms, kind is about actions.
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Interactive Latin: https://www.interactivelatin.com Classic Latin texts, where you can click on any word and see all possible translations
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by omalleyt 5y ago
He should create a free Wordle app that lets you play once daily, and then a $9.99 in-app upgrade that lets you play unlimited, that pops up after you’ve completed the word of the day. The unlimited users should still see the word of the da
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by omalleyt 5y ago
The relevant concept here is what’s called “common knowledge.” Systems behave differently is everyone knows that everyone knows that… (repeat ad infinitum) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Thank you!
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Hi all! Creator here, I made this site to help on my journey as I learn Latin. Go to any text and click on a word, and you'll see all of the possible definitions and inflections for that word. This has been helpful to me, as I struggle
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21 points by omalleyt 5y ago|6 comments
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by omalleyt 5y ago
If that were true, inventories ("domestic stock") should be very high. Actually, they are at historic lows
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Humans care about innate qualities such as intelligence because they are looking for mates, and want the best genes for their children. In this case, consider whether you would prefer to have children with a partner with a 150 IQ but who ne
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by omalleyt 5y ago
It controlled most all the resource-producing regions of Africa north of the Sahara. Russia and Germania were densely wooded or covered in plains, in either case sparsely populated and not of substantial interest to a rich Mediterranean pow
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Inflation hedges, such as precious metals IMO
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Except now the US gov't has so much debt, it can't afford to ever get back to normal
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Right, that doesn't sound like a supply chain issue, that sounds like a decade of structural issues leading to a perfect setup for structural inflation
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by omalleyt 5y ago
There's something called the equity risk premium. This is essentially the extra rate of return investors want to get in order to hold stocks rather than Treasury bonds. When inflation is high, the yield on Treasury bonds goes up. This
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by omalleyt 5y ago
What factory makes used cars? It’s pretty hard to say there’s a “supply chain” for used vehicles
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by omalleyt 5y ago
The US gov’t has a massive incentive to underreport inflation. When they underreport inflation (and people believe it), they are able to: - pay less in interest on their debt - raise Social Security payments by less - inflate away the real
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Gold went up a lot in 2020. It’s underperformance in the past few months is because Treasury rates ripped higher, which made owning bonds more attractive. However, rates can’t rise much more, or the UD gov’t will be unable to service its de
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Time to buy gold.
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by omalleyt 5y ago
You don’t want cash during inflation. You want hard assets. Precious metals and real estate.
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by omalleyt 5y ago
What about gold?
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Bad. That’s why you don’t hold equities during hyperinflation. You hold physical assets, like gold and real estate.
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Here’s the personal savings rate: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PSAVERT And here’s the money velocity: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V When the economy actually reopens and people star
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Real rates become more negative with inflation though. US can’t afford high real rates, debt is 130% of GDP and Social Security is unfunded by $35T
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by omalleyt 5y ago
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PPIACO Commodity index up 12% year-on-year
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by omalleyt 5y ago
Month-on-month inflation was 0.6% last month, with much of the economy still closed (which should be deflationary). That’s a 7.5% annualized rate.

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