Global Economic Trends and Tech Dominance

I am a tour guide in a lovely little German town. About 80% of my guests are from the US. Americans tip well - much more than the locals, it's a different culture here. Now, Americans also love tip...

Think about it. Is it really a coincidence? Ever since the release of that movie and ever since social media became more connected than ever globally, there has been no significant downtrend in the ma...

Cursor's Composer is built on Kimi K2.5, which is Moonshot's Chinese model. Shopify switched to Alibaba's Qwen and saved $5 million a year. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has said publicly: "We rely a lot on...

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How does paying $105 over 3 nights for a single $45 credit at a restaurant I don’t want to eat at and a movie I don’t need translate to an urban experience and the ease of my stay? They think we’re s...

Like, would a limited edition Quantum Jones Soda Cap have more value than a regular Coca-Cola or standard no design Cap?

Don’t see it that often but I always find it amusing when people will post a critically acclaimed game like 80%+ off and ask if it’s worth playing.

Life is honestly only good for rich people. This is coming from someone who is young as well. If I was born rich life would be decent. However I can’t enjoy it because almost everyday I have to work ...

​ Verotuloista pistetään puolet suoraan vanhuksille, n. 50 miljardia vuodessa. Eläkkeitä on korotettu ja korotetaan edelleen vuosittain, mutta esim. opintotuen, työttömyysturvan ja lapsili...

What an absolute douche!

its just such an annoying road to go anywhere it seems to far from everything to actaully make it a good base unless you had a whole team

* Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Management Plan, passed in late March 2026, mandates Bitcoin toll payments. * Each fully laden tanker carrying 2 million barrels faces a Bitcoin toll of up to $2 million. *...

Was recently listening to the Plain English podcast by Derrick Thompson (excellent pod, highly recommend). His guest was writer/economist Rogé Karma and he made a great point that some millennials ar...

Changing names to avoid being blacklisted or targeted by these firms. Hope you all understand the changed names. I'm just sharing this here so that more people understand how the payment structure of...

Like wouldn't it be class to be independent of all this shit for our electricity and it be carbon free? The EU want to start building them, so we'll probably get some economic support. As to where w...

So Tez can just print a coin out of Wax to create inflation. Economy in shambles. Even after losing that relic, you keep the money. Stonks.

we were getting food and my grandpa paid with a super old $20. I noticed his entire wallet was nothing but the old designs and when I asked he simply said he ”prefers the old designs more”. I guess ba...

Found some on sale Rump Steaks for $ 25/kg (Australian Dollars) so had to make it a steak night date.

12% payrise from 1 year ago just through exchange rate.

1. Food, it was not good. Tried almost all the local dishes, only the flying fish was somewhat decent. 2. Sights, well, for a guy who lives in a coastal region the place was not that different. Howev...

Because I’m sitting here watching people return from the moon, with a glass bottle Coke, in a climate-controlled house, over freakin fiber optic cables on a livestream hosted by a publicly traded comp...

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Remember when Long Island Iced Tea rebranded to Long Blockchain Corp and tripled? Kodak launched a shitcoin and doubled? Nobody knew what a merkle tree was but blockchain was going to change everythin...

"Thank you, sir," the preacher answers, "but I'd rather you didn't use that kind of foul, blasphemous language in the Lord's house." "You know, I was so goddamned impressed with that fucking sermon ...

Am schlimmsten sind Leute mit ihrem Wocheeinkauf an der SB-Kasse und alles einzeln am scannen... Gäb es da doch nur diese tragbaren Scanner damit man das während dem einkaufen machen könnte!

what a rip off the real shop keeper is. Temu merchant relics may be inferior but they are at a far more affordable price. Meanwhile people are killing and robbing him when his just trying to run an ...

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Been tracking gold in INR since 1980. Something odd keeps repeating. 1980 ₹133. Ran to ₹515 by 1996. 16 years. Fell to ₹375 by 1999. 3 years down. Then ran again. ₹3150 by 2012. 13 years. Fell aga...

But I love paper planes, Negronis, and night vision

Tiivistelmä: Helsingin kaupunki on rahoittanut yli 45 000 eurolla Sun Ray -yhdistystä, joka lähettää lapsia Venäjän propagandaleirille miehitetyllä Krimillä. Yhdistys on saanut Helsingin kaupungilta p...

the prices for non premium aircraft are completely ridiculous. this is nearly as bad as when the B29s repair was at its highest. the fact that premiums cost 1/3 of this is just dumb. I get gaijin need...

The recent price increase on premium is insane. This company made $60 Billion in revenue in 2025. They gave their CEO a $100 Million dollar retention bonus. The fact that they are raising their price...

you guys are actually regarded, software is down 30–40% YTD and NOW you decide “yeah this is where i sell” because twitter and CNBC boomers told you AI is killing SaaS let me remind you that these co...

I just made a PCB order for my next keyboard prototypes. $698 for merchandize. $337 for wasting precious petroleum. $305 as a 35% tariff and double taxes for doing a business with an evil country r...

$7.79. Wasn't even mad, just had to laugh lol. Fuck me. I remember when they were twice the size and half the price.

Kala ko tuluyan na silang nagtago or umalis ang mga Nepo babies pero lie low lang pala and now they’re back to their high spending ways, difference lang di na naka sports car kung lumabas, naka Zenix ...

Most of us track Nifty in rupees. Looks decent. 10-12% CAGR, feels okay. But here's the thing nobody talks about at chai time — the rupee has been quietly bleeding against the dollar for years. When ...

Why don’t people just switch to other providers?

>News flash to the Donald: Fertilizer prices are not set by monopolists, but on the free market by supply and demand. And you have just slashed the global supply by your illegal and idiotic War on ...

Over the course of human history we've found ways to make life easier, yet it seems like for the past 50 years, the cost of living has gone up and up. Is there even any hope that eventually we can tur...

In or near Seattle that doesn’t disappoint and worth its price

Wanted to know where I stand wealth-wise and how long it'd take me to catch up to people like Bezos (spoiler: a few thousand lifetimes). Uses WID and OECD wealth distribution data across ...

I’m making this post because as a 25 year old, I finally woke up—and you should too. The future of the U.S. dollar is uncertain, and nobody wants to admit it. After.. who’s next? Do you really feel ...

The recent price increase on premium is insane. This company made $60 Billion in revenue in 2025. They gave their CEO a $100 Million dollar retention bonus. The fact that they are raising their price...

Först och främst vill jag säga att man bör undvika espresso house och andra liknande kedjor men förstår att alla inte vill/orkar/kan. Med det sagt så har ju momsen sänkts för caféer på mat och dryc...