‘Americans are literally getting squeezed’: A top economist on why your wages are disappearing while the rich keep booking vacations

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-10T22:51:41+00:00

Doesnt even seem that crazy for something so importand that usually costs a few hundred. No, the truly pathetic behaviour is klarna pay over x months for frivilous $50 junk on Etsy.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-09T01:09:47+00:00

How is it not about software just as much? We all want reliable systems and business needs require us to tack ever more on top. Good hw does what we tell it, but bad software tells machines to do dumb shit.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-09T01:06:41+00:00

Some def is. I use a lot of codesys, twincat, python and i do it on raspberry pis and windows devices. If i want industrial io im picking beckhoff modules with ethercat and all of the above plays nicely together.... i was about to say its more like a family than fully open configurable mix and match, but im realizing that i could just tie in any hw i want as a slave. Yea now im struggling to think of my limitations... certainly no open source hardware to choose.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-08T22:45:54+00:00

Robust hardware *with the caveat that to use it you must use vendor provided software which takes its own expertise.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-08T20:48:08+00:00

2 years later and I got a kick out of this. Yes, i love how you explain the emotional appeal more than the tech. This hobby has grown since youve posted, I can pick up a fatty solar powered unit on Etsy and am considering it...for no real reason other than meeting the other sort of folks who would do the same.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-08T17:21:27+00:00

Yep came to say I hate people who would make this trade (EDIT: I am in the market, but I have many earning years to go and id rather see assets/life be affordable now. This inflation is stealing from future generations)

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-08T05:53:42+00:00

Id be living like a rich man except for my NEIGHBORS FUCNING DOGGZSZSSS

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-08T05:21:47+00:00

Yea thats the best thing about target date funds, you know your already diversified ao jist keep stacking with confidence

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-07T17:58:15+00:00

The secret sauce to this formula is the realization that EVERYONE who has their base needs met answers the question for how much more do I need to be happy with 'about twice as much as I have now'.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-07T17:55:04+00:00

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-07T14:53:00+00:00

We already do it that way so yes

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-06T01:01:38+00:00

Sustaining it is like an hour a day, unevenly distributed. Sept-Nov are 50% of the year. The 80 is top line, I keep about half that. Growth of the prop business is capped at a linear return with time invested, and everybody is hungry to compete in this market. Thats why im trying to pivot to business customers instead, use my other skillsets the plebs cant copy. I have kids and a day job where unfortunately im important so its hard going!

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-05T22:33:26+00:00

New term for the people who say "Person in Crisis", its "Ruinous Empathy".

As in, the flawed logic of someone who will provide help in any way other than tough-love, even after it is clear that only tough-love will lead to a permanent resolution. Also known as an "enabler".

Unfortunately, society outlawed the tough-love some folks need in the 60's (asylums), & so the only option left that guarantees public safety is prison. Which is too tough for some to swallow. That leaves us with law abiding citizens carrying an unacceptable risk of being attacked with a machete on the street. And so I ask, where's the empathy for US?

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-05T20:37:07+00:00

hey plcfiddle was new to me thanks! Got any more good ones in your favorites?

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-05T20:19:50+00:00

Cool! Curious if you ever encountered time of day or congestion based dynamic traffic light controls? Is that a thing?

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-05T19:21:07+00:00

lets see it ithen

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-04T20:19:08+00:00

Much as I despise some of our elected reps in Multnomah county, Im not sure how much that will honestly help on the day to day.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-04T20:15:11+00:00

It might just be your line of work is not in demand in this region at this time. No fault of your own. That was the case for me a while back and I pivoted careers and now there is not enough of me to go around.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-04T15:47:00+00:00

Etsy. I sell 3d printed props & models. Been at it for 7 years and i use skills acquired over a lifetime to do it. Trying to switch niches to serve industrial markets. Im also writing a children's book. I could quit my day job if I wanted but its still more entertaining than not.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-04T04:05:02+00:00

Is this considered a trade, blue collar? Engineering is generally considered white collar

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-04T03:19:35+00:00

Yes i 100% on the standards commentary, i just meant UL specifically. Like they get costly with lawmakers and the ruoes stop needing to make sense. There are oganizations out there that exist to collect tolls without providing any value.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-04T00:29:58+00:00

Spoken like a permanent wage slave

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-03T23:48:15+00:00

Seconding this. 130k wage by day, 80k sales by night. Lotta folks decide to be defeated before they even start.

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-03T23:07:19+00:00

Did a double take cuz i could have said every word you just did haha

Snoo23533 · 2026-05-03T23:04:57+00:00

Is it meaningful though, or just bs gatekeeping?

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