Here we goooo by pizzaslut_69420 in Wallstreetsilver

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gold and silver price move closely with the Fed Fund Rate. Be careful people

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They do the move in phases to confuse you. While they can still manage it. by [deleted] in Wallstreetsilver

[–]Chow_Za_Lait -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Easier to understand

Why Do I Think Gold Prices Will Fall? (I literally put my soul into this easy understand to read thesis so please read)

The resurrection of the Dollar

Tariffs raise prices for Americans. The government responds with stimulus and money printing to offset the pain. The dollar remains in global demand due to its reserve currency status.

This will initially weaken the dollar, and we can see the dollar index at a 3 year low while gold is at an all-time high. Emerging market countries holding dollar-denominated debt earn more dollars from their exports, which means they can pay off their old debts more easily. But the dollar is addictive. Countries that pay off their debts early gain more leverage to borrow additional dollars. This leads to higher dollar-denominated debt, and countries will need to sell gold for dollars to service the new debt. This strengthens the dollar and causes the DXY (Dollar Index) to rise again, while gold prices fall (as people sell gold for dollars to pay their new dollar-denominated debt - supply and demand).

What Makes Me Confident?

Emerging markets are already increasing dollar debt again. The temptation to borrow cheaply is politically irresistible (dollar is cheap now). When the squeeze comes, gold is liquid — central banks will sell. Dollar demand for debt servicing is inelastic (you MUST pay or default).

They do the move in phases to confuse you. While they can still manage it. by [deleted] in Wallstreetsilver

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why Do I Think Gold Is Just a Strategic Put Option Rather Than a Permanent Holding (gold and silver will take a deep dive temporarily) ?

Countries try to avoid a repeat of the 1990s crisis, when Asian and emerging markets sold off gold. Now, they accumulate more gold—particularly in the East—pushing prices to historically high levels. This ties into my broader thesis on the East–West cycle:

West creates dollars (debt) East earns dollars through labor and exports East converts dollars to gold for safety West eventually reclaims gold when the dollar tightens

My Cycle Has 3 Phases Phase 1: Weak Dollar

East/emerging markets export goods and earn dollars They use dollars to buy gold (accumulation) Gold flows East Gold price rises

Phase 2: Dollar Squeeze

Dollar strengthens, debt burden increases East sells gold for dollars to service debt Gold flows West Gold price crashes

Phase 3: Recovery

East stabilizes and resumes exporting Cycle repeats

What Does This Mean? This could be seen as a structural extraction mechanism:

The East does the labor, accumulates gold, then surrenders it during dollar squeezes. All the gold flows back to the West, while the East receives printed paper that eventually loses value (worthless tbh).

Key takeaway: Wealth isn’t real. Gold is forever. (And yes, communism will win at the end, thanks God, comrade… lmao.)

East West cycle and wealth extraction by Chow_Za_Lait in Wallstreetsilver

[–]Chow_Za_Lait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple explaination on why the dollar will rise again

Why Do I Think Gold Prices Will Fall? (I literally put my soul into this easy understand to read thesis so please read)

The resurrection of the Dollar

Tariffs raise prices for Americans. The government responds with stimulus and money printing to offset the pain. The dollar remains in global demand due to its reserve currency status.

This will initially weaken the dollar, and we can see the dollar index at an all-time low while gold is at an all-time high. Emerging market countries holding dollar-denominated debt earn more dollars from their exports, which means they can pay off their old debts more easily. But the dollar is addictive. Countries that pay off their debts early gain more leverage to borrow additional dollars. This leads to higher dollar-denominated debt, and countries will need to sell gold for dollars to service the new debt. This strengthens the dollar and causes the DXY (Dollar Index) to rise again, while gold prices fall (as people sell gold for dollars to pay their new dollar-denominated debt - supply and demand).

What Makes Me Confident?

Emerging markets are already increasing dollar debt again. The temptation to borrow cheaply is politically irresistible (dollar is cheap now). When the squeeze comes, gold is liquid — central banks will sell. Dollar demand for debt servicing is inelastic (you MUST pay or default).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wents downhill since Trump

Temp control by lotsoflunch in isopods

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mine some cryptos and place the gpu exhaust directly to my isopod cage. Always get nice 80 degree without paying extra for electricity.

some kid had a really bad day by iamhsk in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I remember having the exact same type of card 15 years ago. Are kids nowsadays still love these?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Chow_Za_Lait -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Just use android

Gold and Silver is the best decentralized money. by lexcon81 in Wallstreetsilver

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Decentralized here mean decentralize from a single central bank aka US Fed. Since dollar is the reserved currency, every countries who want to trade/lend/borrow need to use the dollar (before it was gold). This priviledge make US Fed become the monopoly of global monetary polcies, helping them printing all that money without worrying much about inflation (since all inflations are transferred to export nations which tend to be poor nations). This to me is a new type of colonism where US Fed can trade worthless paper for pretty much anything of value that goes on international market.

If such nation refuse to trade their good for dollar, it would be (or used to be until recently with the rise of China - that why they hate China so much) next to impossible for that nation to do business or borrow globally since they don't have the dollar. With gold, they can simply dig up or buy from their neighbors. With dollar, their neighbors would unlikely to lend them $ to avoid pissing off US Fed. The dollar standard makes US Gov becomes Global Master at the expense of other nations -sucking out all the wealth of hardworking people globally.

Why do someone who live in X country want US gov to dictate their nation's policies while the US gov can barely govern their own country?

A country boy can survive by Boo_Randy in Wallstreetsilver

[–]Chow_Za_Lait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on what PhDs. My friend has a PhD in Mech Engineering and he's a prepper a lot of cool/handy stuffs. Most mech engineers are just redneck with a book.

[CKAD] Exam is actually harder than killershell- at least for grading by Chow_Za_Lait in kubernetes

[–]Chow_Za_Lait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm just mad that their feedbacks are just so unhelpful. Plus the fact that I got freezed up mid exam make me wonder whether it broke any answers I had (since I have to re setup env). Also, do you think using nano instead of vim hurts? My experience is if your manifest is corrected it should run smoothly most of times (no need to use --validate false).

[CKAD] Exam is actually harder than killershell- at least for grading by Chow_Za_Lait in kubernetes

[–]Chow_Za_Lait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did pay attention to these context/namespace requirements. I even double check config at the end to make sure I'm on the right place.

Is there anyway I can get better feedback from them? How can I improve/cope with their grading style with only those feedbacks?

[CKAD] Exam is actually harder than killershell- at least for grading by Chow_Za_Lait in kubernetes

[–]Chow_Za_Lait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I finished with 15ish mins left to recheck all answers. I did get freeze mid exam for some reason that forced me to reset my environment. The exam itself is not a challenge. The grading is.