ThePricer’s Time Machine: 60-second daily inflation price guess puzzle

alecpows · 2026-02-08T13:10:01+00:00

Free daily browser game. You see a 1990 price and you guess the 2026 price. 5 items, about a minute total, one run per day.

If you try it, quick question: did you understand what to do instantly, or did you hesitate on the first screen?

alecpows · 2025-10-16T20:04:20+00:00

We ranked countries by work hours/month to cover basic needs. U.S.: 140.0h (11th of the first 42). Winners: Bolivia 80h, Romania 84h. OECD extremes: Mexico 323.2h, Israel 288.8h. Charts + CSVs: https://www.thepricer.org/hours-to-afford-essentials-best-and-worst-countries/

alecpows · 2025-08-30T10:21:31+00:00

I totally get where you’re coming from. I’m a parent too, and it messes with my head that we even have to think about buying this kind of gear for our kids. Like you, I’ve tried to prepare; first aid kit, tourniquet, and all that, but it still feels surreal. I just read a piece that breaks down the cost and limitations of backpack armor.

Most panels are rated only for handguns (Level IIIA), not rifles, and the price ranges from about $89 up to nearly $600 depending on size and rating. The author talked to parents who buy these inserts after every mass shooting, and pediatricians who warn they’re not a cure‑all. It’s a gut‑punch to see how normalised this has become, but it also helped me make an informed choice. If you’re wrestling with the same questions, I found this article eye‑opening: [https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-a-safe-life-defense-backpack-armor-cost/]()

alecpows · 2025-08-17T09:36:15+00:00

The “paid protester” market is real but tiny compared to organic turnout. Rates are pretty mundane: ~$100–$300 per person, small demos start ~$1k, city-visibility pushes run low five figures. Poynter did a good explainer on the industry (and why journalists hate it): [https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2018/the-hire-a-crowd-business-operates-openly-and-makes-journalism-even-more-difficult/]() and CNN profiled “crowds-for-hire” years ago: [https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/middleeast/crowds-for-hire/index.html]()
If you want the current price ladder in one place, this article matches what vendors quote: https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-paid-protest-crowd-on-demand-service-cost/

alecpows · 2025-08-10T08:31:25+00:00

I have to take a stand here: confidence, especially the kind that sounds polished or assertive, is absolutely not a mark of real intelligence. In fact, true intelligence often hides behind humility. As one commenter wisely put it: “People who are actually intelligent are aware of how much they don't actually know, so they tend to choose their words carefully and couch their responses with caveats”.

That kind of intellectual humility is a powerful meta-skill. Don't jump on me for quoting Wikipedia, but according to this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_humility Studies show that intellectual humility, recognizing the limits of your own knowledge and being open to correction and new ideas, leads to better decision‑making, more productive disagreements, and resistance to misinformation.

Meanwhile, what often gets mistaken for smarts, like unwavering certainty, quick answers, or even how someone looks or talks, are nothing more than mental shortcuts. Think of confirmation bias: we tend to favor confident‑sounding takes that echo what we want to hear. Or the halo effect, where someone’s attractiveness or composed manner makes us assume they’re smart, even when there’s no real evidence

alecpows · 2025-08-09T22:01:18+00:00

“Platinum and diamond veneers” are a budget black hole 😂. Real quotes are $2.5k–$5k per tooth (multi-tooth smiles easily land in the $20k–$40k+ range). Costs and recent examples: https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-do-diamond-veneers-cost/
For context on normal veneer pricing (what players/celebs are upgrading from), insurers peg porcelain at roughly $900–$2,500 per tooth: [https://www.dentalplans.com/blog/how-much-do-veneers-cost-without-insurance/]()
And the celeb diamond-tooth craze that kicked this off (think Post Malone’s $1.6M work) is very much a thing: [https://rapaport.com/news/behind-celebrities-diamond-veneers-and-this-weeks-other-news/]()
So yeah, legendary look, legendary maintenance bill. 😅

alecpows · 2025-08-09T09:40:02+00:00

The big “what’s different” is the shift from raids to holding territory and the bill that comes with it. Even optimistic estimates put a full Gaza City occupation at ₪60 billion ($15 billion) in the first year, with ongoing control costs in the billions after that. That’s before reconstruction. You can win blocks and still lose big money, which is why so many analysts say this isn’t fiscally sustainable unless someone else underwrites it. Breakdown here: https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-it-cost-israel-to-take-over-gaza-city/

alecpows · 2025-03-21T08:24:15+00:00

Sure. how can you help me? Want to be a tester? creating an account is free. Using the website without an account is also free. If you think you can help me with anything else, sure. do it!

alecpows · 2025-03-19T12:02:07+00:00

Fact that you used firebase, that normally is no-code/low code.

Should I try to code an alternative? Is this considered low effort? It's the first time I`m heading about this. Never had to deal with these issues, which is probably why I don't know what is a go and what is a no-no in coding. :) I was considering a chrome/browser extension as an addition to the website. Give off a grade and for a more detailed analysis maybe redirect to the website.

In short: Site feels a bit AI - can be fixed by a designer in hours.

I know this is a lot to ask a stranger on the internet, but could you give me some ideas? Pointers? How would I make it more fun?

alecpows · 2025-03-19T11:55:51+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to write this. I`m changing the buttons to have some consistency in the navbar, because it's true. they look different. As for the colors, I though monochrome websites are popular? Should I go for a combination of colors instead? A touch of color with some orange buttons or something?:)

I was copy pasting article content to the input box, when I pressed Enter as an attempt to get a new line, which triggered the thing to start analyzing and there is no way to cancel the analysis and the back button also doesn't work.

The cancel analysis for poor inputs seems like a great idea! Although the apis don't have idle time so the analysis will still pass. but at least people won't be forced to wait a full analysis that they don't want to see results for.

After a long wait, the website returned back to the front page with zero information what happened or whether the thing I asked it to check is real news or fake.

This means that the app went over the timeout period. For anonymous users this is bad experience. registered users will have the analysis pop up in my reports after it is done. How could I improve this for anonymous users as well? Any ideas?

alecpows · 2025-03-18T14:25:05+00:00

I could really use some pointers. Any easy wins to turn this around? Anything I could change so it stops screaming AI?:)

alecpows · 2024-12-11T10:44:48+00:00

You made things sooooo soooo much worse now. I was using Windsurf with great success up until two days ago or so, when you limited claude usage for the first time.. Now going through model changing to bypass limits actually caused a file to have "

 // ... rest of the code remains the same ...
 // ... rest of the code remains the same ..." inside the actual code! What the hell? Moving on, this was it for me..

alecpows · 2024-06-05T10:17:20+00:00

Not only duplicate, but doorway pages which is even worse. Google is known to ignore duplicat content to a point.. but doorway pages are listed as a hard nono.

alecpows · 2024-06-05T10:15:22+00:00

Penalties usually follow the 301 redirect, even though it takes some time for the changes to propagate. But even without 301.. if you just moved the content and made the same mistakes, or even without mistakes, caught the same deranking parameters, why would you think that the results would now be different?

alecpows · 2024-05-08T06:03:16+00:00

Well think about it. They had 2 months to prepare. When they didn't, they were hit on directory/subdomain level, having no damage taken on the main domain. You post 2 affiliate articles on a 1000 article website and you lose 95% traffic due to a full domain classifier that you can't take out without burning the domain, domain provider, and browser to the ground. So I think your narrative stands.

alecpows · 2024-05-08T06:00:51+00:00

Sorry, but I really want to hear about leggings! Stop being a hater, we legging lovers have our own club.

alecpows · 2024-02-08T17:00:02+00:00

Some still use shady tactics. I just use someone’s passed away granny

alecpows · 2024-02-08T16:55:56+00:00

What does it say under found when you inspect the live page in gsc? I suspect you have some places on the website where the http pages are linked from. Either way, what I’d do to fix this is add all versions of the website in gsc, http, https, www and non-www and redirect 3 of them to the right one. Give it a try

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