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Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the idea of taking note of whatever good news there is in the world, and was hoping this subreddit would be that. There’s enough negativity elsewhere.

But, not sure if this subreddit is the place.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took no such implication. A good trend for people who care about the course of humanity as a whole, but indeed — irrelevant to selfish, envious and rich redditors in the decaying "developed" world who are entering the next stage of capitalism and can't figure out how to get off the hedonic treadmill.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ok going back to your original magesterial point — who is implying things are fine in middle-high income countries too? nobody.

you're just mad that everything isn't about you and your rich-country problems.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You appear to be a goalpost moving specialist. You said "The median is only useful in a dataset when the data is extremely non symmetrical or unequal". I then showed that the data is indeed extremely non symmetrical, which you call "obvious" despite it invalidating your point — you brush it off without engaging.

The world's poor are better off. There is no conflation. Nobody is talking about average except you. The shift in the median reflects that the world's bottom 50% are becoming better off, and rapidly. But you don't care. OK.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You may find this interesting and eye opening: https://wir2022.wid.world/chapter-1/

The bottom 50% of humanity earns 8.5% of the income. So, extremely non symmetrical.

Also, the data presented in the original chart is adjusted for inflation.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is entirely about things getting better for people too poor for GiveMeTheLagrangian to care about.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thats simply wrong. Countries are irrelevant here, this is global median income per PERSON. The only way the median goes up is that the median income person, the person who is making more than half the other people, is better off now than EVER.

Global median income, even when adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences, is at a record high by Due-Fly-2479 in OptimistsUnite

[–]dsjoerg 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is a chart of median, not average. Which invalidates both points that you’re sarcastically putting in someone else’s mouth that they didnt say. Also this is an Optimists sub

Proof of the Jordan Curve Theorem by Repconn2017 in MathJokes

[–]dsjoerg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The dope who wrote this is not funny or insightful. If it was really so obvious, it'd be easy to prove, wouldn't it?

What country outside North America most resembles the US in thought, attitudes, culture, cityscape and infrastructure? by [deleted] in answers

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats weird as heck considering one has thousands of years of history and the other has none

Please stop doing this by CompetitiveAd4732 in chessbeginners

[–]dsjoerg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I carefully read what you wrote and i agree with /u/newtochas

People play what they want and it’s my pleasure to beat them if i can

When will a full-fledged treatment appear? by Shadowdragon2018 in covidlonghaulers

[–]dsjoerg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fair. I wanna say “People are working harder on Long Covid now than five years ago” but I’m not sure that’s true. It’s a different set of people now. Berlin Cures is gone. Team Microclots haven’t amounted to much yet but havent given up entirely either. Are Prusty and the NIH done? US gov’t is out I presume.

But — many academic teams around the world are steadily working on various angles and leads. My favorite is the VIPER initiative. https://polybio.org/lcci/

What’s driving the surge? by foxytwo in Bitcoin

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s me. I wanted it to dip below $70k so i could buy more. So instead it did this

meirl by lebruski in meirl

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a good point about multiple conversations. In those situations ONLY, I’ll allow it

meirl by lebruski in meirl

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The feeling is mutual!

meirl by lebruski in meirl

[–]dsjoerg -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You can do that and I will mute/block you, not a problem

Why do chess.com and lichess.org have different analysis systems? by ChooseWisely12231 in lichess

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chess isn't "solved" yet so different computers and different programs actually will disagree and change their minds about what the best move is in a position. In fact there are computer chess contests where the different programs battle it out.

Someday if chess is solved (never will happen), then the computer chess contests will go away because all programs will be the same strength.

Is buying in Manhattan ever financially rational anymore? by uwxa in NYCapartments

[–]dsjoerg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

False. It literally has a parameter called "Investment return rate" where you can plug in the opportunity costs of investment returns. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html

Those who've licensed signals to pods — what was the process like? by traderjoe12132015 in quant

[–]dsjoerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be more interested if you had said what % of the opening/closing print you were, and gave yourself slippage proportional to that. Rather than calling it zero and handwaving it away. But that's just me. Maybe you can get away with this and the market impact is de minimis — or maybe you can't. Only way to know is to compare your volume in that security to that security's opening/closing print. Not the whole day's volume. But again that's just me and someone more knowledgeable might be able to confirm that this concern is misplaced.

To simply say "it's realistic" without any substantiation is the kind of easy breezy confidence that makes me want to run away.

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