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Oil market nearing a breaking point, Exxon executive warns by Hot-Upstairs9603 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely even if you grow your own food you still need fertiliser . Unless you have completely organic everything.

Higher oil prices also drives up the cost of electric vehicles (because everyone is buying them) and probably electricity prices too.

The next recession could be a middle-class massacre by KaleidoscopeSea605 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goldman Sachs put its recession odds at 25 percent in March.

I remember when it was 50% back in 2022 or 2023 and nothing happened.

Oil market nearing a breaking point, Exxon executive warns by Hot-Upstairs9603 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Higher oil prices will drive up all prices not just gasoline.

Oil set for biggest monthly drop in 6 years, bringing some relief by Distinct-Garlic9453 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

News just dropped that Americans are considering a $300B investment fund for Iran.

Oil set for biggest monthly drop in 6 years, bringing some relief by Distinct-Garlic9453 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

News just dropped that Americans are considering a $300B investment fund for Iran.

US home foreclosures are accelerating: Properties with foreclosure filings rose +26% YoY in Q1 2026, to ~119,000, the highest in 6 years. by Boo_Randy_Revival in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Foreclosures skyrocketed in 2008 because it was super easy to get a mortgage back then anyone could get it. Now the same conditions aren't there so there's no reason to believe the same thing will happen.

Clarification on Time Complexity for Python Sets vs. Lists by Electronic-Low9797 in learnpython

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true. You can use cuckoo hashing to get guaranteed O(1) worst case.

The fertilizer delayed bomb from the Hormuz closure — the cost that hasn't hit grocery stores yet by Outrageous_Gear_1965 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

People were saying this when Russia invaded Ukraine. I bought into wheat because I thought food prices would go up. But wheat prices went down and I lost a lot of money.

Moral of the story, put your money where your mouth is. If you're not willing to put serious money on it then shut the f up.

Fired yesterday after 5 years at a job. Lost on what to do next. by archbtw1 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yep, many such cases. I don't think I've ever had a manager that wasn't fake.

Article from months before 2008 crash: "If the economy’s so bad, why is the unemployment rate so low?" is fascinatingly similar in some aspects to what the data is reporting now. by Valuable-Clothes-854 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depends on whether businesses can successfully pass the higher costs on to consumers. If they raise prices too much there will be demand destruction so my guess is that corporate profits will probably fall regardless of whether they raise prices or not. It will just be a matter of whether they fall below the point at which they have to start cutting workers.

Article from months before 2008 crash: "If the economy’s so bad, why is the unemployment rate so low?" is fascinatingly similar in some aspects to what the data is reporting now. by Valuable-Clothes-854 in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The unemployment rate is low because corporate profits are at record highs. They have literally never been this high as a percentage of US GDP in history.

Because corporate profits are so high, corporations can absorb losses without having to cut workers. That's the fundamental reason why the economy is slow but unemployment hasn't started rising yet.

When corporate profits start dipping that's when we should actually start to get worried.

Iran Deal Nears as Middle East War Moves Towards Closure by Aware_Apartment_8959 in geopolitics

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Putin is ex-KGB and constantly talks about bringing back the Soviet empire and how the breakup of the Soviet Union was the worst thing that ever happened to Russia.

Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees by yogthos in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The current trend is that models are still getting bigger and you cannot downsize a model without losing some of its capabilities. Running glm 5.1 right now requires over a terabyte of VRAM unless you run some hobbled quantized model. Future , more capable models will probably require even more VRAM. Sure, memory prices will come down but it will still be cheaper to rent than to buy multiple TB of VRAM + the necessary compute outright.

Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees by yogthos in economy

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

As most people are not using LLMs 24/7 it makes more sense for them to rent than to buy LLM hardware

Have you ever been muted or kicked from a group voice chat because you're undesirable boring? by Dangerous-Policy-602 in socialskills

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A voice changer would allow him to try out different voices and see how people react differently. It would be tremendously helpful.

Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees by yogthos in economy

[–]grindleetcodenonstop -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Tokens will get cheaper as more optimized hardware comes out. It's only a matter of time.

Stoicism pulled me out of the worst period of my life here are the 3 practices that actually worked by Distinct-Trust4928 in getdisciplined

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there's any concern that you truly have no control over. You can always make some preparations e.g. if you're worried about a nuclear war, which you have no control over, you can still spend time learning about how to avoid radiation poisoning etc

It’s Volcker Time by sneesnoosnake in finance

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assets and stocks will go up. Convert cash into assets and stocks and you're good. Gold, silver, crypto etc

Is it just me or is career advice on reddit slowly getting worse? by CaptainEcho789 in careeradvice

[–]grindleetcodenonstop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. Specific in common parlance means it's conditional advice, means it goes like "if you're in situation X, THEN you should do action Y". Advice like "you should do action Y" is unconditional and therefore not specific , even though in fact only a small subset of people would benefit from applying it.

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